Southpaw movie

[frasd]

I attempted to go to this movie with my daughter last night. Had to leave unfortunately half way through. I was really excited to see this one and looked great up to the point of me leaving. My question is has anyone seen this movie and if so is there a reason it is called South Paw if Jake Guellenwhatever fights from an orthodox stance? Or did I miss something or have too much time on my hands to think about these things? Regardless how was the movie and does anyone have an answer to the Southpaw question?

Thanks

[mikeeod]

I thought the movie sucked, personally. The southpaw angle comes in later on when Forrest Whitaker is teaching him defense and BOXING (not slugging), and has him practice fighting out of a southpaw stance. He ends up going southpaw to pull the fight out and regain his championship.

[frasd]

I thought the movie sucked, personally. The southpaw angle comes in later on when Forrest Whitaker is teaching him defense and BOXING (not slugging), and has him practice fighting out of a southpaw stance. He ends up going southpaw to pull the fight out and regain his championship.

Guess I left before that part. I guess that explains that. Surprised bad reviews from saddo members. I thought it was supposed to be really good but didn't see enough to say.

[tysonesque]

As a boxing fan I generally make a point of not watching boxing movies because the majority of them are complete shit.

The only boxing movie I really rate is Raging Bull and that's because the boxing is only a very small part of it. With a cast like that film had, it couldn't really fail. That said, it's also the only boxing-based movie I've ever seen where the action in the ring isn't embarrassingly bad.

The Rocky films are bad, but in a fun way if that makes sense. They are just so overly cliched and ridiculous that you can't help but love the early ones. I refuse to believe that Stallone made those films expecting them to be taken seriously.

[p4pking]

"The fighter" was a good movie I thought. Can't remember the fights scenes to well but they weren't Rocky level bad.

[Fenster]

I knew this film would be a paint-by-numbers load of shit when I kept hearing "The best boxing movie since Raging Bull."

Raging Bull is a fantastic portrayal of a constantly starving paranoid lunatic. Masterpiece.

The first Rocky is a terrific love story.

[Primo Carnera]

I thought it was a decent film and because the last poster has given the ending, I can say that for me , the ending was too "Rocky" like.
It would be interesting if there was a sequel where there are still one or two things for him to overcome.

[C.J.Rock]

I enjoyed it

[Silkeyjoe]

The scorecards annoyed me. Several knock downs and and a point deduction yet no t reflected in scorecards, amateurs.

Average movie for me. Very predictable and lots of inconsistencies in some of the characters personalities.