Let me digress: I didn’t think the movie lived up to the hype at all. There wasn’t much to it. A cliched story without much depth. Glorification of a down-and-outer. Not much unexpected, not much to expect, not much there. Took a long time to get going. Characters that didn’t seem to really know each other. Acting was good, but I never forgot that I was watching a movie, because it never drew me in. Good movies make you forget that you’re watching a movie. I personally have difficulty with Jeff Bridges as an actor due to some of his mannerisms that are distracting and constant. Seems people want to glorify this one they way they glorified “The Wrestler” – a similar plot, story, cliche. I just wish people would make some really good movies and people would stop hyping movies that aren’t so good. If you want to see a good movie that people don’t talk about, go see “Bad Lieutentant: Port of Call New Orleans”.