No doubt about it. In fact, I think the title (if not the script itself) is already written; Rocky VII: The Greatest Comeback in History

Originally posted by wetbandit82 He'll be back.  It's not like a little thing like death could ever keep a quintessential good guy down, not when there's lucrative millions and millions (sorry Mr. Sagan) out there.

Incidentally, Carl Sagan never actually uttered that millions and millions, or billions and billions line. It actually became attributed to him as the result of a satirical skit performed by Johnny Carson.

Since he dies in this one, it should have been called "Rocky 6 (Feet Under)".

Response from Head RAZZberry: Actually, it's Adrian who's dead in ROCKY BALBOA -- And her character has "passed away" before this film's story begins...

A year ago some of the regulars here were suggesting that King Kong, which opened on a Wednesday and drew around $60 million by the end of its first weekend, had been something of a disappointment at the box-office. By comparison, Rocky Balboa, which pulled in a little over $22 million must have left a crater.

I think a few definite conclusions present themselves:

1. The film is not a Razzie contender in any category

2. Its box-office performance is going to be precisely what some of us predicted; in the $50-$100 million range. That will fall well short of the box-office champion type numbers at least one of Stallone's more ardent fans predicted.

3. The number of Oscar nominations it will receive will exactly equal the number of WMDs we found in Iraq.

This movie looks like a winner, but I think that Milo Ventimiglia will get a Razzie nomination. Razzie voters will acknowledge it somewhere...

Response from Head RAZZberry:  I am preparing our 27th Annual RAZZIE Nominating Ballot this week and, yes, Milo (and Burt Young as Paulie) will both be listed as contenders for Worst Supporting Actor. If Young makes the final five, it will be his third RAZZIE Nomination for playing this same character (he was also a contender for ROCKY IV and ROCKY V). Other than those two truly wretched performances, though, ROCKY BALBOA will not be formally listed in any of the other 10 categories on the ballot. Members who still want to vote for RB will, as alwaze, be allowed to write it in wherever they wish...

I saw We Are Marshall this weekend. Let me say at the outset, for the benefit of those here who seem to think we never say anything positive about any movies I enjoyed it very much. But I am mentioning it for a different reason.

Having now seen this movie, I read some of the reviews for it at RT. As a majority, the reviews for this movie have been negative. On the other hand, Rocky Balboa is getting positive reviews by a margin of about 3 to one. I have noticed two rather curious trends.

1. Close reading of a lot of the reviews for RB demonstrates a rather consistant theme: "Gee, this movie wasn't anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be." Or "It was better than I expected." Curiously, the overall tone of the reviews may not be all that positive, but these phases or variations of them seem to be winning it a positive review rating.

2. RB is generally being praised for exactly the same reasons the same reviewers are bagging Marshall.

The above is why, as I have noted in another thread, I don't put all that much faith in professional film critics.