Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
Last night I saw the movie "The Wrestler" starring Mickey Roorke and I liked it. Mickey's character "Randy the Ram" reminded me of old washed up airline captains that I have met in my career just before they were pushed out at 60.
Watching my ex-coworkers struggle with facing the end of the rainbow only then to realize that they had no friends, family, money or anything else to return to was prophetic to me. They had given everything to aviation and in the process left behind wives, children and the ability to build a life.
I will never forget when one old timer swung by the company office to hand in his stuff and blew out of town in is sole possession a 1970's corvette stingray and six months of cash to live on. It wasn't pretty.
I did not want to end up like those guys. It is a good movie.
Skyhigh
I'm raising an old thread, but I wanted to thank you for making me aware of this movie. I've seen it four times now, and it just never gets old. I see myself in Rourke's character
Excellent movie nonetheless, and thanks again for the thread.