Comments Thread For: De La Hoya Says Southpaw Film is Mixed Bag of Tricks

[Cinci Champ]

A bit over the top? Sort of like dressing up in women's clothing? I thought the movie was one of the best movies ive seen in a long time. For a boxing flick. It was awesome. DLH needs to understand its a movie. Not real life!

ya i agree its not really meant to be realistic its but it does have a boxing feel to it while obviously being over the top but to pretend none of this stuff exists in boxing is also ridiculous i couldnt agree more its a movie oscar not real life

[aboutfkntime]

I thought it was good...not like it's based on a true story or anything....

What are the fight scenes like ?

Does Gyllenhal really pull it off ?

[aboutfkntime]

A bit over the top? Sort of like dressing up in women's clothing? I thought the movie was one of the best movies ive seen in a long time. For a boxing flick. It was awesome. DLH needs to understand its a movie. Not real life!

But is the boxing realistic ?

[SchoolTheseCats]

I thought the movie was good actually stuff in between was a little extra fight scenes was good nothing we don't think of boxers and promoters anyways

[Jsmooth9876]

What are the fight scenes like ?

Does Gyllenhal really pull it off ?

They're good. Lamprey and Roy doing blow by blow...decent fighting and yes he looks good throwing punches.. Forrest Whittaker is great as usual.

[CJRock]

I enjoyed the movie Oscar is just butthurt that they didn't show any guys in fishnets

[Jsmooth9876]

But is the boxing realistic ?

The production is better then the PBC shows lol.

[bigdunny1]

Oscar is spot on. The problem with the movie is it features just about every over the top boxing cliche you can think of. The movie doesn't have the heart or originality for it to stand out. It's very predictable. I saw it and by the end could really care less about most of the characters the little girl was very annoying. The only good part was Gyllenhaal who was amazing and steals every scene he is in. But can we get a boxing movie that isnt a clone of Rocky 3 or Rocky 5?

[Chuckguy]

I thought it was a joke way too fake. Make it more realistic.

[Cinci Champ]

I enjoyed the movie Oscar is just butthurt that they didn't show any guys in fishnets

i think hes just mad they make promoters out to be what they are greedy people who buy out judges and fix fights sorry oscar the words been out