Maybe my expectations were too high?

Rating: 4/10 (17 January 2013)

Maybe I came into this film with too much excitement. Maybe my expectations were too high. I don't know what it was but The Fighter was a disappointment in my eyes.
I'm not the biggest fan of Mark Wahlberg. I don't see any depth in any of his work. I could understand why girls love seeing him in films but as an artist of cinema, I don't see it. I see an actor when I look at him. I don't see a character.
The absolute low point of this film is the choreographed fight scenes. They were terrible! The camera was not shot at the right angle for many punches and the punches thrown were really unrealistic. Very disappointed.
The only good point of this film I enjoyed was Christian Bale. I could see he really did his homework for this one. His mannerisms were spot on and I love when actors lose/gain weight for a film. It really brings the realism to the screen. When I looked at the character, I didn't see Christian Bale....I saw Dicky Eklund!
This film does not even comes close to Rocky, Million Dollar Baby and one the of the all time greats, Raging Bull.