Klitschko Brothers To Co-Produce 'Rocky' Musical
by Waldo Rastel on Nov 21, 2011 11:57 PM EST
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In a strange bit of news, Slyvester Stallone is helping to bring ‘Rocky' to the big stage only 35 years after the original movie debuted. If that wasn't strange enough, Stallone has brought on the services of the Klitschko brothers to be co-producers and to help train the actors. Wladimir shared his thoughts about ‘Rocky' with the AFP.
"Seeing Sylvester Stallone in 'Rocky' when we were kids actually was the reason for us to start boxing in the first place, he said. We are very excited to support this theatrical project."
Look, I think ‘Rocky' was a great film. It depicted the story of a tough underdog from Philadelphia and showed how someone can technically lose a fight, but really be a winner. Everyone loves this story, and in my opinion that actually is a problem. First of all, the story is fiction in a world where there are so many great stories of overcoming hardships. Manny Pacquiao has a great story of overcoming poverty and a father who ate his dog. Devon Alexander came from a group of 30 kids where 8 are dead and 12 are in jail. At any given time in boxing there are fantastic human-interest stories, there is no need to make up a story. Secondly, people love this story more than actual boxing. Philadelphia has a statue of the fictional character ‘Rocky' but no statue of ‘Smokin' Joe Frazier. Slyvester Stallone is in the International Boxing Hall of Fame because he did a good job playing the fictional character ‘Rocky Balboa.' Now, Stallone is referencing his character like he is an actual person.
"I always had the idea of Rocky as a musical. At the end of the day, 'Rocky' is a love story and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian. To see this story coming to life on a musical stage makes me proud. And it would make Rocky proud"
It would make ‘Rocky' proud? Sorry to crush your dreams kids, but Rocky isn't real. Do you guys think that Rocky has hurt or helped the sport of boxing in the long run?
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I don’t think it really did anything for boxing either way. Rocky was the one legitimately great film this goof ever made, though. Thanks to that we were treated to all the shitty sequels, all the shitty First Blood sequels, Demolition Man, Cobra, Over the Top…
I’m not saying I don’t love Stallone movies for what they are, but this guy won an Oscar and then immediately made crap the rest of his life save for the odd misstep into something decent.
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I liked Demolition Man because it was one of those great terrible movies much like Total Recall. These movies are so cheesy that they are actually good, and it makes you wonder if it is actually on purpose.
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by Waldo Rastel on Nov 22, 2011 12:05 AM EST up reply actions
You mean two legitimately great movies with the other being Death Race 2000.
I like Rocky a lot but is criminal that it won best picture the same year Taxi Driver, Network, and All the President’s Men came out. It is also incomprehensible how many people rate it as the greatest boxing movie ever in a world where Raging Bull, Fat City, The Set Up, Harder They Fall, and Body and Soul exist.
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by Matt Miller on Nov 22, 2011 12:58 AM EST up reply actions
I know you aren’t speaking ill of Demolition Man, the finest action movie/social commentary/Taco Bell commercial ever made.
by Verklemptomaniac on Nov 22, 2011 8:37 AM EST up reply actions
Rocky the musical?
I’d rather watch Rocky 5.
Hell, I’d rather watch Rocky and Bullwinkle than either one of those two.
I'll take "Beavis and Butthead Do America," thank you.
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by Verklemptomaniac on Nov 22, 2011 8:40 AM EST reply actions
It really is a shame
that a fictional movie character loosely based on a real person is getting more accolades than the real life “Rocky” who overcame insurmountable odds to become a heavyweight champion.
“First of all, the story is fiction in a world where there are so many great stories of overcoming hardships”
Wouldn’t sell as much as a Rocky musical could potentially. Yeah that sucks but it’s the truth. And the Rocky films have become a popular part of American culture, hence why Rocky somehow breaks the fourth wall in being so damn popular
And Demolition Man is no way a terrible film. Thanks to Wesley Snipes just being so damn awesome.
by TheMysticalNinja on Nov 22, 2011 4:37 PM EST reply actions
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