The combination of "Rocky 1" + "Rocky 2", the story after the story. But the core of the story is still that smell, full of male hormones and the smell of home.
1. Packaging of old stories
In "Rocky 1", Rocky accidentally got the opportunity to challenge the champion Apollo. He stood on the stage just to prove himself: If I can persist until the last round, I am not a lame. In the end, of course, he didn't fall. It can be said that the boxer won the fight, but Rocky won the audience.
"Rocky 2" Apollo once again invited Rocky to play the game. The last time was completely to entertain the audience. This time, it was to defend the dignity of the boxing champion, but this time Rocky won.
The three boxing matches in the movie "Creed: Rise of the Heroes", the first time Creed challenged the champion, the second time Creed was killed by Ivan Drago (he killed Creed in "Rocky 4" The son of father Apollo), Rocky didn't want to repeat the same mistakes, so he did not support Creed, and Creed was carried away by anger, Creed was knocked down, but because of Victor Drago's violation, Creed kept The seat of the boxing champion. How similar the plot of "Rocky 1", but this time Creed is standing in the position of his father. The third time Creedy's daughter has been born, and inherited her wife's disease - congenital deafness. At this time, as a husband, a father and a boxing champion, his heart was full of contradictions and suffering. He knew that if he did not defeat his opponent, he would never be able to get out of the shadow of failure, but fortunately this time, Rocky felt that Creed really needed to get out of the predicament , he chose to help Creed, and Creed won, full of blood and tears.
2. Father-son relationship
The story of the film is full of drama, Creed, with the help of Rocky, ascended the throne of boxing. Victor Drago's strong revenge (Ivan Drago killed Creed's father, then lost to Rocky, now Rocky is Creed's coach), because after Ivan lost to Rocky , lost his wife and everything, and became a man without social status. The game is in the game, the hatred is the hatred.
Creed wants to prove himself and defend his father's honor. Victor also wanted to help his father win everything back because of the loss of everyone around him, including his mother, after his father's failure.
Rocky has always felt guilty for the death of Creed's father, who was Creed's coach and his spiritual father. Ivan lived with his father since he was a child and was trained by his father. These two "father and son" were born to meet and kill each other.
The stories of the "Rocky" series have never been complicated, and the unyielding individual in a desperate situation, accompanied by the warmth of family and the support of friends, these are the core of Rocky's films. In Creedy's second boxing failure, he fell to the bottom of the rock, and the physical pain was not enough to resist the huge psychological frustration. As a boxing champion, he was afraid of losing his position, so he became impatient, did not stick to his tactics, and was targeted by the opponent.
Rocky's existence, in addition to his rich experience in the ring can teach Creed, more importantly, in Creed's third fight, he was Creed's spiritual pillar. Although he made adequate preparations, he still had to suffer Victor's fierce punches and even black hands when he entered the ring. He had broken ribs just like last time.
At this time, Rocky embodies the greatness of being a coach. He hoped that Creed would give up the game and not cling to vain fame and fortune, but seeing Creed's persistence, he told Creed: "If you want to cause pain to your opponent, you must first Endure the pain." There was always an uplifting power in Rocky's flat language. Because all the tactics and guidance at this time were not as effective as Creed's own will to win. In particular, Victor was already showing signs of fatigue at this time. In his own game, Rocky's greatest way to win is a strong will, and it is this will that he can rely on to get up after countless punches. Creed has inherited this will on his "rebirth" road. Will, with which he defended his honor as boxing champion.
When Ivan saw that his son could no longer hold on, he threw the white towel - voluntarily admit defeat, he wanted his son to win, but he did not want to lose his son.
The two pairs of "father and son" completed the "redemption" for each other. When I saw the movie, my eyes were also wet, although I knew it was just a movie, but this is what moved people about this movie.
3. The Hero's Last Elegy
I didn't understand the charm of boxing before, but as I got older, I gradually realized that if the two men in that boxing ring wanted to win, in addition to hard training and formulating tactics, they needed a strong will. As the saying goes, one minute on the stage and ten years of hard work off the stage. Boxers' victories are all earned off the stage with countless sweat and unremitting perseverance. There are no shortcuts. In the boxing ring, you must face your opponent, there is no retreat, and you must face yourself in a desperate situation. Without a strong belief and will to win, it is impossible to support yourself in that situation.
To be a boxer, you have to give up a lot, and only then can you stand on the stage. To become a boxing champion, you have to endure hardships and pains that ordinary people can't bear.
The spiritual core of Rocky's character is a kind of redemption and transcendence from the self. In order to tell myself: I can do what I want to do, I can bear the price to be paid for success, I give my all. There is also Rocky's family view. He is a person who attaches great importance to family. Although there are frictions, this is exactly the same as the godfather. Even Rocky and The Godfather are Italian.
The old godfather once said: A man who does not spend time with his family is not a real man. This sentence is full of masculine warmth.
In this movie, Creed suffered a double blow from his career and family. He had to rely on himself to get out. The torture brought by this predicament has no way to tell anyone. This is what being a man, as a husband and a father, It's also the price you have to pay as a boxer.
The most attractive thing about Rocky is not his heroic appearance on the ring, but the spirit of getting up and fighting like a fool without pain after being knocked down again and again. This strength comes from his persistence in his beliefs and also from The trust of the coach comes from the support of the family.
This movie allows you to see the predicament of being a man. As long as life knocks you down once, he will laugh at you. Only by getting up and continuing to face his crit can you overcome it and get up again and again. , can be a strong man in life.
In Creed's two films, what impresses me the most is not Creed's growth and success, but that Rocky's legend has come to an end. The former hero is old and sick, but I feel his calm. He achieved career and family success at the age of 30, and he has gained honor, fame, love and affection in his life. He is very satisfied, he is not attached to the past, he has good memories of the past, and he has no regrets in this life.
At the end of the film, he returned to his son and grandson, and the last thing he wanted was the warmth of a complete family. This is the legendary life of this man, a life worth learning for every man.
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