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Piggy (2012)
Definitely worth it
It has been a while since I have paid to see a movie and felt that it was worth it afterwards.
The plot is ingenuously written. The outcome is a familiar one but most likely not the one you predicted at the beginning of the movie, nor the one you adjusted the plot to at the middle of it.
The actors deliver a solid performance. I feel it is hard to be an indifferent or distant spectator. You can easily build empathy towards the characters, especially with Joe.
Overall I feel that perhaps a 7/10 for some may not be fairest rate. Therefore I am going to try to explain what 7/10 means to me: it is a solid movie, with an interesting plot, with enough deepness to allow getting caught up in it, good characters and good actors. It has its pertinence and entertainment value. It is worth seeing it. For me, it will not the most memorable movie nor will revolutionize movie history. It is simply a good flick.
The Wrestler (2008)
It is a fairly poor movie
This movie has been praised back and forth but I fail to see why.
- the story moves always in a fast forward way, making the characters lack substance: an example of such are the daughter-father relationship, that goes from extreme tolerance towards utter closure, in a very unemotional way (or mono-emotional if you consider all the crying), bringing the relationship as being profoundly meaningless when in fact is the turning point in the movie;
- the praised acting is not that good: "Randy" has often emotional transitions that don't fit nor the character nor the ambiance; as for cassidy, the duality stripper-mom definitely only exists as a schizophrenic character since the character at the end of the movie definitely does not incorporate anything from the previous "Cassidies"; - as for directing, there are a lot of misplaced emphasis on many scenes, especially towards the ending. Such blunt and goaded details definitely break the movie mood, that is, if you are getting into it.
As for the premise for this movie, it fails to become interesting or to transmit any power to the desired message. I think the sense of awe that you can withdraw comes mainly from this "underworld" of Wrestling, for those who find that interesting. That is also the only original feature of this movie which made it somewhat intriguing.
I do not recommend it. Hence, 4/10: nothing special.