Comments for K-Yo'd: "Rocky Balboa" at http://www.rcreader.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.rcreader.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:11:22 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.rcreader.com/movies/k-yod-rocky-balboa/#comment-104 Mike, As much as I respect your critiques, I feel you are WAY off-base here. The "Rocky" series is and has always been about ROCKY. Your complaint about the use (or misuse) of the new characters in this installment implies that the audience who is coming to see this movie (and judging from the BO, it's mostly old fans than new ones) are actually concerned with them. As the series has progressed, the central characters have died off, leaving us with JUST Rocky (Paulie doesn't count, as he has been treated as comic relief since Rocky II). When Stallone DID try to share the movie with a character, as he did with his son in Rocky V, the result was a notorious failure. In this film, Stallone went with what he knew would work with his audience. Call it pandering if you will, but the main reason he made the film in the first place was to atone for the sins of the previous films and return to the basic premise of a guy with something to prove. This brings me to your main grievence with the film. The "hook" of this film, as you put it is how will Stallone pull off an aged Rocky fighting the heavyweight champion. The answer to that question is simple, and is adressed clearly in the film...the EXACT SAME WAY HE ALWAYS HAS. Every Rocky film has been about Rocky overcoming some challenge to win the big fight. No matter the adversity, his heart and determination always seems to prevail. It is your approval of this concept that determines if you like ANY of the Rocky films. Yes, these movies are flawed, but by now most people know that. The reason critics have been kind to this movie, I believe resides with the thought that despite its flaws, it reminds us of what endeared us to Rocky, and Stallone, in the first place. - Lou Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:15:17 +0100