The Fighter

Since Thandavam, have had the opportunity to see two interesting films, the 2010 film, The Fighter and the latest English Vinglsih. Probably record my impressions in two separate posts. I feel really sad I have not seen this for two years. The Fighter was quite interesting and absorbing. While the movie was dominated by the standout performance of Bale, the screenplay vied with him for equal honours. I tried to imagine the amount of preparation, that Bale must have taken to shed his weight and bring the drug addict's sunken eyes. Bale beautifully enacted the grand illusion of an addict and enhanced it with the most quixotic gaze sometime giving an expression of getting lost and sometime wandering away into some dark forbidden world. It is a pity that he only won a best Oscar for a supporting actor. It is a joke that in view of such kind of performance and the haunting performance of Xavier Bardem in Biutiful  a lack lustre performance by Colin Firth won him the Best actor award at the Oscars. The Fighter is quite metaphorical and resonates the trials and tribulations we all face in our daily lives, the manifestations though being different.