Rocky Balboa

[acidboy]

It had to be discussed.

Anyone watched it yet?

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

ha! no.

in april, i found adrian balboa's gravestone when i was strolling through Laurel Hill Cemetery on my birthday. turns out, they filmed there and never removed the headstone. actually going back there this sunday for a tour.

stallone looks like a bad wax statue of himself.

 

[Bradford]

Suprisingly enough, our local film reviewer gave this a really good review yesterday...

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...rocky1220.html

 

[GQgeek]

it's gotten pretty good reviews all around. I have a soft spot for rocky so i'll probably go see it.

 

[javyn]

Just saw it, and thought it was really good. I'm not a big Rocky fan either, but Stallone can do a good movie. The thing I liked best about it was that it was short. Movies are just too long these days.

 

[gorgekko]

Just saw it myself and it exceeded my expectations. It was actually well done though Burt Young needed to crank down the "Paulie impression" he was doing.

Actually, if I have one quibble is that the first two-thirds of the movie were left to character development but at the end we really didn't know that much more about Marie and Steps than we did at the beginning of the movie. Stallone could have trimmed the first two acts (or thickened up the thread involving Rocky's kid) and concentrated on the big fight more.

That said, a minor quibble and if you liked the first couple of Rocky movies I think you'll see this one as a nice ending.

 

[Tiranis]

I would say the movie was good—also what made it even more enjoyable was the fact that the audience was going crazy. People were actually cheering, clapping, etc. during the fight and even during some other scenes of the movie. Maybe because it was on the day before Christmas Eve, or I don't know why—but it was definitely crazy and fun!

 

[Bradford]

My wife and I went to see this today.

Excellent way to end the series. Not really an action movie so much as a character-driven drama.

Inspirational and heartwarming. For those of us who liked the original, this is a great film.

It really makes you want to go out and do something with your life, no matter how old you are or how many times you've been knocked down.

 

[hanker565]

Saw it last week.

It didn't live up to some of the rave reviews I read but was still solid. It's fun to see where everybody is a decade later...although I felt there were a tad too many nostalgic moments.

And yes, MUCH better way to end the series than the awful Rocky V.

 

[matadorpoeta]

Originally Posted by Bradford

My wife and I went to see this today.

Excellent way to end the series. Not really an action movie so much as a character-driven drama.

Inspirational and heartwarming. For those of us who liked the original, this is a great film.

It really makes you want to go out and do something with your life, no matter how old you are or how many times you've been knocked down.
nailed it. it's a very good movie, and the more i think about it the more i like it. it's also as much about stallone as it is about rocky.

 

[Ramses]

Awesome film. I want to see Stallone in more films

 

[AlanC]

Saw it. Liked it. I recommend it.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

No wonder Nathan Petrelli has superpowers, his dad is Rocky!

I just watched this thing, and I liked it. Then again, I've liked every Rocky movie except 5. The endings are just so damn emotional...

 

[reac99]

Seen it now and was pretty suprised. It's a pretty good movie no question about it. After the first Rocky which is clearly the best one, I'd put Rocky Balboa in second place. A very good way of ending the series. Too bad 3-5 were crap though.