Plastic Surgery - the right way and the wrong way.

[Damon_3388]

He oozed cool playing a cop in Year of the Dragon, that along with Angel Heart were the first films I remember seeing him in. Both great films.

Shame to see him become the plastic surgery freakshow he is now, he'd look a lot better if he just had've grown old gracefully like De Niro or Robert Redford.

He actually looked alright in the late '90s/early 2000s (see him in something like Get Carter for example). Not as good as his prime, but decent enough. Just went totally wrong after that.

Seems like his voice changed totally as well, or he just decided not to put on an accent anymore. Went from a smoothe New York accent, to a gruff Florida accent (he grew up in Miami).

 

[djrossie16]

Agree with all the stuff on Rourke. Now to watch Rumble Fish again!

 

[Yidaki]

Plastic surgery is the most silliest thing you could ever do to yourself.

 

[Roobs321]

Mickey Rourke in the early mid 80s is one of the most beautiful men I had ever seen. After 1987, he started to age a little, but still looked okay. Then the facial damage and horrific plastic surgery, oh my god!

Body Heat, Diner, Rumble Fish, Pope of Greenwich Village, Year of the Dragon, 9 1/2 Weeks, and to a lesser extent Angel Heart & Barfly (I think he went method and gained some pounds though), all show Mickey at his physical peak. They are all excellent and underappreciated films as well, even 9 1/2 Weeks.

 

[Roobs321]

Young Rourke rivals young Marlon Brando and James Dean for looks, screen presence and general magnetism and cool IMO. They all had that haunted, mysterious aura about them too.

Completely agree. The 3 painfully attractive Crazies. Although I never really was a big Dean fan personally, I always felt like he was a Brando wannabe, in an All About Eve rise to stardom type of way. Brando at times had a slightly off-putting blimp-sized forehead, but he got the closest to Rourke for me.

None of the above are husband material (Day Lewis, Redford, Neeson, Gere, Fassbender, etc. would be a more suitable type). More the passionate but painful relationship with a troubled boyfriend sort of case.

 

[Gough]

Completely agree. The 3 painfully attractive Crazies. Although I never really was a big Dean fan personally, I always felt like he was a Brando wannabe, in an All About Eve rise to stardom type of way. Brando at times had a slightly off-putting blimp-sized forehead, but he got the closest to Rourke for me.

None of the above are husband material (Day Lewis, Redford, Neeson, Gere, Fassbender, etc. would be a more suitable type). More the passionate but painful relationship with a troubled boyfriend sort of case.

Mickey Rourke was one of my first real crushes as a teen, him and Michael Hutchense, another not-for-husbanding type.

 

[Roobs321]

Mickey was my first as well.

 

[nicky]

Speaking of Marlon Brando, i was just reading his wiki page and read his childrens wiki pages - apparently courtney love is his grand-daughter. Linda Carrol is the mother of courtney love and allegedly his daughter.

Apologies if you all knew that, i had no idea.

 

[The Passenger]

Speaking of Marlon Brando, i was just reading his wiki page and read his childrens wiki pages - apparently courtney love is his grand-daughter. Linda Carrol is the mother of courtney love and allegedly his daughter.

Apologies if you all knew that, i had no idea.

just found he rejected his best oscar in 1973 and sent a native indian in his place to tell the academy. legend.

 

[Keys]

Speaking of Marlon Brando, i was just reading his wiki page and read his childrens wiki pages - apparently courtney love is his grand-daughter. Linda Carrol is the mother of courtney love and allegedly his daughter.

Apologies if you all knew that, i had no idea.

I had no idea of this either

 

[Damon_3388]

Speaking of Marlon Brando, i was just reading his wiki page and read his childrens wiki pages - apparently courtney love is his grand-daughter. Linda Carrol is the mother of courtney love and allegedly his daughter.

Apologies if you all knew that, i had no idea.

Wow, have never heard that mentioned anywhere. You'd think that'd be something you'd hear about at some stage.

 

[Roobs321]

I dont think I have heard about that either. And I have read a Brando biography before as well.

 

[Theseventhhamster]

Is that a real thing?

 

[Theseventhhamster]

Original looks cute, the other genuinely frightens me.

 

[GROTTO]

Original looks cute, the other genuinely frightens me.

LOL. Im sorry I really did set you up there. I didnt mean too. The photo is actually a guy.

#thecryinggame

 

[Theseventhhamster]

LOL. Im sorry I really did set you up there. I didnt mean too. The photo is actually a guy.

#thecryinggame

It's cool I'm comfortable in my sexuality. He was cute.

 

[Quokka]

In the OP it is a weird photo though, the one below was from the same event and I definitely agree that she looks worse for the surgery but she's still recognisable at least.







The dumbest thing for me is most of these examples are well off people, paying a fortune and going to exclusive, highly rated plastic surgeons.That's as good as it gets and yet there are still so many people going to cheap neighborhood or oversea options and expecting some sort of amazing result.

Any of those makeover shows the one thing I reckon is worth it is dental work, ridiculously expensive here but sometimes it changes the whole look of the face and I'd imagine once people start smiling more there's some good flow on effects. But other then that you're probably better off with more sleep and a better diet.

 

[red+black]

the one thing I reckon is worth it is dental work, ridiculously expensive here but sometimes it changes the whole look of the face and I'd imagine once people start smiling more there's some good flow on effects. But other then that you're probably better off with more sleep and a better diet.

If I had my time again, being older and wiser now, I would have absolutely insisted on getting braces as a teenager. My teeth are pretty good but they are far from perfect, and I think dental and orthodontal work is a justifiable investment.

 

[Gough]

Watching 730 last night, I thought Tania Hird looked like she'd had a bit done.

 

[zimma]

Watching 730 last night, I thought Tania Hird looked like she'd had a bit done.

Probably just injectable treatments...

I'm sorry I couldn't help myself...

 

[GROTTO]

Probably just injectable treatments...

I'm sorry I couldn't help myself...

No wrinkles.

 

[red+black]

Watching 730 last night, I thought Tania Hird looked like she'd had a bit done.

I'm sick of this shit! You cannot prove she was injected with a banned substance!

 

[nicky]

None of them are too bad....

 

[Ice-Wolf]

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1. Had some work, but also just aging, diet and exercise (for the face that is). 2. Make up, aging and teeth whitened 3. Make up, possible nose job 4. Make up, possibly botox and fillers.

 

[Gough]

Not unlike a tradies hands (thankyou VB commercials), I am of the belief that your face is a part of your story and I'm not sure why, barring some sort of catastrophie, you'd want to f*** with it. Apart from a bit of a double chin that would disappear if I wasn't such an idle git, I wouldn't consider getting anything done to my face. The odd wrinkle and scar aren't the end of the world. I don't understand the obsession with looking like you're 20 years younger (40 for Joan Rivers) than you actually are.