bale should win the Oscar for best supporting actor

Rating: 8/10 (3 January 2011)

just seen this last night and it was great. when i seen the trailer I thought this was going to be all about boxing. But to my delight it was much, much more. the movie tackled many subjects, drug addiction in America. family issues. loyalty, relationships, basically it took the old rocky formula and added to it. the standard of acting here was outstanding, Christian bale in particular proves once again that he is much more than a bankable action star and should win the Oscar for best supporting actor or at least get his first Oscar nod.Amy Adams and Melissa Leo also gave very strong performances. Mark Wahlberg was also good. but at times it was very much a case of Mark Wahlberg playing Mark Wahlberg. but he was strong in parts. Overall I really enjoyed this movie,the story was a little predictable but i loved every moment of it because the acting was so good. go see it because its much more than your standard boxing movie.