The Wrestler - Best Actor, Mickey Rourke Academy Awards Nominee 2009

[jonman456]

lol sean penn stole rourkes, and bill murrays

[godfaathr]

common guys mickey was gr8 in wrestler but so was sean penn in milk...they both deserved it n sum1 has to lose...so stop sobbing...whn oscars got nuts was whn slumdog n crash won

[southamptonbythesea]

Mickey Rules!

[jari10litmanen]

Mickey Rourke was ROBBED.

[crazysomethin]

Go Mickey!!! I don´t care!! You´re the Best...I fucking ADORE you!!! You would kick Sean´s ass, right? :)

[SolidMike84]

So similar to the story of Jake "The Snake" Roberts

[bluebomber1816]

dude was this a reference from "Are You Afraid of th Dark?"

[SolidMike84]

What?

[DrStrangefate]

Mickey just got Shafted by the Academy

Penn won. Rourke deserved it more

why couldn't mickey win...why.....

*spits on the Academy for giving the oscar to penn (and slumdog for best pic ) *

[lildragon64]

That's because the academy wanted to avoid MTV kinda speeches (swearing, cursing etc,) from actors. And that's typical Amerca too!

[DrStrangefate]

well it's fuckin bull....deny an actor the award they rightly deserved because of the way they act....the likes of Brando acted far stranger and got more recognition than what Mickey should have gotten this year.

[agasica83]

Mickey deserves the Oscar!!!

There's no doubt about it!!!

One of the best performances I've seen and I've seen a lot...

[TheMovieNeverEnds]

the gay mafia in hollywood will probably rob mickey rourke of his oscar and give it to sean penn. mickey deserves the statue but he'll probably learn the meaning of marlon brando's words regarding the oscars, "It's all bullshit".

[NacreousCTD]

Sean Penn is fucking garbage. Mickey deserves it. When I saw this I actually believed in his character, the real pain he was personifying. I havent felt that in an actor since James Dean.

[fedor76]

YOU GOT IT RIGHT DUDE!!! :)))

[SuperBob909]

If there's any justice in the world Mickey will win. If Frank Langella wins it will be out of sympathy cause's he's old. If Sean Penn wins its just because its another damn worthy peice o crap. And the other two don't even rate.

[patmathis]

I liked this movie better, when it was called "Beyond the Mat"

[1986graceland]

when was it ever called that?

[patmathis]

I'm implying that the movie is a complete rip off of the movie "Beyond the Mat".

[NoBullet]

Since when did inspiration=rip-off?

[patmathis]

There is a thin line, and this movie crosses it.

Would you say that Family Guy is just "inspired" by The Simpson's?

No, it's a blatant rip-off.

I'm just annoyed with the utter lack of creativity in Hollywood, and make no mistake, this movie is Hollywood. It's not that hard to be original.

[NoBullet]

And Simpsons "ripped off" Flintstones? Matt said that was his inspiration, and every other live action family show. But by your logic it is a rip off.

Besides, Beyond the Mat was a documentary, this is a fictional movie. It wasnt even BASED on BtM. Just inspired of a run down wrestler. Thats it. Theres nothing else that comes close to ripped off.

[patmathis]

I'm sorry, it just sounds a whole lot like the scene with Jake the Snake Roberts.

And the Simpson's was inspired by the Flintstones, yes in that they were both prime time animations. Of course the Flintstones was a rip off of The Honey Mooners. Where as Family Guy copies jokes, themes, and stories directly from early Simpson's. Scene for scene, shot for shot, line for line.

[theredraven]

"Beyond the Mat" was a documentary though.

[patmathis]

Your point?