Comments on: Only the Shadow Knows – Rourke vs Penn?

By: Kristina

Kristina — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:33:34 +0000

Having seen both films, I would like to declare a winner.

Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon. Smokes ‘em both.

By: THE FOOL ON THE HILL OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE SPIRIT

THE FOOL ON THE HILL OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE SPIRIT — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:22:32 +0000

No big deal about Penn, the gay character thing is getting old. Rourke kicked ass in the Wrestler, good thing Nicolas Cage turned it down. I can’t imagine him as The Ram, it would be really stupid, doesn’t fit him.
One of the best scenes is when he plays the NES (good times).

Rourke for Best Actor.

By: Zach

Zach — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:33:52 +0000

I hope he wins best actor–he was fantastic

By: Jonathan Drewes

Jonathan Drewes — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:05:59 +0000

I agree with both posts in this forum. If Mickey Rourke did do this in actuality, it goes a long way in showing us who he really is. However, this just goes to show you how the media focuses too much on celebrities. I mean we as film goers look foward to seeing these actors portray fictional characters. This does not translate into us caring about what they do in their personal lives unless it stops them from acting. Mickey Rourke is a great actor and I also feel that this story may be a little to loose to pass judgement on him. If any readers of this post have not seen The Wrestler or Milk please go and see these films they are some of the best this year.

Jonathan Drewes
Webmaster of http://www.contractflicks.com

By: Meli

Meli — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:44:32 +0000

This is a very loose bit of gossip. Supposedly this was a text conversation with Rourke? Alright. Not only does that sound fishy, but it also sounds as if it could be taken completely out of context as well. Even if Rourke did say those things, so what? He has a right to his opinion and sharing it via a conversation on text message isn’t wrong. The person sharing this alleged conversation is just as much an douche.

By: alfie

alfie — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:59:40 +0000

I would not be surprised at all if this is true.
this partly why rourke has been a loser for the past 15-20 years. his acting ability was never in question,
so its not like his amazing performance in the wrestler is a shock.
he was always an amazing actor.
his problem is that he is a raging asshole and pretty much everyone in hollywood who had the displeasure of working with him in his prime wound up hating him.
he burnt every bridge he had and sounds like he is out to burn them all over again.

don’t get my tone wrong.I have always loved rourke myself. I love outlandishly arrogant wankers and rourke is definitely up there with the bets of them but unfortunately if rourke wants to seriously get back in the game, win an oscar etc etc he has to play the political game and I don’t think he has it in him.

go and look up old rourke interviews and articles from his heyday. hilarious stuff.

i am torn for best actor myself. Rourke is fantastic in the wrestler and the film as a whole is great. Langella is amazing in frost nixon but the film is weak and penn in great as milk and the film is great too. but I have a hard time picking from those three. I will be happy if any of them win. I have a feeling it will be Penn. with prop 8 in the air at the moment etc etc its not a good enough film to take best director or film so they may give it to penn as a way to celebrate the film.

and frakes being a fan of milo explains a lot about thunderbirds.