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Mickey Rourke’s Comeback - Video
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Posted on 01/12/2009 8:09:56 AM PST by JoeProBono

Remember when Mickey Rourke was hot? Check him out in the photo above from when he made 9 1/2 Weeks with Kim Basinger. Rent the movie. Watch it. Then tell me the dude wasn’t hot. He specialized as the dashing bad boy and never struck me as the type to do whatever he’s done to his face. He seemed to not care about his looks. He was ruggedly handsome and was into boxing and living on the edge. Apparently he cared more than it seemed he did. Then he kind of disappeared from the movie scene for a while. He’s been making a remarkable comeback lately. Just last night he won a Golden Globe for his starring role in The Wrestler and is said to be a contender for an Oscar.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: comeback; doglover; goldenglobes; hollywood; mickeyrourke
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To: Deb
The Wrestler - Official Trailer
41 posted on 01/12/2009 1:07:55 PM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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To: ClearBlueSky
"the physical attraction would be -0."

Mickey Rourke

42 posted on 01/12/2009 1:18:07 PM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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To: JoeProBono

I have an Academy screener of “The Wrestler”. I love it. I have loved him since “Body Heat”. I hope his comeback sticks.


43 posted on 01/12/2009 1:41:13 PM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: JoeProBono
I'm so confused. I thought this guy on the house makeover show was Mickey Rourke ... with a terrific plastic surgery job ... now you tell me it isn't. HELP!


44 posted on 01/12/2009 2:26:45 PM PST by Daffynition ("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
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To: Daffynition
Wrong guy


45 posted on 01/12/2009 2:34:03 PM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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To: ClearBlueSky

You don’t think Clint Eastwood or Kurt Russell are handsome.

Most women do. I’ve heard many say so.


46 posted on 01/12/2009 2:37:09 PM PST by wardaddy (Monarchists for Palin 2012)
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To: JoeProBono
F-A-I-L

He didn't appear on the Hawaiian shirt thread...so cannot be even considered ...these are all the same guy ...they just keep changing the glasses


47 posted on 01/12/2009 2:46:01 PM PST by Daffynition ("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
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To: JoeProBono

Ah, the Kenmore...

Those were the days.


48 posted on 01/12/2009 2:52:05 PM PST by Mojave (http://barackobamajokes.googlepages.com/obama_funny)
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To: JoeProBono

Thank you for the pic. Perhaps Hopper played some part in Rourke’s comeback.


49 posted on 01/12/2009 3:05:55 PM PST by Vicki (Washington State where anyone can vote .... illegals, non-residents, dead people, dogs, felons)
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To: JoeProBono
I consider The Pope of Greenwich Village a classic.

He, Eric Roberts and Darryl Hannah.
Great supporting cast in Geraldine Page, M Emmet Walsh, Burt Young.

"CHARLIE!!! THEY TOOK MY THUMB!!!"

What a great movie.

50 posted on 01/12/2009 3:20:50 PM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: JoeProBono

I always thought Mickey Rourke should have been in Pulp Fiction in place of Bruce Willis.

He’s a true biker and he’s a helleva boxer.

Big mistake, Quenton!! LOL!


51 posted on 01/12/2009 3:23:21 PM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: wardaddy

So have I. I admitted my taste might not be with the majority. Nevertheless, taste is subjective and beauty is in the optical appendage of the observer. Good thing, otherwise only the stunning and gorgeous would ever mate.


52 posted on 01/12/2009 3:44:19 PM PST by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
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To: Daffynition

ooh, ooh, ooh- wait a minute.
Ty Pennington IS hot! Kinda wacky looking but it works for him.


53 posted on 01/12/2009 3:47:48 PM PST by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
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To: JoeProBono
Who is that ugly guy? Is that him? ICk! If so, He was creepy looking before and he is creepier now.
54 posted on 01/12/2009 3:59:36 PM PST by Ditter
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To: Ditter

http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/loldog-funny-dog-picture-ovrcompensayting.jpg


55 posted on 01/12/2009 4:58:09 PM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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To: Ditter
"Who is that ugly guy?"

Dunno


56 posted on 01/12/2009 5:05:26 PM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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To: ClearBlueSky; Daffynition

57 posted on 01/12/2009 5:42:36 PM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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To: ClearBlueSky; Daffynition

58 posted on 01/12/2009 5:42:36 PM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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To: JoeProBono

After a long holiday of cookies and rice pudding, we’ve gotten our lazy asses off our desks and into the movie theater. We spent the holiday watching Will Smith get all worked up over Seven Pounds…cringed as Tom Cruise tried to kill Hitler in Valkyrie…and pretty much bawled our eyes out at the end of Marley & Me. We know…it’s just a dog…but gosh darn it…that puppy was cute. All of those harsh celluloid memories faded away after we had the pleasure of seeing Mickey Rourke do the impossible…make a comeback in The Wrestler.

We’re huge boxing movie fanatics. Rocky, Somebody Up There Likes Me, Raging Bull…and we think this should join the ranks. Mickey Rourke gives what might be the best performance of a lifetime. Here, all of his plastic surgery, crazy antics, and purported drug abuse make this character that much more complex. At times, watching The Wrestler, we’re really not sure if Rourke is playing himself or the character…but it just doesn’t matter. This is one of the most powerful performances in a sports film in a very long time.

Rourke plays a down and out wrestler who knows that his career is coming to an end. He senses it in every fiber of his being and it shows with every move he makes. He’s tired, beaten, and just ready for life to give him some peace. But, giving up for him isn’t that easy…he’s a fighter and that’s all he knows how to do.

There are some great supporting characters in the film. Marisa Tomei plays a stripper who befriends Rourke’s character early in the film. Their lives parallel each other, yet they just can’t seem to connect. Marisa plays the dramatic part well and never gives in to the cliched stripper antics. We know what you’re thinking…yes, she’s naked…and to quote from Seinfeld…“They are real and they are spectacular.”

Evan Rachel Wood plays Rourke’s daughter and she portrays the complicated abandoned character perfectly. She doesn’t want to forgive her dad…even if the audience wants her to…it’s a brave choice of storytelling, but her character really rings true.

Directed by the amazingly talented, Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler is a tour de force of powerful cinematic decisions instilled with an astonishing amount of restraint. This particular movie is where Aronofsky really shines. In some of his earlier work, including Pi and Requiem For A Dream, Mr. Aronofsky created fantastic films. If there were any flaws in his earlier work, it was his inability to remove himself as a filmmaker and just let the movie play out. Here, he clearly learned some life lessons and never lets himself interfere with great, simple storytelling.

We say check out The Wrestler if you get a chance and find out why Rourke got his Golden Globe. You might be pleasantly surprised.


59 posted on 01/12/2009 6:30:46 PM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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To: All
Bottom Line


60 posted on 01/12/2009 10:40:55 PM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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