![]() Jordan plays the tough, kind, vulnerable, absolutely adorable Adonis Creed, illegitimate son of Apollo who convinces his father’s old friend and rival, Rocky, to train him for a shot at the heavyweight title. CI & CII managed to be about as subtle as a silent movie. There should be an Oscar category for Best Betcha Can’t Guess The Outcome. With the third-volume set just released this month, the “Creeds” are the final in the film library of the lovable “deez & doze” pugilist, Rocky Balboa. Just last week, finally caught the first two “Creed” movies. I’ll never forget, at the end, in the final fight scene between Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers (Apollo Creed), EVERYONE in the theater was standing up, bouncing, screaming, cheering. Motored down to Westwood by myself to take in a late show that December 1976. Over the years, the Rocky/Creed franchise has made nearly $2 billion. Adjusted for inflation, that’s nearly $700 million in 2023 dollars. “Werewolves on Wheels?” The 1971 outlaw biker/flea collar flick? Saw it at the Chatsworth Drive-in with Suzy Topping and a half-century later I still have to warn Suzy not to growl or show her teeth, not so much that I’m terrified of a werewolf riding a Harley but, with a half-smile, half-smirk, it opens doors to places within my psyche that I’d rather not visit.īut that all-time, never-forget landmark-in-your-life movie was the 1976 American classic phenomenon, “Rocky.” Stifled with a hyper-tight budget, “Rocky” ended up being 1977’s top-grossing film, raking in nearly a quarter-billion - a mind-boggling number for the time. “The Exorcist?” A year later in Westwood? I was terrified for a year and seriously considered returning to Catholicism by sleeping in the planter outside Father Banks’ bedroom window on Lyons. Before finding a dent in the woods to camp, we drove past a little theater in Arcata, 1972. I remember we had just the surprisingly best Italian dinner. My Pops and I were backpacking up in Bigfoot Country, Northern California. Bristling with impatience, they’ve gotten up to “…change the oil in the tractor before the film starts and maybe run a few errands…” Going back to when I was 5, I’ve seen an easy - easy - 35,000 movies.Ī few stick out as far as to where I was when I saw them. We’ll be in the theater, chomping down popcorn. ![]() I have a few friends my age who are simply not wired to sit through a movie. SCV Signal News Podcast with Aron Bender. ![]()
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