We skipped this when it was out the first time, saw it after the award season began, and are baffled that Sylvester Stallone was nominated for this corny sequel to the Rocky franchise. The only other time his name appears in the blog is a nomination for the Worst Director of 2011 for The Expendables, which we also avoided.
This is director Ryan Coogler's sophomore picture--his first, Fruitvale Station was fantastic, and also starred Michael B. Jordan. Tessa Thompson (last blogged in Selma) makes an appearance on screen and singing some cool songs, including Grip and Breathe, as does Claire Huxtable, er, Phylicia Rashad.
Composer Ludwig Göransson (most recently in these pages for Top Five) updates the Rocky theme, among other music.
Jack and I saw this three weeks ago and are at odds with Rotten Tomatoes' critics and audiences, averaging 94 and 92%. But they probably saw it because they wanted to, not because they felt obligated.
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