I really think that Okada and Shibata put on the greatest wrestling match of all time. No match evokes a similar wave of emotions as that one on every single rewatch
when gyro crossed the finish line and the theme stopped then played again, that was absolute cinema. whoever decided to do that understands steel ball run on the same level as araki.
“Final Grades” from The Wire (2002) is where the tragedy of the entire show sinks in. Bodie realizing “This game is rigged, man. We like the little bitches on a chessboard” hits so hard because deep down he still wanted to believe the rules meant something