Minisode #12 – Ready To Rumble (2000)




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Summary: <p>Best Characters: Sal Bandino! (wanna wrestle?), Sean, Wendy</p> <p>Wrestling Action: 4/5<br> Would we watch it again: No<br> Poop Joke Count: 100+</p> <p>A new minisode brings a new crew as Amanda and Jackie join Geoff and John as they all take a look at Ready to Rumble, the 2000 WCW flick with David Arquette and Scott Caan. </p> <p>Sean and Gordie are just two porta-potty cleaners with a love for “The King” their favorite wrestler of all-time who is ambushed and ousted from the WCW while they are in attendance. The story becomes one of redemption after that as Gordie and Sean look to prop up their hero who has fallen to his lowest point. </p> <p>An interesting take that Jackie had afterward is that the hero aspect of the movie is actually pretty intriguing. When Sean and Gordie go to help the King, he’s in the worst shape he could be in. He calls them stupid, tells them wrestling is fake and that they’re dumb for trying to get him to come back and that they should give up. Instead of seeing the King as their fallen hero, they can only see, whether from stupidity or complete devotion, the achievements the King has had over his career. They are so loyal to following him that he starts to believe in himself again. That sort of fanatical devotion is hard to come by in a movie, but was not enough to give it a great score by Jackie’s marks. </p> <p>Something else that doesn’t sit well is the amount of straight up assault that happens in the movie with no cops. If this is a reality where assault on any wrestler outside of the ring is legal, there would be a lot of issues. People would be beat and bloodied all the time. </p> <p>Big shout out to Hacker’s Planet for having any and all information ever about everyone…on the net. </p> <p>It’s a shame that this movie didn’t focus more on Sean, because he seems to be one of the most genuine characters whose growth in the movie surpasses all other characters (plus you get to see his butt). Instead it’s the standard Arquette formula where Gordie’s too stupid to see what’s going on and too cartoony to take anything seriously. </p>