tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post1821920951987097747..comments2023-05-20T11:22:27.581-03:00Comments on Some Wonderful Kind of Noise: Rocky: Rocky second thoughtsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-67661340579947270172014-07-07T19:22:37.521-03:002014-07-07T19:22:37.521-03:00This script was based on a 1975 real life boxing m...This script was based on a 1975 real life boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner, a nobody who lasted 15 rounds with The Greatest. <br /><br />Stallone refused to sell the script unless he could star in the movie even though he was penniless at the time.<br /><br />The sequel Rocky II is one of the few sequels that is nearly as good as the original. Rocky III etc. are only for hardcore fans as Rocky becomes a caricature of himself.<br /><br />I think you have Pauly all wrong. He may be a jerk and want to use his connections with Rocky, but he's still a friend and I would guess a very loyal friend. He's the kind of friend you have when you're living in a run down neighborhood with no job and no hopes. Sure, he will sponge a beer off of you, but he will also sass back to the world champion boxing god if he thinks Apollo is disrepecting his good friend Rocky.<br /><br />I've had friends like Pauly. They're not villians. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-32402551027554437692014-07-06T23:08:13.547-03:002014-07-06T23:08:13.547-03:00Rocky is on of my favorites movies ever and this i...Rocky is on of my favorites movies ever and this is perhaps the best review for that movie I have ever read. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00232220258971963289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-64494982592154364742014-07-06T17:44:59.664-03:002014-07-06T17:44:59.664-03:00Rachel, I am not sure it agree.
It's all the...Rachel, I am not sure it agree. <br /><br />It's all there, on the screen. The idea of self-worth, an opponent with the name and bearing of a god, a hero whose goal isn't to win but to "go the distance"? I think it's all there. <br /><br />But our friend here continues to strike me with just how excellent his observations are. <br /><br />Speaking of which: have you ever thought of film school, man? You'd be a great film scholar. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-23150065995777191972014-07-06T13:19:04.295-03:002014-07-06T13:19:04.295-03:00I think you put more thought into this movie than ...I think you put more thought into this movie than Stallone did.<br /><br />Which is not to say you're wrong, your observations are quite astute, as usual.Rachel Ghoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765944479141792643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-9217932049918670732014-07-06T02:59:26.090-03:002014-07-06T02:59:26.090-03:00A couple of years ago I rewatched all the Rocky fi...A couple of years ago I rewatched all the Rocky films with a friend of mine, and we had both forgotten just how uncomfortable that scene in Rocky's apartment is. I think the biggest issue with it is that Adrian's point of view isn't really made clear until afterwards. In the moment, you don't really know what she's thinking. Her arc of self-actualization comes later.<br /><br />There's an interview with Talia Shire where she talks about that scene - but she doesn't say anything about coercion. She sees it as Adrian doing something bold by going into a man's apartment alone after a single date. I think that says a lot about the time when the film was made (1976). At the time that may have been enough to make the audience comfortable that she was ready and willing, whereas nowadays there are a few more steps on the road to consent.<br /><br />In addition, I think the movie relies pretty heavily on the audience's knowledge that Rocky is at heart a really good guy and doesn't want to hurt Adrian. Like, you know Rocky's a good guy, so of course he's gonna stop if shit gets out of hand.<br /><br />I do think the scene plays easier upon repeat viewing because now you have the knowledge of how things turn out afterwards, but it's definitely an unexpected speedbump on that first watch.Milesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-62641312597221301032014-07-06T02:04:26.964-03:002014-07-06T02:04:26.964-03:00I wasn't sure before, but now I feel like you ...I wasn't sure before, but now I feel like you should definitely watch II and III.Lee Caseboltnoreply@blogger.com