I'm sorry. I couldn't resist...I had to blog about Rocky IV again I just had to. If you thought the training montage was great, just wait for the look-back montage that appears earlier in the movie.
Now you may be asking yourself, what is a look-back montage? Basically, the look-back montage is when the main character is dealing with some inner problems and the only way they can be portrayed is by song and flashbacks. The main character reflects on what he/she has been through. In this montage Rocky is going back through his brain, which probably looks like a raisin, to the song of "No Easy Way Out" by Robert Tepper. Pretty, pretty good song, as I have it in my V-Cast music.
Instead of me talking about it, I will give you an early look at the montage and then we will discuss. Cue montage:
Good stuff huh? I mean doesn't that make you want to sit on the couch for 12-16 hours and watch every Rocky movie over and over again. I know that's what it does for me.
It makes you wonder if this was supposed to be the last Rocky in the series. I mean this montage sums up every Rocky movie ever created in a five-minute masterpiece. Don't get me wrong. I will watch Rocky V, but it's not because I want to. It's because I have to in order to complete the box set.
I'm crying while watching this montage. I'm not afraid to admit it. Watching Rocky cry over Mick's dead body is probably the saddest moment in a guy movie ever. Do you agree with me?
We learn how much this upcoming fight with the Russian means to Rocky. In his head he knows this could be his last fight, his last moment to shine. He also knows that he could be buried next to Apollo and Mick after this fight. Riveting stuff man.
I feel like running to the gym with this song in my I-Pod. Layman out.
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