I didn't cry
Jan. 21st, 2007 11:18 pmIt was a close-run thing, though. Went to see Rocky Balboa. If you didn't 'get' Rocky, you won't get this - it's the same downbeat, understated, very human and surprisingly warm stuff. If you just thought he was a dumb slurring lump, steer clear. Of course, if you did get it, this is grand stuff. There's lovely rich continuity and it's nicely shot, making economic use of the changing cityscape to tell the times-they-are-a-changin' motif. The training montage made me grin a face-cracker of a grin (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
thudthwacker, note the lateral raises with chains - Westside brutality at its lowbrow best); and the fight was a delight. Having Mike Tyson do a five-second cameo, like the end-credits scenes of the general public running up those steps, really blurred the line between fact and fiction, deliberately laid on with a trowel - HBO PPV logos everywhere, Bruce Buffer saying "Rockyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Balboaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" (something I bet he used to do while warming up the mic) - it didn't put a foot wrong.
It's not a perfect film, but it's a damn fine final round to Rocky's career and better than all of the other sequels (yes, even the one with Dolph). "A cute kinda ugly, y'know?"
thudthwacker, note the lateral raises with chains - Westside brutality at its lowbrow best); and the fight was a delight. Having Mike Tyson do a five-second cameo, like the end-credits scenes of the general public running up those steps, really blurred the line between fact and fiction, deliberately laid on with a trowel - HBO PPV logos everywhere, Bruce Buffer saying "Rockyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Balboaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" (something I bet he used to do while warming up the mic) - it didn't put a foot wrong.It's not a perfect film, but it's a damn fine final round to Rocky's career and better than all of the other sequels (yes, even the one with Dolph). "A cute kinda ugly, y'know?"
