I maintain that legislation should be passed to ensure every American gym should be showing Rocky IV on a loop forever. We'd have the strongest army in the world,and we'd conquer every country within a ten minute window.
Politically I wouldn't agree with this. But politically I don't agree with Sylvester Stallone, and here we are.
This was a great read, Rocky IV has always been one of my favourite campy sports movies and its fun to see it through another's eyes. Also, I am glad to read how much readership has meant to you, Substack seems to be a great place to build a rewarding community.
My favourite film of the past year was I Saw the TV Glow. Happy Holidays and New Year!
Thanks for your kind words, Matthew! I’m really looking forward to building the newsletter further next year too. So many movies I’m excited to cover.
I’ve actually not seen ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ yet, but it’s high on my list. I like to do a big movie catch up in January and go through any movies I missed, and this will be one of them.
It is interesting how the franchise follows Stallone's own career trajectory in how it portray's Rocky's life and lifestyle - from struggling indie wannabe to millionaire A-list celebrity. A slightly similar thing happened with Jackie Chan as he got older and more established, and his stories go from his characters training in the dirt, ouside, in nowheresville HK, to his 90's output where he was a well kept secret agent/supercop (SUPERCOP), or like with Rocky IV, a celebrity millionaire training on expensive machines (GORGEOUS). Art mimics life.
I maintain that legislation should be passed to ensure every American gym should be showing Rocky IV on a loop forever. We'd have the strongest army in the world,and we'd conquer every country within a ten minute window.
Politically I wouldn't agree with this. But politically I don't agree with Sylvester Stallone, and here we are.
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This was a great read, Rocky IV has always been one of my favourite campy sports movies and its fun to see it through another's eyes. Also, I am glad to read how much readership has meant to you, Substack seems to be a great place to build a rewarding community.
My favourite film of the past year was I Saw the TV Glow. Happy Holidays and New Year!
Thanks for your kind words, Matthew! I’m really looking forward to building the newsletter further next year too. So many movies I’m excited to cover.
I’ve actually not seen ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ yet, but it’s high on my list. I like to do a big movie catch up in January and go through any movies I missed, and this will be one of them.
Happy Holidays to you too! 🎉
Rocky 4 is arguably the greatest film in cinematic history. You’d lose the argument, but it would be worth it! Loved this.
Thanks, Henny! It’s a proper chest thumper of a movie for sure!
Soundtrack’s a banger too
A great movie for karaoke!
It is interesting how the franchise follows Stallone's own career trajectory in how it portray's Rocky's life and lifestyle - from struggling indie wannabe to millionaire A-list celebrity. A slightly similar thing happened with Jackie Chan as he got older and more established, and his stories go from his characters training in the dirt, ouside, in nowheresville HK, to his 90's output where he was a well kept secret agent/supercop (SUPERCOP), or like with Rocky IV, a celebrity millionaire training on expensive machines (GORGEOUS). Art mimics life.