Creed

Release date: November 19, 2015 (Westwood)
Director: Ryan Coogler
Film series: Rocky
Adonis Johnson, Michael B. Jordan never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there’s no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed’s legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa. Also Rocky decided to train Adonis Johnson to help him unlock the inner boxer in himself so rocky trained him in the boxing rang this reminded me of the rocky movie in 1976 where Rocky trained very hard to fight but also knew how to get a hold of his fans from training in the meat cellar. The main thing that caught my attention was that Rocky wasn't just a trainer but he was also family as Adonis Johnson stated because rocky use to spare with his dad and i believe they became good friends. When i think of the movie creed the words that pop in my head would be ambitiousness, striven also very determine i say this because little creed was so determined to still carry his fathers legacy. 

    

Jonah Nazier Galan- Fruitvale Station

Dir. Ryan Coogler

Starring: Michael B. Jordan (Oscar Grant), Melonie Diaz (Sophina), Octavia Spencer (Wanda)

Prod: OG Project, Forest Whitaker's Significant Productions

Distributor: The Weinstein Company, 2009

Fruitvale Station, released on July 12, 2013, was based on a true story in [Bay Area] San Francisco, California. The film depicts the last twenty-four hours of the life of Oscar Grant III. In the film, we have a [now] familiar duo of Ryan Coogler and Michael B Jordan [although they were collaborating on Creed concurrently Fruitvale was completed and released first] teaming up to take on the challenge of shedding light on the tragedy of the death of Oscar Grant III.

 The actors in the movie played their roles very well; Octavia Spencer (Wanda, Oscar's mother), a winner of over 10 [write out numbers to ten] acting awards, was a standout performance in this otherwise strong ensemble  -  her emotional tenor [range?] throughout the film was outstanding. The authenticity, from her voice tone, movements, and body language couldn't have been produced any better. Melonie Diaz (Sophina), known for her three nominations for this film as best supporting female, outstanding supporting actress, and outstanding female breakthrough performance. I felt this was well deserved, you could feel the reality in every word and action, the pain she expressed from the death of Oscar Grant to the anger she had towards him for his continuous lies  -  whether it be about losing his job for chronic tardiness or his extra-curricular dalliances with other women.

In the eighty-five minutes, you gain a lot of insight as to who Oscar Grant III is in the film. He is troubled by his past actions trying to turn a new leaf. Constantly battling his conscious [homophones: conscience] of what is truly the right thing to do throughout moments of the film. He is also a people's pleaser, he acts accordingly to every individual he encounters, giving assistance to Katie, a seemingly random white girl at the grocery store where Oscar used to work, who was confused trying to find the best fish to fry, sneaking an extra snack for his daughter Tatianna, and giving Marcus weed for free.

I view Ryan Coogler as an outstanding director especially for his age and amount of experience. In every film, he creates a connection with his cast said by Michael B. Jordan [Is this a quotation?]. But one scene I would like to analyze is the scene of the dog being run over. I felt this didn't happen in reality but was put in to make the movie more dramatic. This was well done by Ryan Coogler. It seemed to be foreshadowing. As the dog is run over Oscar tries to comfort it although it is helpless dying in his hands. When Oscar is shot he is also helpless as he is laying on his stomach handcuffed with no initial help in sight [FANTASTIC].

I would recommend this film to people like Dave East [who is Dave East?], people who are interested in the real world who like documentaries and storytelling. 

Jonah Nazier Galan- Creed

Dir: Ryan Coogler

Starring: Michael B. Jordan (creed), Sylvester Stallone (Rocky), Tessa Thompson (Bianca)

Prod: New Line cinema, 2015

Distributor: MGM & United Artist, 2015

Creed, was a long-awaited reboot of the legendary "Rocky" franchise. Having a new director may have posed assumptions about the film not living up to Rocky storyline, however, I feel this was a great choice. Ryan Coogler is a director of the films, Fruitvale Station and in the up and coming film, Black Panther in which Michael B. Jordan has starred in will allow for greater chemistry and knowledge of strengths.

Initially, as part of the introduction, you will see Ryan Coogler paying homage to the first Rocky film, as Adonis is fighting underground. This is to replicate Rocky doing club fighting t earn a few bucks. However, the difference between the two storylines is poverty. Rocky lived in the slums of Philadelphia working as an enforcer for a loan shark trying to make a quick buck. Creed can be seen as ignorant and selfish. Quitting a good paying career, leaving his million dollars home, to flee to Philadelphia to pursue his dream of becoming a professional boxer.

Another intriguing part of the film that I feel is underlined is the scene where Rocky pays a visit to Adrian's and Pauly's grave. During the scene, you will notice a rose on Adrian's tombstone and alcohol on Pauly's. Now if we take the basic message of it we will just say that it's a representation of each individual, but there is symbolism present. The rose as we know signifies love while someone who consumes alcohol is one who attempts to escape life's problems or past. I feel this is a representation of Rocky, ever since the death of Apollo Creed, he has lived life in regret. He has lost the presence, physical love of the three most important people in his life, his wife, brother in law (best friend), and his right-hand man. His alcohol in the film can be seen as his refusal to treatment for his cancer. Knowing that he will die if he doesn't seek treatment can be viewed as his escape to his past so that he may be able to visit them again and enjoy life and find the value of the rose, love.

I felt the movie was excellent. This fil has been view almost a dozen times at home. I would recommend it to anyone in my age group. It may have seemed as not as impressive but there are a lot of moments that require analyzation and this was the purpose I wanted to achieve. This is why I decided to do my blog in this manner to promote deeper analyzation. 

"Creed" by Juwan Sims

The 2015 movie Creed directed by Ryan Coogler is a spin off of the Rocky movies. Starring Apollo Creed’s son Adonis Johnson (Michael B Jordan) who is trying to make a name for himself in boxing without using his father’s name. So he seeks the help of his father’s friend Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) to train and mentor him which Rocky reluctantly did. Later news get out that he is the product of Apollo cheating on his wife and that he’s a Creed. Which helps him get a shot at the light heavyweight champion.

 The movie in my opinion was actually pretty good and entertaining. I believe it was well paced and the idea of the movie was pretty solid. Which is Adonis trying to make name of himself in what he knows best which is boxing and how he tried to achieve that without using the name Creed since he never knew his father. Then their Rocky who mentor Adonis to the best of his abilities and even though Rocky slip up near the end of the movie he made it up to Adonis by bring his girlfriend to him at the end of movie. The ending is reminds me of the end of the first Rocky movie being that the even though the underdog doesn’t win he was still able to put a fight against the current champion and almost beat them but still makes a name for themselves. Overall I believe the movie still have a positive outlook on trying to achieves one’s dreams.

Creed By: Henry Seyue

Dir: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Michael B. Jordan (creed), Sylvester Stallone (Rocky), Tessa Thompson (Bianca)
Prod: New Line cinema, 2015


Creed is the latest installment, and apparent reboot, of the critically acclaimed "Rocky" franchise. Ryan Coogler leads as the films director, which is a change from the combined 6 films directed by either David Advilsen or Sylvester Stallone. With that being said, Coogler undoubtedly had big shoes to fill, and although Creed may fall short in some areas, I think it is still worthy of being wholeheartedly accepted into the franchise.

Creed does a wonderful job in recreating the original rocky story line and plays with some familiar themes. Adonis and Rocky start off having a relationship much like Rocky and Micky once had. Adonis is a hungry, sloppy contender who sees Rocky as more than a trainer, he see's him as family. Rocky however is reluctant to commit to Adonis in this way, much like Micky when Rocky was in the dawn of his career. Many other important themes from past rocky films are consistent in Creed, but sadly others are left out. Important themes like poverty, religious undertone, and the American dream are left out. It is clear that Creed is poor for a total of maybe 5 minutes of the film before being adopted into the posthumous wealth of his father. The film then desperately attempts to make Adonis poor again for the sake of continuing the theme of poverty that exist throughout the rocky franchise. Others may not see a problem with this but personally it gets under my skin knowing that Adonis is abandoning a million dollar home and a good paying job to become a boxer, his "poverty" isn't genuine.This beginning doesn't Serve justice to the theme of the American Dream because no part of that dream includes choosing poverty over wealth because of ego. That might be this films most major flaw, Creed is fueled by pure ego. In no other Rocky film is ego a driving factor in any of Rocky's actions, making Creed's mere motivation a major set back in the quality of the film. On top of this there are some moments in the film when it feels like Coogler is trying a little too hard to nod at the the original Rocky. Having creed chase chickens, and run through Philly like Rocky did just makes me feel like I'm watching the original Rocky film— so why not  just watch the original Rocky film?  I definitely appreciate his attempts to pay homage to the Advilsen adaptation, but I just think for a reboot, it has to be done more subtly. The little things like having creed wear a sweater with the quote "Why do You fight?.. Because I can't sing or dance" is a perfect example of this. There's beauty in simplicity, you don't have to recreate the whole "gonna fly now" training montage for viewers to see the connection your trying make. With that being said there's a couple other nods to the original Rocky sprinkled through the film like easter eggs, that's how it should be, I think the film is just weighed down a little by a plethora of cringy replicated scenes.

I don't want to drag Creed too much because overall all I think it's a pretty solid film and I would actually go as far as saying it's the best Rocky film to come out this millennium. As a matter of fact I might even entertain a conversation on whether or not its better than Rocky 5, which I consider the last "real" Rocky film. With that being said I would give this film a 6.5/10 and recommend it to anyone in my age group. I usually wouldn't suggest watching a franchise backwords, but I feel like Creed has the type of appeal that might make somebody want to see what came before it.

Chris Colons Creed

Christopher colon

1/25/18

Creed

The movie creed is about a young man called Adonis Creed he is the son of Apollo Creed a legend in the boxing world, Adonis grew up without his father because he was killed in the ring in the earlier rocky movies. Adonis grew up bouncing from foster care to foster care until Apollos wife found him and took him in after his father past away. Adonis started to take in Apollos foot steps and began to fight underground boxing in mexico. After awhile Adonis wanted to fight pro but not a single person where he lived wanted to train him so he ended up quitting his job which he just got a big promotion in and moving to Philadelphia. When he moved there he ended up meeting up with Philadelphis own Rocky Bolboa. Rocky started training the up and coming legend to fight for a big fight with one of the best professional boxers for his last fight. Even though Adonis didn't want to let anyone know that he was Apollos son because if they did he would of been praised the way he didn't want to and if he lost the fight he would be called a "fake creed", Adonis wanted to make his own name and prove he is worth it to himself and to everyone watching him, but his girlfriend Bianca persuaded him to embrace the fact  that he was Apollo Creeds son and carry on in his footsteps to make his own legacy and continue his fathers.

Creed-Stephen Collins

Creed, the 2015 Rocky spin-off sequel of the franchise. I considered more of a sequel because it involves enough of Rocky to be a sequel. Is it good. Absolutely!


Apollo Creed's son Adonis also haves the heart of a boxing and contact the now retired Rocky Balboa to train. And there's training, fights and drama and its all great.


Ryan Coogler is two for two and likely three for three very soon.  Something about his directing is very fantastic and the fights scenes are just spectacular. He is a great director for somebody who is 31.


Michael B. Jordan is fantastic as Adonis. He brings the drama, heart and soul to this character and he brought 110% to the role. This could be Sylvester Stallone best role, a least as Rocky who brings back the soul and humanity of the character. He should won the Oscar that year, but Mark Rylance, who did won was the best pest of Bridge of Spies. Tessa Thompson is great as Bianca and I love her relationship with Adonis. I want to see more from her, especially after Thor: Ragnarok. 


I loved the drama in this movie. There's three scenes that stuck out to me. The first is the scene is where Rocky puts flowers on the graves of Paulie and Adrian which is emotional. The second is after Adonis ends up in jail and Rocky visits him and tell him to lets go of his emotions of his father. I loved because having a relationship to a person you never met must be so hard to deal with. I also loved the last scene because it so emotional and motivational.


Creed is the second best Rocky movie in the series. My ranking for the series is the first, Creed, Balboa, Rocky IV, Rocky II, Rocky III (two and three might flip-flop each other) and Rocky V. Creed has the emotional core and drama the first had and is absolutely a fantastic movie.