I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find via the search function any actual threads specifically regarding this subject. So anyways, here goes:
So when the movie "The Fighter" came out, my first reaction was "wtf?" Why are we still seeing Boxing movies coming out on the big screen and starring big actors like Christian Bale while the closest thing to a real movie about MMA that's come out so far has been "Never Back Down"?!?.
Really, when are we going to see an actual, serious MMA movie that really captures MMA in all of it's glory? I would think there would be more than enough fans who would go to see something like that by now.
So, do you guys feel the same way? What would be a likely plot? I would think the most obvious one would be about Royce Gracie and the beginning of the UFC (so long as the Gracie family has little-to-nothing to do with it).
I also believe that a big budget movie like that, if done properly and if it made the early UFC to look somewhat like Bloodsport on steroids, it could do a lot for the way most people view the relationship between traditional martial arts and MMA today.
So when the movie "The Fighter" came out, my first reaction was "wtf?" Why are we still seeing Boxing movies coming out on the big screen and starring big actors like Christian Bale while the closest thing to a real movie about MMA that's come out so far has been "Never Back Down"?!?.
Really, when are we going to see an actual, serious MMA movie that really captures MMA in all of it's glory? I would think there would be more than enough fans who would go to see something like that by now.
So, do you guys feel the same way? What would be a likely plot? I would think the most obvious one would be about Royce Gracie and the beginning of the UFC (so long as the Gracie family has little-to-nothing to do with it).
I also believe that a big budget movie like that, if done properly and if it made the early UFC to look somewhat like Bloodsport on steroids, it could do a lot for the way most people view the relationship between traditional martial arts and MMA today.
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