Finally able to step out of the shadows of Sylvester Stallone, the "Creed" franchise is able to breathe on its own. Not that I dislike Sly, I absolutely love the original "Rocky" film, it's one of my favorite movies of all time. It's just that by the time "Creed II" rolled around a few years ago, you can tell that Sly as a writer had kinda hit the limits of where he could produce creatively. Thankfully, the franchise is in good hands. (I do really wish that Sly was given a small nod, even just a throwaway line of expository dialogue to let us know that the "Italian Stallion" was doing okay or just something that acknowledged his influence on the franchise).
"Creed III" is definitely a black story. And also a story of brotherhood and guilt. Michael B. Jordan does a phenomenal job, once again, as Adonis Creed. And he also does a great job in his directorial debut. Jonathan Majors is fantastic as Damian Anderson, and is probably given the most depth out of any opponent in the entire franchise.
Thematically, the movie reminded me a lot of "Black Panther" in a lot of its story beats. Like a bit to a fault, if you think about the story that that movie told and the one that this one tells. Almost a carbon copy. It's cool though, I liked the idea of this one being obviously more grounded in reality as it centers around boxers instead of superheroes. I also felt that it drew a little bit too much from the "Rocky" well, it's also a really similar plot to "Rocky III."
Anyways the cinematography is great, in particular I loved the way that the final fight was executed. Amazing visceral imagery. Great script, a lot of great character moments that Adonis shares with his wife, Bianca (Tessa Thompson) and his daughter, Amara (Mila Davis-Kent).
Great movie, my favorite of the year so far but it's still early and I haven't been to the movies as much. I definitely thought it was a huge improvement over "Creed II" and possibly just as good, if not better, than the first movie in the spin-off series.
"Creed III" is definitely a black story. And also a story of brotherhood and guilt. Michael B. Jordan does a phenomenal job, once again, as Adonis Creed. And he also does a great job in his directorial debut. Jonathan Majors is fantastic as Damian Anderson, and is probably given the most depth out of any opponent in the entire franchise.
Thematically, the movie reminded me a lot of "Black Panther" in a lot of its story beats. Like a bit to a fault, if you think about the story that that movie told and the one that this one tells. Almost a carbon copy. It's cool though, I liked the idea of this one being obviously more grounded in reality as it centers around boxers instead of superheroes. I also felt that it drew a little bit too much from the "Rocky" well, it's also a really similar plot to "Rocky III."
Anyways the cinematography is great, in particular I loved the way that the final fight was executed. Amazing visceral imagery. Great script, a lot of great character moments that Adonis shares with his wife, Bianca (Tessa Thompson) and his daughter, Amara (Mila Davis-Kent).
Great movie, my favorite of the year so far but it's still early and I haven't been to the movies as much. I definitely thought it was a huge improvement over "Creed II" and possibly just as good, if not better, than the first movie in the spin-off series.