So I watched Southpaw on Thursday night...My Analysis

[LoadedWraps]

You sure you aren't saying this because you area already an enormous fan of the sport?

No, I have made two seperate analyses of this film, one as a boxing fan and one as a movie buff, this is my boxing fan assessment, my movie buff review I posted on a different site.

Even if I wasn't a boxing fan I would consider this an instant classic film, but I made this thread moreso to discuss the boxing realism and feel in the film specifically.

[LoadedWraps]

Saw the movie and everything was great but the boxing parts. As soon as the movie started to focus on the boxing aspect of the sorry it started to fall apart.

Jake was good as always. And his performance really does deserve an Oscar nomination. He and also are two of the best actors out who haven't been properly awarded.

Whitaker was dreadful however. I don't know what happened to this guy but he has been hamming it up lately. Really bad performance.

I think they went with an to obvious of an ending. And should have went with something a little more darker instead of the good guy barely beats his nemesis plot.

I also hated the scenes where Whitaker is teaching Billy Hope defense. It's just silly to me that a boxing movie would depict a 43-0 fighter and world champion as having zero defense. I guess since I'm a boxing and know it's almost impossible for anyone to accomplish that without knowing defense.

Tell that to the morons in here who make ignorant statements like "Maidana/Margarito are face first brawlers".

[AddiX]

I watch all the boxing movies, except for that last one sly and Dinero did.

So I'll watch this one too, Jake is a heck of an actor, we don't get that kind of talent in boxing movies very often, and know he put his all inti this because he desperately wants to shed the broke back mountain image.

Really sucks 50 cent is in this, can't Hollywood find some black guys who can actually act?

[MPX309]

Danny Leigh would be the man to review this film. He loves boxing and movies. (and naturally loves boxing movies)
He's written this but it's not a review

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/12/jake-gyllenhaal-im-fascinated-with-what-it-is-to-be-a-man

[LoadedWraps]

I watch all the boxing movies, except for that last one sly and Dinero did.

So I'll watch this one too, Jake is a heck of an actor, we don't get that kind of talent in boxing movies very often, and know he put his all inti this because he desperately wants to shed the broke back mountain image.

Really sucks 50 cent is in this, can't Hollywood find some black guys who can actually act?

I haven't seen the sly/deniro one either now that you mention it, I wonder how it stacks up against other boxing movies.

[LoadedWraps]

Danny Leigh would be the man to review this film. He loves boxing and movies. (and naturally loves boxing movies)
He's written this but it's not a review

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015...is-to-be-a-man

Even if he rates it poorly, he's still just one person. I mean, i've met boxing fans and non-fans alike tho thought Rocky was overrated and boring, that doesn't shake my thought that it's one of the greatest movies of all time, boxing aside.

[LoadedWraps]

WAR Southpaw!!

bumped for relevance

[ИATAS]

Audience score of 82. Critic score of 58. Imo critics ****ing suck at being critics. Why do we need critics in this age? Its insane to me when they so often widely disagree with the audience as a whole.

I agree with this.

I haven't seen the movie this thread is about, but this happens all the time. I often love movies, google it and see crappy critic ratings. Or I won't watch a film because of critic reviews, then later on end up watching it and loving it. Flip-side is true as well, critics love a movie that really isn't that good.

Audience scores are usually much better indications.

[LoadedWraps]

I agree with this.

I haven't seen the movie this thread is about, but this happens all the time. I often love movies, google it and see crappy critic ratings. Or I won't watch a film because of critic reviews, then later on end up watching it and loving it. Flip-side is true as well, critics love a movie that really isn't that good.

Audience scores are usually much better indications.

You are going to watch it regardless though, right?

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lol @ better than Raging Bull and Rocky.