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    I believe this film is gonna be good! It's gonna bring back that "feeling"
    "The greatest underdog story ever told" feeling.

    It has everything against it. Just like when Daniel Craig was casted as Bond.

    I said this before and I'll say it again. The real world is wondering and saying things in the lines of...
    "Another Rocky film, embarrasing?"<-- I believe even his wife told him not to do it.
    "He's trying to make more money."
    "Kill the franchise already."<--Keep in mind it's not called Rocky VI
    "Stallone must be desperate"

    The world/characters inside the film is also thinking the same thing!
    "Get over it, you're too old, Rocky."
    "What are you thinking, getting back in the ring."
    "Cmon, you're kidding right, Rocky's gonna fight?"



    So what makes maruchi think this is gonna be a good film.

    1. Stallone said he wanted to bring this underdog story back to one. The dark and gritty Rocky I and II.

    2. It's also a representation of himself excepting himself as "Rocky/Rambo" all these years. He couldn't accept himself being typecasted.

    Did you know.....When he FINALLY had the opportunity to finally to work with great actors like Robert Deniro, Harvey Kietel, Ray Liotta. It was copland. Out of respect and passion for his acting..."Stallone gained 40 pounds to add realism to his portrayal of the police officer. He also was only paid SAG minimum wages."

    NOTE: SAG minimum wages is what I and every normal actor makes.

    3. Story is obviously predictable but it doesn't mean it isn't gonna be good.
    SLIGHT SPOLIER ALERT-Well, sort of, it's in a bunch of articles. Who is by Rocky's side all the time. Who? That is right... "Yo, Adriaaaaaaaaaaan!" And apparently she dead!!!!!!!!!!!! Character study wise...that's fuckin devestating.


    Alright enough of my mumbo jumbo but I wanted to throw another two cents into the pot.

    TURN UP THE SOUND BABY...it's ROCKY TIME.


    ps. "I will break you"-Ivan Drago in other words
    Domestic market-$100+ million
    International-$200+ million

    ps. II I can't wait for stallone's EDGAR ALLEN POE film.

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    I might actually go see that one..

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    Oh, I saw the ad for this one online and I am soooooooo gonna watch it! I can't fucken wait!!! I also like that it just happens to be on the year of the 30th anniversary of original Rocky, which I saw and loved as a kid

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    Yeah, I was one of those who was all "ANOTHER Rocky movie?" I didn't join in until the second one...but was all over III and IV...and was suprisingly non-offended by V (though it wasn't very good, and some of the characters were overly caricatured). Maybe this will give the franchise the sendoff it deserves.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Oceans View Post
    Yeah, I was one of those who was all "ANOTHER Rocky movie?" I didn't join in until the second one...but was all over III and IV...and was suprisingly non-offended by V (though it wasn't very good, and some of the characters were overly caricatured). Maybe this will give the franchise the sendoff it deserves.
    This is obviously the end of ROCKY... Especially since it isn't labeled as ROCKY VI and he is super old.

    I think it's awesome that we get to see this version of the character whom we all loved since Rocky I.

    I will be watching this today OPENING day and I seriously will give a reasonable review. I can take a beating and accept my fate if this movie is terrible.

    BUT if not...

    Ya'll have to see it

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    I think I'd rather watch Rocky and Bullwinkle

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    Quote Originally Posted by gameover View Post
    I think I'd rather watch Rocky and Bullwinkle
    GRRRRRR!



    A few more hours til the bell rings!

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    I saw the film last night.

    And was it just awesome to see this character back to life again. Regardless, if you think Stallone is just playing himself.

    If you've enjoyed any of the Rocky films YOU MUST SEE THIS.

    I'm gonna go watch it again...It just brought back memories and that "feeling"


    Ladies if you want to see your man come close to tears or even shed a tear. There is a scene in this film...*my favorite scene* where Rocky is talkin with Paulie about goin back in the ring. <------ I was tryin to hold my tears and I peeking at all the other dudes...and they're doing the same thing ha ha ha.

    I am very impressed and happy of the end results of this film. Especially with all the weight and critism that was against it. Similar to Casino Royale.


    p.s. It was depressing to not see ADRIAN by his side.

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    Here's a female review



    "Stallone has done the near impossible he took a long time dead character, that no one cared about, that he was clearly too old to play and make us care again. It's a shame that this is the last one, but what a way to go. "

    His real son was offered the role to play his son in "Rocky Balboa" which was saved by our hero Peter Petrelli/Milo Ventimiglia(NBC Heroes). I couldn't help but think it was because he thought his father sly couldn't pull it off again(Rocky I).


    Misc facts:

    Did rocky start the whole "yo" slang?

    I know he said "Yo" like 16 or 17 times in the film "Rocky I" and that was in 1976


    Misc facts on "Rocky I" which makes this last "Rocky Balboa" more memorable.

    "When the movie was released, United Artists' publicity department released a story that an unknown actor called Sylvester Stallone had approached them with a script for a boxing picture but had insisted that they could only have the script if he were allowed to star in it himself. When they refused, so the story went, he threatened to take his script elsewhere so they offered him $18,000 which he gratefully accepted and the movie was made. Gabe Sumner, who was UA's head of publicity at the time, has since admitted that the story was a complete fabrication but that it served them extremely well and that it "promoted the whole underdog concept".


    "Sylvester Stallone wrote the script in three days after he saw a boxing match between the unknown Chuck Wepner and Muhammad Ali. Unlike Rocky, Wepner was unable to last the distance and was TKO'd in the fifteenth round."

    "Susan Sarandon tested for the role of Adrian."
    -Interesting


    "Bette Midler turned down an offer for the role of Adrian."
    -Thank you God!!!!!!

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    LOVED IT!!!!!!!


    I don't usually go to the movies...I'm a DVD gal. But I went tonight and cried through the whole movie.

    I feel privileged to have seen the first one on the big screen when I was 10 and now the final episode at 40.

    I had to wonder if all the kids in the audience (hell even my fiance was only a year old when the first came out) could even grasp what that character means to people my age..or even what this movie really and truly meant.

    It wasn't about the fight...it was about the fighter; the man.

    If you're gonna venture out to see one movie...make it this one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DylanAngel View Post
    LOVED IT!!!!!!!


    I don't usually go to the movies...I'm a DVD gal. But I went tonight and cried through the whole movie.

    I feel privileged to have seen the first one on the big screen when I was 10 and now the final episode at 40.

    I had to wonder if all the kids in the audience (hell even my fiance was only a year old when the first came out) could even grasp what that character means to people my age..or even what this movie really and truly meant.

    It wasn't about the fight...it was about the fighter; the man.

    If you're gonna venture out to see one movie...make it this one.
    NO, NO, NO..You've got it half right!

    "It wasn't about the fight...it was about the fighter; the man."

    It wasn't about just about the fight...nor was it just about the man(fighter)...

    It was about what makes a MAN...











    and what makes a man?










    His woman...Adrian.

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    Quote Originally Posted by supermaruchi View Post
    NO, NO, NO..You've got it half right!

    "It wasn't about the fight...it was about the fighter; the man."

    It wasn't about just about the fight...nor was it just about the man(fighter)...

    It was about what makes a MAN...

    and what makes a man?

    His woman...Adrian.
    And I will have to disagree. His speech about stuff still going on in the basement had nothing to do with Adrian...that was ALL him.

    BTW, movies are art and art is subjective. You can't tell me what I took away from this movie. Not trying to be mean here, but you can't tell me what I feel is wrong there buddy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DylanAngel View Post
    And I will have to disagree. His speech about stuff still going on in the basement had nothing to do with Adrian...that was ALL him.

    BTW, movies are art and art is subjective. You can't tell me what I took away from this movie. Not trying to be mean here, but you can't tell me what I feel is wrong there buddy.


    Hmmm...I didn't know art is subjective.


    Okay,well, speaking in subjective terms.

    The scene where he breaks down in the meat packing factory talking to Paulie?

    I thought this scene was great because it captured the internal truth through false words. Most character's emotions are true to what they say.

    For example a husband starts crying as they talk about his wife who just died in a car accident. We know he is most likely crying about his wife's death. And yes, it could be the insurance $ gone wrong.

    But

    I felt that this was Rocky's emotional closure for Adrian. (subjective)

    For example, months later the same husband is at a car dealership trying to buy a car. The car salesman who is his best friend tells him this is the car he should get.

    The husband starts to cry and say..."yeah, I like this car, does it come with red leather seats(reminds him of his wife who wanted red seats)?"

    "Are you okay?"

    "Yeah, I just think red leather seats would be a nice color."


    Clearly, depending on the writer, actors intentions, I interpreted the scene such as that.

    But you are right...subjective it is.

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    The wife and I saw three movies over the weekend.

    - Night At The Museum which was really great. Way better than I thought it was going to be. I'd give that one a B+.

    - The Good Shepherd which was the biggest bore-fest I've seen in years. I'm a big fan of good drama but this movie just didn't do it. The acting was good as was the directing but it was a great story told very poorly. Horrible screen play and script. The movie works better than Tylenol PM if you want a good nap. D-

    - Rocky Balboa. I have to give this movie a good, solid A+. It certainly made up for the last Rocky disaster which Stallone himself said he never liked. The new one is wonderful...great story, good acting, and an all-around great hero/comeback story which really makes you want to cheer for the good-guy. Even my wife, who is nowhere near the Rocky fan that I am even said it was probably the best movie she's seen all year!

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    Quote Originally Posted by supermaruchi View Post
    Hmmm...I didn't know art is subjective.


    Okay,well, speaking in subjective terms.

    The scene where he breaks down in the meat packing factory talking to Paulie?

    I thought this scene was great because it captured the internal truth through false words. Most character's emotions are true to what they say.

    For example a husband starts crying as they talk about his wife who just died in a car accident. We know he is most likely crying about his wife's death. And yes, it could be the insurance $ gone wrong.

    But

    I felt that this was Rocky's emotional closure for Adrian. (subjective)

    For example, months later the same husband is at a car dealership trying to buy a car. The car salesman who is his best friend tells him this is the car he should get.

    The husband starts to cry and say..."yeah, I like this car, does it come with red leather seats(reminds him of his wife who wanted red seats)?"

    "Are you okay?"

    "Yeah, I just think red leather seats would be a nice color."


    Clearly, depending on the writer, actors intentions, I interpreted the scene such as that.

    But you are right...subjective it is.
    Nowhere did I say that you didn't know art was subjective. We wouldn't be having this discussion if you didn't tell me "NO NO NO, you're only half right". Use all the sarcastic emoticons and weird analogies you want. What I wrote above and what I write below are MY OPINION. Never did I tell you that your opinion was wrong, BTW.

    Losing Adrian, TO ME, gave Rocky an excuse to just drift through life. I know this feeling all too well. Living ON the world, rather than IN it.

    Adrian is only prevelant because she gave him the answers he needed while she was alive. Now he has to figure it out for himself and he's scared. And what he figures out is that he's not done yet. He's too young to be old and too old to be young.

    The Adrian storyline was so superficial...it only hinted at what was going on underneath the surface. The story of a man coming to terms with himself without the spoonfeeding his wife gave him.

    Just listen to the speech he gave his son on the street. That was advice he was taking as well as giving and it had nothing to do with the loss of his wife.

    If you wanted us to just agree with your opinion instead of reviewing the movie from our own perspective, you should have stated that in your OP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DylanAngel View Post
    Nowhere did I say that you didn't know art was subjective. We wouldn't be having this discussion if you didn't tell me "NO NO NO, you're only half right". Use all the sarcastic emoticons and weird analogies you want. What I wrote above and what I write below are MY OPINION. Never did I tell you that your opinion was wrong, BTW.

    Losing Adrian, TO ME, gave Rocky an excuse to just drift through life. I know this feeling all too well. Living ON the world, rather than IN it.

    Adrian is only prevelant because she gave him the answers he needed while she was alive. Now he has to figure it out for himself and he's scared. And what he figures out is that he's not done yet. He's too young to be old and too old to be young.

    The Adrian storyline was so superficial...it only hinted at what was going on underneath the surface. The story of a man coming to terms with himself without the spoonfeeding his wife gave him.

    Just listen to the speech he gave his son on the street. That was advice he was taking as well as giving and it had nothing to do with the loss of his wife.

    If you wanted us to just agree with your opinion instead of reviewing the movie from our own perspective, you should have stated that in your OP.
    -Okay, what's the real problem here? Do you want me to apologize?

    "Use all the sarcastic emoticons and weird analogies you want."
    -Oh, now my analogies are weird I'm offended. In regards to offense...

    "We wouldn't be having this discussion if you didn't tell me "NO NO NO, you're only half right". "
    -So this whole thing started because I said the above? So, I triggered this behavior? Not because you intepreted what I said as an offense to your opinion?


    "What I wrote above and what I write below are MY OPINION. Never did I tell you that your opinion was wrong, BTW."
    -I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, it is difficult to sense sarcasm. With that in mind. I really didn't think a sarcastic "NO, NO, NO, you're only half right."would have such an effect. If I wanted to say you were WRONG I would have simply stated" NO, NO,NO, you're wrong!"

    -I typed "half right" because we all have our intepretations of the film. And by OUR responses to one another, are we not, implying that we're right. I can't believe we're responding to one another like this.

    The story of a man coming to terms with himself without the spoonfeeding his wife gave him.
    -Can you explicate this "Spoonfeeding?" I'm very curious...it will help me understand your opinion.

    "If you wanted us to just agree with your opinion instead of reviewing the movie from our own perspective, you should have stated that in your OP"
    -This is where supermaruchi would like an example so that he can be a little more sensative next time to his angel, Dylan.

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    ^^^Ok now you're just playing up to me there mister and as every guy on here knows...flattery will get you everywhere!!!

    Either way, I don't like to be told I'm only half right when I'm stating an opinion. An opinion can't be right or wrong. It's mine and you can disagree with it, but it can't be wrong.

    Now, let's get back to the discussion because I DO find it very interesting.

    When I say "spoonfeeding", it always seemed to me that Adrian made way too many of his decisions for him. What comes to mind the most is the beach scene in Rocky III. Apollo, someone from whom he SHOULD be taking advice from, as another man and a peer, is kinda brushed by the wayside.

    Enter Adrian and her "we got everything but the truth". It seems that Adrian was the one who got him to face everything in his life. She was the one who organized him and his thoughts, like most women do for their men.

    Now she's gone and he's left to himself and his own devices. That's why I think her death is only the surface of this plot. Is this clear...because I'm not sure I'm getting it out there right.

    Anyway, I'm interested in hearing what you think about the picture scene in this one. Didn't you feel it was anticlimactic?

    And also, was I the only one that saw influences of Raging Bull in the fight scenes (ie: the black and white editing)?

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    And you were right. The film as a whole is about him.

    "And I think that kind of sense of peace is what I was fighting for in this film, that's why Rocky gets out of the ring, it doesn't matter, it wasn't about winning or losing, he was never going to fight again, it's just that he did it. His son saw him, what he used to do, he's proud, he brought everything together, he got rid of a lot of the grief he felt for Adrian, now he's ready to move on with his life, so that's what that was all about."
    -Stallone



    Do yall remember the last line in the film?

    Was it..""Adrian, we did it," ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by supermaruchi View Post
    Do yall remember the last line in the film?

    Was it..""Adrian, we did it," ?
    LMAO!!!

    That's your story and you're sticking to it, huh? Even when faced with the writer's perspective, you still think it's about Adrian's death?

    Oh well....your tenacity is adorable anyway.

    You still haven't said what you think about the Raging Bull reference. Did you get that or was it just me?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DylanAngel View Post
    LMAO!!!

    That's your story and you're sticking to it, huh? Even when faced with the writer's perspective, you still think it's about Adrian's death?

    Oh well....your tenacity is adorable anyway.

    You still haven't said what you think about the Raging Bull reference. Did you get that or was it just me?
    Stop acting all cute and sexy...

    No, no, no...<-- I shouldn't say that again

    You're right..it's about Rocky.

    But can I have my scene...please~. Can't we agree that even though he's talkin' bout the monster down inside him with Paulie, because he wants to fight again. A big part of the moster is the loss of Adrian?

    Ahhhh forget it...I see a tough man finally breaking down.


    Now about Raging Bull.... Um um um...I love films but that is one film I have yet to see *Dodges the tomatoes, runs off stage*

    BUT I was planning to catch it this week.


    Anyone else like to chime in.

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    I just like to watch the previews over and over... one word: Milo ^_^
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    Quote Originally Posted by supermaruchi View Post
    Stop acting all cute and sexy...

    No, no, no...<-- I shouldn't say that again

    You're right..it's about Rocky.

    But can I have my scene...please~. Can't we agree that even though he's talkin' bout the monster down inside him with Paulie, because he wants to fight again. A big part of the moster is the loss of Adrian?

    Ahhhh forget it...I see a tough man finally breaking down.


    Now about Raging Bull.... Um um um...I love films but that is one film I have yet to see *Dodges the tomatoes, runs off stage*

    BUT I was planning to catch it this week.


    Anyone else like to chime in.
    Yes, you may have this one. We are shaped by the events in our lives and it would be remiss of me to say that losing Adrian did not, in some way, have something to do with how the events played out.

    Now, where the heck are those tomatoes? Mr. Film Buff himself has not seen Raging Bull?

    *walks away in disgust*


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    Quote Originally Posted by DylanAngel View Post
    ^^^Ok now you're just playing up to me there mister and as every guy on here knows...flattery will get you everywhere!!!

    Either way, I don't like to be told I'm only half right when I'm stating an opinion. An opinion can't be right or wrong. It's mine and you can disagree with it, but it can't be wrong.

    Now, let's get back to the discussion because I DO find it very interesting.

    When I say "spoonfeeding", it always seemed to me that Adrian made way too many of his decisions for him. What comes to mind the most is the beach scene in Rocky III. Apollo, someone from whom he SHOULD be taking advice from, as another man and a peer, is kinda brushed by the wayside.

    Enter Adrian and her "we got everything but the truth". It seems that Adrian was the one who got him to face everything in his life. She was the one who organized him and his thoughts, like most women do for their men.

    Now she's gone and he's left to himself and his own devices. That's why I think her death is only the surface of this plot. Is this clear...because I'm not sure I'm getting it out there right.

    Anyway, I'm interested in hearing what you think about the picture scene in this one. Didn't you feel it was anticlimactic?

    And also, was I the only one that saw influences of Raging Bull in the fight scenes (ie: the black and white editing)?
    Thanks for the info.

    Hmm.. Anticlimactic.... Picture scene referring to the end of the film when he walks away from the grave? Yes, it was.

    Some thoughts on what I would've liked more.

    -Rocky IV soundtrack added to the training scenes
    -Longer training scenes but that wouldn't be realistic since he's old
    -Better fight choreography but that wouldn't make sense either since he's old.

    This sounds a bit sadistic but what about an alternate ending on the Rocky DVD. I think it would've have been interesting to see him die in the ring. What a way to end it off and that note. A metaphor to the character inside the film and outside of the film. A metaphor for the U.S. Soldiers who have died for us in this war. So an Italian Stallion who represents America ends up fighting and dying like a hero?

    Just some thoughts, in some ways the whole rocky franchise seemed to indirectly focus on politics....or maybe that was RAMBO ha ha.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DylanAngel View Post
    Yes, you may have this one. We are shaped by the events in our lives and it would be remiss of me to say that losing Adrian did not, in some way, have something to do with how the events played out.

    Now, where the heck are those tomatoes? Mr. Film Buff himself has not seen Raging Bull?

    *walks away in disgust*

    ha ha....I guess, I walk away scott free on this one. *Supermaruchi grabs the tomatoes he hid from the Angel and eats it.*

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    Default Re: Rocky Balboa & Sylvestor Stallone

    GO ROCKY!!! I just don't see how anyone can not like this guy.

    I grew up with Rocky as a kid, so this movie was kinda special to me. I went and saw it on xmas day for the nooner matinee, and it was PACKED. The rest of the theater was pretty dead but Rocky was packed. When my show let out, there were already people standing in line to get seats for the next one I couldn't believe how busy that show was on xmas day.


    Anyway, I loved the movie! It had me with him all the way through and I got a giant adrenaline rush by the time they finally played his song I've been humming that song almost ever since I saw the movie btw. I came out of the movie wanting to run up the stairs throwing punches. LOL!

    2 things I didn't like were both details of the fight - I won't say anymore than that for those who haven't seen it. But GODAMMIT!!!

    And, did yall think Stallone looked a bit bigger (as in more muscle) than in the earlier series? I mean he's always been big, but I thought he looked even bigger this time. Wow


    Rocky's the champ!!!

    Trying hard nooooooowww...... it's so hard nooooooowww...... trying hard nooooooowww.....

    It's kinda sexual LOL!!

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