Last night I went to watch "Cinderella Man", starring Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger & directed by Ron Howard. My first comment is that it was a wonderfully-made, well-written & superbly acted motion picture, a classic that is the ensembles best work to date (excluding Zellweger's work in Chicago) & most likely will be nominated for several academy awards.
This movie, for those of you who don't know, is based on the real-life story of pugilist Jim Braddock's life from depression era NYC/NJ...I'll save the spoilers for those of you that haven't seen the movie yet, and I wouldn't suggest researching Jim Braddock's life until after you see the movie, the climatic ending of the movie would be ruined & thankfully I was totally unaware of this specific incident in boxing history.
To the point, I find this movie an interesting study in the phenomenon of the Amerikan sheepster's stupidity in not learning from massive mistakes that have led to catastrophic events such as the "Great Depression", and how no matter what stupidity is fomented by the US politicos complicity, grandiosity or negligence (e.g. 9-11), the sheepsters keep turning to the two-party hegemony for help.
While the film is apolitical, there are strong moral messages in this movie, which actually are anti-sheepster, but alas other than a momentary good feeling emoted by the average moviegoer, I think the message will be missed.
Opie did good, now I hope the critics don't shred this movie the way they shredded Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ".