You're right...they did a pretty good job with Mike. They could've done better. They pushed the musician angle... which is true...but didn't really go anywhere with his desire to get involved in the behind the scenes/production side. They didn't properly show his downward spiral. The massive drugs, the fights, car crashes, and his frustration with knowing he had brain damage and would never recover.

They barely touched on the Lance stuff (a fake Von Erich) who was brought in because of what happened to Mike.

While they do show the family's use of drugs, they should've leaned further into it....use The Wrestler as the guideline.

If you're interested in the real story but don't feel like digging through books, lengthy podcasts, or that hours long doc, check this out...

http://www.hack-man.com/Wrestling/NewsA … Erich.html

It's the infamous Penthouse article in 88 that goes over a lot of what had happened at that point.

As a fictional stand alone movie, it's passable. I might watch it again in a month or so now that I know it's not a portrayal of reality whatsoever.

I can see why casual fans and/or people who didn't grow up watching WCCW might appreciate it more.

The story just deserved so much more.

Imagine a Reagan movie that condenses his presidency, pretends Weinberger didn't exist, and instead of Grenada, it's the Falklands.

That's kinda what happened here.

Yeah The Wrestler was great. I need to watch that again.

I definitely forgot something.....

Mystic River. Just watched it.

Amazing. Only thing I didn't like is how they don't show her murder during the climax...they simply describe it after the shit hit the fan.

Jerry Maguire - Hadn't watched this since it was released on VHS.

It's pretty good... although didn't deserve its hype.

Still can't stand Renee Zellweger.

Leave the World Behind - I really got into this but that's one crappy ending.

Carlitos Way - Finally got around to watching this. Not bad.... Penelope Ann Miller brings it down a notch. Penn outshines everyone here. They don't do a good job with the 1970s setting...it feels like the 1990s.

Scarface - Double feature with Carlitos Way...both on Tubi. While I've watched it over the years and definitely not one of my favorite Pacino movies, it's worth a watch just for the score and cinematography. It's that awkward unique period between 70s and 80s where it wants to be the gritty 70s but the 80s is seeping into it.

I need to watch even more movies from this period.

Do You Know Me? - An independent meets Lifetime movie. It kept me interested but the plot gets a tad too ridiculous and that second act drags on way too long. Weird seeing Jeremy London in anything besides Party of Five.

All Quiet on the Western Front - Netflix remake. Amazing. The best is the beginning when the group of teenage friends are all excited for joining the military, romanticizing war, etc and then the sudden realization that war is not what they imagined. This happened to countless millions in those days.

Missing - Both Spacek and Lemmon deserved Oscars...also deserved Best Picture.

The first domino to fall was ushering in all the remakes.

It started with a shit ton of horror films getting remakes and as it caught on, all genres started getting remakes.

The mid 2000s saw TV dominated by reality shows and talent shows while Hollywood focused on remakes.

The late 2000s is when the Superhero madness kicked into high gear.

There was no coming back at that point. While there's definitely some good films in the 2010s,  they're like finding needles in the haystack.

Scorsese is right....the party's over.

On top of the superhero shit still going,..and remakes too, we have the woke nonsense drowning the industry, ruining IPs,  and so many streaming services creating an ocean of shit just so they can have content for their apps.

It's madness.

Another thing... comedies aren't funny anymore.

I wish Mel Brooks was 20-30 years younger and take a crack at showing how ridiculous this madness is....

A Harriet Tubman biopic starring Margot Robbie as Harriet Tubman.