6. @NicoSuave
WWE Raw-Table Match
Okay, so in order to avoid any controversy as to whether or not I'm posting an actual scene or an entire match, I'm going to say to start the video around the 5:35 mark, right after the official bell-to-bell match concludes.
First off, the backstory as to we got to this point at all is Spike Dudley and Molly Holly had been forming a relationship with one another. Neither Spike's brothers, Bubba Ray and D-Von, nor Molly's cousins, Hardcore and Crash, were approving of the relationship due to both families hating each other, ala the Montagues and Capulets from Romeo & Juliet. The fact that Spike was a tiny guy in wrestling during a time when being a ******** was encouraged didn't help the situation much either, and he got picked on a lot.
Right as Spike and Molly are about to have their first kiss backstage, Kurt Angle interrupts and tries to belittle Spike in front of Molly. Not one to back down from a fight, Spike slaps Kurt and then goes on the offense, but Kurt counters and starts beating the piss out of Spike. Molly then rushes to Bubba and D-Von's locker room for help, but as they exit their locker room, Crash and Hardcore jump them from behind as they're walking down the hall. So in the aftermath, Bubba and D-Von think Molly set them up to get attacked, and then a Tables Match between the two feuding families is booked.
The Dudley Boyz win the match, but they're still thirsty for vengeance, and they immediately target Molly, grabbing her by the hair and setting her up for a second-rope powerbomb through a table. Spike obviously does not want his girlfriend to be seriously hurt, so he pleads with Bubba and D-Von not to powerbomb her through the table, but being so set in their ways and thinking they know better than Spike, they refuse to listen...
True love is capable of making people do some crazy things. In this case, true love makes Spike Dudley lay on top of the table in a last ditch effort to protect Molly from his brothers. Alas, their minds could not be changed, and Bubba slams Molly into Spike's body, driving them both through the table in the process, and leaving them both laying in the ring like dead carcasses, symbolically banishing Spike from the Dudley family in the process.
The act of taking punishment for someone you love is a powerful enough statement of how strong that love is, but what drives this moment even further home is that when the commercial break after this moment ends, we're shown footage of both Spike and Molly being helped out of the ring by WWF officials, and the only thing they keep asking the officials is whether or not the other person is okay. That's an intense, moment in which two tiny, underdog wrestlers grab you with acts from their gigantic hearts, again as if to say wrestling is colliding with Shakespeare.
cmvideo75: Only because this clip has a table in it. Otherwise..... sigh. I can't even give a point for the write up effort. I couldn't even make it past the first paragraph. 1/10
Holeydel: Come on man, out of the box is fine but it’s also irrelevant. The acting in this scene is terrible for a start, I mean look at some of the other clips you’re up against. It’s also inconsistent to the wrassling series you’re referring to – many a folk have been put through a table without needing medical attention by half a dozen blokes who’s first aid skills are pretty shocking. But you know, it fits in with the story here so we’ll make it happen hey? It’s disappointing to see this clip because to have gotten this far in the game you’ve been doing well but surely you must have known this clip would have been suicide?? 2/10
Brick: I tried. I really did. I read the write up, paid attention to who was whom in the backstory, and watched the scene from the point as instructed, followed the plotline (such as it was). But just awful. Absolutely awful. Especially in the context of the other scenes from true cinema and television you knew were sure to be put up against you. Those that are well acted, perfectly constructed and framed, great pacing…they gave us DeNiro, Pacino, Walken, Del Toro. And you give us this. F**king this. 0/10.
osubuckeye4: Bye Felicia. First off, multiple "tables" are used (pick "A" table, not multiple)... and both are made of incredibly poor quality. Lastly... a random episode of Monday Night Raw? How in the world is that memorable? At least go with a pay-per-view or something.1/10
M0tives: Out of the scenes submitted this one is by far the furthest outside the box.
That said this scene is certainly in the lower half of the submissions as It's hard for, nigh impossible for any of the acting, writing, camera work,..etc. to compete with the amazing profesionals under the spotlight of some of the other submissions.
Clever choice but "Clever" rarely pays off in Idol unless it's also something really good.
Choosing a scene with pro wrestlers when you are looking for a "Best Scene",
and knowing that 99% of what judging here will deem "Best" will refer to the work of Profesional Actors, I don't really get the choice.
Qualifies for the rnd. though.
And the write up is fairly well done.
And your also outside the box.
Good luck and if you move on remember that you can be clever but you need to make sure it's good too.6/10
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