Ikr

I love The Wrestler and would argue it's the greatest film ever made.

Dude I was just thinking that as soon as I click this video and then I saw your fucking comment fuck yeah bro

lmao James was thinking of Gary Busey of the guy who bonked his head then looked all crazy afterward

@@earlmcmanus194 I love the movie too but youve got some nerve saying that while your name is "Tom Hagan", troll or not. I was literally thinking of The Godfather before I even saw your name.

I think its fair to say he has been affected by the whole LA/Hollywood scene. Hes living his life the way he wants to but he does look a bit eccentric to say the least compared to his 90s days. He looks effeminate and thats without taking the unfortunate face surgery into account. As long as hes happy, who cares.

The wrestler wasn't his "second chance".He was doing good work all the way through.Just many people like you know next to nothing about him n say shit the sheeple have said beforehand.Not sayn it's bad or not,it's just what people do I see.♠️

What exactly his 'mistake' back then?

@@ConanObrien22 he pissed off Sam Goldwyn Jr. who is Hollywood royalty and took on bad films. Great actor nonetheless all the way though.

@@jamesgazdik9497 tell me the detail about it?

He's good in all his movies, as long as the MOVIE is good.

thw wrestler, spun, sin city. Funny enough, i'm not a fan of young bitch voice rourke. I like the old bad ass rourke from late 90's to about 2008

He was more than "pretty dam good" in Sin City. He was the #1 best thing in Sin City. He brought Marv (the best character) to life in that movie. The role was made perfectly for him.

@@devlinsmith942 Yes, one of my fav performances ever. Way better than Heath Ledger as Joker or many more overrated performances.

J. S.P. - Mickey Rourke is the living Marv, can't imagine anyone else doing that character!

I recently watched “The Wrestler” and it might be one of the greatest movies I’ve ever seen. Incredible performance from him

nice fairytale he is created by himself to hide the true.. fame money durgs and alcohol did it not boxing ! gron up ! every broken men is telling own story but the true story is the hidden one which is not talking about ! ppl love him coz he is broken inside nobody would remember about him if he did not get the lats chance in wrestler .. and ppl love to watch broken ppl to feel on the same level... he was good actor nothing more !

@@walsjell oh, you read his life story?

Everyone has a life story. The overwhelming majority of course remain unknown. It seems like these people born in New York or LA get all the attention. Whether they're actors, bankers, politicians etc. So be it. But they're only a teeny tiny fraction of billions of personal lives going down everyday. I don't direct any admiration towards any human publicly besides mom, dad, kids, wife and family. People always fail and always let you down. Like me. I've let myself down many times over. So I put no faith in people.

@@walsjell first learn to write before teaching everyone lessons, then quit BSing around, then come back to talk!

He was exceptional. The talent was always there, he was just conflicted about his place in it all.

Dragon. 9.5 Weeks. Angelheart. Pope of Greenwich Village. Johnny Handsome. Yes..80's was Rourke's decade.

@Allan Ros Rourke was never a coke head.. Smoking cigarettes maybe and few drinks and a line every now and then but he was always working out and never touched hard drugs.

@@fosizas coke is a hard drug you fkn idiot. You completely contradicted yourself.

@@jonathan2755 I think what he meant was that he did the occasional line. That’s not the same as being a full-blown cokehead. Way more people than you probably think do that.

@MysteryFan to other old lesbians,maybe

Hilfuckinarious 😂 😂

This comment has broken me

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

That’s funny

Agreed

Angel Heart too

He did

He did

@@JamesColeman78he did not win the Oscar, but was nominated. Sean Penn won.

Barfly!!

Don't forget Iron Man 2.

Glad somebody remembered Body Heat! Rourke stole that movie.

No doubt!

@@getoffmylawn8986 he didn’t really steal it. Come on. William Hurt was amazing as was Kathleen. great movie to this day. Although MR really did stand out, no question, was likable and so much more than a day actor, for sure definitely memorable

He stole the show in The Pledge. Mickey only had one scene, but it was extremely powerful.

I can still remember the scene with William Hurt, where Mickey is talking with Hurt about the difficulty in using a bomb and getting away with it: "Are you listening to me, asshole?" Brilliant. A well cast movie with Ted Danson as one of the cops.

Yes

Dam I need to see that again.

Rumble fish was awesome as well.

Same here awesome movie 😁😀!!!!!!!!

Great movie!!!

Punny haha

He got robbed, they were afraid of his acceptance speech, think he won every other award that year.

Al Pacino nearly got many Oscars.

It seemed so unfair. Sean Penn was excellent in 'Milk' but it did seem like those Hollywood scumbags were paying Mickey back for his destructive behaviour at the height of his career. They have long memories.

@@Saintinthecity-wh9nl Ol` Mickie does like to burn bridges.

@@REDMAN298 Absolutely! He made so many mistakes but it would just be nice if the Academy awarded actors on their merits and not on their past behaviour!

'Couple sandwiches shy of a picnic ' 😂😂😂

Should watch the highlights of him on UK Big Brother.

⚰⚰⚰⚰😂😂😂

Drug a-busey

Gary Busey is like the Keith Richards of Hollywood

It's nice to put respeck on everyone's name.

@@elvis316 lol

elvis316 hey! it’s “respek” not “respeck” 😝

Daniel D “put some respect on his name” is the dumbest saying ever. Made dumber by misspelling ‘respect’

If you're going to use that avatar, have some respect for our professional association and comment like the professionals we are supposed to be.

5,ooo LightYears Away Haha it was way more fucked up than i thought!!

And Rumblefish..

@@georgegreig8054 thank you

"Who was the boy?!".

I know who I am!😎

rabble levin hell yea. Fricken drunk ass, fighting, low life poet.

A drink for all my friends

Bukowski hated the guy he felt he embarassed him with his interpretation and his behaviour off-screen.

great

He was! I have that movie with Faye Dunaway. I love all his movie

Joe “I don’t care about facts” Rogan

How did his voice change?

He was getting plastic surgery before the boxing, his fights were all staged if you watch the footage, he has an addiction to surgery, hence the reason everytime you see him he has some new surgery..

Mickey's never looked bad. .Mickey couldn't look bad. .

Sounds like he got fed up with Pedowood.

It would be a trainwreck that I wouldn't be able to turn away from.

@@jessesloan1909 lmfao thats amazing

@@jessesloan1909 lol

LurkerDood that is fucking disgusting

Legit madmen street guys don't actually mix well with Hollywood which deep down Joe is Rourke just had talent for acting

Cost him to be true to himself ?

@@jakesmith6337 BIG TIME.

There is a group of bloodsuckers in Hollywood who want to take these stars money --- " Go to my uncle Morty for your PR." " See Dr Goldberg for some work on your nose. " " You have to have use Dr Smith for your teeth caps. " Like Meg Ryan and others. They don't care what the results are or even if you actually need the work. They just want to shove as much work to their friends as possible. I worked for 4 years in a Beverly Hills salon....Trust me.

⁠​⁠@@tiffsaverThat depends what you hold dear to yourself. Integrity honesty and holding to principles have more meaning to some than going against your own nature in order to be “successful”. In his eyes I don’t think he thinks he lost..

@@moleahjobe You don't get it. He already admitted he lost, at least financially. In fact, his attitude nearly cost him his entire career, don't you know that??

No he’s not please

@@michaelking9818 he is, he just hasn't had that much good luck with what movies he chooses to be in. But his actual skill is fucking high. Even in bad movies, he's usually the best part about them. Immortals is an example. Everyone says that movie sucks, but that Rourke as the villain was the best part of the movie.

@@gamemediafan1714 He is a very good actor ,but not in the same league as Brando , I would have gone with year of the dragon ,not with Immortal which is a dreadful movie and I have never seen him do any Shakespeare which is the gold standard of acting .

@@michaelking9818 I'm making a point on how even when he's in BAD movies, his acting is on point and he's usually seen as the best part of the movie. I used Immortals as an example, because everybody that's seen it says that Rourke as King Hyperion was the best part.

@@gamemediafan1714 as I said a very good actor but as good as Brando ?

Not a lot of brains though. He sucks at fighting and should’ve known he didn’t belong.

Hmm...yea but a lot of his fights were staged later and he didn't look good in the ring. But as an actor.....whoooe....another story altogether. The best American actor after Brando along with Willem Defoe.

So you have much respect for a man who proved his manhood by disfiguring his face and getting brain damaged?

Id rather be a pretty boy with women

Boxing does not change your fuckin face it’s from surgery man

Angel Heart is really good, ALSO rumble fish him and Matt Dillon directed by Franis Ford Coppola. Another great film.

Being born in the 90's, I discovered him in Sin City. Very good actor

Killshot has some great moments...especially the dinner scene...

Marlbro man was a great movie, the one with 2pac was good sin city. The list goes on

Sin city

Daniel Lindy awesome movie maine

I agree. What a classic

Daniel Lindy big John Studd fight .

"Better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool."

Daniel Lindy I still love that shit lol. Always was obsessed with the soundtrack, especially when they go to rob the armored truck.

Loved it! My brothers and I watched it often as kids.

That’s a terrible movie great bike

Why hasn't this happened yet

I think you'd marry him!

Not sure Rourke would be keen to talk to a guy that called him crazy and other insulting names.

I think MR is ridiculous. He pissed his talent away.

Hell yeah!!!👍

@@edp3202 that's why he Is so damn interesting. He speaks His mind and Hollywood doesn't like it.

I didn't know that, I think Mickey would have done a much better job than Sugartits Willis

Tarantino, the ultimate Emperors New Clothes Director. His films are the most hyped, bull I have ever seen. I'm sure Mickey wasn't buying any of the bullshit he was selling. There's more to Mickey than a good soundtrack, well known iconic actors and mixed up gratuitous violence. He plays meaningful roles that have a story to them.

@@rasher331 You don’t think _Reservoir Dogs_ or _Pulp Fiction_ holds up? From dialogue to how a story is revealed, Tarantino changed cinema. Not a lot of serious film people could agree with you. There are plenty of very highly regarded films that have had violence well before Tarantino, from spaghetti westerns to the dark films of the ‘70s.

@@GloogleGloigle All his films are the same, decent soundtracks and well known faces but the effort to try and make his films original was just too much. Its all but guaranteed that you can expect him to try some over the top concept to try and buy in the audience. I just found his movies boring and the violence became tedious.

Why didn't you mention that in the podcast, Joe "I like Turtles" Rogan? 🤣

I agree with you, he did an excellent job in Ironman 2.

@@jasonrolling9338 he actually did a lot of homework prepping for the role but the producers either cut out or mitigated whatever he did to make the movie much more mainstream and marketable. If he had got his way he might have turned Whiplash into an award contending role

That was a great character! They should have expanded that role a lot more!

Yes,but inreverse!😅

Right. Because fake Hollywood would get plastic surgery for looks. An injured boxer would get it because he needs it.

Vishnu Alcyone yesssss the cook!

Great movie

Amazing film

It's a classic. Lots of people never heard of it, but after they finally see it..They love it right away

I watched that movie when I was 10 or so. It had a profound impact on me. First time I began to realize how difficult the world can be.

My favorite film for 33 yrs.

Roberts overacts in The Pope. With it's name, I expected a better movie.

Try RUNAWAY TRAIN for ERIC and THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON for Mickey.

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ now 72 the way i lived my life until i was 65 created an amazing gift package....... those same traits are making these last years hell let’s all go to Sugar rock Candy Mountain

Bullet is a classic, I got the vhs still and I dont got no VCR

Volshebnik awesome movie

FACTS 💯

Tupac Classic

I like your pic

Exactly! "HEY! Senòr El fucking Camino.."

hahaha... the little asses big titties speech...

He comes up with a theory and runs with it like it’s gospel. It could just be the guy aged poorly then made it worse with bad plastic surgery now he has a tough time even making a living, that could make anyone crazy.

Movie Nerd I think “where is my boird” was peak

I love that movie

Pope of Greenwich Village

The wrestler!!

Dont sleep on iron man

the soup is canned Charlie : (

He was nuts before that though

😂😂😂

My favorite movie he stars in. It’s where I first ran across his work.

One of the last movies where he looked normal. Already had cheek implants though i believe. But his nose, eyes and mouth were untouched.

Robert Dinero ,Clint Estood & Morgan freeman look greats as natural old men without the plastic surgery crap that others do to look younger

CHAAAAAAAARLIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! THEY TOOK MY THUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMB!!!!!!!!!

His fights were all staged, he was terrible..

Common knowledge most were staged

@@stevebb2915 whaaaaa. I was duped!!

Who's that in the avatar pic OP? It's that River Phoenix?

@@30weekoldwomber61 80s James Spader 😎

A freaking mn...as in AMEN... that's exactly how I see Mickey's life. My life has been a mirror image (but as a nobody of course)... at 40 +/- I was like WHAT THE F!!?? Where the hell did my life go... where the woman at... and ohhhh shit.... now I'm really a NOBODY. VERY VERY VERY important to marry and have kids... in your 30's!!! I don't give a rat's ass how horrible it most likely will be (divorce, kids hate ya, etc)... it's better than being a Mickey or a nobody Mickey.

@@symcardnel1741 having kids and getting married for the sake of just doing that so it makes someone feel better or whole is not right, it is selfish and is the primary reason for divorces and dysfunctional kids. Start a family when you know you can handle everything that comes with it. If you cant dont, and if you dont then accept it, you still can walk, dont have any serious health issues and always have tomorrow to look forward to.

@@symcardnel1741 Its not all about women , he had a difficult childhood , he said himself he was beaten by stepfather , who was a policeman, so he had his own fears to deal with, as he told himself , he was affraid to have children with a woman in case if he has a son and divorce her , he couldnt deal to leave a child for her , if the man is abusive

I feel bad for you guys thinking that about yourselves after 40. Since I know people who are stronger and doing better in their 40s than in their 20s and 30s, but they treated their bodies and health well. I mean 40s is relatively young if you take care of yourself. Even in the 50s you can be pretty healthy and strong. My dad is 70 and runs 5 miles every day looks in his 50s. He's stronger than most people in their 20s physically and was making a ton of money all the way up until his 60s. His testosterone levels are 670 and he's never taken anything before, and him and my mother are on 0 medications between the both of them. He's never heard of TRT either. I honestly feel bad for you guys if you feel like that in your 40s, you should be pretty damn close to your prime still legitimately. Don't look at it negatively, you can always improve your outlook and where you are in life. Just wait until you're not young at all anymore, and are actually really getting old like your 60s to 70s and think about how you will feel. Mickey is on drugs man. He's almost 70 and his deterioration throughout life is not typical, he looks awful. Im not quite 40, but im in my prime still with everything. I have made improvements in my mid to late 30s as opposed to my 20s without a doubt. You guys should be getting more hot chicks around 40 just as easy as 20's. You should have more money, and even if you're not doing well with that most guys in terms of looks look best in their early 40s according to younger women. I understand a lot of this is genetics and you guys may have bad genes, but you can improve your lives and your body to where you will feel better and be doing better than you're doing now. Be confident in yourself and your abilities even if you haven't done well up until now, that can always change if you want it bad enough. Hopefully you guys are at least happy, but the sound of your post was negative. I know this is long, but i'm trying to help because the two of you sound depressed, and don't have a good outlook on life overall. Wish you guys the best, and hope things improve as you get older which it can if you take care of yourself.

Dude these are just facts, life for most alters physically and mentally after 40. Yes it is possible to become physically fitter and stronger mentally after 40 but for most people and here I emphasize for most people that isn't the case. Seeing your hair fall off, wrinkles form, developing muscular skeletal problems, becoming more susceptible to diseases you wouldn't normally get sick of for over a week with, losing your libido, having EDS, these are things that like it or not happen to alot of males in the West past their 40s. Is it right to have a positive mindset and not be a victim to the norm? Yes sir it definitely is and recognising the problem is the first step to that. Mickey has lived a 1000 lifetimes in as far as what most people strive for in life i.e fame and riches plus all that comes with that (good or bad) and he is what getting to 70? In my book he has had positive and negative life experiences that could fill up a ten thousand page biography written in size 5 letters. Yes we all have our story to tell for sure, I agree and all your points are very valid, however facts are life is harsh period... I'm just pointing this out.

The average recreational Marijuana or Cocaine addiction is much more manageable when compared to harder drugs like Heroin or Crack but you are right.

I heard someone on TV can't remember who said Sean Penn wants to be Mickey Rourke. They went on to say Sean Penn wants and pretends to be a tough guy but Mickey Rourke is a tough guy the real deal.

@@artpalombo4126 Mickey Rourke appeared in Sean Penn's movie "The Pledge"(2001). It was a brief role but he's still brilliant in it.

Great movie indeed.

Have you seen any videos of his fights ? Most seem to be boat races (fixes) ! He was not a real professional and he should never taken it up . In many of his fights he AND HIS OPPONENT WERE both BOOED !! You could at one time view them but they have been removed and I can see why ! He should have stuck to acting !

Pretty sure he went a little too far with the surgeries

If you think it's just the age, you haven't seen him before and after those fights.

He had a lot of hits in his early years man check his wiki.

This guy

Because joe doesn’t know what he’s talking about

@@flabio7074 could've sworn he said I may be wrong before he said it but who has time to listen when you're making a point

Obviously Rhonda will be female Ali after her lack of head movement

I bet you have posters on your bedroom walls and a screensaver on your phone of him. Theres nothing wrong with that

@@rasher331 No, no posters of Mickey. Only posters of you. I just used Mickey to get to you. And btw, I just watched The Wrestler for the first, and even though MR did a great job, he’s like a freak show.

@@bikerbruce1988 I like this nice comeback 🤣🤣

He had a terrible childhood and was never good enough for his absentee father who only saw him to get money after he blew up. I think that had a lot to do with trying to fix and possibly self sabotage his 'image'.

Barfly is a classic. If you love Bukowski, it's even better. Diner is also one of my all time favourite films. I'd never seen such wonderfully casual, realistic dialogue like that. I was 11 years old and decided to learn to write natural dialogue like that.

@thegentlelivingchannel I do really love both films along with Bukowski's writing. Then again, I'm also a fan of Burroughs and the rest of his friend's circle. They just don't make innovative people like this anymore. 😔

@@TechnicJunglist oh, they do. It took until very late in life for old Buke to be known to us. There are plenty of unknown, brilliant writers out there we just don't know about.

Basically the movie the wrestler

Didn't they she live in the sewers for awhile and turn tricks for dope? Carrie ?

So did you

A story is not the truth now is it? 🐝

@@amandadassonville4043 Mickey Rouke was offered and he turned down the script called Rocky.He also was offered Highlander and he passed on that project too.

Vanity Fair did a cover story on Mickey right when he went back to boxing. He was still gorgeous, but was losing every fight. He spoke very openly in that article about how acting felt too feminine to him and that he hadn't found a way to be comfortable with that. So Joe isn't making that part up. If you can find that interview online somewhere, it was quite good. I used to have a huge stack of my old Vanity Fair magazines until fairly recently. I'd read that one a few times. Great cover photo as well.

The CTE is real. He's a totally different guy.