Page 11 The Lion’s Eye February 2, 2011 Eve on Entertainment Movie Revie: The Fighter By John Henry - Lion's Eye Staff Writer- jah5698@psu.edu “The Fighter” starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale is a story of an underdog boxer who battles through pain and criticism en route to a boxing championship. Mark Wahlberg- (Micky) is a boxer living in Lowell Massachusetts who is overshadowed by his brother Christian Bale (Dicky) because he knocked down Sugar Ray Leonard and has earned the name “Pride of Lowell.” Now that Dicky’s glory days are over, his goal is to help his little brother Micky achieve the same or even greater success than him- self. This goal becomes very tough because Dicky is a drug addict, which prevents him from helping Micky train for fights. Their mother who is also Micky’s manager shows little respect toward him because she is still reliv- Both his mother and brother’s poor treatment of his fights that they signed him up for. Micky’s to exceed his brother’s irresponsible actions and he likes in a bar one night named Charlene, she is leading him in the wrong direction and he One night Dicky gets in a fight with the eating. He heard a noise and went out to help threw Micky into a car and as a result Micky his brother in jail and his healed hand, Micky again. Micky visits Dicky in jail before each well because he began to have a lot of success. from jail and wanted to help Micky train. Dicky that didn’t stop Dicky so he goes to Charlene’s train. At the championship fight, Micky is struck each one. Micky kept fighting until his opponent opponent he went in for the kill, delivering the and as a result Micky won the championship. This was a classic comeback movie hard work. Micky could have given up very eas- FIGHTER ing all of the greatness that Dicky achieved years ago. Micky became evident when he started losing all of challenge was not to just beat his opponents but also very little support from his mother. Micky finds a girl talks some sense into Micky by saying that his family should create his own path toward greatness. police right outside of a restaurant where Micky was his brother, but that was a mistake because the cops broke his hand. With motivation from his girlfriend, agrees to make a comeback and defend for the title fight for some advice on his opponents. It worked A week before Micky’s title fight Dicky is released was mad because Micky won’t allow him to help. But house and they both persuade Micky to help him with many brutal punches, but kept getting up after got tired. Once Micky sensed the weakness in his knockout blow. Micky’s opponent could not recover that was highlighted by a lot of determination and ily, but kept fighting and got rewarded in the end by knocking out his opponent and earning a title. This is language, but nevertheless there was a good message not a movie for young children because there was strong Photo Courtesy of blog. beliefnet.com sent to all viewers saying that you should never give up. TWO UNLIKELY INDIVIDUALS MEET BY: DAVE SERPENTINE { 1 thought there was Global Warming? Oscar Preview ByKelly Crawford Lion's Eye Enterntainment Editor kme5368@psu.edu The Oscars is a time for film lovers to see their favorite actors and directors recognized for their work. Films such as The King’s Speech, Social Network, and the Fighter were nominated for awards in categories ranging from best film, best director, and best actor. 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Nominees for Best Actor include Colin Firth for The King’s Speech, Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network, Javier Bardem for Biutiful, Jeff Bridges for True Grit, and James Franco for 127 Hours. Nominees for Best Actress include Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right, Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole, Jennifer Lawrence for Winter’s Bone, Natalie Portman for Black Swan, and Michelle Wil- liams for Blue Valentine. Last year’s movie that swept the night’s top award being named Best Movie was the Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker. The Oscars have been awarding movies for 83 years. The Oscar statuette is the motion picture industry ’s greatest honor. Offi- cially named the Academy Award of Merit, the Oscar is given in recognition of the highest level 2011 of achievement in moviemaking. Ballads for nominees are mailed in December to the Academy who then waits till January for the PricewaterhouseCoopers Firm to tally the votes. Active members of the Academy vote on the nominees in late January. After final ballots are counted, only two partners of Pricewater- houseCoopers know the results until the envelopes are opened onstage during the live show. Tune in Sunday, Febru- ary 27 to see if your favorite movie of 2011 will win the prestigious award desired by many. If you are interested in fashion make sure to watch the hour red carpet coverage to see what designers are being worn by Hollywood’s top celebrities. Actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway will host the 83rd An- nual Oscars which will premiere at 8 pm on ABC from the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles. | Who is gour pick? i Cele] Sie) de complete guide to the Oscars in the next issue of The Lion’s Eye! |
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