The Wrestler - 9/10
God damn this was great. Impeccable acting, great pacing, and more of a focus on his life than actual wrestling. Depressing stuff though, but so real! No phony hollywood bs to be found here. One of the greatest movies of this year without a doubt.
edit - He's playing an NES wrestling game with some kid in one scene, and the kid starts rambling about how awesome Call of Duty 4 is.
I've been curious about this one, and now must go find a stream. (Always been a wrestling fan, but from a different direction than most "fans". I respect the performers for what they are, physical, tactical, violent
actors.
Gran Torino - 10/10. Totally surprised me how this movie caught my attention and held it 'til the end. My wife thought it was so adorable how Eastwood seemed to be playing a grumpy old version of me,.. except he's a ton more prejudiced. But his line about how he's "not the most likable person but he got the best woman on the planet to marry him",.. I fell in love with that line and I know it defines me as a husband.
I also LOVED the undertones showing how much his family took him for granted, and how people can miss so much about the people they claim are their closest "family". I love knowing that kind of crap ain't gonna happen with me and mine.
Seven Pounds - 9.5/10. I gotta admit I love Rosario Dawson in anything.
Ahem, long story short I could tell what he was planning, and how much strength of character it took to even think of doing it, but I was surprised at the lengths he went to do it, even after falling in love again.
I wanna see the sequel though where he sees everyone taking his gifts for granted and he comes back from the grave to reclaim them. (I know there was a horror movie with that very plot, but google searches are tough to narrow down on horror movies without a known title,
).