FIRST TIME WATCHING: The Iron Claw

I finally had time to watch your reaction of this. It's been a few years since I've seen it. God this movie wrecks me every time. The camera work is so good as is the acting. One of my favorite movies I don't care to ever see again haha.

Real life was even more tragic, as there was another brother that was written out of the story. He also died by suicide. Also, many wrestlers believe that David actually died by overdose while in Japan. Definitely one of the darkest stories in sports.

I actually noticed this after watching a few more times, but the amount of guilt that Kevin must feel with each brother's death has to be so much. I don't know if this is actually how it happened, but every time Kevin might have a chance to save his brothers, whether it be forcing a brother to go the hospital, or keeping a brother out of the ring, or even responding to a call for help. It can often appear this way if you have ever lost someone. So I can definitely see this entire movie as being from the perspective of Kevin the entire time.

Nacho Libre is way better

Don't know why I thought Iron Claw was an energy drink.

guys why i only see the time frame and cant see the whole movie ??

As soon as he yelled at his dad “you didn’t take care of any of them.” I was violently sobbing until like 15 minutes after the credits… it’s over for me Tragic, tragic story. Makes me appreciate my dumbass brothers more 🫶🏼

The Iron Claw was snubbed from getting any Oscar nominations at all. Did you notice that the eating scenes where vibrant & happy (Breakfast, Burgers, Restaurant w/ Pam, Dinner outside & College gig all had multiple vibrant colors coming from the building, the Sun & their clothes) until David died? Once David died, Kerry lost his foot & Mike recovered from his coma, they were all inside looking at their plates or Mike, but not saying anything while the Sun barely got in. When Kevin decided to be the father he wanted to be, he had a happy dinner with Pam & his boys (all lights on & sunlight outside) in the apartment (contrasted by Kerry call at night). His happy family dinner contrasted with Doris painting & Fritz in a dark kitchen with no food after Kerry died.

One of the rare hollywood movies where the true story is even sadder

This one is too dark for me, saw it once and it brought me so down. A quality movie and compelling story, but definitely a difficult watch.

If you want another great true story movie then please react to Elvis (2022)

Even more tragic when you learn they had another brother Chris who was removed from the film. Chris ended up taking his own life as well before Kerry did I believe.

Kevin's sons Marshall and Ross currently wrestles and Kerry's daughter Lacey also did wrestle. According to Kevin, his dad wasn't how the film depicted him, but had to write an antagonist

There's a 6th brother named Chris who died inbetween Mike and Kerry in 1991. They wrote him out of the movie as there would've been too many, but i believe Kerry's death was how Chris died. Chris was the youngest son and was 5 foot 5 and had asthma and brittle bones and did also wrestle. He took his own life at 21.

The Nature Boy Ric Flair was the wrestler whose promo you were impressed by. And without hate towards the actor, he was given a monumental task to match the energy of the original promo: https://youtu.be/79XeWgCLEOI?si=_J9-iJgSRJbZzX8N

Whether you like it, or don't like it, learn to love it! Because it's the best thing goin' today! Wooooooo!

nice!

Zack Efron deserved an Oscar for this. A great performance in a great film.

Happy Fighting Feature Friday Nat. Haven't seen this movie before. Excited to watch it with you this afternoon 💪😊 Post Movie - Not the film I was expecting it to be ha ha. Seeing "Based on a true story" at the beginning I expected a bit of tragedy, but damn! Still, there's nothing like a bit of real life to stir the soul. All the actors did an amazing job, and I loved the way that they captured the period. Thanks for your reaction today Nat. Have an awesome weekend 💛