I finally got a chance to see this tonight, and I enjoyed it very much. The original Rocky is still the best, but this is definitely in the series' top-tier along with Rocky Balboa. Part of what holds it back is that boxing just doesn't occupy the same place in the cultural consciousness that it...
Boston Online Film Critics Association picks Creed as No.2 Film of the Year, selects Michael B. Jordan as Best Actor, selects Sylvester Stallone as Best Supporting Actor
The New Yorker raved about the film, in a pretty interesting review exploring issues of privilege and community as well as, as Bryan put it, the impeccable craftsmanship.
I probably won't have a chance to see this until the weekend of the 5th, but with all of the praise from the professional...
The Los Angeles Times has a good profile of Sylvester Stallone in the context of the upcoming release of Creed
I didn't realize that Sly in this is the same age that Burgess Meredith was in 1976 when he made the first Rocky.
One speculation is that Jordan is not playing the son we saw in Rocky II, who'd really be in his early forties right now, but rather a third child whom Mary Anne was pregnant with when Apollo was killed by Ivan Drago in Rocky IV. It would explain why he never knew his father, and why Rocky...
Title: Creed (2015)
Tagline: Your legacy is more than a name
Genre: Drama
Director: Ryan Coogler
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashād, Tony Bellew, Alex Henderson, Graham McTavish, Wood Harris, Ritchie Coster, Tone Trump, Brian Anthony Wilson...