3. "He's 60 to be exact, and get off your high horse" In response to Reply # 2
This could/can be a great movie.It's the last chapter on the life of Rocky Balboa....Syllvester Stallone has stated several times that his life does not mirror "Rocky Balboa's" and that ppl love Rocky, not his actual self.....I read a great article about him and the movie in the latest 'Philadelphia' magazine...
7. "Joe, with all due respect, you must want to get your" In response to Reply # 0
ass whooped today! Don't be comin' over heah with that Rocky Balboa hate... kuff that, I'm there on opening day, shit, I might CAMP OUT for the first show... okay, not that far, but yo, if you hate on this joint, then you have no right to call yourself an American... _______________________________________________________________________ ZOOTOWN WILL RETURN IN FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
10. "It looks like a remake of the first Rocky" In response to Reply # 0
Replace unknown with old. That being said, the first Rocky is a classic so this one should be fine. And any film that employs AJ Benza has to get a little respect.
38. "This reply is #49." In response to Reply # 13 Mon Dec-11-06 08:39 AM by disco dj
Now, I will point out to you that the fact that I think you're an idiot is irrelevant, but you DO realize that I posted this WEEKS before the movie came out, AND that many people (which is obvious from some of the replies in this post) weren't aware that "Rocky Balboa" had been made and was scheduled for release. THUS, the early returns were low.
Having said all that, the fact that you came into my post calling me a hater was ironic. Expecially considering that YOUR original reply was in ITSELF hating. Perhaps you should have spent your time talking about the movie (like the rest of us), instead of spouting off dumb shit.
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66. "even the LOD has a gentleman's wing..." In response to Reply # 38
but there is nothing wrong with being odd. i mean you arent inkast or adwhizz odd. - VABestBBW Binlahab is a bitch. I wouldn't trust okp, some of them don't even get any anymore since the Re's stopped - Anonymous OKP
18. "Yeah, so it was pretty bad." In response to Reply # 0
I saw it, and ain't going to spoil it, except to say, it wasn't good at all.
Oh well, at least we still have 4 entertaining films to remind us (I'm not counting the abomination that was Rocky V) _______________________________________________________________________ "Would you get your face out of that computer? Life is happening all around you, and you're watching the commentary." - Danny (Bradley Whitford), Studio 60 (yep!)
21. "RE: Yeah, so it was pretty bad." In response to Reply # 18
That's kind of what I was expecting. I'm still curious to see what kind of returns it gets. Maybe if this one makes money Rocky will step into the ring for an exhibition with the mayor of Memphis like Joe Frazier did.
>Oh well, at least we still have 4 entertaining films to remind >us (I'm not counting the abomination that was Rocky V)
I give Rocky V some credit for having the balls to break the formula set by the first four. On its face, it does a decent job of telling the story of how a boxer copes with life out of the spotlight when he can no longer step into the ring. I also thought the flashback scenes with Burgess Meredith were pretty moving. And the closing credits were great. Took the template from the Rocky IV credits and found the perfect song to summarize Rocky. I can really just watch the closing credits of Rocky V and be entertained.
Of course that's about all the credit it's going to get because the acting was terrible, the Rocky Jr. story was awful and I didn't buy the way Tommy Gunn turned so quickly. The climax at the end was not at all satisfying to me either.
All in all, the movie was bad. But it's not as bad as a lot of people make it out to be. To me it's the difference between failing a test with a 50 and failing a test with a 0. Of course in the end it still fails.
39. "But he always loses the first one, remember? He wins the rematch." In response to Reply # 31
BUT if this follows true to form he'll Lose to Dixon this time and come back to take the title in Rocky VII ( or I guess they'll call this one "Rocky Balboa II")
50. "It's the male version of Basic Instinct II" In response to Reply # 0
The "enemy" of this film is aging. Remember that Italian dude from "Raw"... Imagine how pumped he'll be to see the Italian Stallion still putting in work, now that he's 75 pounds overweight in a loveless marriage with erectile disfunction.
53. "Tyler and Roeper gave it two thumbs up" In response to Reply # 0 Sun Dec-17-06 10:07 PM by ZooTown74
That would be Aisha Tyler and Richard Roeper
I may have to see this again with "the common folk" __________________________________________________________________________ LET'S START BUILDIN'... SOME HURTIN' BOMBS
57. "Son, I ain't gotta lie... don't make me start spoilin' shit (SPOILER)" In response to Reply # 54 Mon Dec-18-06 02:08 AM by ZooTown74
Like, for example
WARNING: SPOILER AHEAD
at the very end, there is a montage of regular Philly folks running up the steps and celebrating a la Rocky... I couldn't help but wonder why The Roots weren't invited... Donovan McNabb either... _______________________________________________________________________ LET'S START BUILDIN'... SOME HURTIN' BOMBS
56. "That's exactly what I was thinking" In response to Reply # 55
The most egregious example of this is when she tried to critique 50's acting... she was Savion Glovering all her words... it was pretty pathetic... _______________________________________________________________________ LET'S START BUILDIN'... SOME HURTIN' BOMBS
60. "Ironically enough, I went to one of the early screenings" In response to Reply # 58 Mon Dec-18-06 05:35 PM by ZooTown74
but didn't get in because I got there too late... Aisha and her man also showed up at the same time I did... when she heard that the screening was closed, she gave a "oh, hell no" look to her man and proceeded to bumrush the front of the line... I just left... _______________________________________________________________________ LET'S START BUILDIN'... SOME HURTIN' BOMBS
I had low expectations going in but I was still disappointed. A lot of people want to like this movie. I'm sure some of them will like it for what it is and some others probably will like it for what they want it to be. But as far as I'm concerned, Rocky V > Rocky Balboa.
I'm a huge Rocky fan. To the point of embarassment. I won't really go into it, but there was a lot of little shit that pissed me off in this movie. Like all of the sudden Rocky went from having 57 wins, 29 by KO (even though I've always asserted that the Drago fight was an unsanctioned exhibition bout and shouldn't have counted towards his professional record thereby making it 56 (28)) all of the sudden he has 57 wins and 54 by KO in this movie. Did they think no one would notice?
Also, what the fuck happened to Rocky's irreversible severe brain trauma? What happened to "You can't get licensed in any state"? Did we just retcon that out like Chuck Cunningham and Judy Winslow?
There's really too much for me to write about, but I barely felt a thing that entire movie. I felt no tension, no drama, no triumph. It felt like watching surgery on one of those late night cable channels. The scene where he's yelling at his son might have been the only part where I felt myself getting into it. Most of the time it was just heavy handed references from the original Rocky and some cute loveable dopey shit from Stallone. I'm really not hard to please. Apparently I'm the only person out there who thinks Rocky V is watchable. But I really did not like this movie.
65. "Rocky was a growm man flick" In response to Reply # 0
Going into this movie I didnt expect much. Maybe I'm just gettin older (37) but this movie was pretty good. It won't be on my top 10 films of the year, but it was (and this may sound corny)a very touching film. The rocky charector was on some grown man shit. I saw the movie here in Seattle and after it was over people were clapping which was surprising.
Kinda Spolier ish.......
The part where he raised up on some people disrespecting a women. Offering said women a job and not expecting to have sex with her, then mentoring her son, who didn't have a father figure in his life.
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