CREED II (Steven Caple, Jr., 2018)

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Re: CREED II (Steven Caple, Jr., 2018) (completed)

Postby Jox on 17 Nov 2018, 01:08

Jox wrote:The orchestral score is available on streaming/download as well, hoping for a CD release to follow...
https://www.amazon.com/Creed-Original-M ... 07KGNWKP5/

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Actually the CD has been released as well:https://cdn1.thr.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale_crop_768_433/2018/11/florian_munteanu_steven_caple_jr._tessa_thompson_dolph_lundgren_and_michael_b._jordan.jpg
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN ... ndtrnet-20

Composer Ludwig Goransson comments: "In Creed II, Creed is now at the peak of his career. He is facing big responsibilities and decisions that will affect not only him but also his family. When I wrote the score for Creed II, I continued on my journey from the first Creed. The themes that were more youthful three years ago now had to mature into a more serious musical language. It was also a huge honor to write a theme for one of the most popular antagonists in film history, the Drago family."

https://www.soundtrack.net/news/article/?id=2692
http://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/cre ... ck-out-now


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'Creed II' Director Says Inclusiveness Is "Bigger Than the Movie"
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat- ... ty-1161840
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Sylvester Stallone on 'Creed 2': 'The Rocky universe is gone'
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Re: CREED II (Steven Caple, Jr., 2018) (completed)

Postby Jox on 17 Nov 2018, 13:22

More marquees

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Tessa Thompson on 'Creed II' and defying the sports-wife trope
http://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/artic ... wife-trope

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‘Creed II’ Film Review: Michael B Jordan and Sylvester Stallone Return for Serviceable Sequel
https://www.thewrap.com/creed-ii-film-r ... -stallone/
That Lundgren finally gets to give a real performance is, one supposes, an improvement — Caple’s direction of this material is in line with Coogler’s low-key, indie vibe — but we’re still talking a movie series almost proud of its emotional predictability.




Apparently Jimmy Kimmel was an extra in the Las Vegas fight of ROCKY IV




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Re: CREED II (Steven Caple, Jr., 2018) (completed)

Postby Jox on 17 Nov 2018, 20:27

ROCKY IV / CREED II back to back screening in Philly this Tuesday, November 20 at 5:20pm
http://filmadelphia.org/events/rocky-iv-creed-ii/
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Re: CREED II (Steven Caple, Jr., 2018) (completed)

Postby Jox on 18 Nov 2018, 15:29

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Re: CREED II (Steven Caple, Jr., 2018) (completed)

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Creed II’s Director Almost Passed on Directing the Film
https://www.vulture.com/2018/11/creed-2 ... le-jr.html
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Steven Caple, Jr. on the Heart of ‘Creed II,’ Rocky’s Future, and Mentoring
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/reelfaith ... eedii.html

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Already producing the DVD/Blu-ray extras before the movie is out as it's become the norm

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Re: CREED II (Steven Caple, Jr., 2018) (completed)

Postby bomaz on 20 Nov 2018, 13:39

I wonder why Sly is not in front for the publicity and promotion of the movie :? Is it just a schedule issue (with Rambo V shooting) or is he kinda displeased with the movie ?
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Re: CREED II (Steven Caple, Jr., 2018) (completed)

Postby Jox on 20 Nov 2018, 14:41

As far as I know I'm pretty sure it has to do with the filming of RAMBO V undergoing.

Funny that back when ROCKY IV came out, he had sent Dolph do most of the PR and a world tour since he was making COBRA and OVER THE TOP back to back...
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Re: CREED II (Steven Caple, Jr., 2018) (completed)

Postby GeneralMcFaiL on 20 Nov 2018, 14:51

I've read a few places that Sly is basically passing the torch to Adonis/MBJ now for the Rocky/Creed stuff. Also the filming of Rambo conflicted, but I think he's trying to phase himself more and more out of the movies. His performance in Creed was so good I doubt he'll be able to top it in anything else as an aging Balboa.
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Re: CREED II (Steven Caple, Jr., 2018) (completed)

Postby Jox on 20 Nov 2018, 14:59

GeneralMcFaiL wrote:I've read a few places that Sly is basically passing the torch to Adonis/MBJ now for the Rocky/Creed stuff.

Yes and no, it's an open collaboration between all of them and Jordan sure has been very involved as aco/associate producer in the sequel development and some of the creative decisions, but Sly is still the "big boss" with the final say. But he seems to learn to delegate to the new generation which is a big deal for him and boss figure his age.


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Michael B. Jordan and Tessa Thompson still have perfect chemistry as they step back into the ring for Creed II
https://ew.com/movies/2018/11/19/michae ... ver-story/

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Re: CREED II (Steven Caple, Jr., 2018) (completed)

Postby Dida on 20 Nov 2018, 18:09

When are you going to see the movie Jox?
If he dies....he dies....
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Re: CREED II (Steven Caple, Jr., 2018) (completed)

Postby Jox on 20 Nov 2018, 19:03

Good question, the movie only comes out in France on January 9, so I need to see if I can manage to go it earlier... and if not, I'll gladly take on Dolph's earlier performance in AQUAMAN soon enough... ;)



'Creed II' director says Rocky is 'spiritual teacher' of film; actors call it redemption story
https://www.christianpost.com/news/cree ... story.html



More reviews:

‘Creed II’ goes more than the distance. It’s a KO
https://www.top10inuae.com/review-creed ... -its-a-ko/

‘Creed II’ Review: Michael B. Jordan Rules Another Satisfying ‘Rocky’ Update
https://www.indiewire.com/2018/11/creed ... 202021269/
Drago’s still a cardboard villain, but Lundgren goes to great lengths to make the character into a pathetic, seething object of resentment.


Rolling Stone
https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/mov ... an-753186/
If anything, Creed II transforms the villain from a crude caricature to a human being; the film’s best scene (non-Jordan division) finds Balboa and his old nemesis sitting down in the former’s bistro, two old warriors bristling yet silently bonding over their scars.


Creed II is absolutely exhilarating, touching gloves with the audience & knocking out expectations.
https://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/246 ... -ii-review
Also, the story of Ivan Drago's fate since Rocky IV, and the conditions that he and Viktor are facing, feel like they could have been better explored in its own companion film. Dolph Lundgren is still imposing as ever as Ivan, and newcomer Florian Munteanu brings a ferocity to the screen as Viktor that makes for an effective opponent. It's because of their performances, and the few places that story is allowed to navigate that may leave some fans wanting more from that particular aspect of the story. While it still works as a tangent to Creed II, there's still a lot to be mined in that particular story vein, and one film's B-plot just isn't enough room to do so properly.


‘Creed II’ Review: A Poignant Boxing Movie Blends Old and New
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/movi ... eview.html
“Creed II” is a terrific movie, a boxing picture full of inspired sweetness and shrewd science that honors the cherished traditions of the genre while feeling like something new and exciting in the world.
Those are crucial features in the “Creed” universe. The chance to revisit the geopolitics of “Rocky IV” in light of current Russo-American relations has been (wisely) passed up in favor of more personal concerns. And from the beginning, the “Rocky” movies at their best have always embraced the power of defeat. Rocky lost to Apollo in “Rocky”; Adonis lost to whatshisname in “Creed.”

Losing doesn’t make you a better person. It makes you a person. The cruelty and tragedy of the Dragos lies in their denial of this fact.
On the way, it’s the moments of intimacy, pain and humor that make “Creed II” a solid and satisfying experience. Underneath the boxing epic is a warm, poignant hangout with a young couple and the elders who watch over them. It looks like a popcorn movie, but it’s Thanksgiving dinner.


‘Creed II’ Review: A Very Good Boxing Drama That Can’t Quite Top the First One
https://www.slashfilm.com/creed-ii-review/

Creed II isn't the knockout of Creed, but it still wins on points: EW review
https://ew.com/movies/2018/11/16/creed-2-review/

Empire
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/creed-ii/review/

IGN
https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/11/16/creed-2-review

'Creed II' Has Major Daddy Issues
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainm ... sculinity/
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Re: CREED II (Steven Caple, Jr., 2018) (completed)

Postby Jox on 20 Nov 2018, 20:39

Hey London,
you can get tickets for the BFI preview Wednesday 28th, in presence of Dolph, Michael B Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Florian Munteanu and director Steven Caple Jr!
(Tickets £20, concs £18 (Members pay £2 less)
https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau ... ign=buffer

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Who can copy and paste the texte of the region-blocked LA Times review?
http://www.tribpub.com/gdpr/latimes.com/
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Re: CREED II (Steven Caple, Jr., 2018) (completed)

Postby Moltisanti on 20 Nov 2018, 22:26

Here it is:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-creed-ii-review-20181116-story.html

“I don’t want you making the same mistakes I made,” Rocky Balboa says about halfway through “Creed II.” But by that point in this predictably rousing and emotionally generous movie, his warning, spoken by Sylvester Stallone with his usual weather-beaten palooka gravitas, comes rather too late. Adonis Creed — played, once again, by a sensational Michael B. Jordan — has already made a few of those same mistakes, the worst of which have cost him dearly in the ring opposite a bigger, faster, tougher opponent.

Without those mistakes, of course, there would be no movie. And if cinematic history is doomed to repeat itself, it’s comforting to remember that sameness is one of the reasons we go to a boxing picture in the first place, where even the hoariest B-movie clichés, much like a well-practiced swing or punch, can still land with devastating force and feeling. In “Creed” (2015) and “Creed II,” that narrative logic is further underscored by a deep, abiding kinship with “Rocky” and its five variably watchable sequels — an uneven, indelible legacy that the filmmakers here treat as something to be cherished, saluted, exploited and sometimes corrected.

Directed by Steven Caple Jr. from a script written by Stallone and Juel Taylor, “Creed II” raids the standard playbooks with a canny mix of earnestness and self-awareness, right down to the Roman numerals in its title. The plot effectively merges the rise-and-fall-and-rise arc of “Rocky III” with the Cold War villainy of “Rocky IV.” Adonis’ opponent this time is the intimidatingly bulked-up Viktor Drago (Romanian boxer Florian Munteanu), son of Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren), the former Soviet heavyweight who felled Apollo Creed with a fatal knockout blow decades earlier.

The specter of Adonis’ father thus hovers heavily over the proceedings, raising the grim possibility that it is not only Rocky whose mistakes Adonis might be repeating. In any event, there is plenty of father-son Sturm und Drang to go around — not just between Adonis and the late Apollo, but also between Viktor and Ivan, whose lives have never been the same since Ivan’s defeat at Rocky’s hands. The Dragos have since struggled to reclaim their place among Russia’s cultural and athletic elite, which is what drives Viktor to challenge Adonis to a fight, not long after this skilled but comparatively scrappy Philadelphian is crowned heavyweight champion of the world.

Creed vs. Drago, Round 2: It is, as various on-screen sports pundits breathlessly remind us, the match-up the world has been waiting to see. But “Creed II” seems well aware that, despite the resurgence of Russian hostilities in recent headlines, the world’s enthusiasm may not be shared by the wider moviegoing audience. Crucially, we care about Adonis not because of the breadth of his fan base or the grandeur of his mythology, but because he and the other characters in his orbit have been drawn with such charm and specificity.

Those qualities can be traced back to the emotional groundwork laid by Ryan Coogler, who directed the first “Creed” and wrote its script with Aaron Covington. Coogler is credited as an executive producer on “Creed II,” and if it lacks its predecessor’s bracing sense of emotional discovery, it nonetheless understands and impressively re-creates the chief source of that movie’s delight: a group of characters who, for all their stresses and struggles, were a warm, easygoing pleasure to spend time with.

These include Adonis’ adoptive mother, Mary Anne (Phylicia Rashad), no longer standing in the way of his boxing dreams but quick to voice her all-too-understandable disapproval of his latest match-up. Rocky, having coached him to victory in the previous movie, shares Mary Anne’s reservations and steps away from Adonis’ corner, literally and figuratively — a mental and emotional blow that seems to affect Adonis even more than his own obvious physical disadvantages opposite Viktor. (Stallone is in fine form here but, even more than he did in the first “Creed,” cedes the spotlight to his costar.)

Our hero falls back on the training and management expertise of Little Duke (Wood Harris), who steps up temporarily but can push him only so far. But Adonis’ biggest support is still his loving girlfriend, Bianca (Tessa Thompson), who, as she did in the first film, casually if not entirely subverts the role of the supportive love interest. Part of it is through sheer force of personality — Thompson and Jordan share an effortless, persuasively prickly chemistry — and part of it is the film’s at-least-passing interest in Bianca’s own rising career as a musician, even if what we see of her performing ability is mostly limited to an elaborate boxing-match intro she stages for her partner.

Adonis, of course, remains very much the star of the show, as the conventions of formula and Jordan’s own inexhaustible star wattage demand. This is the actor’s second major movie performance of the year, following his villainous turn as Erik Killmonger in the Coogler-directed “Black Panther,” and while the two roles could scarcely seem more different on the surface, they also represent two fascinating sides of the same premise: a young orphan who devotes his life to realizing a singular new vision of his late father’s dream.

How Adonis Creed goes about fulfilling that mission, one that takes him from Philly to L.A. to the Southwest desert to Moscow, cannot really be spoiled. Still, there are a few satisfyingly melodramatic developments — an unexpected new set of challenges, a briefly seen but startlingly familiar face in the cast — that deserve to be discovered on their own. As does “Creed II,” the rare sequel that doesn’t wind up feeling like the same old mistake.
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