MOVIE REVIEW: THE FIGHTER

(2010 Paramount Pictures)

REVIEW

ACTING: The Fighter is based on a real life fighter Mickey Ward and his older brother Dickie Eklund. Dickie is a troubled man who struggles with addiction and a loss of a career. Christian Bale played Dickie perfectly and represented the character with ease. Mark Walberg also pulled off Mickey Ward like it was second nature for him. I could believe that Mark walberg was a man desperate to find some footing in life. Costars alike kept up with the two leads as well. Amy Adams played a very unfailing, yet vulnerable love interest of Mickey Ward, which was refreshing to see her in such a dominate part. -ACTING GRADE: A+

CINEMATOGRAPHY: To take a small town scene, and crowd of screaming fans, and make the audience feel like they can feel the desperation of the main actor, and the grit of a prison cell, take some amazing cinematography. I believe Fighter did everything it was meant to do and more, from the blood in the ring, it was as if i was wiping the sweat from the camera to keep up with the fight. I was on the edge of my seat to see Mark Walberg fight for his life. Granted, acting does play a big part in belief, but so does this category.-CINEMATOGRAPHY GRADE: A+

ENTERTAINMENT: I know a lot of my readers are going to be happy that I am putting this category out here, one because a lot of the time the fight between a good movie is its entertainment value. The Fighter was more then entertainment. I was glued to the screen for the most of the movie. I was enveloped by the individuality of each characters personality, and this made the film very entertaining. Moreover, this doesn't mention that fact that the fighting scened were breathtaking. ENTERTAINMENT GRADE:A

SCRIPT: One of the biggest elements in a movie that can ruin it is the script,the plot, the pace and the dialogue. It can turn us off, or move us. It didn't take me long to fall in love with this script. The nice part of the script is the writer didn't make the fighting the only element that contributed to the life of the story. With any good movie there are a multitude of things that make the movie success, and rightly Fighter was successful with this. SCRIPT GRADE: A+

OVERALL GRADE:A+

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