Minichan

You've become rather boring.

@971,327 (B)
Remind me of an older Hamfist.

> The film featured the expected company shilling, as in portraying WWE as the be all end all promotion for wrestlers to get over big even though there is an entire independent circuit for those who can't make it or just don't want to go to WWE, but if you can get passed that then we could move on.

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Where to begin with this movie? I would just like to say that my reasons for seeing this movie was the praise that it was receiving from places that I thought would tear this film a new asshole. Needless to say that the ratings on Rotten Tomatoes are coming down to a more fairer evaluation, but here is my take on the film.

One thing to note is that this film is a shining example of stories "based on true events" only being loosely based on the actual events that inspired the film.

You have to remember that if professional wrestling is something that could be viewed upon as propaganda then Hollywood is likely equal to or even more propaganda than wrestling. It's like this is a trait common in the entertainment industry as a whole.

The film featured the expected company shilling, as in portraying WWE as the be all end all promotion for wrestlers to get over big even though there is an entire independent circuit for those who can't make it or just don't want to go to WWE, but if you can get passed that then we could move on.

There is also the VINTAGE revisionist history that one could come to expect from WWE, but this likely only extends to the scenes featuring actual history from the promotion or history surrounding the wrestlers. Some of which is likely due to budget constraints as a lot of the segments were shot during their live events so their sets and rings are more modern. If you've come to expect that from WWE then you're go to go see the film.

What is interesting is that WWE Studios seems to have this knack for casting their workers/wrestlers in movies despite not all of them having the chops to make it as a movie or TV actor. Only a handful of wrestlers were able to make that jump, namely The Rock, Rowdy Roddy Piper (R.I.P.), and David Bautista who seems to be finding success in Hollywood even though he is just a poor man's Dwayne.

WWE Studios took the opposite approach here by casting actors as wrestlers (aside from a few, Zelina Vega) which definitely shows since this is a film about wrestling. Just as wrestlers can't cut it as actors, the reverse is also true, see David Arquette in the late '90s and early '00s. Unless you know real life names or whatever names are used in the film you may have a hard time trying to determine which wrestler the actors are portraying. Fortunately, you can gather that if you know their ring attires or early ring attires.

For the story, that felt like one of the more engaging parts of the movie since it was a fairly serious comedy film.

Note that they likely didn't promote this as a biology because they knew wrestling fans are brutal and would fact-check them at every turn.

But there were some moments that caught your attention like the whole story behind the lead character's brother making you feel bad for the guy. But I'm not going to put spoilers into this review since spoilers are punishable by gentle wrestling.

Is this movie bad? If you can get passed the obvious company shilling, the kayfabe aspects of the industry, and the revisionist history, I'm going to say it wasn't horrible and it had an enjoyable quality to it.

I also feel like my experienced was enhanced by that older black lady talking at the screen, as I noted here. Though, considering how Paige's life went later on in her professional wrestling career, it seems like there is enough material for a sequel to be made. Perhaps it could be called, "Fighting With My Mexican," (see: Alberto Del Rio / Alberto El Patron) and feature her drug addiction.

Fighting With My Family is worth seeing though maybe not as hyped up as some of the reviewers said it was.

And that's the bottom line, because Catherine said so.

My reason for seeing this movie was the positive praise that it was receiving from places that I thought would tear this film a new asshole. Needless to say, the ratings on Rotten Tomatoes are coming down to a more dispassionate evaluation, but here is my take on the film. I'm not going to put spoilers into this review since spoilers are punishable by gentle wrestling.

One thing to note is that this film is "based on true events" in the most Hollywood of senses; it's an advert for the WWE. The film portrays the WWE as the be all end all promotion for which a professional wrestler ought to aspire. In reality, there are many opportunities beyond the WWE for whom those who choose to become professional wrestlers can compete.

Due to budget constraints, a lot of the segments were shot during WWE's live events so sets and rings are portrayed as being more modern than they were in real life. If you're a wrestling history fan, you'll be left disappointed by this.

However, the plot was an engaging part of the movie since it was a fairly serious comedy film.

Is this movie bad? If you can get past the obvious product placement, kayfabe aspects and lack of fidelity in historical accuracy, I'm going to say it wasn't horrible and it had an enjoyable quality to it.

Fighting With My Family is worth seeing though maybe not as good as some of the reviewers said it was.

And that's the bottom line, because Catherine said so.

(Edited 4 minutes later.)

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