I have been trying to see "Winter's Bone" since it was released, and I finally watched it and this movie was worth the wait. This story deals with a down and out Ozark family that will loose their land and house if the dad fails to show up for a court date. This movie deals with "meth" and the people back in the hills of Southern Missouri that are not mentioned at "Silver Dollar City." This film was so realistic that it had the feel of ease-dropping on a real family. The Girl, played by Jennifer Lawrence, seems to have to fight with everyone including family to reach her goal.
This movie won Best Picture at Sundance Film Festival. After the movie I said to Carol, "I'll bet people on the east coast can't relate to this depiction of Ozark life."
Then, we went to see "The Fighter" starring Mark Walberg and Christian Bale. It is a true story of two boxers (brothers) from Massachusetts. This story deals with a strange family that lives on the older brother's past glory and controls the younger boxer's life. This movie deals with "Crack" and the people who Boston would just as soon ignore. The Young boxer has to battle against his own family to reach his goal. This is also a real movie because it is true. This is no "Rocky" this is life. I read the Sports Illustrated cover story about this family and it is very, very honest and true. Mark Walberg worked for 10 years to get this movie made and he trained as hard as any boxer for the film.
Profanity Alert: In this movie the F-word is used as noun, verb, adjective and adverb and sometimes in the same sentence. It is probably as real as anything else, but I sure had to eat my words about people on the east coast. The family in this movie would embarrass Hillbillies.
Both are excellent films and will be up for the Academy Awards and are already nominated for the Golden Globes. Both movie's main characters get beat up and Both movies are **** stars.
2010 Movies 56 & 57 (two of 2010's best)
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