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re: ROCKY - An Alternate View

Posted by: oddone 12:36 pm EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: ROCKY - An Alternate View - enoch10 03:32 am EDT 03/15/14

did anybody really expect ROCKY to get glowing reviews from critics? it's ROCKY. it's based on a pretty middlebrow property. i don't remember any critical acclaim for the film either though to be honest i wasn't paying that much attention.

Maybe you've diluted the film somewhat because of all the sequels. But the original film won 3 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and was nominated for 7 more. I know that isn't quite the same thing as critical reception, and depending on your definition of middlebrow, the entire idea of awards shows might fit inside. But while I haven't gone back to verify the reviews, I suspect the film Rocky did pretty well in that respect. It IS a pretty good film, even now.

I saw the musical, and while it wasn't my favorite (I actually liked the first act better), I think thumbing one's nose at the source material ("It's ROCKY.") is not the best argument to make. It smacks of "how could a dumb boxing movie written by a dumb meathead-type actor possibly be any good or have anything worth seeing." Which may not be what you were thinking, but that is how it comes across.


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re: ROCKY - An Alternate View

Posted by: perfectlyfrank 11:51 am EDT 03/17/14
In reply to: re: ROCKY - An Alternate View - oddone 12:36 pm EDT 03/15/14

Coincidentally, the film was on TV this past weekend. I watched it again and it bolstered my original take that it's quite a lovely little film.

The issue may be in fact is that it's legend may have required it to become a "big" musical but the story itself and the film on which it is based, is small and tender.

I agree that the source material is nothing to snub one's nose at.


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re: ROCKY - An Alternate View

Posted by: enoch10 01:19 pm EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: re: ROCKY - An Alternate View - oddone 12:36 pm EDT 03/15/14

>> I know that isn't quite the same thing as critical reception,

yes. that was a my point.


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