Rocky II

In the opening scene of Rocky II, the director employs a great variety of cinematography that aids in suggesting a few vital things about the main characters of the film. In the first shot of the film, a high angle-long shot is used to show Rocky and his counterpart, Apollo Creed, in the middle of a fight going at each other with great intensity. A medium close up then takes the audience up close and personal, showing Rocky taking punch after punch to the face. In this instance, and in the few shots

Sylvester Stallone was born with dyslexia and struggled to overcome his disability throughout his life. Many people are affected by dyslexia, the disability of mixing up words and their sounds (Moragne 9). Over forty million Americans are affected by dyslexia (ALS). In the world, five to fifteen percent of the population is diagnosed and live with dyslexia (Bronswick 13). Dyslexics suffer from mental symptoms, such as low self esteem from being taunted and rejected by other people (73). They also

Former WBC middleweight boxing champion Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. is looking to reunite with trainer Freddie Roach in preparation for his planned comeback next year. In 2014, Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. dropped Freddie Roach as his trainer in favor of Joe Goossen after he left Top Rank Promotions and signed with Al Haymon as his manager. However, the Mexican boxer wants to come back to Roach because he thinks the latter is the perfect person to train him for his next fight, according to Latin Post. Under

Antonio and Felix are two young men that both want to be lightweight champions, but they have to fight each other and are also best friends, this is about how they fight and there skills in boxing. It’s not how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. First, Felix and Antonio have many similarities. Felix and Antonio are best friends. They were both going to fight each other. They both train mentally and physically for the fight. Felix and Antonio don’t want

Never Ending Fight When you think of famous and successful people you may never look beyond the glitz and glamour of it all. Most don’t recognize the hard work, perseverance, or maybe even demons one had to fight to get to where he or she is at. The 2014 film The Bronx Bull tells the amazing story of legendary boxer Jake La Motta. Due to being angry, confident, and brave, Jake La Motta fought like he didn’t deserve to live most of his life. From his youth Jake La Motta sets his heart out to

Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), is a insignificant boxer who is kind-hearted and uneducated club fighter who lives in an studio apartment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his line of business has so far not gotten off the canvas. Rocky makes a living by collecting the accumulation of credit for a loan shark named Tony Gazzo (Joe Spinell), but Gazzo doesn't think Rocky has the bloodthirstiness it takes to thrash up deadbeats. Rocky still boxes periodically to keep his boxing skills sharp, and

A Headstrong boxer from Rhode island Vinny Pazienza will lose a lot in his fight for fame. "If I'd listened to people, I never would have won the world title in the first place. Who knows where I'd be right now. Maybe a bartender someplace. And if I'd quit after losing to Mayweather, I'd never have won a world title again." (Pazienza). Vinny Pazienza lost to Roger Mayweather and everyone wanted him to retire but he didn't. After losing to Mayweather. He hopped up two weight classes and beat

Movie That Altered My Life When I was young my family loved watching movies and T.V. shows, my father didn’t mind if I watch with them as long as I went to bed at a reasonable time. When I was about 12 my father started watching the movie Rocky late at night (around 9 P.M., That was my bedtime). He noticed after 20 minutes that I was still up watching the movie with him. He then told me to go to bed and grudgingly agreed. But after a short time in bed, I couldn’t resist to watch the rest of the

My friend Jonny T offered his seasoned MMA opinion on three fights for tomorrow nights UFC Ultimate Fight Night installment 15. His analysis: Nate Diaz vs. Josh Neer Josh Neer is a tough Militech Fighter with good hands and a solid ground game. He has submitted some very dangerous fighters in Joe Stevenson and Melvin Guillard. Unfortunately, has been decisioned by the bigger breed of fighters such as Josh Burkman. This has ultimately led to sliding down into the Lightweight division where BJ Penn

UFC Middleweight Champion George "Rush" St-Pierre stated that he will take a break before sitting down with the UFC to talk about his future. Being the newly crowned UFC Middleweight champion, GSP is set to battle interim middleweight titleholder Robert Whittaker for the Undisputed UFC Middleweight Championship in the future. St-Pierre mentioned that many things can happen in the sport of MMA, and added that it is the task of his agency and the UFC to talk about his future. The middleweight champion