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Metal64Game t1_j6iribz wrote

This is going to bomb hard. The trailer looked like melodramatic bullshit, the bad kind.

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sociable_autist t1_j6iryit wrote

I'll be completely honest. As someone who once would have never skipped a Marvel movie, I'm significantly more excited for this than I am for Quantumania. This is my most anticipated movie of the first quarter.

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MercifulMaximus308 t1_j6it5bj wrote

Looks like his head is photoshopped on someone else’s body. I don’t know, the lighting looks off to me

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rock_Banana t1_j6ithd4 wrote

These posters are getting progressively worse lol

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stumpcity t1_j6itwjl wrote

Was already excited to see what Jordan does with full creative control here, and to see how this story plays out without any of Stallone's weird self-fetishizing being hamfistedly inserted into the narrative (Creed II).

And then you add Jonathan Majors looking more ripped than 1982 Stallone and weathers COMBINED...

...and then add that Jordan said the fight scene choreography was inspired by BOXING ANIMES.

top this all off with another Ludwig Goransson score? I'm all in.

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writingt t1_j6iu0ou wrote

I’m pumped as hell for this movie

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Murderyoga t1_j6ixysl wrote

Is this guy Michael Jordan's son?

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ProbsWrongbutDefMean t1_j6j0vsg wrote

so imaginative

how did they come up with this?

never in a million years

unbelievable

pure talent

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stumpcity t1_j6j0y5j wrote

Replying to Rocket_Popsicle (#1,620,683)

It's a key compontent to Stallone's whole career, and honestly part of the reason that career consistently goes way up and way down. He's a tremendously solipsistic creator.

Basically - Creed worked the way it did because he had minimal (if any) creative involvement. Creed II (didn't) work the way it did because MGM didn't want to wait for Coogler and handed the series back over to Stallone. And Stallone essentially wrote a Rocky sequel, not a Creed one.

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Rocket_Popsicle t1_j6j1dxz wrote

Replying to stumpcity (#1,621,168)

Oh okay I got you now! I love Creed II, honestly, but I see what you're referring to. Adonis has sort of like a mental breakdown and Rocky has to keep bridging the gap in their relationship to pull him out of it, right?

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stumpcity t1_j6j3woh wrote

Replying to JazzMusicFestival (#1,621,416)

What does any of that have to do with me explaining Stallone's consistent descents into unentertaining solipsism as the primary creative choice?

"Dragos" wasn't an inevitability at all. It was simply the first idea Stallone had pop into his head, and so it was the only idea he ever pursued. And it shows.

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Sweaty_Recipe_8772 t1_j6j8q4q wrote

Creed 3

Coming 3-3-23

Starring 3 actors

With 3 words "only in theaters"

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ZwischenzugZugzwang t1_j6j94fr wrote

Excited for the movie but this is a wonky poster lol his facial expression is kind of bizarre

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Old_Understanding325 t1_j6jgx3g wrote

I just can't get into this Rocky spinoff. Maybe it's because I don't find the character all that interesting and charismatic.

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Other-Marketing-6167 t1_j6jmuyb wrote

…are they trying to make me less excited for this movie? Cause it’s working, annoyingly enough.

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ataridonkeybutt t1_j6jwmpv wrote

Replying to Old_Understanding325 (#1,624,891)

Same problem here. I love the idea, I loved Apollo Creed, I was hyped for this franchise... but the Adonis Creed character reminds me of Henry Cavill in the Superman movies. There just isn't much there. Apollo had charisma, envy, and a fun sense of theatricality. That's why this third one looks engaging, because the villain appears to be bringing that Apollo-style charisma and entertainment this time. In the other two, both Adonis and his opponents were just kind of vaguely "serious", so the matchups felt devoid of personality, like BvS.

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AsimovLiu t1_j6k2k1q wrote

Replying to Old_Understanding325 (#1,624,891)

The spirit is kinda there, but what really helped the Rocky movies is the music. Bill Conti's original score (Gonna Fly Now, Going The Distance, The Final Bell, Redemption) and some great pieces (Eye of the Tiger, No Easy Way Out, Burning Heart, Training Montage, Hearts On Fire) added so much intensity and emotion to the scenes, it was very important. However in Creed it's mostly horrible rap, and the OST by Ludwig Göransson isn't up to Conti's. There is no memorable music piece. It might not seems like much but think about Star Wars without Williams. It's simply not as good.

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BrothaBeejus t1_j6kkvig wrote

Saw this post and thought “that’s a pretty cool poster… now let’s go into the comments and see how wrong I am.” You guys never disappoint lol

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youngsaaron t1_j6kogtw wrote

Without rocky or Sylvester this is a pass for me. Thanks.

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Capnreid t1_j6kyfp0 wrote

I heard he creates his own prison, hut makes a huge sacrifice to get higher

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crono14 t1_j6l20pe wrote

Replying to AsimovLiu (#1,630,134)

I think to is that the first Rocky at least spent a lot more time with Rocky in his daily life. He was a poor dude, and his life was hard.

It's been quite a while since I saw the first Creed but the guy had a nice office job and seemingly the support of Apollo's wife to where he really had no reason to fight other than to live up to the Creed name but he also fears it. Rocky on the other hand HAD to fight to survive and even when we see him he's struggling.

I liked the first Creed movie enough but yeah there are no memorable songs that just brings is all together.

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Ragnangar t1_j6l4cb5 wrote

Oh the classic, post punch, “Did I leave the oven on” expression.

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TripleG2312 t1_j6l8qey wrote

After hearing how hurt Sylvester was with the direction they’re taking the series, I really have no interest in seeing it. Good luck to Michael B. Jordon though

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joeFacile t1_j6m31v9 wrote

Replying to cond0riano (#1,626,843)

This poster, the angle, the lighting, pose, framing, colors… all seem generic to me. Also the cover you linked to barely looks like the Creed III poster.

Lastly, movie posters are made by the distributor. MB Jordan had 0 say in it. This is most likely a still frame taken from the footage they shot, that was then over-sharpened and heavily color corrected. There’s no room for "a nice, mindful homage to X" in the case of Hollywood movie posters. It’s a sweatshop and its only goal is to maximize the $$$

I get that this poster reminded you of Hajime’s poster, but to say there’s any relation between the two is quite the stretch IMHO.

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jonah_wilkie t1_j6m76mk wrote

Why would it say Adonis on his shorts. Why not Creed like the title of the film

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CodeCleric t1_j6mba84 wrote

I know I want to see this movie but these posters are doing absolutely nothing to sell me on it.

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MeCritic t1_j6mh410 wrote

Creed was the best possible ,,restart/reboot" in movie history. Cooglar, Jordan and Sly did amazing job on every single level. With the best possible music from Ludwig... It was the movie of the year, the greatest homage for all the fans of Rocky franchise. I still cannot decide whatever I love more Rocky, Rocky Balboa or Creed. But maybe that was it. They should have stop. Or at least for another ten years...

Creed 2 was the worst possible Rocky movie. It's even worse than Rocky V which is really bad movie. Creed 2 goes against all the principles of how Rocky movies should be structured. It miss all the opportunities to make it really great, stunning and emotional. Sometimes it even doesn't make any sense. It doesn't even have the cinematography of the first one, the feeling, depression or really moving music (hip-hop/rnb). It was really a disaster. (And now this director should restart the TF franchise... oh, good luck)

So now I think Creed 3 won't be worse than that. But everything suggest it will be a really mediocre movie, and I would love to be wrong. I will be more than happy if Jordan's debut will be a fire. But the trailer didn't convince me much. It looks just ,,I created a monster, now I need to beet him". But it's all too ,,black". I don't want to be rude or something. I love all the actors in it (like Jordan is my favourite, Tessa is fantastic and Jonathan looks like a future of movie industry), but Rocky's franchise was always about everyone... mostly black and white persons. In the latest trailer for Creed III, there are no white people... Rocky franchise is very popular in Europe, but this will flop here immidiately. My parents are huge fans of this whole franchise. They even go to the premiere of Creed and Creed II, but this one will miss.

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