Struggle and Strifer said:
Saw it last night. Really enjoyed the portrayals and thought all of the actors did really well. Never knew about Kerry and the Olympics.
MiamiHopper said:
Much respect to Zach Efron for this role. Very well done.
I am curious if he is keeping the roid jaw now.
Could this be the next "Marilyn Manson got his ribs removed" legend?TCTTS said:
Take this with a grain of salt, but the story I've heard is that he got his ass beat in a drug deal gone bad in downtown LA. To the point where someone f/cked up his jaw, so much so that he had to have reconstructive surgery.
I 100% echo this sentiment. I was having a great day when I saw it and left the theater kinda shook and that was with even knowing the source material well (which is why I said earlier in the thread it's not a movie I'd really want to see again even though I loved it because it's so sad).rsf0626 said:
As someone in their early 30s, i've only heard of the Von Erichs and never knew their tragic backstory. That movie was incredibly sad. I would say you need to be in a good mental state to watch it
DannyDuberstein said:
I thought they did fine with the "cameos" of other characters. Hard to be thorough there without turning it into a 3 hour movie. The only issue I had was Ric Flair's casting. That seemed like me or my friends trying to imitate Ric Flair vs finding an actor that could really nail it. He did at least get the strut right, but that rant could have used some work. Wooooo!
Sethtevious said:
I saw it last night/this morning, and thought it was awful. I want my money back.
As someone who grew up in the '80s and remembers the Von Erichs clearly, making Kevin (Efron) physically bigger than Kerry (White) was just distracting. Holt McCallany is great as Fritz, but I'm halfway convinced Sean Durkin thinks he's a serial killer. Aaron Dean Eisenberg was so ****ing bad as Ric Flair, it was insulting. I can put on a blonde wig and do a better Ric Flair unprompted.
This is a minor quibble, but Fritz was a villain during his career, and used the iron claw as a move to punish his opponents and draw heat. His sons were the ones who converted it to a finishing move.
There are maybe three good scenes in the whole movie, and one of them is a ripoff of Kevin's Hall of Fame induction speech.
Just a really really poor production all around. I think a lot of the positive reviews are from people who weren't around to see the original product.
Scotty Flamingo said:
As a brother myself Kevin's line at the end absolutely broke me.
I watched that on TV when it happened! Roberts kept the headgear & would hide stuff in there to gouge people with later on.Quote:
Funny to see Buddy Roberts wearing boxing headgear in this one. He did that after losing a "loser loses his hair" match vs Iceman King Parsons that was at the Reunion event I went to.
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Speaking to The Los Angeles Times, Durkin revealed that Chris Von Erich the youngest Von Erich who died by suicide at the age of 21 in 1993 was originally in the film right up until production began. However, Durkin felt that the film was already too sad and that the inclusion of Chris would be "one more tragedy that the film couldn't really withstand."
They were speed-running the deaths at the end as it was, adding a fifth almost takes it to the point of overkill/dropping disbelief.Teslag said:
https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1462326-the-iron-claw-director-reveals-why-chris-von-erich-isnt-in-the-movie?ampQuote:
Speaking to The Los Angeles Times, Durkin revealed that Chris Von Erich the youngest Von Erich who died by suicide at the age of 21 in 1993 was originally in the film right up until production began. However, Durkin felt that the film was already too sad and that the inclusion of Chris would be "one more tragedy that the film couldn't really withstand."
