), Brando's On The Waterfront, Hank's Philadelphia, Pacino's Godfather II, Berenger's Platoon, Grant's North By Northwest...this list goes on. There are some roles that very few actors were born to play. Randy "The Ram" Robinson is clearly Mickey Rourke's. A role that parallels his own career so succinctly it's almost scary, it's a one man show that he blows out of the park.Jesus, this movie was so detail oriented, in all aspects, that it gave me a serious Jersey flashback: Elizabeth still remains a dead-end deathtrap despite nuclear energy and a serious decline in cancer deaths due to horrible air pollution. I was at a beer can collector's convention with my friend Livy in the first large building they show in Atlantic City in '78 (hey, I was a nerd before I knew it...
) Of course The Boss singing the closing song sums it all up.That song, as it was at the Golden Globes, should have been nominated for the Academy Awards. Marisa Tomei was hot and did a good job, but there's no way she should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actress, there are a number of other women that deserve that more. The film boils down to Darren Aronofsky's keen eye for tragedy and absolute detail. Rourke and he have pushed each other to the very limit and have come out changed. The ultimate anti-hero! Superior.
