gotch ya …spoilers…sorry about that…
AWFUl. If it weren’t a “Rocky” movie people would be leaving the theater asking each other “is this shit for real?” As was said, the plot went nowhere, the montage was sooo anti-climactic, and there was no buildup to the fight. By far the worst Rocky movie IMO.
[quote]Mod Jump’n Jack wrote:
Nope, nothing deleted as far as I know. But remember that we see every comment you guys are making. And sometimes mods wanna go to the movie theater too, ya know.[/quote]
I was just surprised Rocky died at the end.
I mean, the aneurism and the blood coming out his eyes and nose. Who saw that coming? And what was with his son announcing that he was gay and in love with Steps? I certainly didn’t see that coming either.
[quote]DeTest wrote:
AWFUl. If it weren’t a “Rocky” movie people would be leaving the theater asking each other “is this shit for real?” As was said, the plot went nowhere, the montage was sooo anti-climactic, and there was no buildup to the fight. By far the worst Rocky movie IMO.[/quote]
Whatever. Sometimes life is anti-climactic. Deal with it.
This was the most realistic one since the first one, in my opinion.
What do you think george Foreman’s kids said to him when he said he wanted to come back?
[quote]futuredave wrote:
I was just surprised Rocky died at the end.
I mean, the aneurism and the blood coming out his eyes and nose. Who saw that coming? And what was with his son announcing that he was gay and in love with Steps? I certainly didn’t see that coming either. [/quote]
Oh, you’re a funny one.
Honestly, I’m still hoping to hear mention of a Thunderlips cameo.
[quote]Mod Jump’n Jack wrote:
futuredave wrote:
I was just surprised Rocky died at the end.
I mean, the aneurism and the blood coming out his eyes and nose. Who saw that coming? And what was with his son announcing that he was gay and in love with Steps? I certainly didn’t see that coming either.
Oh, you’re a funny one.
Honestly, I’m still hoping to hear mention of a Thunderlips cameo.[/quote]
It’s actually more of a central role. He sort of plays a father figure to Rocky in his path to training.
[quote]Naphta wrote:
Mod Jump’n Jack wrote:
futuredave wrote:
I was just surprised Rocky died at the end.
I mean, the aneurism and the blood coming out his eyes and nose. Who saw that coming? And what was with his son announcing that he was gay and in love with Steps? I certainly didn’t see that coming either.
Oh, you’re a funny one.
Honestly, I’m still hoping to hear mention of a Thunderlips cameo.
It’s actually more of a central role. He sort of plays a father figure to Rocky in his path to training.
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I’m just surprised they brought back Tommy Morrison for that hot oil rubdown before the fight.
Stallone has a huge inferiority complex, and it shows in all his movies.
How bout the part where Mike Tyson came out and taunted Dixon? When I saw that I was like “Oh shit this movie’s crazy.” Thankfully the fight was realistic. I couldn’t have thought of a better fight myself. Dixon breaking his hand and Rocky losing by decision. And his face actually looked good not like a truck ran over it. Oh and his opponent looked like a real human and not a buffed up impossibly powerful steroid freak. I think this was the first time Rocky was actually bigger and stronger than his opponent.
Speaking of Stallone’s physique looked incredible at his age. Looked like he was chiseled from marble. I mean his physique was better in this movie than in the first Rocky movie!
definetely worth seeing. if rocky V never happened this would be the perfect end to the series. Either way it still brings some closure finally.
Saw it last night. It was a bit of a dissapointment in that the training montage was awfully short and there was little builup to the fight, but it was done very well.
My biggest problem was that half the people in the theater wouldn’t shut up for a minute.
It was plainly obvious that Sly was already in unbelievable shape at the beginning of the movie even though he was always fully clothed, which can’t really be avoided, but it’s worth noting.
Antonio Tarver, who was Mason Dixon I believe fights in real life at around 160ish. Having him weigh in 10 pounds heavier than Rocky was rather cheesy.
I also could not figure out why Sly’s pecs would be so comparitively undeveloped.
The supposed lifts he did were incredible and hard to believe, but he IS a genetic freak and all. The plates looked and dropped to the floor realistically enough, but someone mentioned they never showed his face in the completion of them. I can’t remember about the 585 pound squat(6 plates a side) but I’m sure they did during the 315 C&J.
If he trained for “hurting bombs that would rattle his ancestors,” where were they?" Dixon sure took enough haymakers…
One last thing, since they made the fight appear to be oh HBO and a little “real,” I couldn’t help being worried the ref was going to stop the fight.
[quote]jlesk68 wrote:
Stallone has a huge inferiority complex, and it shows in all his movies.[/quote]
Please elaborate, I’m curious as to how you reached such a conclusion.
About tarvar weighing in more then stallone…isnt too cheesey seeing as he had to go up to about 200 or so for the movie which is probably why most of it looked like fat. I believe he fights at 170
The beginning dragged, the message was overdone, and the fight was okay. I went to this movie to see the training sequence to get myself pumped for the new year. I was disappointed.
I still think the story was good. But it felt like his race car movie. I hope the un-edited version is better.
Stallone was awesome. His acting was great and he showed some really great acting on a more serious side of things. The film in itself was very well put together.
My main problems were…
1)Mason- I hear that the guy is a real boxer, but I don’t buy his role in the movie. He seems like a weak personality. I don’t care if he’d beat the shit out of Stallone in real life, he’s not the least bit intimidating at 6’3 220 with a baby-face. Should’ve gotten a real actor.
2)The training montage was not very well done in my opinion. I’m sure 99% of people out there wouldn’t find this, but the weights looked so fake to me that it was unbearable. I believe he was squatting 5 or 6 plates and the bar didn’t bend in the least bit and looked like it was 50lbs when he racked it. The “315” jerk was basically held in the low position of a military press. Probably wouldn’t bother most gym goers who’ve never squatted in their life, let alone anything that would make a bar quiver.
3)The fight was simply too short and not well-choreographed. They stayed too long in the HBO PPV style to switch it up and then turn cinematic. After the first style, the cinematic style seemed a bit forced. And the fight choreography simply wasn’t that great. It was obvious to me that many of Dixon’s jabs in the first round weren’t connecting and most of it just looked sloppy.
The important thing that the makers of the film didn’t realize is that JUST BECAUSE A FIGHTER IS GOOD IN REAL LIFE, THAT DOESN’T MEAN HE WILL COME OFF AS A GOOD FIGHTER IN A FILM. Oh well
Definetly worth seeing.
-MAtt
I thought it was cool. His speech to his son was the best part of the movie. “It’s not how hard you can hit, but how hard you can get hit by life”…Classic Rocky stuff. The training bit was too short, but it was cool nevertheless.
I did think the tour he took of where he and Adrian hung out was pretty strange.
[quote]jpb wrote:
I did think the tour he took of where he and Adrian hung out was pretty strange.
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People do strange things when their life companion dies.
[quote]malonetd wrote:
jpb wrote:
I did think the tour he took of where he and Adrian hung out was pretty strange.
People do strange things when their life companion dies.[/quote]
I didn’t think it was strange at all. It’s something he does once a year to remember her and the times they had.
I don’t mean any disrespect and I could be way off-base here, but chances are if you thought it was odd, you’ve not met the person you want to spend the rest of your life with yet. When that happens, your whole outlook on life is completely different…
P.S. Sorry to get all E-Nation for a minute.
/hijack
[quote]CC wrote:
malonetd wrote:
jpb wrote:
I did think the tour he took of where he and Adrian hung out was pretty strange.
People do strange things when their life companion dies.
I didn’t think it was strange at all. It’s something he does once a year to remember her and the times they had.
I don’t mean any disrespect and I could be way off-base here, but chances are if you thought it was odd, you’ve not met the person you want to spend the rest of your life with yet. When that happens, your whole outlook on life is completely different…
P.S. Sorry to get all E-Nation for a minute.
/hijack
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That was my point. What an outsider may think of strange, is actually something a person needs to do for memory’s sake or to move on or for whatever reason.
I haven’t experienced it, but I won’t likely ever question someone’s choice of actions after they lose someone they spent their life with.
[quote]malonetd wrote:
CC wrote:
malonetd wrote:
jpb wrote:
I did think the tour he took of where he and Adrian hung out was pretty strange.
People do strange things when their life companion dies.
I didn’t think it was strange at all. It’s something he does once a year to remember her and the times they had.
I don’t mean any disrespect and I could be way off-base here, but chances are if you thought it was odd, you’ve not met the person you want to spend the rest of your life with yet. When that happens, your whole outlook on life is completely different…
P.S. Sorry to get all E-Nation for a minute.
/hijack
That was my point. What an outsider may think of strange, is actually something a person needs to do for memory’s sake or to move on or for whatever reason.
I haven’t experienced it, but I won’t likely ever question someone’s choice of actions after they lose someone they spent their life with.
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Good post.
For my own post, I should probably add that I used “you” as a general term, not to point out any one person in particular.