Wrestling Movies

[Rassling]

1 hour ago, gromit said:

I don't believe any of the sons went into the medical field, but the father is an ortho/spine surgeon..

my Mom has been to the building where their Dad practices. I took her there years ago for rehab after having double meniscus surgery locally. I remember waiting in the waiting room and finally deciding to get up and approach the office next level down to ask if the Peppleman name was associated with CD wrestlers. There was a list of names upon entering the building and I couldnt help but notice. Turns out it was!

[Natty Boh Army]

4 hours ago, gromit said:

I don't believe any of the sons went into the medical field, but the father is an ortho/spine surgeon..

The brothers all attended very prestigious schools- UVA, Lehigh, Cornell, Harvard, etc. Pretty sure none are MDs, but I'm willing to bet all four are successful, with high-paying jobs. 

[1032004]

On 1/23/2024 at 11:25 PM, Jason Bryant said:

Some of these movies are flat out awful.

Name them JB!  In the spirit of the Christmas season, I’ll start.  “A Wrestling Christmas Miracle” is probably the worst movie I’ve ever seen.

[bnwtwg]

"The Nightmare Before Christmas Tournament" is a script being shopped around Hollywood. Last I heard, the names attached are Timothy Chalamet as our underdog lead, Zendaya as the quirky neighbor who believes when no one else does, The Rock as the football coach who has a DUI and as part of his community service is placed as team coach but learns all the life lessons that wrestling brings along the way, and Meryl Streep as the quick-witted team grandmother.

 

No one has ever believed in Jimmy's wrestling ability so now he's on a mission to prove everyone wrong. The local Christmas tournament is the toughest in the area and Jimmy looks to dethrone the all-county champ. But St. Nick has other plans when Jimmy's Christmas Wish is to just be able to eat an extra bite while cutting weight. Santa's magic Christmas dust turns Jimmy's appetite into overdrive and he eats all the townsfolk's cookies and drinks too many glasses of milk that they left out for Santa as he delivers presents to all the boys and girls. Will he make weight tomorrow morning?!

Check out this modern Christmas classic Tuesday... only on the CW!

Edited December 13, 2024 by bnwtwg

[1032004]

1 hour ago, bnwtwg said:

"The Nightmare Before Christmas Tournament" is a script being shopped around Hollywood. Last I heard, the names attached are Timothy Chalamet as our underdog lead, Zendaya as the quirky neighbor who believes when no one else does, The Rock as the football coach who has a DUI and as part of his community service is placed as team coach but learns all the life lessons that wrestling brings along the way, and Meryl Streep as the quick-witted team grandmother.

 

No one has ever believed in Jimmy's wrestling ability so now he's on a mission to prove everyone wrong. The local Christmas tournament is the toughest in the area and Jimmy looks to dethrone the all-county champ. But St. Nick has other plans when Jimmy's Christmas Wish is to just be able to eat an extra bite while cutting weight. Santa's magic Christmas dust turns Jimmy's appetite into overdrive and he eats all the townsfolk's cookies and drinks too many glasses of milk that they left out for Santa as he delivers presents to all the boys and girls. Will he make weight tomorrow morning?!

Check out this modern Christmas classic Tuesday... only on the CW!

Does Jimmy eat any Cinnabons?

[MPhillips]

Still Vision Quest...

[Jason Bryant]

Name them JB!  In the spirit of the Christmas season, I’ll start.  “A Wrestling Christmas Miracle” is probably the worst movie I’ve ever seen.

I have not sat through that one. I saw the trailer. I might have been approached to interview the director because of its “wholesome” message.

[Show_Me]

On 12/14/2024 at 3:57 AM, MPhillips said:

Still Vision Quest...

This.  Still watch it once a year before heading out to NCAA's !

[666]

On 1/27/2024 at 9:30 PM, BIGTENFANBOY said:

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2010

 

 

The boy is built like Mesenbrink and the girl like Hamiti. 

[666]

I'm offended that possibly the greatest wrestling clip of all time was not mentioned. 

 

[H82Lose]

Vision Quest will forever be the king of wrestling movies, I am lucky enough that my boys love watching it as much as me 

[666]

2 hours ago, H82Lose said:

Vision Quest will forever be the king of wrestling movies, I am lucky enough that my boys love watching it as much as me 

Matt Modine's wrestling coach in that movie looks as soft as a marshmallow. 

[Fadzaev2]

On 2/22/2024 at 7:55 PM, Fadzaev2 said:

I'll call it a trilogy for Dave Schultz....2 were mentioned Foxcatcher and Team Foxcatcher, but I didn't see the third one mentioned....ESPN's "Prince of Pennsylvania".....Fadz

By "didn't see", I meant in this thread....I've see all 3. of them...and I know I'm in the minority, but I watched Vision Quest around 1988 and taped over it soon after....that's what I thought of it.  That's just me.

[SocraTease]

I watched "Unstoppable".  I think the highest of Anthony Robles.  He's a great person and was a great wrestler.

But I have to say that the film should be called "Unwatchable" instead.  It's not that the acting is horrible (though it isn't good).  It is just that the movie is lousy: formulaic, predictable, and sappy.  

It also takes great liberties with the truth and doesn't really include that much wrestling.  Robles didn't wrestle in the finals his junior year against McDonough, though they have him doing that as well as in his senior year.  Most of the film is about the family problems, which are sad but uninteresting.  

"Foxcatcher" was a dozen times better. 

[Jason Bryant]

One thing we, as a wrestling community need to realize, is this movie isn’t “for us.”

It’s for a more general, broader audience who isn’t hung up on the nuances of a niche sport as much as we are.

[Jim L]

Starting watching

26 minutes ago, Jason Bryant said:

One thing we, as a wrestling community need to realize, is this movie isn’t “for us.”

It’s for a more general, broader audience who isn’t hung up on the nuances of a niche sport as much as we are.

100%. I started watching this last night and quickly  l lost interested. I saw it happen in real life and a movie that is somewhat inaccurate is not of interest to me.  IMO, one of the greatest moments in any sports was seeing Robles "sprint" out of the tunnel onto the finals mat and hand off his crutches and hop to the center of the mat. No movie can come close to capturing that moment.

[TNwrestling]

11 hours ago, SocraTease said:

I watched "Unstoppable".  I think the highest of Anthony Robles.  He's a great person and was a great wrestler.

But I have to say that the film should be called "Unwatchable" instead.  It's not that the acting is horrible (though it isn't good).  It is just that the movie is lousy: formulaic, predictable, and sappy.  

It also takes great liberties with the truth and doesn't really include that much wrestling.  Robles didn't wrestle in the finals his junior year against McDonough, though they have him doing that as well as in his senior year.  Most of the film is about the family problems, which are sad but uninteresting.  

"Foxcatcher" was a dozen times better. 

They dropped the program and the movie says he sat out his soph and almost all jr year. Then when the team comes back he's going to be cut until the team unites and they decide he can stay. In reality the program was cut for all of ten days and he finished 4th that year at 125 then 7th his jr year (they said he was pinned in the finals).

 

They also say McDonough had never lost, never had a point scored on him, and had won 2 consecutive titles. We obviously know this to be inaccurate as well. 

[1032004]

I honestly didn’t remember what place Robles got the year before or who he wrestled.  Obviously he was pushing the movie but it’s interesting then that when DiJulius went on FRL he claimed the main thing wrestling fans would be annoyed about not being realistic was talking about 40 times.

[Gus]

1 hour ago, 1032004 said:

I honestly didn’t remember what place Robles got the year before or who he wrestled.  Obviously he was pushing the movie but it’s interesting then that when DiJulius went on FRL he claimed the main thing wrestling fans would be annoyed about not being realistic was talking about 40 times.

Robles was a 3x AA. 2008 R12, 2009 - 4th, 2010 - 7th, 2011 - 1st and an undefeated 36-0 record.

[MadMardigain]

On 1/16/2025 at 11:05 PM, SocraTease said:

.Robles didn't wrestle in the finals his junior year against McDonough, though they have him doing that as well as in his senior year.

Robles had AAed prior to that senior finals match.  But I actually felt the better sports movie angle would have been for Roble and McDonough to wrestle in the second round of NCAA that “junior year” and have McDonough stop his every move and run him over.  Kinda signifying Robles had more work to do to reach the level of even competing with  McDonough by the next years.  Thus the intense focus and training before the finals.  Having him make the “finals” as a junior kinda made it feel like he was right there and so only needed to make a small adjustment for the senior run.  So not as dramatic/climactic of an ending. I did like hearing about the behind the scenes family struggle angle, but agree with the above post that parts of it were drawn out enough it did take away from the athletic side of things. I think they could have told the same home story with a few less minutes of the movie for several scenes.  But what do I know I’m not a film writer. 

Edited yesterday at 03:05 PM by MadMardigain

[1032004]

23 hours ago, Gus said:

Robles was a 3x AA. 2008 R12, 2009 - 4th, 2010 - 7th, 2011 - 1st and an undefeated 36-0 record.

 

2 hours ago, MadMardigain said:

Robles had AAed prior to that senior finals match.  But I actually felt the better sports movie angle would have been for Roble and McDonough to wrestle in the second round of NCAA that “junior year” and have McDonough stop his every move and run him over.  Kinda signifying Robles had more work to do to reach the level of even competing with  McDonough by the next years.  Thus the intense focus and training before the finals.  Having him make the “finals” as a junior kinda made it feel like he was right there and so only needed to make a small adjustment for the senior run.  So not as dramatic/climactic of an ending. I did like hearing about the behind the scenes family struggle angle, but agree with the above post that parts of it were drawn out enough it did take away from the athletic side of things. I think they could have told the same home story with a few less minutes of the movie for several scenes.  But what do I know I’m not a film writer. 

I agree.  And I believe I read that the “letter scene” was real and occurred after he placed 7th as a junior, so almost seems like the truth would have been a better story, being distraught from going  backwards but then coming back to win, vs just beating one guy you lost to the year before.