Speaking of movies...Cinderella Man

[Charger_Fan]

I finally watched Cinderella Man last night...other than it feeling like a Rocky movie at times, I kept reminding myself that this was a true story! I'm sure some of it was a bit "Hollywooded", but the overall story was very inspiring, I loved it!

Most of it takes place during the depression & shows how bad lots of people really had it. One part that left my mouth agape (if you haven't seen this movie & don't want to know this part, stop reading here ) was when he actually paid back money he had gotten from the  government welfare office! I said outloud "there's no way in hell anybody would do that today"! Geez, the welfare office would probably have no way to accept a payment back without freezing up their computer system.

Now & then, Russell Crowe's accent would slip through, but overall he did a fantastic job. It was refreshing to see a movie mostly devoid of today's political (& political correctness) crap that Hollywood deems necessary to push on us all the time.
This movie & "Walk The Line" are my favorite movies of the year so far. I still haven't see "The Fastest Indian" yet, but I know I will love it.

[bull]

Yea, I'd like to see that movie next. It sounds good. I just saw "Crash" but it's a PC poster child, all about racism. But it was still good and I would consider it a fairly accurate respresentation of the racist cold war taking place in this country.

[Telvis]

I would consider it a fairly accurate respresentation of the racist cold war taking place in this country.

There's a racist cold war in this country?

[Charger_Fan]

I would consider it a fairly accurate respresentation of the racist cold war taking place in this country.

There's a racist cold war in this country?

There sure seems to be some days.

I'll probably skip "Crash" for a while.

[bull]

I would consider it a fairly accurate respresentation of the racist cold war taking place in this country.

There's a racist cold war in this country?

It's my own term. I don't know what else to call it when people say they aren't racist and yet subconsciously harbor some racial stereotypes. I doubt there is anyone in this country of any race who could truthfully say they don't do it to some degree at least a little. If you see Crash pay attention to Ryan Phillippe's character at the end to see what I mean.

[Silver R/T]

watched movie while ago and yes it is great movie. Of course it has some fictional stuff added to it but other than that its not bad

[ck1]

I guess, I don't get in the movie when they and other people were giving up there kids to relatives to take care of since they couldn't afford too..........why in the hell could they just all move in with relatives and then help out? they were to proud back then?  it seemed that happened allot back then.........maybe I just can't grasp what happened with the depression and kids were all that adults could take care of in family's and not adults?  besides that it was an OK movie.........

[Crazy Larry]

Charger Fan, you share my kind of taste for movies. I also think the two best films of 2005 were "Cinderella Man" and "Walk the Line"

What is amazing is how much of "Cinderella Man" is actually true and not just glitzed up hollywood stuff. Do you have the special edition DVD? There are some great extras on the Real Jim Braddock - and they are very well done. Also, you have the option to watch historical footage of the famous fight between him and Max Baer. You can see just what he was up against in that one.

Excellent film too, I guess Russ Crowe took the script to Ron Howard and got the project rolling. He was very dedicated in getting the story true and right.

The same goes for "Walk the Line" with the director/screenwriter James Mangold, actually meeting with Johnny and June while writing the script and talking with them about events that happened in their lives that weren't told in the biographies that had been written about them. What results is a movie that is far closer to the reality of what happened.

[Charger_Fan]

Do you have the special edition DVD? There are some great extras on the Real Jim Braddock - and they are very well done. Also, you have the option to watch historical footage of the famous fight between him and Max Baer. You can see just what he was up against in that one.

The rental DVD we got was just a standard one, I'll have to go back & see if they've got one with the bonus footage...or just go buy one, that's definitely one I've gotta own.

I'm glad when the actors & directors involved try to get a true story as accurate as possible...unlike the ones that have been done on Elvis for example, where they each seem to portray something different. It's frustrating, IMO.

I guess, I don't get in the movie when they and other people were giving up there kids to relatives to take care of since they couldn't afford too..........why in the hell could they just all move in with relatives and then help out? they were to proud back then?  it seemed that happened allot back then.........maybe I just can't grasp what happened with the depression and kids were all that adults could take care of in family's and not adults?  besides that it was an OK movie.........

I'm not completely up on my history for the depression, but my take on that is that some parents felt that if they could have someone else feed their kids, it would be better than them staying at home & starving. The relatives probably couldn't afford to feed the adults too.
Then the adults could go & try to fend for themselves, whether that meant hopping trains & looking for work across the country, or shacking up in places like Central Park.

I could hardly fathom being in that predicament.
It's no wonder that we hear stories of depression-era folks who lived like paupers & never splurged on anything ever...and being constantly paranoid that "the tax man" was gonna come take everything they owned.
I tell ya, it would certainly give a person a new appreciation on the importances in life.

[Brock Samson]

ya' know a great depression era movie?..
"Dillinger"
  on a related note there's the great "Bonnie & Clyde", "Papermoon" and "The Sting"..
 

[4402tuff4u]

I finally watched Cinderella Man last night...other than it feeling like a Rocky movie at times, I kept reminding myself that this was a true story! I'm sure some of it was a bit "Hollywooded", but the overall story was very inspiring, I loved it!

Most of it takes place during the depression & shows how bad lots of people really had it. One part that left my mouth agape (if you haven't seen this movie & don't want to know this part, stop reading here ) was when he actually paid back money he had gotten from the  government welfare office! I said outloud "there's no way in hell anybody would do that today"! Geez, the welfare office would probably have no way to accept a payment back without freezing up their computer system.

Now & then, Russell Crowe's accent would slip through, but overall he did a fantastic job. It was refreshing to see a movie mostly devoid of today's political (& political correctness) crap that Hollywood deems necessary to push on us all the time.
This movie & "Walk The Line" are my favorite movies of the year so far. I still haven't see "The Fastest Indian" yet, but I know I will love it.

I liked the movie too. I think Russell Crowe is a good actor, but in person he's a real dick! He's gotten into scuffles here in NYC over someone taking a picture or asking him a stupid question. He is too big and important of a person to be interviewed or photo's taken of him. I think he eneded up pushing a woman police officer here in NYC and he was then calmed down and arrested by her fellow male police officers.

[Crazy Larry]

I liked the movie too. I think Russell Crowe is a good actor, but in person he's a real dick! He's gotten into scuffles here in NYC over someone taking a picture or asking him a stupid question. He is too big and important of a person to be interviewed or photo's taken of him. I think he eneded up pushing a woman police officer here in NYC and he was then calmed down and arrested by her fellow male police officers.

Yeah, the whole throwing the phone at the hotel clerk because the clerk mouthed off to him was out of control. You just don't do act like that in public.

However, I stopped holding H'wood actors and actresses accountable for their private lives when I watch their movies - if I did, I'd never be able to watch movies again (with all the moronic things they say and do) example: even though Alec Baldwin is an absolute political stooge, there's now way I can turn the channel when "Hunt For Red October" is on - a great film.