tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post5615902238374809935..comments2024-03-27T09:00:32.195-05:00Comments on The Signal Watch: Sly Watch: Creed (2015)The Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-64084123055433011282018-03-06T09:23:16.050-06:002018-03-06T09:23:16.050-06:00I am so in agreement with how it transforms and el...I am so in agreement with how it transforms and elevates Rocky IV. And, yes, the boxing - unlike the first Rocky movies, looks exactly like boxing. <br /><br />I do recommend going back to revisit Black Panther. I genuinely liked it more the second time when I wasn't trying to anticipate the movie. The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-34134200960694299902018-03-06T07:49:26.489-06:002018-03-06T07:49:26.489-06:00One night I put in Creed after the kids were in be...One night I put in Creed after the kids were in bed. Katie hadn't seen it yet. After the opening with Phylicia Rashad, Katie was already in tears. She said, "I don't know if I can watch this." That pretty much sums it up.<br /><br />It goes beyond just being a good movie. It reassembles and contextualizes what came before into something even greater. It makes Rocky IV retroactively better. Rocky IV. The one that's essentially a 90-minute string of montages to rock music and cold war jingoism.<br /><br />At the same time Creed is satisfying every beat of the Rocky formula and surpassing expectations for thrilling fight choreography and action, the movie is also combatting stereotypes of black masculinity and black relationships, presenting something famuliar yet wholly new and refreshing.<br /><br />I can't talk about this movie objectively. I've seen it twice at the theater, twice at home, and it's a raw emotional experience every time.<br /><br />It's probably unfair to Black Panther that I expected the same experience and was a bit let down. But still, I will seeing everything Ryan Googler makes until the end of time.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16334865373173505274noreply@blogger.com