Triangle Drama # 8

Three Films about and behind the ART OF FIGHTING




THE WRESTLER

with Mickey Rourke & Marisa Tomei
USA /France -08
by Darren Aronofsky


+3 Acting
+1 Scenography

+3 Thrill
0 Humour

-1 Fantasy
+3 Reality

-1 Whole Composition

= +8






KARATE KID part II

with Pat Morita, Ralph Macchio & Tamlyn Tomita
USA /Japan -86
by John G Avildsen on Robert Mark Kamen


+2 Acting
+2 Scenography

+2 Thrill
0 Humour

0 Fantasy
+1 Reality

+1 Whole Composition

= +8






YOJIMBO [Bodyguard]

with Toshiro Mifune
Japan -61
by Akira Kurosawa


+2 Acting
+2 Scenography

0 Thrill
+1 Humour

+1 Fantasy
0 Reality

+2 Whole Composition

= +8







I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics



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