History Headscratchers / TheFighter

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** Does he actually think that this is true, or does he just keep saying to other people? In the prison sequence, I certainly don't get the impression he expects to see a film about his comeback -- he knows perfectly well that he didn't have it. He simply expected that being on TV would glamorous but found that instead it revealed his true self true clearly.

** Dickey was scarcely capable of logical thinking by that point.

* Dickey was convinced the film was about his "comeback." Why, exactly? I'm sure the filmmakers didn't try to mislead him. They even see them say the documentary is about crack addiction with Dicky standing right there. Yet he's surprised when he actually sees the finished product. Talk about a serious case of denial.

[[WMG:The entire scene where Dickey gets arrested]]

From the cops ''conveniently'' grabbing Dickey mere feet from where where Mickey and family are, to tuning him up in front of a crowd of people (back when the words "Rodney King" were still front and center in people's mind), then doing WORSE to Micky when he tries to intervene, to Alice screaming for ''Dickey'' after she just watched the cops try and cripple Micky... Pure {{Anvilicious}} {{Narm}}. As if we, the viewer, needed that scene to symbolize the relationship between Micky, Dickey and Alice.

Hell, they didn't even use that scene to set up the hand surgery the real Micky Ward had.
* I agree. "Hey, he's a fighter-- break his hands!" Bullshit.
** This Troper agrees too, the police ''could have been sued for unnecessary force!'' This Troper was so pissed off at the cops that he ''ignored'' the part where Alice was screaming for Dickey.
** The whole point of the scene was to reinforce how much of a bad influence Dickey was on Micky, and how the choices he was making weren't helping anyone, just landing himself in deeper trouble. So, yes, Narm and Anvilicious, but also the important turning point for the movie.

[[WMG: The "I'm having your daughter watch the documentary" scene]]
Isn't it considered abuse to force your daughter to watch a movie that isn't intended for children simply to spite her father?
* Well, yes, but considering Micky's position at the time (living in an apartment with no bed and barely a job, very little money and, at the time, not many prospects with his fighting career), he wasn't able to do anything about it. He could try to take her to court over it, but he has no proof, and no money to do it anyway. And his ex-wife ''knows'' it, which is why she's so smug.
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** This Troper agrees too, the police ''could have been sued for unnecessary force!''

From the cops ''conveniently'' grabbing Dickey mere feet from where where Mickey and family are, to tuning him up in front of a crowd of people (back when the words "Rodney King" were still front and center in people's mind), then doing WORSE to Micky when he tries to intervene, to Alice screaming for ''Dickey'' after she just watched the cops try and cripple Micky... Pure {{Anivilicious}} {{Narm}}. As if we, the viewer, needed that scene to symbolize the relationship between Micky, Dickey and Alice.

[[The entire scene where Dickey gets arrested]]