Rocky Balboa

theater and watched Creed I thought, “I want to do that”. I wish I could’ve directed Creed because I thought it could’ve packed the same emotional poignancy as The Wrestler. One of the best aspects of Creed were the quiet emotional moments with Rocky Balboa. Like its predecessors, Creed was not only about the fight in the ring but it was also about the fight within. With a cinematographer like Maryse Alberti that can bring realism and rawness to any scene, I thought Creed would’ve been better if…

Take a moment and think about your deepest wishes and dreams. Then ask yourself, “What have I done to pursue those dreams?” The American dream is the belief that all people have the opportunity to become anyone or anything they want. This dream is attainable to anyone who is willing to set goals, work hard to accomplish them, and never give up. We all know the story of the mighty Hercules; his strength and heroics make him an admired Disney character. But what we don’t always focus on is how…

Chapter Twenty-Three Do You Fear Failure? Think for a moment, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid of failure? Are you afraid to aim for success? Are you afraid to chase your dreams? Now think, what would you do if you had no fear? What could you achieve? Who could you become? A friend of mine and I were having a conversation once in regards to fear and he said to me, “Have you ever stopped to think of how capable we all could be if we had confidence in our own ability? If we had…

Jackson Schwartz Ms. McKee English Short Story Rough Draft 12 October 2016 The Life of JFK The day is November 22nd, 1963. It’s a nice day in Dallas, Texas. Two men are in a building above the street, watching the motorcade go by. The first man looked at the second one, who was sitting down. “You ready?” said the first. “I guess.” responded his colleague. The second man then pulled out a long suitcase and pulled out a sniper rifle. He loaded the magazine, set just so you can barely see the…

“Sports are America 's favorite pastime,” is a saying you will frequently hear. As Americans sports are a way for us to spend our free time. Students spend their afternoons at long, grueling practices. Professional players spend their weekdays and nights in huge stadiums playing for crowds of thousands. As fans, we will always show up to those games, because they are unmissable in our minds. Sunday isn 't just the holy day anymore, Sundays are game days. We waited all week for the big game and…

The film First Blood is first film in a series about John Rambo, a discharged green beret who struggles to assimilate into society and by failing to do so causes mass chaos. The film’s director is Ted Kotcheff, a director who got his start in England directing a film in 1957. Kotcheff has received praise for his role in increasing the film industry in Canada, Rotten Tomatoes states that Kotcheff should receive credit for, “all but single-handedly turned that country's film industry around”.…

what if? Readers should continue to do reserach on this topic, because mostly everyone loves football, and it is a very interesing topic to touch on. It can have readers thinking, should they involve their children in sports or is it too risky? Rocky Balboa would say, " it ain 't about how hard you hit; it 's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving…

Failure Happens In the sixth grade my father dragged to a wrestling practice at Milwaukie High School for the youths league. I was ecstatic about the whole thing even though I didn’t know a single person at the practice. I met the coaches who were great at understanding that I didn’t know much about wrestling perse but knew a lot about grappling because I had done jujitsu before I had gone to any wrestling practices. Something no one knows is that after the first practice to see if you really…

seen my mom cry, so I didn’t know what to do. I just lay there, stunned. Dad is already on his way to the hospital, to say his last goodbye’s. My Pop was one of my role models in life. My dad and I always said, “The strongest people I know are; Rocky Balboa, Louis Zamperini, and Pop.” Losing him was a punch right to the gut of the family. Two weeks before my Pop’s death was the last time I saw him. I was at my friend’s house on a Saturday after sleeping over the night before. We were planning…

miraculously overcomes nature. In “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane, four men attempt to find land after their ship has sunken. These men are on a boat that barely fits them, with an ocean that has no end, no food, and no way of finding land. As the great Rocky Balboa once said “Its not about how hard you’re hit, its how hard you can get hit and still move forward”. This metaphoric fight is between the men and nature while the boxing ring is the ocean. With the right amount of strength, luck, and…