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Post by Ryan Thames on Dec 25, 2006 23:47:56 GMT -5
1 being lowest
6 being the highest.
I watcched the movie tonight. At first i thought the movie was going to be horrible. Then i heard alot of excellent reviews. So i go and watch it tonight aand hope to be proven wrong.
So rate ROCKY BALBOA in order of the best rocky film.
I thought the movie was respectable. Not near as goodd as the others. except i think it was better thaan only rocky 5 and tommy gunn.
I thought it started way to slow but i thought there was hope that it would pick up soon......it never did. Untill the the end.....then it was over.
I was not impressed
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Post by Brittany Bordelon on Dec 27, 2006 22:56:42 GMT -5
It definitely started out incredibly slow. I enjoyed the fighting... just wish there would have been more excitement leading up to it. Ryan - spell check is awesome.  Or just go back and re-read what you type. Love you. |
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Post by gambit on Dec 27, 2006 23:35:26 GMT -5
Ryan - spell check is awesome. Or just go back and re-read what you type. Love you. Now I know how everyone feels when Nancy comes in when it is not in my favor. BAM! She nailed ya, Ryan! I thought you had developed a stutter or something. |
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Post by Russell Stark on Dec 27, 2006 23:57:11 GMT -5
A good movie!
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Post by Ryan Thames on Dec 28, 2006 7:07:02 GMT -5
Yall cant honestly ssay this was the best rocky movie.  Rocky 4 had them all beat. Or even rocky 3.......i think it was rocky 3 with hulk hogan and mr t |
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Post by Kurt Howgate on Dec 28, 2006 8:13:22 GMT -5
Rocky 3 and 4 were pretty much all action, with Rocky 4 pretty much being a 1.5-hour music video. There is no way that formula would have worked for Rocky Balboa. This film is more about the trials and tribulations of life, and less about boxing. The perfect book-end to the series, IMO. Ryan, you are supposedly a good movie critic? Pah-leassssse!  It is getting great reviews pretty much across the board, including TWO THUMBS UP by Ebert & Roeper! |
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Post by Ryan Thames on Dec 28, 2006 15:27:52 GMT -5
I understand and agree it was a great way to end the series.
The movie in that respect was a decent movie. As i stated before.
But in my opinion the videography was poorly funded. They didnt spend much time acting the scenes. and the big bad boxer didnt sell me as intimidating at all.
The only thing that made rocky look like the underdog in this movie was him punching like a girl in the ring.
granted when he did make contact i felt the pain.
I think it was a respectable story. Just as i predicted. and financial it iss a success. But i think the quality was poor.
Thats alll im saying.
I never said i was a good movie critic. Jusst stating my opinion.
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Post by Gary Roberts on Dec 29, 2006 0:06:10 GMT -5
watch all of the Rocky series in a row and you will find that this was the perfect bookend to the series.
as far as style story and timing...it has far more relevance to the first Rocky than any others.
You could only watch ROCKY 1 and Rocky Balboa and understand the trials that the character must have gone through over the years
The first Rocky starts pretty slow as well but that is intended to get you involved with the characters and care about them. Unless you love the characters you would probably be bored in the beginning of RB because you would fully understand and appreciate where Rocky is at this point in his life.
IF you watch Rocky 2 you will see that Rocky can't do anything emotionally without Adrian behind him. The music doesn't even start in ROCKY 2 until Adrain says 'win...rocky...win' start music.
In...RB he is exactly where he is in the first movie except being a Nobody...He is a HasBeen.
and all of the wealth and fame has been stripped away. Except this time He is Old and only has a memory of Adrian. Notice the last line he says in the cemetary before leaving Adrian one last time...
'WE DID IT'
as opposed to Rocky 2..."I did it"
What makes Rocky Balboa even more compelling of a story is the parallels between Rocky's character in the movie and Sylvester Stallones real life career.
Stallone had no career before Rocky and just like Rocky's characters has much success through 3 and 4 so goes Stallones career in the eighties and early 90's...
but as of late..Stallones last two movies went straight to video and in Hollywood he doesn't have nearly the amount of respect as he did 15 years ago. You might be able to use the term hasbeen with him now that could be debatable...but the fact remains that STallone has grown up alot over the years And he as an individual is striving for one last SHOT just like Rocky Balboa.
You can tell that he wears his heart on his sleeve in the movie and you like or dislike the movie you have to give Stallone the props for swinging for the fences on this movie.
And this story was never about "the underdog VS. the best of all time"
if you watch the story...Mason "the line" Dixon doesn't get the respect that Rocky would get in his prime. You were never meant to think of him as an awe inspiring champ. The story goes two fold here. It is Rocky's one last shot and proving himself AND it is Mason Dixons shot to prove he can go the distance. In the movie, they even state that no one believes in Mason.
I do believe this is drawing on today's state of heavy weight boxing. Many people believe that heavy weight boxing is no where near the talent that used to be. This movie is a direct reference to that.
So the movie is much deeper than at first glance. According to Stallone, Rocky 5 left a bad taste in fans' and he wasn't aware how deep the fan base went. It has been a goal of his to try and RIGHT a WRONG...TO correct a disservice to the franchise that occurred. But Stallone has even said that he couldn't have written this story ten years ago because of his immaturity.
So it is great to see Rocky end in this way.
I loved it. Can ya tell?
Gary
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2006 12:27:47 GMT -5
Overall, I thought it was quite good. The first hour of storyline set-up could have been edited down by 10 minutes, allowing for up to another 5 minutes of training (which was cut too short for my tastes) and another 5 minutes of boxing. I agree that Mason's character wasn't developed much. But I didn't care THAT much, since I knew he'd get his share of pummeling in the end.
I'm glad his son finally got out of "what about me?" mode...
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Post by Elaine Blik on Jan 1, 2007 13:59:23 GMT -5
I am not one to go to the theater to see movies... I wait for the "video" to come out... however, I had a wild hair yesterday and said let's go see Rocky Balboa... Joel and Rainee thought that was cool and we drove 70 miles to a great stadium seating theater. It was exactly like Gary said...and there was much more meaning to it than it portrayed. If you haven't seen the series, it will not mean as much to someone watching it. Our 12 year old wasn't too excited about it, but then we realized that she has not seen the other movies. We told her she had to watch them in order to appreciate RB... There is a lot of inspiration in the movie...to me anyway. Plus... he really did win... in his mind. He won his son back... He got closure with Adrian... He got a new girl... Maybe he'll start training Marie's (jamacian son  ) for boxing? A new series? Just a thought... It was kind of slow, but I don't mind... still brought tears to my eyes... |
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Post by Brittany Bordelon on Jan 7, 2007 0:25:17 GMT -5
After reading Gary and Elaine's critiques, I have a better appreciation for the finale. I guess I was disappointed with the movie because I went to the movies in hopes of seeing "The Pursuit of Happyness" and when it was sold out, we saw Rocky instead. |
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Post by Ryan Thames on Jan 8, 2007 14:18:36 GMT -5
I love you bree.
It sure is nice to have contact with civilisation.
Im in san antonio.....and i am absolutly dissapointed with the residence in this area.....they should have the common decency to install wiresless internet with no firewalls. For those of us who depend on them.
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Or just go back and re-read what you type. Love you. 
) for boxing? A new series? Just a thought...