I could not believe it..

Rating: 6/10 (5 June 2005)

I saw this movie recently and with all the high praises (and Oscars) that its gotten i was really very excited to see this film, especially since i'm a boxing fan. However, by the end of the movie i was wondering if i saw the same movie everyone was talking about. To be honest i was disappointed with it. For a casual fan the boxing aspects of the movie might be okay but for a boxing aficionado they are not.. There are things happening (esp. inside the ring) on the movie that are simply unbelievable, you might even say its out of the world, and for that its just hard to love this movie. Now i'm sure people will point out that this is not a movie about boxing; this is a movie about People, about Relationships, and i get that. The thing is boxing is what holds the movie together, from the principal characters to the main scenes, and i just wish it was done better and realistically. PS I can't believe this won the Oscars for the best picture.