YO ROCKY!
Dear Rocky Balboa trailer,
Why do you do this to me? There I was, sitting in the theater, waiting for Casino Royale to start. (Which was, by the way, a very enjoyable film. If you enjoy James Bond, go see it. It's very good.) And then you come on. Who do you think you're kidding, huh? Rocky Balboa is just an artsy fartsy way of saying Rocky VI. There has been one good "blank" VI and that was Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country. You are not, my good sir, Star Trek.
I don't blame Sylvester Stallone for trying once again to cash in on the Rocky name. It is, after all, the movie that made him famous and the original is one of the greatest movies of all time. I've already told you what the movie's ending does to me. And the franchise has had some good moments, Mr. T as Clubber Lange, "Eye of the Tiger" and the famous closing speech in Rocky IV. But c'mon, it's been 30 years since the original and 16 years since V stunk up the place. Couldn't you have made a Get Carter sequel? ...cor... forget I even suggested that.
You are old, your character is old, and the idea of a human punching bag rising above adversity and a more skilled opponent because of his heart is O-L-D.
I don't understand why this project was even allowed to see the light of day. I didn't realize Stallone still had this kind of pull in Hollywood, since not only is he writer, he's also the director. Rumor has it they still weren't going to let him do it until he showed up with his own camera and light rig.
This movie is not going to be good. It might not even be laughably bad. There might not be a single redeemable thing about this film.
So someone please explain to me why I have watched the trailer 4 times already today.
... 5 times.
"Time to build some hurting bombs!" WHOOOOOOOO!!
Why Rocky Balboa, why do you have to take my $8?
...6 times.
Why do you do this to me? There I was, sitting in the theater, waiting for Casino Royale to start. (Which was, by the way, a very enjoyable film. If you enjoy James Bond, go see it. It's very good.) And then you come on. Who do you think you're kidding, huh? Rocky Balboa is just an artsy fartsy way of saying Rocky VI. There has been one good "blank" VI and that was Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country. You are not, my good sir, Star Trek.
I don't blame Sylvester Stallone for trying once again to cash in on the Rocky name. It is, after all, the movie that made him famous and the original is one of the greatest movies of all time. I've already told you what the movie's ending does to me. And the franchise has had some good moments, Mr. T as Clubber Lange, "Eye of the Tiger" and the famous closing speech in Rocky IV. But c'mon, it's been 30 years since the original and 16 years since V stunk up the place. Couldn't you have made a Get Carter sequel? ...cor... forget I even suggested that.
You are old, your character is old, and the idea of a human punching bag rising above adversity and a more skilled opponent because of his heart is O-L-D.
I don't understand why this project was even allowed to see the light of day. I didn't realize Stallone still had this kind of pull in Hollywood, since not only is he writer, he's also the director. Rumor has it they still weren't going to let him do it until he showed up with his own camera and light rig.
This movie is not going to be good. It might not even be laughably bad. There might not be a single redeemable thing about this film.
So someone please explain to me why I have watched the trailer 4 times already today.
... 5 times.
"Time to build some hurting bombs!" WHOOOOOOOO!!
Why Rocky Balboa, why do you have to take my $8?
...6 times.
posted by Matt Worzala at
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