"Let's start buildin' some hurtin' bombs."
That line from the trailer never fails to make me laugh. I'll watch the movie hoping for more gems like that.
u mean that sarcastically or mean it in a genuine way?
Rocky is said to be "in his 50's" in the film...
Posted this in the movie tab thread but here it is again:
I've seen Rocky (1976) lots of time, the sequels not that many times. Rocky Balboa was okay. What I liked the most with it was the way it looked and the settings. I was immediately drawn into the ragged feel of the movie which suited the story perfectly. Then I think Stallone was excellent. This character he knows inside out. I like how the film was more of a drama than a beat-em-up flick. Except for the end of the film of course. The Fight was totally uninteresting, unexciting and completely unrealistic and almost more computer game-like than the computer simulation in the movie. The conflict between Rocky and "the other boxer" was never there. Rocky wasn't pissed off at Mason Dixon (who was a pretty decent but not very charismatic character), not even during the fight it seemed. I can think of a million other ways the story could have taken that would have been more interesting and suitable for the plot. To me it would have been really cool if they'd just skipped the whole "end fight concept" and focused on the drama between Rocky and his friends and family, but that is too much to ask for, I know. But why not have Rocky begin fighting in small local clubs against young fighters who lack in respect of the old Champ and then Rocky has to struggle to come back and then beat the crap out of them? No. Rocky, storming towards his 60's, goes to Vegas and gives the undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion of the world the match of his life. Moderation, Stallone. Moderation...
I dont think that a rocky movie should not have a fight at the end. thats silly. The movie would definitley be pointless.
but yeah, i agree that the so called boxing villain wasnt even a villain.
come on, how flat and boring was mason dixon? stallone tried to avoid being called cliched by giving the bad guy compassion and not make him the stereotypical evil boxer out to destroy balboa.
this i understand but this just made the movie boring. No matter how cliched it gets, people love a movie with a bad guy vs the good guy. Without it, the film falls flat on its face.
and franky, no one cares.
and antonio tarver who played dixon was an ok actor but lacked charisma. a lot of it. miscast.
when mason dixon says to balboa "theres no need for either of us to get hurt. I'll do my best to carry u", that just KILLED the movie.
So when it came to the fight, i didnt really worry too much about rocky getting hurt cos i knew dixon wasnt out to hurt him.
And when dixons trainer tells him to "take it easy on balboa, its just an exhibition", that just made it even worse. That buried the film period.
due to this, there was no tension in the fight whatsoever.
there was no need to make another clubber lang or drago (who were great) but stallone should have made dixon much more menacing.
Hey, tommy morrison (tommy gunn) was just a boxer who was given the role of rocky opponent and he was actually a decent actor.
He at least made a decent bad guy.
He should be given more acting roles.