Monday
26Oct2009
Stallone Not Making 'Rocky VII' After All
Monday, October 26, 2009 at 10:23PM
It turns out Sylvester Stallone isn't so much thinking about Rocky VII. And thank goodness that's the case. Several days ago, a translation from a German site indicated that Stallone was considering a sixth sequel, one that would seem completely superfluous given how good Rocky Balboa was.
"I know people would laugh at it, as I would if someone were making The Godfather Part 10. Enough! But I also know that if I succeed, it will be because this is a film about aging, not about boxing. I know it will provoke criticism. Even my wife said to me, 'Leave it. You'll embarrass the children.' But I said, 'If I do not try, I an a very unfortunate man. One must do it. Artists must go again and again through the dark.'"At what point Stallone picked up a fortune cookie during that interview and began reading it out loud seems pretty obvious ("If I do not try..."), but as it turns out, if he's talking Rocky Balboa, he's right. Not only is it a very good sports movie, and a suprisingly affecting one at that, but it catapulted Sly back on the path that gave us Rambo and The Expendables. Whether that's a good thing or not, I'll leave up to you. But what's undeniably good is that there's no Rocky VII. For now.
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