Originally Posted by eric generic

The Fighter

it was a solid film. my favorite sequences all included bale, who stole the show. I feel like they can never get the ending right for movies like this(inspirational), most of them come off as artificial.

also, the fighting scenes were boring and cliche(protagonist gets knocked down, then completes miraculous comeback). the final one seems to drag on for hours.

if this manages to win best picture the academy will lose all of their street cred with me.