The Wrestler

**NeanderCarl** · 01-21-2009, 05:01 PM

I can see how non-wrestling fans could think this is an amazing movie because they think they are a part of a big expose, they're now in on the secret of the wrestling star afterlife... but to us who follow the scene, it is nothing we didn't already know. And, to be honest, other than bein a work of fiction with great performances, it doesn't offer anything new that Beyond The Mat hasn't given us.

To outsiders, the movie is a surprise, a revelation and a gritty, sobering eye-opener. To wrestling fans, it is just a well-made depiction of what we've already seen and heard.

Watched it with a non-wrestling fan and he really enjoyed it though. So did I, for that matter, but he was more shocked than me.

01-21-2009, 05:01 PM	#11
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	I can see how non-wrestling fans could think this is an amazing movie because they think they are a part of a big expose, they're now in on the secret of the wrestling star afterlife... but to us who follow the scene, it is nothing we didn't already know. And, to be honest, other than bein a work of fiction with great performances, it doesn't offer anything new that Beyond The Mat hasn't given us. To outsiders, the movie is a surprise, a revelation and a gritty, sobering eye-opener. To wrestling fans, it is just a well-made depiction of what we've already seen and heard. Watched it with a non-wrestling fan and he really enjoyed it though. So did I, for that matter, but he was more shocked than me.