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Rocky Balboa, a review by Rich

12/11

Rocky Balboa



Never give up, and never stop believing.

When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), reigning heavyweight title holder Mason Dixon (Antonio Tarver) retaliates by challenging the Italian Stallion to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son (Milo Ventimiglia, TV's Heroes) and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger and thirty years his junior. With the odds stacked firmly against him, Rocky takes on Dixon in what will become the greatest fight in boxing history, a hard-hitting, action-packed battle of the ages!

Talk about flogging a dead horse - no wonder you can find this dvd in bargain buckets acrosss the UK now!
Better than the 4th (can you remember how gay that was), and nearly as boring as the 5th, Sly is just too old and plastic now for me to find this in any way believable. I was surprised to read good reviews on this, but personally it missed the mark and the plotline was just too old hat and obvious to catch my attention.
Current fighter gets in the ring against a 60+ retired fighter = one dead old guy. Sorry but thats the truth.
One to miss 





(From November Alphabet Marathon - Discussion/Review Thread on November 13th, 2008)

The Karate Kid, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: The Karate Kid: Special Edition
Year: 1984
Director: John G. Avildsen
Rating: PG
Length: 127 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Thai

Stars:
Ralph Macchio as Daniel
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita as Miyagi
Elisabeth Shue as Ali
Martin Kove as Kreese
Randee Heller as Lucille

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
Brittany and I watched this together today. I am sure you will see a review from her before too long. I really enjoyed watching this movie again. It was even better then I remembered it to be. And it was much funnier then I remember too... Britt and I both laughed out loud many times through-out this movie! It is a very fun and exciting movie!

Right after watching it with Brittany I turned it back on with the commentary track turned on. It is with the director, the writer Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio. I tell you... if you want to listen to a discussion on the technical side of making this movie... do not look for that here. This is more like a bunch of friends getting together to watch a movie. making all kinds of jokes and even a lewd comment here and there. But that is OK... I enjoy listening to this kind every once in a while.

This is one of my favorite movie memories of the '80s! I am so thrilled I got it to watch again... and looking forward to continuing this marathon!



(From The Karate Kid Marathon on April 6th, 2010)

"Friends" Marathon, a review by Rogmeister

Friends, Season Two continues...

The One With Russ--While being on the outs with Ross, Rachel starts dating Russ, someone who looks and acts amazingly like him (both played by David Schwimmer). 

This is a funny episode, especially when Ross and Russ are together.  And in the end, while Russ is at the coffee shop, Ross's former girlfriend Julie shows up...and is quickly smitten with Russ!

The One With The Lesbian Wedding--Ross's ex-wife Carol and Susan decide to get married. 

Phoebe is even wackier than usual in this episode where she is apparently possessed by the spirit of an elderly Jewish woman.  Marlo Thomas makes her first appearance on the show as Rachel's m other in this episode.

The One After The Super Bowl--This one aired after the annual Super Bowl l(d'uh) so it's an extra long episode and lots of storylines...Joey being stalked by someone who thinks he is really his soap opera character, Ross is reunited with his onetime pet monkey Marcel, an old schoolchum of Chandler's gets revenge on him and Monica and Rachel fight over actor Jean-Claude Van Damme.

This could also be called The One With All The Guest-Stars as, besides Van Damme, we also have Brooke Shields, Chris Isaak, Fred Willard, Dan Castellneta, and Julia Roberts.  It drags a bit, in my opinion (due to its length) but also has some very funny moments.

(From "Friends" Marathon on July 25th, 2009)