He never has been my favorite actor. Thus, I always thought about Mickey Rourke as one of the most overrated performer of the history. I could not see anything in his face or in his performances that I liked. He was very famous when he played the role of Kim Basinger’s punisher in that false movie called Nine ½ Weeks. In the 80s decade this film was very controversial and famous; Basinger and Rourke were known for being sex symbols. If you watched this movie today, you can feel that this piece has been eaten by the time. Today that movie is nothing. It is only a poor soft erotic product and that is all. Mickey Rourke enjoyed successful in that movie and he tasted days of wine, fame and roses. Even in that time I thought that he was a bad actor. Some years later he played the performance of a hard guy in one of the most horrible movies that I have ever seen in my life. His partner in that freaky and bizarre adventure was Don Johnson. The experiment was called Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. Seen that film, you could asked if the director was called Ed Wood. The quality was terrible and the actors were down and out. In 2009 one movie was going to be released. The director was Darren Aronofsky. When I saw his first movie (Pi) I knew that this director was going to be important. His first movie was arrogant, fresh and rebel. The script was original and the direction absolutely brilliant. The Wrestler was his last movie until now. Aronofsky knows perfectly what it means the depression, loneliness and the failure when he made this movie. Everything was perfect, I was ready to watch that movie but I founded a problem: the main actor. He was Mickey Rourke again. I could not believe it. How this director could give a performance to this terrible actor? “Ok, it doesn’t matter. I’m going to watch it anyway”. When the movie finished, I was impressed. I was hearing the Bruce Springsteen’s track (He sings a song in the soundtrack) and I was thinking that Mickey Rourke had given us one of the best performances that I have ever seen in my life. He is great and unforgettable in that master piece called The Wrestler. When I was watching the film, Rourke reminded me all the time to Robert De Niro in Raging Bull. He is able to transmit suffering, pain, mercy, pathos, tragedy, and misery with his face. Now I think that this movie is going to be a classic in a few years, and the artist is going to stay in the time, because of this character. How can you explain this? I have a personal theory: Maybe, Rourke was talking about his own life; Maybe, this movie is a real and clear biopic. I do not care. I was impressed and touched. When you get that sensation in a theater, you understand why you love movies. As a result of this: Thank you so much, Mr. Rourke.
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I think Rourke was playing a version of himself, as seen through the lens of Raging Bull. I'm glad Rourke has pulled himself together an dI hope there are more roles to come for him; however, he looked like he was on something at the Oscars. I will see this film, though. because I have a felling it is an amazing character study. We'll see.
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