Just watched the final Rocky film. Wow.
I’m a sports fan and will usually find time to take a peek at all sports. Except boxing. I see boxing as one of the more ugly barbarous sports out there, it’s just two people trying to beat each other senseless, with not really that much skill involved. I admire skill in sport more than sheer power or athletic ability, so I tend to ignore stuff that doesn’t involve skill.
So what’s a non-boxing fan doing watching Rocky ? It’s not just the fight in one of these, it’s how they build up to it. This one has an old guy who’s still fighting for what he believes in but now he’s fighting out of the ring. Genuine nice guy who likes to help people out. I think when I get this one on dvd, I’ll be watching more for the out of ring stuff.
When it gets to the fight though, they show everything. Power, commitment, heart. The punches fly and oh yes – it really looks like they hurt. Which it’s supposed to … There’s a lot of censorship that goes on in action films/tv which I don’t understand. Show the effects, the full effects and you’ll show the full consequences of either shooting someone or thumping someone. And seeing those consequences (on a movie screen) will hopefully stop someone from pulling the trigger someday. There is a line between what’s suitable and what’s sick though, in terms of what some writers/directors will put on screen.
Doh – me ranting again (future blog post coming about some guy who got grief for saying he was taking guns to a party).
Rocky Balboa – has brutal action sequences in the fight at the end but for motivational power, well – I’m thinking of getting up and taking a run around the block, even though I have one pulled calf muscle and another complaining calf muscle :-). It would do me good and I’ve run off worse injuries before …
“Marie: The last thing to age on somebody is their heart “
PS Hallmark just caught my eye, they’re about to show : Blue Butterfly. Might be worth a peek 🙂