warrior ( 2011 film )
as a film warrior was much better. i liked the fighter too, but warrior was so much more emotionally exhausting .
the original motion picture soundtrack of warrior movie is composed by mark isham. here is track listing of all songs from warrior film –
web desk: trend of remaking hollywood movies has now become a norm in bollywood. dharma production ‘brothers’ is a remake of the 2011 ‘warrior’ .
gavin o' connor directed joel edgerton in two films. first was warrior (2011) and second was jane got a gun (2015) .
i gathered data on the 2011 box office for this year - end report, so it was easy enough to do a preliminary check of whether reviews were relevant in 2011. this scatterplot graphs the domestic box office gross against the rotten tomatoes score for all the wide releases in 2011 .
warrior (2011) 74. 41% (413 votes) the fighter (2010) 25. 59% (142 votes) total votes: 555
tom hardy' s physicality in this mixed martial arts film, warrior, is something to behold .
very heartfelt film masked as a brutal blood thirsty mma film. tom hardy is excellent .
the album was made available for download on itunes on 14 june 2011, together with a
digital booklet
. it was released on cd on 28 june 2011, 41 days after the show' s premiere .
the kepler story, morrison planetarium, san francisco, ca. october 2011 and 2013 (composed original score )
[ 64 ] srđjan spasojević, srpski film / a serbian film (serbia: 2010) .
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in a testament to globalization, hollywood has remade the 2011 gavin o' connor film
warrior
with bollywood talent in the new fox - lionsgate production
brothers: blood against blood ,
a bid to crack the thriving indian market .
my thanks to mary kochan of catholiclane for her editorial assistance. catholic lane published this review on august 24, 2011 .
evans, chris. “sitges director faces pornography complaint over a serbian film. ” screen daily, 8th march 2011, < urltoken > [ accessed 20 / 08 / 14 ] .
i' m still not over... the ending of' warrior'
featured on the band' s 2004 ep cherry tree,' about today' is perhaps best - known for featuring in gavin o' connor' s gritty 2011 film warrior, starring tom hardy and joel edgerton, the song' s lyrics about loss proving the perfect fit for a film about a fighter putting everything on the line .
was a surprise hit with $ 26. 65 million. it' s not terribly likely any film will match that opening, but 2011 has better depth and hopefully that will be the key to victory .
i' m still not over... the ending of' warrior' | urltoken
“warrior” is rated pg - 13 (parents strongly cautioned). a lot of fighting .
in movie terms ,
warrior' s heart
makes curling look like gladiatorial combat .
there are many things i’m still not over when it comes to the 2011 film warrior. i’m still not over how freaking good tom hardy was. i’m still not over how it did not receive the amount of praise it deserved. i’m still not over the fact that there’s a large number of people who have no idea what film i’m talking about right now. but most of all, i’m still not over the ending of the film .
herceg film festival. “16th film festival – programme and awards. ” < urltoken > [ accessed 20 / 08 / 14 ] .
as the world puts together its ‘best of 2011’ round - ups, we salute the films that deserve just a bit more love than they’re getting ...
besides being an exciting action film, wolf warrior 2 is heavily patriotic, which may be another reason why is has caught the attention of so many chinese moviegoers .
this friday, we see the release of brothers, in which akshay kumar and siddharth malhotra will be punching the lights out of each other with the hope of winning audiences' hearts. brothers is the official hindi remake of the 2011 film warrior, directed by gavin o' connor. it pit joel edgerton against a bulked - up tom hardy. hardy already had something of a fan following by the time warrior released .
, the overall box office was just under $ 101 million, so yes, 2011 squeezed out a win this week, even if it was by less than 1% . year - to - date, 2011 has earned $ 7. 70 billion, compared to $ 8. 01 billion it earned last year. we are going to need to see some big wins over the coming weeks if 2011 is going to have a shot at closing that gap by the end of december .
a storming film that’s touching, funny and disturbing, we haven’t connected with a film as we have super in quite a long time .
a warrior' s heart is so inept at developing itself as a film that it hands in all of its devices to the soundtrack itself and becomes a music video .
the warrior was a good film. nice twist on the cain vs able storyline. however, it’s a nice action film. the fighter, is a true cinematic classic. the story is much stronger and based on a “true story”. as much as i did like warrior, the fighter is a cinematic masterpiece. compare rembrandt to bob ross. the fighter (rembrandt) created art while warrior (ross) created pretty little trees .
an impressive week for sure. picking up warrior and midnight in paris in addition to margin call .
‘warrior’ is actually not a total waste of time. tom hardy always manages to make things interesting .
moira claux as big rebecca, a female warrior among the settlers who wields a bow and arrow .
the original motion picture soundtrack cd (ost) of warrior is now available on amazon and itunes .
brothers, as you’ve probably heard, is an official remake of the 2011 hollywood film warrior, starring tom hardy and joel edgerton. i remember watching it four years ago when it released in india and thinking that its melodramatic elements might perhaps work really well here — after all, ‘two estranged brothers’ is a premise we’ve all grown up watching .
spasojević, srđjan. “directors statement – a serbian film. ” contra film. < urltoken > [ accessed 20 / 08 / 14 ] .
wow, the fighter is clearly a better movie, at least the characters develop a little bit. everything but the fight scenes in warrior are good, and nick nolte, but the fighter is clearly the better film. warrior will not even be mentioned around an award period .
lobato, ramon and mark d. ryan. “rethinking genre studies through distribution analysis: issues in international horror movie circuits. ” new review of film and television studies 9, no. 2 (2011): pp. 188 - 203 .
warrior
is basically an action flick for chicks. you would not believe the amount of melodrama .
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[ 4 ] ramon lobato and mark d. ryan, “rethinking genre studies through distribution analysis: issues in international horror movie circuits, ” new review of film and television studies 9, no. 2 (2011): pp. 188 - 203 .
una lux una sonas – sky shadow obelisk cd (2011) exploring a more varied instrumentation and style, this second sso release marks a new chapter of scartabello’s progressive doom project .
[ 80 ] srđjan spasojević, “directors statement – a serbian film, ” contra film, < urltoken > [ accessed 20 / 08 / 14 ] .
wolf warrior 2
overtook fantasy flick
the mermaid ,
the previous top grossing movie in china .
virginia hey as the warrior woman, an amazon - like female member of the settlers who initially distrusts max .
boost the film’s notoriety but wreak havoc on its chances of making money in regions where it is cut: no transgressive film fiend wants to see a neutered film, and everyone knows where they can find intact copies. [ 57 ]
efa, the rotterdam film festival and french srf directors guild step up campaign .
wales, george. “frightfest drops a serbian film. ” total film, 26th august 2010, < urltoken > [ accessed 20 / 08 / 14 ] .
an early 2011 release in the uk, and the film that arguably gave harrison ford his best role in years. in morning glory, he plays a gruff, up - himself tv anchor, who finds himself forced to take a morning television role alongside diane keaton .
the trailer of the brothers shows a difficult relationship between two brothers and both participating in a fighting contest. in warrior (2011) where joel edgerton plays the role of a professor who enters into the contest due to financial problems with his family. looks like akshay kumar will play this role in brothers .
over - the - top melodramatic and corny ,
warrior
wasn' t a great film. remake director karan malhotra (husband of the screenwriter) delivers music - video slickness that does slightly improve upon on the espn aesthetics of the original, but
brothers
feels significantly inflated because of the obligatory musical montages (though the film is just 15 minutes longer than
warrior
) .
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scott, a. o. “torture or porn? no need to choose. ” the new york times, 12th may 2011, < urltoken > [ accessed 20 / 08 / 14 ] .
warrior is an exciting and engaging human drama film, with award winning acting, direction, sound, editing, and a genre setting benchmark ending. it’s an oscar contender and worthy film for adults and mature teens that explores the values in the human condition that are worth fighting for .
indeed, “wolf warrior 2” far outshone the opening performance of state - sponsored propaganda film “the founding of an army, ” which opened the same day. the latter film, the third in the “founding of new china” trilogy, has so far grossed $ 63. 6 million, compared to wolf warrior 2’s $ 4. 71 billion (and counting, according to china film insider’s tally). on the eve of its release, china film insider’s jonathan papish reported on “the founding of an army, ” the difficulty of judging the popular reaction to state - sponsored propaganda films, and on one tactic that filmmakers tried to help gather the film mass appeal :
the hashtag
wolf warrior 2
has been viewed more than 1. 2 billion times on the social media platform .
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all told, the film lost $ 137, 142, 407 in 2012 dollars .
[ 45 ] george wales, “frightfest drops a serbian film. ” total film, 26th august 2010, < urltoken > [ accessed 20 / 08 / 14 ] .
a film whose chance of appearing on more democratically - chosen top ten lists was seemingly damaged simply by not enough people getting to see it, the guard is comfortably one of the funniest films of 2011. and one of the most politically incorrect. and one of the best written .
warrior is a true story fighting sports film with nick nolte and tom hardy. while the acting has earned some acclaim (particularly nick nolte), the film itself is falling flat as the oscar contender that the studio may have anticipated it to be. even with strong critical reception and a not bad box office performance, the film is failing in most expectations. i’ve heard only bad things about the film’s wan direction and even worse about what sounds like an incredibly awkward ending. i have, however, not seen the film myself, so i cannot actually judge other than to judge that i don’t particularly want to see the film .
warrior' s three principle characterizations are compelling - nolte in particular gives a tempered performance as the shambling, sad - eyed wreck of a dad - but not enough to mask the film' s lesser elements .
the latest film to ride joseph campbell' s the power of myth as if it were a nonconsensual pony, a warrior' s heart tries to fashion a hero' s journey out of a seventeen spread .
tookey, christopher. “it’s not just the internet that’s full of violent porn – so are cinemas. ” daily mail, 1st november 2011, < urltoken > [ accessed 20 / 08 / 14 ] .
kimber, shaun. “transgressive edge play and srpski film / a serbian film. ” horror studies 5, no. 1 (2014): pp. 107 - 125 .
warrior also features some discussion of the father' s problems with alcoholism, ans the son' s addiction to prescription drugs .
its disappointing box - office may have been because the fighter covered not dissimilar territory a year earlier. or maybe mixed martial arts is a trickier sport to sell to a broad audience. it’s also possible that warrior was simply released in the wrong year – 2011’s big performances were all about escapism and special effects rather than gritty fighting movies .
[ 76 ] a. o. scott, “torture or porn? no need to choose, ” the new york times, 12th may 2011, < urltoken > [ accessed 20 / 08 / 13 ] .
it’s surprising that more hasn’t been made of this, but this year two old film masters - woody allen and martin scorsese - both made rhapsodic odes to 1920s paris. and, even more so, 2011 saw scorsese, ever faithful in terms of quality, beaten by his fellow bespectacled new yorker .
letterboxd synopsis got me really confused but then it got cleared out mid of the film .
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shoard, catherine. “serbian film becomes most censored film in 16 years. ” the guardian, 26th november 2010, < urltoken > [ accessed 20 / 08 / 14 ] .
but all this film has going for it besides him are its incredibly brutal fight scenes .
[ 54 ] christopher tookey, “it’s not just the internet that’s full of violent porn – so are cinemas, ” daily mail, 1st november 2011, < urltoken > [ accessed 20 / 08 / 14 ] .
the film' s comic - book post - apocalyptic / punk style popularised the genre in film and fiction writing. it was also a box office success and received six nominations at the saturn award ceremony, including best director for miller, best actor for gibson, best supporting actor for spence and best writing for miller, hayses and hannant, winning best international film. eventually, mad max 2 developed into a cult film: fan clubs and
road warrior
- themed activities continue into the 21st century. the film was followed by mad max beyond thunderdome in 1985, with a fourth film in the series, mad max: fury road, slated for release in 2014 .
[ 1 ] the film received no funding from either eurimages or the serbian ministry of culture. instead, director srđjan spasojević set up his own production company contra film to raise money .
[ 49 ] shaun kimber, “transgressive edge play and srpski film / a serbian film, ” horror studies 5, no. 1 (2014): pp. 107 - 125 .
macnab, geoffrey. “a serbian film: is this the nastiest film ever made? ” the independent 19th november 2012, < urltoken > [ accessed 20 / 08 / 14 ] .
this brilliant martial arts drama is up there with 2011' s best. while there are smaller issues such as around 20 s - bombs and 1 f - bomb, the main issue is th... continue reading
on friday, sept. 9 the major film warrior will hit theatres across the nation. the mma - based movie that has had fans teeming with anticipation is almost officially here. however, there were special screenings on sunday, sept. 4, giving the public an opportunity to watch the film five days in advance .
the intense fighting takes the sappiness out of what turns out to be a very moving film .
moved the action to new jersey to fit with the gritty east coast aesthetic of the film .
a powerful film about family, brotherly love, and the determination of one' s goals .
[ 51 ] catherine shoard, “serbian film becomes most censored film in 16 years, ” the guardian, 26th november 2010, < urltoken > [ accessed 20 / 08 / 14 ] .
superior to last year lionized the fighter, warrior may go several rounds starting in early september. lionsgate needs to put some muscle into its marketing campaign though, and word of mouth will have to energize the fight film’s male demographic .
the fighter was depressing and gross, hard to watch, not enjoyable. i loved the warrior. most awesome movie i have seen .
mr. sanchez this is case and proof that you don’t know a thing about real human emotions. by you saying that warrior doesn’t hold a match to the fighter pretty much because it isn’t based a true story is like saying there isn’t anyone out there going through what family in warrior went through. that’s insane to me. the ending is one of the most beautiful endings to ever be filmed imo. the act of forgiveness after a lifelong hatred is one of most engrossing thing’s i’ve ever watched. the acting was also incredible. i liked the fighter, but i loved warrior. i say it was up for best film of 2011 with shame and melancholia. my personal favorite “sport” film since rocky to be honest. that’s saying something. also, nick nolte deserved an oscar more so than christian bale. * boom * i said it .
lu peng, a researcher specialising in film and culture at the shanghai academy of social sciences, said the main reason for the film’s success was it played to the chinese public’s growing nationalist sentiment .
sadly, this was the second sports movie that gavin o' connor directed in which a main influence was tragically killed in a car accident during production. herb brooks died in a car accident during the making of
miracle
( 2004), and charles
mask
lewis was killed by a drunk driver just before the making of
warrior
( 2011) .
warrior is a drama about two estranged brothers who compete in a mixed martial arts contest, with one of them being coached by their father .
wolf warrior 2
has raked in 3. 5 billion yuan ($ 520 million) at theaters as of tuesday, according to beijing - based movie industry site mtime. that makes it china' s highest grossing film to date .
led the way with four nods, it wasn' t the only film that earned multiple nominations .
[ 44 ] geoffrey macnab, “a serbian film: is this the nastiest film ever made? ” the independent, 19th november 2012, < urltoken > [ accessed 20 / 08 / 14 ] .
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mad max 2 (also known as the road warrior and mad max 2: the road warrior) is a 1981 australian post - apocalyptic action film written and directed by george miller. the film is the second installment in the mad max film series, with mel gibson starring as max rockatansky. the film' s tale of a community of settlers moved to defend themselves against a roving band of marauders follows an archetypical
western
frontier movie motif, as does max' s role as a hardened man who rediscovers his humanity when he decides to help the settlers. [ 4 ] filming took part in locations around broken hill, in the outback of new south wales. [ 5 ]
on paper it sounded terrible and in truth the director didn’t instill a great deal of confidence either, but despite it hitting all the familiar story beats for this type of film i found it a moving and exhilarating experience. warrior plays out exactly how you expect it to but this can be said about practically every fight film ever made. the inevitability and the triumph over insurmountable odds is one of the great cinematic treats the ‘genre’ has to offer and warrior does this final showdown better than most .
warrior is exceptional to mma fans, since the movie is clearly standing on a great foundation. mma knowledge is present and, with sponsorship of tapout throughout the movie, the sport portrayed in the film is the sport we have come to love .
game of thrones is the soundtrack album for the first season of the eponymous fantasy tv show by the u. s. cable channel hbo. the album was composed by the german composer ramin djawadi and published by varèse sarabande in june 2011 .
aren’t rave reviews supposed to push indie films into crossover success? anthony d’alessandro investigates what went wrong with drive and warrior at the fall box office .
tom hardy, left, and joel edgerton as brothers who face each other in a major mixed - martial - arts contest in
warrior .
warrior is an action / drama film that tells the tale of a family torn apart by alcoholism and a complicated and troubled past. the cast consists of the likes of joel edgerton, nick nolte and inception and dark knight rises star tom hardy. from the director of miracle, this film approached the rising sport of mma in a more storytelling fashion .
fun fact: nick nolte, of all people, was nominated for an academy award for this film .
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some moviegoers took to weibo, china' s equivalent of twitter, to heap praise on the film .
the film received much recognition from the academy of science fiction, fantasy & horror films. it won the saturn award for best international film. it received additional nominations for best director, best writing, and best costume design. mel gibson and bruce spence received nods for best actor and best supporting actor, respectively. george miller won the grand prize at the avoriaz fantastic film festival. mad max 2 was also nominated for the hugo award for best dramatic presentation and was awarded the los angeles film critics association award for best foreign film. the film was also recognised by the australian film institute, winning awards for best direction, costume design, editing, production design and sound. it received additional nominations for the cinematography and musical score. [ 16 ]
, that 2011 mix of mythology and mixed martial arts that sought to provide rock ’em - sock ’em entertainment to crowds whose credit had been crunched. (sadly, they couldn’t afford the ticket .) that film was very specifically tied to an america reeling from rounds of foreclosures and lay - offs; removed of that context, the story can’t pack the same punch .
warrior stars tom hardy and joel edgerton as two brothers training to be mixed martial arts fighters. they tell andrew pulver why they chose to do a fight movie
kuhn, annette and guy westall. oxford dictionary of film studies. oxford: oxford university press, 2012 .
originating from a small national film industry, a serbian film raises questions about how serbia defines itself in an international context. this is complicated by the unusual circumstances in which the film was produced. the source of funding is not completely transparent. spasojević claims to have funded the film primarily using his own money, with the cast and crew also contributing. besides making the film entirely independent of the serbian government, it also means that the serbian production most widely recognised in the uk is a vehicle for the agenda of a very limited number of people. the film cultivates negative perceptions of a country that, for the most part, had no hand in its making .
moving the action from the boxing ring to the mma cage works wonders. bar the indifferent redbelt there really haven’t been too many cage based movies of note and warrior…
its dramatic scenes are moving (though they do teeter over into melodrama in the third act) and the fighting is astounding. plus, an mma commentator shrieks, “he tore the door off a tank! ” warrior was an unmissable film that, sadly, seemingly everybody missed .
although the film tells a compelling story, it is in no short supply of fantastic fighting action. in some scenes, the action is very fast - paced and is the only thing that comes close to being exaggerated. not a significant spoiler, but there are no decision wins in the film. that said, sorry, there are no canadian welterweights in the film. but seriously, the action remains technical and continues to be exciting throughout the film .
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i’ve seen the movie fighter and it was a good movie. but it has more rocky scenes into it b / c they both are about boxing and the movies are more similar. warrior is the best movie! i could watch it over and over again, the movie has nothing with rocky b / c rocky is boxing and warrior is about mma, they both have nothing to do with eachother! there are no scenes that relate to rocky. i think warrior should have won, not the fighter .
the most intriguing aspect of the film is the tale of two brothers. it packs the most powerful emotional punch (pun intended) and takes warrior to the next level as a film. what would otherwise be an enjoyable, but quite simple ufc movie, warrior creates such depth for its characters by providing them with these deep backstories. not only do these backstories enable the emotional powerfulness of the ultimate battle between the two brothers, but it makes some of the film’s best scenes possible. tommy and brendan meeting on the beach is fantastic. the emotional build - up in the film is on a constant upward trajectory, climaxing in a final showdown that just might bring you to tears. kudos to two of my favorite actors, tom hardy and joel edgerton, and to you too, nick nolte… i guess .
so kraftvoll wie emotional gefilmt, außergewöhnlich gut gespielt. es gibt nur wenige filme, die schmerz und anstrengung fühlbar machen, gleichzeitig ungeheuer befriedigend ihr
auf die fresse
- potential ausnutzen und mich auch nach der 27. sichtung zum heulen bringen .
warrior
ist solch ein film .
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this film has no right to be as good as it is. it is predictable, it is about guys beating each other up, it is a testosterone filled fight film with all the subtelty of a freight train and it is unbelievably melodramatic .
the soundtrack to game of thrones was originally slated to be composed by stephen warbeck. on 2 february 2011, only ten weeks prior to the show' s premiere, it was reported that warbeck had left the project and ramin djawadi had been commissioned to write the music instead. [ 1 ]
a native new yorker, o’connor began writing while studying at the university of pennsylvania. after graduation, he returned to new york, where he began his career writing short films and plays. o’connor made his screenwriting debut with the award - winning short film the bet, which also marked ted demme’s film directorial debut. o’connor then wrote and directed the short film american standoff .
in second place, the founding of an army opened with $ 28. 99m from its first four days. directed by andrew lau (of infernal affairs fame) and featuring an ensemble star - studded cast, the film marks the 90 th anniversary of the founding of the people’s liberation army. it’s the third part of the trilogy that began with 2009’s the founding of a republic and 2011’s the founding of a party .
[ this is mostly a review of the film. i' ll do a little moral premise analysis at the end. ]
yeah, whatever, this film (wait for it, there' s an incredible pun coming) knocked me out cold .
this film stars both maximillian hernandez and noah emmerich who would go on to play fbi partners in the americans (2013) .
lionsgate worked earnestly to generate hype in the mma blogosphere with contests and interviews. also working in their favor were a number of ufc fighters who appeared in the film, spoke out favorably about it and surfaced in photo - tie - in - book the men of warrior. but finally these efforts were fruitless .
wu jing, the the lead actor and director of
wolf warrior 2 ,
has complained than china doesn' t have stars as well known as tom cruise or arnold schwarzenegger .
warrior (pg - 13) lionsgate (139 min .) directed by gavin o’connor. with joel edgerton, tom hardy, nick nolte. now playing in new jersey. two stars
the movie takes place in an unnamed african country, where an elite chinese soldier ventures into a war zone to save trapped chinese workers. it' s loosely based on several true stories involving military evacuations of chinese workers from libya back in 2011 and from yemen in 2015, according to local media reports .
while the god references drop off after that opening scene, themes of redemption and forgiveness run through warrior. the entire third act is taken up with a glitzy winner - take - all tournament in atlantic city, branded as “sparta, ” but despite round after round of punishing combat, warrior is more about its characters’ wounded hearts than the external injuries they suffer or inflict .
for some viewers, i’m sure warrior will be a knockout, a movie that comes on strong, like tommy, and leaves them flat. for me, it came on more like brendan, showing some weaknesses, taking some hits, but in the end wrangling me to the ground and forcing me into submission. i yield. despite reservations, warrior is worth seeing .
a relatively minor hit compared to the big - name juggernauts of 2011, source code nevertheless marks an important turning point in duncan jones’ career. moon proved that he had talent as a storyteller; source code proves he can direct a deceptively intricate thriller as well as anyone in hollywood. great things undoubtedly beckon .
“warrior” takes place in the world of mixed martial arts, and it is appropriately blunt, powerful and relentless, a study of male bodies in sweaty motion and masculine emotions in teary turmoil .
loved the fighter but warrior is far superior, a much better flick. agree with carol when she says its boring in comparison. to me, the fighter was more of a drama .
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bout to watch the fighter, warrior was pretty damn good. i don’t understand whats with the hate on the fighter in these comments lol. chill out, and realize they’re both good films ?
wu also starred and directed in the first
wolf warrior
movie, which was far less popular among domestic moviegoers, pulling in just 545 million yuan ($ 80 million) in 2015 .
jennifer morrison is no stranger in front of the camera, thanks to megaroles on once upon a time and house, but she pulls double duty as star and director of her new film, sun dogs. she sat down with the hollywood reporter in studio to discuss making her directorial debut, working with stars like allison janney and ed o’neill, and the pressures of shooting the film in just 18 days. speaking on how she got involved with sun dogs, morrison explained that screenwriter anthony tambakis, whom she worked with on the film warrior, sent her the script after seeing a short ...
are you kidding the fighter hands down these comments are obviously overrun with people who just love mma too much to realize how much better of a movie the fighter really is…. for one the fighter actually has characters that matter, in warrior you could replace and character and get the same effect its a joke. now warrior is a good movie in its own realm but in respect to the fighter it was a better film more substance to the movie rather than fighting actual had a developed story not just a sibling rivalry and forgivness
the fighter acknowledged this exploitative side of the business as well as the physical cost of the punishment fighters take. warrior takes a more uncritical, glamorized view of the sport. in spite of this, viewed critically, the film’s human story remains affecting, and the characters’ actions, if not always the outcomes, are believably drawn .
i personally think warrior along with the help are two of the most overrated movies of the year. i wasn’t impressed by it but one think i completely loved about warrior was nick nolte’s superb performance. i wish he gets oscar nomination for it. the tempest felt flat for movie in every way. i want to have midnight in paris dvd, one of the best movies of the year .
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, if you were to take away the kudos, awards, and overall history of that successful character, film, and eventual franchise .
i tested this model on the 2010 wide releases for validation. even though the 2010 data was not incorporated into the model formulation, the r 2 is 0. 61 when applied to the 2010 data. this suggests that the model is not unique to 2011, and may be valid for predicting box office grosses going forward .
while the ufc component of the film is used a frame for the themes of the film, the enjoyability of this action should not be dismissed. the second hour of warrior is immensely enjoyable just in the sense that the fight scenes are totally badass. for every time hardy body slams a would - be world champion, we feel as jacked - up as we feel cathartic. the fact that this film contains multiple layers of greatness is a testament to its quality. it is like half action - packed fight movie that doesn’t take itself too seriously, half well acted, scripted, and directed tale of love’s ability to defeat hate. as a result, the film is versatile, allowing it to be enjoyed thoroughly by a number of different moviegoers .
' warrior' is secondarily a movie about the world' s fastest growing sport, mma. if you like the fight game, this movie will have you yelling and jumping out of your seat .
this movie is one of my absolute favorites! ... here is the soundtrack from
warrior
artist: the national - about today i hope you enjoy this song as much as i did
gavin o’connor’s warrior, starring nolte, tom hardy, and joel edgerton, is an emotional tale detailing the effects of an alcoholic father on a pair of brothers and how they ultimately overcome the damage done. one aspect of the film i particularly enjoy is the use of mixed martial arts simply as a frame for the telling of the story, rather than as the true focus of the film. warrior is about family and pain and forgiveness and regret and utilizes the intensity of physical battle to make these themes come across all the more powerfully. how could one feel tommy’s (hardy) mix of confusion and fear more effectively than by watching him punch another man in the face ?
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gunning, tom. “the cinema of attractions: early film, its spectator and the avant - garde. ” in early cinema: space - frame - narrative, edited by thomas elsaesser and adam barker, pp. 56 - 62. london: british film institute, 1986 .
the third in the founding series — the chinese government’s attempt to appeal to the masses through slickly - made “main - melody” i. e. propaganda films — the founding of an army follows 2009’s the founding of a republic and 2011’s the founding of a party, both of which seemingly scored well at the box office in their respective years .
if you are a fan of mma, then this movie is a must - see. with an excellent cast, gripping story, and overall fantastic film production; warrior is sure to put up a fight in the box office. it is clear that this is no movie that just jumped on the mma bandwagon, but rather is helping push it .
warrior, opening this weekend and featuring two estranged brothers thrown together for a five million dollar payday in the mixed martial arts arena, is no exception. it steps into the ring here against the fighter, a small, boxing film that took hollywood by storm, eventually earning seven academy nominations and wins for christian bale and melissa leo in supporting roles .
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the fighter is vastly, grossly superior. the fighter is real. go back to your xbox. i’m sure there’s an mma game that’s just as good as warrior and doesn’t take two plus hours to play it .
we just hope warrior can find an audience on home release because, for us, not only is it a more gripping film than the fighter, but it’s also among the best movies released all year. tom hardy and joel edgerton are fantastic as the estranged brothers who embark on mma fighting careers, and nick nolte’s perfect as their grouchy, ex - alcoholic father .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. what a space it opens…
there are some familiar faces in the film, hailing from the professional organizations fans watch, and all add to a sense of familiarity and overall credibility .
however, nationalism and / or patriotism isn’t the only thing driving the film’s success. a follow - up article from the qiu zhibo at the global times, which attempts to reassure western readers wary that the film signals an increasingly assertive and aggressive china, points out that the film is not “top - down didactic, patriotic propaganda by the government. on the contrary, it is a purely commercial movie, rather than a state - initiated propaganda movie. ”
at one point in “warrior” we see brendan conlon, a high school science teacher, laying down the law — the law of physics that is — for his students. “force equals mass times acceleration, ” he writes on the board. that formula might be of use in thinking this new film from gavin o’connor, which grasps the newtonian principles at the heart of pugilistic melodrama .
the regression analysis was conducted in minitab using the 2011 wide releases. there were 143 movies that screened in at least 600 theaters; this analysis is limited to the movies for which i could find a budget. the goal was to find an equation that would predict total domestic box office gross. i rounded the calculations for cleaner numbers, which resulted in this equation :
in a coincidence, of which the film abounds, brendan also wants to enter that contest as his house is headed for foreclosure and he sees no other option. so the brothers are on a collision course, and the film blithely assumes one can willy - nilly enter this contest despite having no recent experience .
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after his father' s death, high school lacrosse star conor sullivan becomes self - destructive but through a new love interest and his passion for this sport, conor discovers the warrior within himself. - - (c) official site
there' s very little in this film that you haven' t already seen in other boxing films, but o' connor and his cast and crew really put together a sports drama that' s every bit as gripping as rocky, and they manage to do so within the bounds of a pg - 13 film .
the film premiered just ahead of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the chinese army, a hugely symbolic event for the country. [ … ] [ source ]
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but while keaton and ford’s sparring is great fun, morning glory was a breakthrough and a half for rachel mcadams, just one that not enough people noticed. she holds the film together, and gives what should have been a full - on star - making turn. it’s a delightful performance, in a highly entertaining film .
an alternate opening shot at moundsville state prison in west virginia, and featuring tom hardy' s character cage - fighting in jail, was cut from the film .
this is a rare fight movie in which we don' t want to see either fighter lose. that brings such complexity to the final showdown that hardly anything could top it — but something does, and
warrior
earns it .
i have seen both now…i saw the fighter in the theater and loved it! i just finished watching the warrior ondemand… love love loved it! i can’t believe how many twists the movie has and it just pulls at your heart strings in ways that can make anyone cry… nick nolte should win an award for his performance. . this is one of those movies i could / will watch over and over again…can’t forget to mention the hot men in this movie! i have to say the warrior really moved me i give it a 10…the fighter an 8 and that is a damn good movie, i mean mark walberg can make any film great: )
86 min horror feature written and directed by rob ager + 54 min behind the scenes documentary. this film is ultra low on budget and ultra high on concepts. if you want a feature film that avoids the usual formula structure and predictability of most commercial movies and also like to be intellectually challenged then this movie may well be up your street. the behind the scenes documentary also contains a wealth of clues for unlocking the hidden depths of the movie itself. more info about the film can be found at
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more than any other film this year, melancholia carries its audience on an emotional arc, from laughter, to unease, right through to a shattering, deafening conclusion .
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michael crichton’s novels (jurassic park, congo) were transformed into many a blockbuster hit, so when touchstone pictures decided to produce a renamed film version of the eaters of the dead with john mctiernan (predator, die hard) at the helm, they were certain they had banked a hit. once test audiences were brought in to view the film, however, the studio had second thoughts. they spent big bucks to rework the film, to no avail. the final product was so bad that omar sharif, who had a small part in the film, actually retired briefly from acting because of his poor opinion of it. said sharif, “after my small role in the 13th warrior, i said to myself, ‘let us stop this nonsense, these meal tickets that we do because it pays well’... bad pictures are very humiliating, i was really sick. it is terrifying to have to do the dialogue from bad scripts, to face a director who does not know what he is doing, in a film so bad that it is not even worth exploring. ”
in criticism that dana white, the fertitta brothers and marc ratner have faced, the common negative connotation with mma is that it resembles cockfighting. warrior did not fall short of portraying two individuals from different walks of life, and showing their humanity.
warrior is a 2011 american sports drama film directed by gavin o'connor and starring tom hardy and joel edgerton as two estranged brothers whose entrance into a mixed martial arts tournament makes them come to terms with their lives and each other . nick nolte was nominated for an academy award for best supporting actor for his role as the father of the two brothers . jennifer morrison and frank grillo also star . 
warrior is a 2011 american sports drama film directed by gavin o'connor and starring tom hardy and joel edgerton as two estranged brothers whose entrance into a mixed martial arts tournament makes them come to terms with their lives and each other. nick nolte was nominated for an academy award for best supporting actor for his role as the father of the two brothers. jennifer morrison and frank grillo also star.
warrior is a 2011 american sports drama film directed by gavin o'connor and starring tom hardy and joel edgerton as two estranged brothers whose entrance into a mixed martial arts tournament makes them come to terms with their lives and each other. nick nolte was nominated for an academy award for best supporting actor for his role as the father of the two brothers. jennifer morrison and frank grillo also star.