History Awesome / Creed2015

!!The film
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*** What's more, Sylvester Stallone reveals in ''[[Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon The Tonight Show]]' that the knockdown was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23DkAI9183I a real one]] that involved Creator/MichaelBJordan moving his head towards an actual hard-hitting punch from a world champion professional boxer. Sly calls it the "Dead Man Walking" scene.

!!Meta
* No one is talking about how bad ''Film/{{Fantastic Four|2015}}'' was and how that could have been a StarDerailingRole for Creator/MichaelBJordan. ''That's'' how good this movie was.
** Goes double for Sylvester Stallone. After the disappointment that was ''Film/TheExpendables3'', everyone pretty much wrote him off. Now critics have been saying ''Creed'' is not only the best film of Stallone's career but his performance won him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor!
*** That fact deserves some emphasis...how many actors get multiple nominations ''for the same role?''
*** Not to mention that Rocky Balboa is now one of the few fictional characters in history to receive multiple Oscar nominations, along with [[Film/TheGodfather Vito]] [[Film/TheGodfatherPartII Corleone]] and [[Film/TheDarkKnight The]] [[Film/Joker2019 Joker]].
** Creator/MichaelBJordan's performance is nothing short of Best Actor material. Not only did he go through intense boxing training for this movie, not only did he get so in shape that he was practically an ''actual'' boxer, not only did he ''trade'' actual shots with other actual boxers, and not only did he play and shoot multiple, complex fight scenes and make them all look authentic, he was a good '''actor''', standing toe-to-toe with Creator/SylvesterStallone himself in an intense, layered performance that makes Adonis at once a new character from Rocky Balboa, but also an equal.
* The stunning success story of Creator/RyanCoogler. With only the single indie film ''Film/FruitvaleStation'' to his name, he was able to convince Sylvester Stallone to turn over control of his most beloved character, and ended up bringing the franchise back to the full level of respectability it had in 1976. And then he was able to use that success to helm the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse film ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' (with, incidentally, Michael B. Jordan again) as only his third directing job. Wherever he goes from here, it's going to be something to watch.
** As a certain [[Creator/BobChipman internet reviewer]] put it: Can you imagine the ''balls'' it must have taken to walk up to Creator/SylvesterStallone and say, [[RefugeInAudacity "Hey uh, Sly? I got this idea for a new Rocky movie. Are you in?"]]
* The movie is not only a faithful and loving tribute to the Rocky movies of old, but it is distinctively its own movie, managing to build new ideas and visuals on top the ones that the original Rocky made famous. The multiple [[TheOner Oners]], the choreography of the fights, the character development, all of it is amazing to behold when you consider how big of a legacy the movie had to live up to.

*** Just as the defining moment of Stallone's Rocky is getting up after getting knocked down in the 14th round in his fight with Apollo, so too is getting up from being knocked down the defining moment of Jordan's Adonis. Particularly when he has flashbacks of what happened in the movie leading up to the knockdown before he springs right back up after seeing a vision of his father fighting Balboa.

** As a certain [[Creator/BobChipman internet reviewer]] put it: "Can you imagine the ''balls'' it must have taken to walk up to Creator/SylvesterStallone and say, [[RefugeInAudacity "Hey uh, Sly? I got this idea for a new Rocky movie. Are you in?"]]

* The lat portion of Adonis's second training montage, which is, of course, a CallBack to Rocky's famous run through the Philly streets during his own montage, capping it off with Adonis and some local four-wheeler riders and bikers saluting the Italian Stallion.

* No one is talking about how bad ''Film/{{Fantastic Four|2015}}'' was and how that could have been a StarDerailingRole for Michael B Jordan. ''That's'' how good this movie was.

* In this movie, we ''finally'' learn who won Rocky and Apollo's fight in Film/RockyIII. Turns out it was Apollo. This is definitely an awesome moment for those who'd been dying to know the outcome of that match for nearly forty years.

** Conlan lands a vicious [[https://youtu.be/DHI5xSi_WGA?t=2m7s punch]] in the 11th, vicious enough to not just send Donnie flat, but enough that he seems to honestly lose consciousness. Then Donnie flashes to the film of his father's Rocky fight, and - as described by one of the commentators - ''rises like a man possessed''. Everyone is shocked, including Conlan, who was celebrating his presumed victory and is now giving Donnie the closest thing he has to an OhCrap look.

** Conlan lands a vicious [[https://youtu.be/DHI5xSi_WGA?t=2m7s punch]] in the 11th, vicious enough to not just send Donnie flat, but enough that he seems to honestly lose consciousness. Then Donnie flashes to the film of his father's Rocky fight, and ''rises like a man possessed.'' Everyone is shocked, including Conlan, who was celebrating his presumed victory and is now giving Donnie the closest thing he has to an OhCrap look.

*** Just as the defining moment of Stallone's Rocky is getting up after getting knocked down in the 14th round in his fight with Apollo, so too is getting up from being knocked down the defining moment of Jordan's Adonis. Particularly, he has flashbacks of what happened in the movie leading up to the knockdown before he gets up like a man possessed after seeing a vision of his father fighting Balboa.

*** What's more, Sylvester Stallone reveals in ''[[Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon The Tonight Show]]' that the knockdown was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23DkAI9183I a real one]] that involved Cerator/MichaelBJordan moving his head towards an actual hard-hitting punch from a world champion professional boxer. Sly calls it the "Dead Man Walking" scene.

** Goes double for Sylvester Stallone. After the disappointment that was ''Film/{{TheExpendables3'', everyone pretty much wrote him off. Now critics have been saying ''Creed'' is not only the best film of Stallone's career but his performance won him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor!

* The first half of the trailer seems like a fairly generic underdog movie. Then Adonis starts talking about his father Apollo and Sylvester Stallone steps out of the shadows, and you suddenly realize this is a Rocky movie.
* The trailer's opening scene, with Adonis psyching himself up by punching the wall before heading out to the ring, with Ryan Coogler's stark, dramatic direction making quite an impact.

-->'''Conlan:''' I don't want to be remembered like this?

*** What's more, Sylvester Stallone reveals in [[Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon The Tonight Show]] that the knockdown was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23DkAI9183I a real one]] that involved Michael B. Jordan moving his head towards an actual hard-hitting punch from a world champion professional boxer. Sly calls it the "Dead Man Walking" scene.

** Goes double for Sylvester Stallone. After the disappointment that was ''[[Film/{{TheExpendables3}} The Expendables 3]]'', everyone pretty much wrote him off. Now critics have been saying ''Creed'' is not only the best film of Stallone's career but his performance won him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor!

* The stunning success story of Ryan Coogler. With only the single indie film ''Fruitvale Station'' to his name, he was able to convince Sylvester Stallone to turn over control of his most beloved character, and ended up bringing the franchise back to the full level of respectability it had in 1976. And then he was able to use that success to helm the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse film ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' (with, incidentally, Michael B. Jordan again) as only his third directing job. Wherever he goes from here, it's going to be something to watch.

*** What's more, Sylvester Stallone reveals in [[Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon The Tonight Show]] that the knockdown was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23DkAI9183I a real one]] that involves Michael B. Jordan moving his head towards an actual hard-hitting punch from a world champion professional boxer. Sly calls it the "Dead Man Walking" scene.

*** Just as the defining moment of Stallone's Rocky is getting up after getting knocked down in the 14th round in his fight with Apollo, so too is getting up from being knocked down the defining moment of Jordan's Adonis. Particularly, he has flashbacks of what happened in the movie leading up to the knocked down before he gets up like a man possessed after seeing a vision of his father fighting Balboa.

* The [[https://youtu.be/DHI5xSi_WGA?t=2m7s knockdown]] at the 11th round.
** Just as the defining moment of Stallone's Rocky is getting up after getting knocked down in the 14th round in his fight with Apollo, so too is getting up from being knocked down the defining moment of Jordan's Adonis. Particularly, he has flashbacks of what happened in the movie leading up to the knocked down before he gets up like a man possessed after seeing a vision of his father fighting Balboa.
** What's more, Sylvester Stallone reveals in [[Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon The Tonight Show]] that the knockdown was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23DkAI9183I a real one]] that involves Michael B. Jordan moving his head towards an actual hard-hitting punch from a world champion professional boxer. Sly calls it the "Dead Man Walking" scene.

** Conlan lands a vicious punch in the 11th, vicious enough to not just send Donnie flat, but enough that he seems to honestly lose consciousness. Then Donnie flashes to the film of his father's Rocky fight, and ''rises like a man possessed.'' Everyone is shocked, including Conlan, who was celebrating his presumed victory and is now giving Donnie the closest thing he has to an OhCrap look.

** What's more, Sylvester Stallone reveals in [[TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon The Tonight Show]] that the knockdown was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23DkAI9183I a real one]] that involves Michael B. Jordan moving his head towards an actual hard-hitting punch from a world champion professional boxer. Sly calls it the "Dead Man Walking" scene.

** What's more, Sylvester Stallone reveals that the knockdown was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23DkAI9183I a real one]] that involves Michael B. Jordan moving his head towards an actual hard-hitting punch from a world champion professional boxer. Sly calls it the "Dead Man Walking" scene.

* The stunning success story of Ryan Coogler. With only the single indie film ''Fruitvale Station'' to his name, he was able to convince Sylvester Stallone to turn over control of his most beloved character, and ended up bringing the franchise back to the full level of respectability it had in 1976. And then he was able to use that success to helm the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse film ''Film/BlackPanther'' (with, incidentally, Michael B. Jordan again) as only his third directing job. Wherever he goes from here, it's going to be something to watch.

** The windup to the 12th and final round, when [[spoiler:the original notes of "Gonna Fly Now" flare up.]]

* The stunning success story of Ryan Coogler. With only the single indie film ''Fruitvale Station'' to his name, he was able to convince Sylvester Stallone to turn over control of his most beloved character, and ended up bringing the franchise back to the full level of respectability it had in 1976. And then he was able to use that success to helm the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse film ''Film/BlackPanther'' as only his third directing job. Wherever he goes from here, it's going to be something to watch.

-->'''Conlan's Trainer:''' I don't care how you're remembered, I care about your kids having a roof over their heads when your done. Do you understand?