THE FIGHTER

Not a huge fan of the director, David O'Russel, although I did like Three Kings, but I still wanted to see this movie because it looked pretty awesome. Not to mention, Christian Bale is one of the BEST actors out there. I'm gonna tell you something top secrect....he's going to win the Oscar.
Many of you probably didn't know this, but Darren Aronofsky was supposed to direct this and I was pretty bummed to find out that he dropped out to do a ballet movie *cough*. He did stay on as an Executive Producer though. Surprisingly enough, David O'Russel knocked it out of the park with The Fighter! I heard 50/50 reviews, some people were let down, but I definitely was NOT!
I laughed my ass off! I swear this movie was a comedy! Don't get me wrong, it had it's dramatic moments and those were good as well, but I would say I was laughing during this movie for probably 60% of the time! Christian Bale was hilarious! And brilliant! He really did BECOME Dickey Ecklund and when you see the real Dickey at the end (that just sounds wrong) you'll see that Christian was dead on.
I have been a fan of Bale's since he was in Senior(accent) Spielbergo's "Empire of the Sun" which is one of my favorite movies. He is a real actor. As you know, he plays a crack head in this film and lost all kinds of weight. Almost as much as he did for The Machinist....almost.

Mark Wahlberg was pretty good, especially when he was talking to goats. "Hey, so you're a goat huh? Say hi to your mother for me". Sorry, I couldn't resist. No seriously though, he did a pretty good job in this, as well as Amy Adams and the woman who played the mom, Melissa Leo. In fact, I don't think there was anybody bad in this movie. The camera work was awesome too (you know I gotta mention that) but the DP wins the category for worst name ever, Hoyte Van Hoytema. I can't knock the guy too much though, he did an amazing job on this movie and he also has my dream job.
Finally a movie with a decent ending as well. I really liked this movie overall and I am glad that it's nominated and the actors are getting their dues. I'm telling you though, I think this movie is a comedy. I will laugh every time crazy crack head Christian Bale jumps out of a window into a dumpster and gets caught. Too funny.
SEE IT!