MovieChat Forums > dolemite72 > Replies
dolemite72's Replies
Yeah, yeah, yeah.....Obviously someone obviously was offended by a post I made to you (and you only) That must be the reason, eh?
Be careful, 'Film-buff' likes to report posts, if you don't agree with him
'Low-Rents Of Arabia'
"Hoes-Bud"
Methinks 'TwistedAcrobat' has an agenda to push?
No offence, I saw it at the cinema and thought it was shit (but more power to you if enjoyed it)
However.....
Why do people think that Rotten Tomatoes (or any other online sites) are some kind of benchmark for quality (I'm sure 'SPICE WORLD - THE MOVIE' had it's fair share of great reviews, some paid-for....and some scarily not) but if you need some stupid score on some website to validate your tastes, it comes across as rather 'Sheepish' to me? I constantly see all this 'Rotten Tomatoes' and 'Metacritic' garbage strewn throughout posts around here. It's as if movies (and their fans) are content to have 'dick measuring' contests....based on box-office and (OTHER PEOPLES) collective opinions (and the findings are usually taken probably from the same cross section of people that deem the likes of Simon Cowell oxygen-worthy?) The actual movie (remember that?) comes a long way down the list of importance? Movies are just seen as trading cards around here....Little else.
BP could make $800billion and the box-office (or just $4) it wouldn't alter how I feel about it....shit is shit.
Rant over
Foreign aid (they get billions every year.......and that's in REAL life)
Russel Crowe (attempting to mimic Oliver Red)
As for question 1, I think it was trying to imply that even though the clouds had started to clear, they were still full of so much radiation, that the sun was more of a bright light (as opposed to a source of heat) as it seemed to turning everyone blind (notice how the female protagonist's eyes were all clouded over, in her final scenes)
I like all the movies (except CREED, which I thought was garbage)
Personally for me, ROCKY III is my favourite, because (although devoid of the originals 'grit') it seemed the only movie to try deviate slightly from the formula. It's a lot faster paced (and doesn't feel feel the need to take each fight to the final bell) MR T made an excellent (and genuine) bad-guy for Rocky to go up against (thus prompting Apollo to the be revealed as the flawed nice guy, that the first two movies hinted at)
The plot mirrored Stallone's own mini-decline at that point in '82' (luckily he also made a little movie called 'FIRST BLOOD' that same year, to fall back onto)
The editing also echoed the fast-paced action genre (that Sly was soon to make his own....f**k Schwarzenegger) and despite the almost 'Roman Gladiator' spectacle of ROCKY III, it was still grounded in a certain 'reality' that went out of the window with the ridiculous (but enjoyable) ROCKY IV.
It's probably the same reason I think ROCKY V is vastly underrated for deviating from a tried and tested formula.
This CREED franchise, however, seems like an black cash-grab (for all concerned....especially Stallone) and in it's attempt to be gritty (and 'urban') lacks the all important ingredient that made the ROCKY saga beloved....heart.
The character of Adonis Creed, is neither loveable (nor interesting) I can't root for him (he has no likeable traits) and given the outlandish plot device proposed for *this* sequel....I can't see his character growing on me any time soon? This franchise now reeks of some kind of black entitlement 'franchise' that (without Stallone's involvement) would have flopped like the dozen or so 'Rocky' clones that came after the original. I'm sure it's a great nest-egg for Stallone (but at this point, it's just him trying to stay relevant) I also have no desire to see my childhood hero die of cancer on screen (however realistically it is, or portrayed)
Stallone is better than this.