Watched two solid films this weekend I did.
The first movie was
Son of Rambow, a heart-warming comedy about two boys who decide to make an action film with the main character playing the role of Rambo's son. It's a great story, the dynamic friendship between these two boys is well played out. There are some great characters, the foreign exchange student from France is an absolute scene stealer.
4/5 flying dogs.
I happened to continue my quest to see all AFI's top 100 films (see my progress on this blog's sidebar link) and watched
Raging Bull. It was quite an experience. It was a hard-hitting (pun intended) boxing drama with
Bob DeNiro as the leading man. Based on the true story of
Jake LaMotta,
Scorsese explored the dark, jealous nature of this legendary fighter and his relationships with his wife and brother along with his self degradation. This was a disturbing
film, the boxing scenes were quite graphic (even with the film being in B&W), but it was absolutely gripping. It rightly deserves its spot in the top 10 and I give it
4.5/5 TKOs!
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