Movie Review: The Wrestler

Martin and I went to see The Wrestler last week. It was pretty crowded in the theatre and very few seats were free. I didn't see how it began cause I was listening to Martin tell a funny ass story about his overly dramatic room mate chick but all of a sudden a very pushy couple was arguing with some people in the row behind us over seats. We were in the handicapped seats so we had the only 2 seats on the ground and the bar before the first real was right behind us which is what separated the two parties. The argument was just to my right side. I coulda rubbed my face sweetly on the pushy girl's coat if I had thought of it and wanted to but didn't on both counts.



Anyway, they had a good little back and forth going and it appeared to me that there was one couple that was saving 2 seats for another couple they didn't know that were the main arguers with the pushy standy couple. A secondary couple sitting on the other side of the empty seats got involved cause the pushy couple wouldn't shut up about taking the seats and the pushy dude called the secondary dude a dick. Secondary dude was on like a first date or something and was embarrassed. He was also about twice the size of the pushy guy. So over the rail he jumps and gets in Pushy's face and calls him a pussy and dares him to fight if it ain't true. Turns out it is true cause Pushy gets all meek and suddenly learns manners and forgets how to talk.

Pushy bitch is still going at it with the girl from the primary seated couple and I hear threats to call 911 from Pushy Girl. The whole theatre had gotten real quiet at this point and everyone was enjoying the show. So with Pushy Dude getting cowed and Pushy Girl still being demanding all of a sudden the primary seated chick hauls off and slaps Pushy Bitch in the face. It was the most gentle and loving slap you have ever seen. Their ain't any harm in a million of em but you woulda thought Pushy Bitch had just been shot from the way she acted.

She howls and shrieks and storms out of the auditorium with Pussy Boy screaming about how she is gonna call the cops and accompanied by thundering applause and cat calls from the rest of the viewing audience. The general consensus seemed to be that the Pushies sucked and it was good riddance overall.

A few minutes into the movie here comes Pushy Bitch again, this time flanked by two cops and a manager with a flash light. She very smugly points out gentle slap girl and away the cops whisk her insisting that her boyfriend stay and watch the movie. 10 minutes later they come back in to collect the boyfriend and haul off the slappy girl to the big house.

I never figured a harmless slap such as that could result in a prison term and felt pretty damn bad for the poor girl. If I were the cops I would have inspected the pushy bitch and seen she was fine and told her to shut the fuck up. Or at worst let her get a gentle slap back at the other girl. 5 years in the big house seems a bit excessive to me for a harmless little slap.

After the movie Martin just went home and said he had learned his lesson from Valkerie not to go out drinking so much so that was the end of the night.

Morale: The Wrestler starts out pretty entertainingly but then kinda fizzles at the end with everyone behaving themselves and being responsible and going home.