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Self creed II Sylvester Stallone and Michael B. The final handover between Jordan was, as we wrote a few months ago, creed iii is the first film in the saga of rocky which does without Rocky entirely, up to the point that maybe it’s time to acknowledge that the saga of rocky no longer exists, and by now we should be talking about its saga creed, However, this would not be entirely true: yes creed Is creed II They still owe a lot to Stallone’s films, both in terms of themes, both for narrative methods, and also for pure and simple storytelling. In other words, Stallone was still on set, and an integral part of the work. and inevitably he still carried something of his and old rocky Within films that were instead trying to modernize themselves, first of all in terms of language.
In creed iiiHowever, Rocky is definitely out of the picture. So much so that it is mentioned directly only once, and the second time the events of the first film are mentioned without Robert “Rocky” Balboa by name, but only Apollo Creed. That doesn’t mean Rocky-ism is gone, quite the contrary: Michael B. Jordan, who also gets the directing key from Sly, is a devotee of the saga. Even more so Ryan Coogler, who co-wrote the film with his brother and who had already dealt with the delicate moment in which the franchise changed its name (we’re talking about the first). creed
, obviously). His script is a Frankenstein of cues taken from other, older rocky: from the idea of an Adonis cult who is steeped in parental life and in retirement from the ring (initially) Rocky III) to focus the first half of the second act on revisiting the dynamics of the first act.How Stallone wrote and shot what may seem sketchy, but was really always the heart of Rocky, as much as its fights — friends, family, love, but also its relationship with the city and its people — Coogler and Jordan’s version Is more trendy and chill though. Even at the height of his popularity, Rocky has always maintained a strange and almost tender side, a fragility due to his past but also a fundamentally good man. Creed, on the other hand, is a character flirting with guilt in the bad experiences of childhood and adolescence, and paradoxically, is a far more classic male than Rocky Balboa: the one who keeps quiet, the one who never opens up, the one who Does not communicate except with fists, and above all he should never ask – he should not ask for help, understanding, a break. It had to be perfect – something Rocky never was.
And so everything revolving around it has to be perfect. Where Rocky had the goofy robot who became Paulie’s best friend, Creed had a designer home and a wife who was not only beautiful, but also miraculously overcame her disability – some empathy early on. Useful to get points. Chapter two, but now forgotten probably for the better Tessa Thompson, and the couple’s daughter was brought back. Only when it’s convenient, though: there’s a scene in which Creed and Bianca argue loudly in the middle of the living room, and thus they wake up the little girl who’s sleeping in her room. it is also these impurities that prevent one creed iii
To exaggerate and demonstrate the difference between a film overseen by Stallone and a film that only receives his blessings.Also but not only. as mentioned, creed iii Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut, who has inherited a never-ending passion for manga and anime, and for games in general, among other things. This is inevitably reflected in the end result. In descriptive terms: The film eschews the subtlety and lyricism of Stallone’s films and devotes itself almost entirely to the conflict between two personalities, defined in a way that lies between the archetypal and the conservative. Is. Especially watch the scene in which his friend Damian officially turns into a villain. And this is certainly reflected in the staging as well, which features an abundance of quotes Dragon Ball To my hero academia And above all a certain tendency to favor individual moments (with slo-mo, lots of close-ups and other similar tricks) to the detriment of the flow of the whole fight.
The result is undoubtedly spectacular and pleasing to the eye (although the decision to turn the ring upside down for the final fight stranger things can’t convince everyone), but it lacks dramatic momentum rocky, and his ability to create a short epic within a single fight. Each fight in the ring in Stallone’s movies was a ruse and carried the narrative arc of both participants without the need for too many words. in films about the cult, and in creed iii The fights, in particular, serve to showcase the director’s visual brilliance, and make us enjoy a moment even at the cost of killing every cadence and every possibility of a climax.
However, any Michael B. One can forgive Jordan almost everything because this is his first film, and a writer who brings his own ideas and makes mistakes is better than one who relies only on other people’s ideas in order not to make mistakes. However, suspicions remain that Jordan might have been entrusted with the franchise for more than enough time: now that he’s finally the landlord, his character has already retired. Unless the idea is to raise and change the daughter creed In its history: it would not surprise us (also because now, when we talk about franchises and the excuses for creating them, we are no longer surprised by anything).
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