I read the Hollywood vs real life and Mark S. comments prior to watching the movie. That may have made the movie a little less enjoyable. I am not a sports buff, I include that because I think my not knowing a lot about wrestling and the fact that I don't and will never understand why people take sports so seriously, may also be reasons why I didn't love this movie.
I guess the movie came from a book that Mark wrote or a lot if it did. I suppose that is why it focuses so heavy on MS. If I would have just watched this movie and not done any research I would have thought that JD killed DS because MS left and their relationship faltered. In truth it was DS and JD who were really close. I read that he killed him because HE was leaving. The movie portrays some type of jealousy coming from MS because of DS and JD's friendship. I don't believe that is accurate at all. Also I didn't get a homosexual vibe from the relationship between MS and JD as I read the former thought people might. What I got was a father son vibe from 2 weirdos who seemed to have trouble connecting with others. Yes WEIRDO would describe how MS and JD came off to me in this movie. Dave appeared to be the only normal one, although I knew he was going to get killed it was still hard to watch.
The individual acting performances were good. I love MR he was great. I didn't even bother looking up footage of that creep but it has been said SC played him quite well. I felt that he did a good job he is very talented. CT did a great job as a well. The movie overall it just left something to be desired. I am not a big fan of so called "true" stories because it seems the movies can't stick to enough of the truth and if fictionalizing the story makes it more interesting then stick to fiction. For example: MS never dyed his hair, so what was the point in adding it?
I guess the movie came from a book that Mark wrote or a lot if it did. I suppose that is why it focuses so heavy on MS. If I would have just watched this movie and not done any research I would have thought that JD killed DS because MS left and their relationship faltered. In truth it was DS and JD who were really close. I read that he killed him because HE was leaving. The movie portrays some type of jealousy coming from MS because of DS and JD's friendship. I don't believe that is accurate at all. Also I didn't get a homosexual vibe from the relationship between MS and JD as I read the former thought people might. What I got was a father son vibe from 2 weirdos who seemed to have trouble connecting with others. Yes WEIRDO would describe how MS and JD came off to me in this movie. Dave appeared to be the only normal one, although I knew he was going to get killed it was still hard to watch.
The individual acting performances were good. I love MR he was great. I didn't even bother looking up footage of that creep but it has been said SC played him quite well. I felt that he did a good job he is very talented. CT did a great job as a well. The movie overall it just left something to be desired. I am not a big fan of so called "true" stories because it seems the movies can't stick to enough of the truth and if fictionalizing the story makes it more interesting then stick to fiction. For example: MS never dyed his hair, so what was the point in adding it?