tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post8637860142811056370..comments2024-03-03T10:32:45.969-08:00Comments on Mr. Peel's Sardine Liqueur: How Hard You Can Get HitMr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-85330774916476844662008-08-12T05:52:00.000-07:002008-08-12T05:52:00.000-07:00Rocky character has been one of my most important ...Rocky character has been one of my most important driving forces during the decades. Rocky truly helps individuals to find their inner strength.<BR/><BR/>JamesCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-26382637120664186242008-01-15T10:14:00.000-08:002008-01-15T10:14:00.000-08:00I am not trying to be sour grapes here, just recor...I am not trying to be sour grapes here, just record for posterity my honest reaction: <BR/><BR/>As I watched this, I just could not get over Stallone's frozen-in-rictus plastic surgery face. <BR/><BR/>It was like someone was wearing a Rocky mask and doing an impression of the character. When I realized the love interest would be Little Marie, I thought about the two of them having sex, and the mask slipping off during the act. What would be under that mask? The skinless man from HELLRAISER?<BR/><BR/>It is a sweet movie, but so hard for me to accept its sweetness as it's coming from... that Hollywood LES YEUX SANS VISAGE plastic face. I am just too aware of Stallone's lifetime between the original ROCKY and today to fully accept that it's Rock back for one more battle. His real life is surreally written all over his face.<BR/><BR/>That said... your thoughts (as well as Jeremy's) were sincerely wonderful to read.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678928265420533142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-8966575524058226932008-01-06T16:24:00.000-08:002008-01-06T16:24:00.000-08:00Thanks, Nicholas, I hope you like it. The film wou...Thanks, Nicholas, I hope you like it. The film would probably fit in just right with that edit Tarantino did.Mr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-18742486553588264512008-01-05T23:23:00.000-08:002008-01-05T23:23:00.000-08:00I just added it to my Netflix queue after reading ...I just added it to my Netflix queue after reading your thoughts. Two different people I know told me about seeing this when it was in the theaters with their dads -- it really showed how the mythology of the ROCKY movies was a big deal for our generation.<BR/><BR/>I watched ROCKY and ROCKY 2 last year, and recently heard an interview with Tarantino where he said he VHS-edited those two movies together to make one giant film when he was a kid.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678928265420533142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-77536721718528846542008-01-02T22:23:00.000-08:002008-01-02T22:23:00.000-08:00Jeremy--Thanks very much for your heartfelt respon...Jeremy--<BR/><BR/>Thanks very much for your heartfelt response, it really means a lot. I know exactly what you mean in expressing this love for the film.Mr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-62534959485269430812008-01-02T04:50:00.000-08:002008-01-02T04:50:00.000-08:00I can't tell you how much this film meant to me, a...I can't tell you how much this film meant to me, and how grateful I was to Stallone for making it. It was one of the first things I posted on at Moon In The Gutter and its release coincided with my first semester back at college. <BR/><BR/>To me he hit upon everything that made that first (and I think second) film so special. Your cold water in the face analogy is perfect...this was Stallone's moment to really remind people of what a special talent he had been and to my eyes he delivered a perfect and delightfully nostalgic reminder. <BR/><BR/>There are many moments in the film that get me...I can barely get through his touring of his old haunts at the beginning without breaking down and the 'stuff in the basement' speech might be one of the most perfect portraits of middle aged rage and disappointment I have ever heard. So many moments...the confrontation with his son scene, the scenes with Geraldine Hughes (great performance)...for me though the moment that totally blew my mind was the shot of him on the steps in the snow just after the first credits roll. On the DVD extras it stated this shot was the last time Stallone stood on the steps and I think it is among the most beautiful shots of the decade...<BR/><BR/>ROCKY BALBOA might not be among the most perfect films of my lifetime but there are very few that have meant more to me personally and spiritually. I think I concluded my original post on it with something like, "he is pure again eternally' and I still feel that way...<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for this wonderful post...Nostalgia Kinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506680500183270767noreply@blogger.com