Creed punches the Rocky movies back to life
Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa again, and Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Creed.
Creed goes back to the things that made the original Rocky work: the intimate human drama of a sweet loser who suddenly gets the chance to be somebody, plus that musical score by Bill Conti, anchored by Stallone playing a human being and not an action figure. Of course it’s corn. Don’t knock corn, it’s one of the reasons we go to the movies. There’s bad corn—manipulative schmaltz that makes you feel cheap afterwards, like your brain has been violated. There’s bland corn—movies like In the Heart of the Sea which may be well-made and even impressive but make you feel nothing. And there’s good corn, which earns your emotional responses and allows you to cry or cheer without embarrassment. Put Creed in this category.
Usually naming kids after mythically beautiful men is a bad idea, but not in this case.
Rating: Highly recommended.
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December 15th, 2015 at 14:43
Michael B. Jordan!!