Day 97: Warrior

Directed By- Gavin O' Connor

Writer(s)- Gavin O' Connor, Cliff Dorfman, Anthony Tambakis

Starring- Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Jennifer Morrison, Frank Grillo, Nick Nolte

Critics Review- "Warrior is an epic, beautiful film, a must see!"- Julian Roman "Movieweb"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 83% Audience- 92%

Out a possible 5 Stars- 4 1/2 stars

My Review-

This possibly one of the greatest sports movies of the new decade, and not that many of come out, but this one will go down as one of the greatest. Each performance in this movie was unbelievable, from Nolte to Morrison. The most suprising was from Hardy and Nolte, their scenes together were amazing seeing Nolte back to form as an amazing actor, and Hardy a major difference from Inception to this film. This movie makes me want to see him has Bane even more then I wanted to do before. This is more than a sports movie, it is a movie about family, it is a movie about fighting for something or you lose everything. This movie must have gone unnoticed or something because it deserved more than the Best Supporting Actor Nomination for Nolte, which was well deserved. It should have gotten nominated for Best Picture, is is that good. I went to watching this movie just seeing two brothers fight in the final round of a major competition, but it became more than that as the movie progressed and you saw that they both had something to prove. Even the fight scenes were intense and at times made me cringe on how hard they were getting hit or thrown to the ground. This is a movie that should be watched to see all the amazing performances. I had never really seeing Joel Edgerton act, but he is one that is making a name for himself in every movie that he does. And he certainly made an impression on me in this movie. Tom Hardy showed a different side of his acting that was way different then him in Black Hawk Down, or his movie Inception. As I said before this movie is more than a sports movie, it is also an emotional one, Nick Nolte possibly gives one of the best performances of his career and maybe should have won that Oscar, but also this movie missed out on the crowning nomination of Best Picture. It deserves to be up in that category because it deserves it. The only problem that I had with this movie was that I was hoping it would go more into the back story of the brothers and their alcoholic dad. What made the movie even more emotional was the song that was chosen to be played towards the end of the movie, the song is just powerful. I will admit I did find myself getting teary eyed and emotional during the last 15 mins of the film, it was well worth it. This movie is a must see and I regret not watching it in theaters but glad that I chose it to be on my list.