9/10 for the greatest Rocky since the first.
"Rocky Balboa" touches on the emotional side of the two-time former champ. With his wife dead and his estranged son pushing away from him, Rocky is slowly finding his life is becoming empty. Current champion Mason Dixon is undefeated and hated by the public because all of his fights are against duds, and he hasn't had a real challenge yet. See where this is going? Rocky is searching for something in his life. A computer simulation ran a test between Rocky in his prime and Dixon, and showed that Rocky would win . Controversy begins, as people differ in opinion. Rocky wants to start fighting again, though he mentions "Small time, local" we all know there's no room for small time in this final bout.
So an exhibition match is scheduled between Dixon and Balboa. We get the classic training scenes, the wildly famous Rocky theme and Stallone showing us what he's got left.
My only complaints where that the things that everyone looked forward to in this film - the training and fighting - were a bit short in comparison to the introduction where Balboa is seen going to his wife's grave several times. Stallone as director wanted to emphasize the emotional state of Rocky - he did not want this to be about just winning. It got through, but I think it overshadows the exciting and explosive nature that we all paid admission price to see. If anything, extend the training scenes a bit more.
The fight was excellently done in my opinion. It was filmed during a real boxing match - hence lots of people in the audience commented on how similar it looked when watching a boxing match on TV. Only unrealistic parts where that both fighters beat the hell out of each other practically every round, which doesn't happen but this is Rocky. This is what we came to see.
I don't often cheer at a movie, and I don't think many of you do either. But as soon as the letters "Rocky Balboa" came on the screen in large gold, appearing one last time, the audience gave it the applause it deserved.
Well done Stallone. A classy way to end a revolutionary movie franchise that has told the underdog story in a way that no one else could. Watch this movie in theatres, with friends and family, and embrace it.
"Rocky Balboa" touches on the emotional side of the two-time former champ. With his wife dead and his estranged son pushing away from him, Rocky is slowly finding his life is becoming empty. Current champion Mason Dixon is undefeated and hated by the public because all of his fights are against duds, and he hasn't had a real challenge yet. See where this is going? Rocky is searching for something in his life. A computer simulation ran a test between Rocky in his prime and Dixon, and showed that Rocky would win . Controversy begins, as people differ in opinion. Rocky wants to start fighting again, though he mentions "Small time, local" we all know there's no room for small time in this final bout.
So an exhibition match is scheduled between Dixon and Balboa. We get the classic training scenes, the wildly famous Rocky theme and Stallone showing us what he's got left.
My only complaints where that the things that everyone looked forward to in this film - the training and fighting - were a bit short in comparison to the introduction where Balboa is seen going to his wife's grave several times. Stallone as director wanted to emphasize the emotional state of Rocky - he did not want this to be about just winning. It got through, but I think it overshadows the exciting and explosive nature that we all paid admission price to see. If anything, extend the training scenes a bit more.
The fight was excellently done in my opinion. It was filmed during a real boxing match - hence lots of people in the audience commented on how similar it looked when watching a boxing match on TV. Only unrealistic parts where that both fighters beat the hell out of each other practically every round, which doesn't happen but this is Rocky. This is what we came to see.
I don't often cheer at a movie, and I don't think many of you do either. But as soon as the letters "Rocky Balboa" came on the screen in large gold, appearing one last time, the audience gave it the applause it deserved.
Well done Stallone. A classy way to end a revolutionary movie franchise that has told the underdog story in a way that no one else could. Watch this movie in theatres, with friends and family, and embrace it.