The Wrestler ending - Spoiler Alert

[JSC437]

Spoiler Alert.... turn back now if you havent yet watched The Wrestler.

Do you think The Ram dies at the end? Or do you think he lives and ends up getting with the stripper?

The ending really annoyed me because of the unresolved questions i had.

 

[Get Smart]

everyone I know who saw it thinks he dies at the end. as do i.

but it's def open to interpretation depending on if you're an optimist or a pessimist

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

dude, haven't you read the New Testament?
he dies then comes back as a zombie

 

[whodini]

I thought it was a great ending and it was only logical that it would end that way. Nothing at all in the film was neatly tied up, not his relationships with his daughter and the stripper nor his health. I think if you're only focused on whether he ends up living or dying then you might not have been seeing the bigger picture.

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

it is clear he has to die they were not too subtle about him being the "sacrificial ram" (hurk) and references to him as a modern day jesus were clear, even a little heavy handed even his final move, the ram jet, has his arms pointing east and west, like JC on the cross, and all the other sun gods that prefigured god's son he has to die for our sins-----he is the jesus that our fucked up world deserves

 

[cjbreed]

i think i missed the jesus references.
but in my opinion he dead

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

he was in the club with the stripper and he's bleeding as she's dancing
she is like whoa you are all beat up
and she says that bit from the bible (?) and Ram is like huh?
and she mentions it is from the The Passion (of the Christ) and goes on like you should see it
he (jesus) get his ass kicked for two hours etc...
and she calls him (robin) the sacrificial ram

 

[whodini]

^^^

Don't forget that chick he banged. Total WWJD moment.

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

"turn the other cheek"

 

[sho'nuff]

im not a big mickey rourke fan. but i love tomei. should i see this movie?

 

[sloane3]

Originally Posted by sho'nuff

im not a big mickey rourke fan. but i love tomei. should i see this movie?

In that case you should buy the Blu-Ray

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

you will like this movie even more if you don't like mickey rourke
the man is punished for two hours

 

[lynchpatrickj]

Loved this.

Anybody else remember Tomei in My Cousin Vinny?

 

[sho'nuff]

Originally Posted by lynchpatrickj

Loved this.

Anybody else remember Tomei in My Cousin Vinny?

yes. i love this woman. if i didnt marry my wife, i would have married Marisa

 

[JSC437]

Originally Posted by sho'nuff

yes. i love this woman. if i didnt marry my wife, i would have married Marisa

She is naked in most of the film. Looking pretty good for a woman in her 40's....