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The Reel World
By Joe Sucec
One of the favorite pastimes of film
critics in recent years has been to totally
pan and run down the sequel of a
previous hit movie. Granted, they have
had enough of them to pan, what with
"The Empire Strikes Back", "Godfather
II", "Jaws II", and a new "Airport"
movie just about every other year. Also,
many of them, in the words of the street,
"sucked" and were material to be pann
ed and run down. The second phase of the
"Rocky" epic was no exception. After an
almost classic first movie, Sylvester
Stallone chose to plod and blunder his
way through a continuation of a story
that was, according to some, finished
satisfactorily in the first movie. If Rocky
I was a five-star classic, then Rocky II
was a one-star flop.
So it was, with dreadful anticipation,
that we awaited the final chapter in the
Rocky saga. Would it be like the second
and fail ultimately in so many areas?
Maybe not.
Those of us who viewed the movie in
the first few days after its opening were
treated to an action-packed emotionally
charged movie that made it in many
areas that Rocky II failed.
The story is a classic one: how does the
hometown boy made good handle and
preserve his success. Does this character
retain the hungriness, "the eye of the
tiger" as one character called it, to
regain his self-esteem and keep his
material success?
All this may seem overly deep and
overly philosophical, but the film is also
not without worth as pure entertainment.
The acting of Sylvester Stallone and
Talia Shire, although uneven at times,
still successfully portrayed two people
who have matured, have grown, and
have become wiser with the passing
years and struggles. Those who would
criticize Talia Shire's "almost total
change in attitude and demeanor", have
not been around people who have made
good rapidly and have struggled to han
dle that success.
One of the brightest spots in the movie
is the performance turned in by former
football star Carl Weathers, as Apollo
Creed, Rocky's old nemesis turned friend
in this movie. It is he who carries and
pushes the film through its duller
moments. The performances of Burgess
Meredith and Burt Young also merit
some praise.
Technically, the movie once again
merits a qualified praise. The
cinematography is dreadful in some of
the outdoor scenes but superb in the fight
scenes. Moreover, the fight scenes are ef
fective, although not so moving as those
in "Raging Bull".
For those who would identify emo
tionally with the character of Rocky, the
movie also has its moments for you.
When Creed tells Rocky that he must
have "the eye of the tiger" to succeed,
one senses that there is a lesson to be
learned by all of us.
As an overall movie, Rocky 111 does not
go nearly as far technically as Rocky I.
But what it does succeed in doing is in
presenting the main characters as real
people in perhaps a more believable
situation than Rocky I. Once again, on a
scale of one to five, perhaps a three and
one-half.
10 1 4
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June 10, 1982