I like Lights Out, but agree filming actors boxing hasn't been done well, ever.cpebbles wrote:I gave Lights Out on FX a five-minute look, and I'm pretty sure that's the only five minutes I'm giving to it. I'm sure the subtlety of boxing can be difficult to translate to the big or the small screen, but it's inexcusable that still to this day nobody thinks they can convey who is winning or losing a match in a realistic way. The hero stands with his hands at his waist and a stupid look on his face, and absorbs a hundred straight punches to his face until it's time for the comeback, whereupon the villain stands with his hands at his waist and a stupid look on his face as the hero rains punches upon it.
I don't give a [expletive] if it's better than Raging Bull once the show steps out of the ring, I can't keep watching through that idiocy.
It's because most people don't understand what the Sweet Science should look like.
