r/rockybalboa

In my opinion, Clubber was way worse than Drago. My argument is that Drago was super strong but Clubber was straight up MEAN. He didn’t just want to win, he was determined to absolutely destroy Rocky as a person.

Why was Mike so terrified of Rocky when he moved Rock’s stuff to skid row? Do you think Rocky put hands on him before and was just stressed out it might happen again? Was Mike worried about the Gazzo connection? As a kid, I always felt bad how frightened Mike was when Rock found out Dipper took his locker.

I've just watched the Creed movies for the first time. I really like them, the second in particular.

I even thought the ending of two was a great ending for the Rocky character. As you know, Stallone isn't in Creed 3 because of problems with a producer, blah blah blah.

I even think it was a decent movie. But come the fuck on.

This whole franchise is built on Rocky. He was the heart of 1 + 2, and in the third one he doesn't even get a cameo? A phone call? A card? A shoutout? Anything??

He's not even at the funeral of his best friend's wife and his other friend's mother?? Are you kidding me?

They straight-up act like the first two movies didn't exist. Like Creed didn't have a fatherly relationship with Rocky.

I think they mention the name Rocky two times? But in such a weird way it feels like Creed doesn't even know him personally.

Like, I said, I would be totally cool with Rocky not being his trainer anymore in this movie. But the way they handled it is so ridiculously disrespectful.

I really thought they did a great job of showing, in a really minimalistic way, how cold and sad Viktor and Ivan’s lives are in the beginning. Viktor is working hard every day, probably since he was little. You could immediately sense that this motherfucker is legit and strong as fuck.

But he’s always been in the shadow of his father, the most famous or infamous boxer in Russia, who the whole country completely abandoned because he lost against Rocky.

His own mother left him because his father lost this match. Ivan was probably also a really tough dad and had to learn how to become a father.

Viktor clearly loves his father and wants to make him proud more than anything. He looks angry all the time, but for me, it’s more the face of a stressed-out individual who wants to do the right thing. He’s the one who immediately wants to touch gloves with Creed.

I also loved the scene where he rebelled and cried at the gathering when he saw his mother, maybe for the first time, and was like, “Fuck these people. What are we doing here? They all left you when you needed them.”

And Ivan really thinks it’s justified how they treated him because he lost a fucking boxing match.

You could see the insecurity and sadness behind all the anger and toughness in Viktor’s eyes. You could see so much in their quiet relationship.

Halfway through the movie, I was completely rooting for Viktor to win, haha. But not for Russia or his dad, for himself.

The moment his trash mother left for the second time was such a sad moment. You could see everything in his expression. I think it was also a wake-up call for Ivan, like, “What the fuck am I doing here?”

Throwing in the towel was a great way to end the fight. Telling him, “It’s okay. I love you either way,” was a really touching scene.

Man, I didn’t think I’d be so touched by a Rocky movie.

At the end, they both jogged in peace together, with no stress on Viktor’s face anymore.

It's an Easter egg. After seeing it at the theater, with a stand up ovation. And watching it or the fight, idk, a shit load of times, I just caught Adalaide Byrd gave it to Dixon. If you watch boxing you know what this means. Rocky won that fight.

Because they haven't gone in the route of women's boxing. But I definitely would love to see it if only because women's boxing films are rare nowadays and on top of that Amara having the disability of being deaf and then wanting to be a boxer a fighter just like her dad Adonis. So much story you can cover especially with her being a Creed being the daughter of Adonis Creed and the granddaughter of Apollo Creed too. Plus would Adonis train his own daughter by being her corner man? Or would it be Little Duke?

Plus you would have to have a whole bunch of female fighters exploring the WBC side when it comes to the women's fight game like think Clareesa Shields

And giving her a love interest in between as she tries to carve out her own legacy in the sport of boxing