Movie number 2/250 watched.
I decided to go with Rocky. Initially I was going to watch the Seven Samurai but noticed that it had a running time of over three hours – think I’d best save that one for a weekend or at least a night when I’m not having to get up.
I really enjoyed Rocky. It’s one of those feelgood films, even though he doesn’t win the match, he goes the distance.
It confused me when I was younger. Generally speaking films always end on a high – the hero always wins the fight, the goodies always win, the baddies lose. Rocky goes against that and it’s quite refreshing. I know Rocky 2 picks up immediately after the first film and he ends up winning against Creed in the rematch but meh – you know what I’m saying.
It was interesting to see the same sort of thing with Rocky Balboa – the new film that Stallone brought out a few years ago. Everyone expected him to win and he ended up losing that fight, although I think there were two endings shot and they based their decision on test audience reaction.
Looking through the list I’m a bit gutted that Ghostbusters didn’t make it in there, I’m glad BTTF is though, it’s also interesting to see that Superman 1/2 didn’t make it in there.
I need to come up with some sort of strategy for watching – Wonderful life and Christmas Story I want to watch in the run up to Christmas this year. I could do with grouping things together and figuring out what I’m going to do.
Right, off to bed methinks, earlyish night considering it was past midnight last night.
