Richard Simmons and the Silver Foxes Remixed with the track “Jacuzzi” from the Death Game (1977) soundtrack (recently discovered and released by Grindhouse).
Jackie Chan e il grande no a Stallone
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Poche persone hanno osato dire di no a Stallone. L’interprete di Rocky e Rambo mette soggezione, ma non a Jackie Chan.
Per una volta non siamo qui a chiederci chi vincerebbe tra Bruce Lee e Jackie Chan. Annosa domanda destinata a rimanere senza risposta. I confronti tra personaggi diversi, di diverse età lasciano il tempo che trovano, occupano le chiacchierate da bar.
Chan e Stallone, mai…
Directed by: Sylvester Stallone
Genre: Romance, drama (horror.. im kidding but really)
CW: SA is mentioned briefly as it pertains to this movie and Saturday Night Fever.
The only thing this movie improves upon it's predecessor, is that it's a much shorter runtime.
Staying Alive attracted me because it looked bad and I was obsessed with how incongruous it feels for Sylvester Stallone to have directed it. The screenshots I was seeing of Travolta scantily clad in torn clothing while arms reach for him were too appealing for me to simply ignore them. In fact, it low-key reminded me of the poster for Barbarella which is a movie I do love the appearance of.
Of course, I couldn't simply watch the sequel to a movie I hadn't seen before, so I first watched Saturday Night Fever from 1977. Saturday Night Fever, faultless it is not, was still a pretty swell watching experience. But it definitely impacted how I was to see the sequel. And how could it not?
When the emotional through-line of the film is class struggles, racism, and especially sexism, then it's hard not to notice how a sequel carries on with those themes.
Staying Alive's solution is largely to ignore these things. Or ignore them in part. There is still some pointing and gesturing at the class disparity between Tony (Travolta) and those around him, especially Laura (Finola Hughes). Sexism is also very much alive and well but, unlike SNF, there isn't really a point to these themes and conflicts being there or a lesson we are meant to learn.
SNF managed to make the character of Tony still a tad likeable despite it all. In Staying Alive I feel none of this goodwill. SNF ended with a promise of change and self awareness. Staying Alive begins with a Tony as problematic as he started. There is something macabre about it to be honest. Between those six years of lost time, Tony spurned Stephanie for good and has now been meandering around Manhattan terrorizing women, jaunting about like a gangly, unsteady gazelle. At times he is borderline terrifying, and you'd expect his character to feel right at home as the dangerous stalker in some horror flick.
Somehow he still has a girlfriend named Jackie (Cynthia Rhodes), whom he decides to cheat on very immediately into this movie. And despite all logic, she still gives him a chance, not only to be her friend but picks up dating him again. And even in the end he cant help himself. He has to kiss Laura without her consent for what? To prove he can? Both women end the movie interested in him, though he decides to commit to Jackie.
On to Laura, she is a pseudo antagonist. She's meant to be annoying and bitchy, but can you really fault her? She has to deal with Tony this whole movie and that is so much to ask of anyone. Her character is so inappropriately handled. Tony expects much from her and ignores all her very DIRECT declarations that she is not at all interested in him in a long term sense at this point. He makes it her fault, and in turn, the movie never sees him serve time for his poor behavior towards her. At times she or someone else will call him out on it, but you never see his character learn from this behavior. After he forces a kiss on Laura, she apologizes to him and he doesn't even bother to say it back himself, which is the LEAST of what he should be doing.
Tony IS the bad guy. He's annoying and rude to her, grabs her and touches her without permission, and is just all around unapologetic for any of it. It feels like he only really stops bothering with her because Jackie's still throwing herself at him, and it gives him a sense of power to see Laura wanting him.
AND THAT'S NOT TO MENTION THE DANCING. SNF almost manages to endear itself to me PURELY for the dancing. Travolta's little disco floor scene (you know the one) is the best part of the movie. In this movie, the dancing is all so meeehhhhh. We spend all this time building up the final Broadway show, and the resulting product was so underwhelming.
If this movie had been about male entitlement and ego, it would have been so perfect, but it's not about that even though it so perfectly depicted it. Feeling like a 2/10 on this one.
Simple Pokemon question. Out of all known Pokemon from all generations, which six are gonna be your mains?
Well, I'm not a competitive player, more a collector, so my usual go to answer would be my six favorites, the first six I ever trained to 100 hold a special place in my heart : Ivan the Kadabra, Stallone the Machoke, Jackie the Hitmonchan, Carmen the Jynx, Pascal the Porygon, and Masamune the Scyther.
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He was born in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City on July 6, 1946, the elder son of Francesco "Frank" Stallone Sr. (1919–2011), a hairdresser and beautician, and Jacqueline "Jackie" Stallone (née Labofish; 1921–2020), an astrologer, dancer, and promoter of women's wrestling. His Italian father was born in Gioia del Colle, Apulia, Italy and moved to the U.S. in the 1930s, while his American mother is of French (Breton) and Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His younger brother is actor and musician Frank Stallone.
in 1976 with his role as boxer Rocky Balboa, in the first film of the successful Rocky series (1976–present), for which he also wrote the screenplays. In the films, Rocky is portrayed as an underdog boxer who fights numerous brutal opponents, and wins the world heavyweight championship twice.
In the 2010s, Stallone launched The Expendables films series (2010–present), in which he played the lead as the mercenary Barney Ross. In 2013, he starred in the successful Escape Plan, and acted in its sequels. In 2015, Stallone returned to the Rocky series with Creed, that serve as spin-off films focusing on Adonis "Donnie" Creed played by Michael B. Jordan, the son of the ill-fated boxer Apollo Creed, to whom the long-retired Rocky is a mentor. Reprising the role brought Stallone praise, and his first Golden Globe award for the first Creed, as well as a third Oscar nomination, having been first nominated for the same role 40 years prior. Since 2022, he has starred in the television series Tulsa King for Paramount+.
Stallone is the only actor in the history of American cinema to have starred in a box-office number-one film across six consecutive decades.
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Jackie Chan e il grande no a Stallone
#boomerissimo #slystallone #jackiechan #expendables #film #cinema #UnoCinema
Poche persone hanno osato dire di no a Stallone. L’interprete di Rocky e Rambo mette soggezione, ma non a Jackie Chan.
Per una volta non siamo qui a chiederci chi vincerebbe tra Bruce Lee e Jackie Chan. Annosa domanda destinata a rimanere senza risposta. I confronti tra personaggi diversi, di diverse età lasciano il tempo che trovano, occupano le chiacchierate da bar.
Chan e Stallone, mai…
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2. George Clooney - Net worth: $500 million. Acclaimed for films like Ocean's Eleven, Gravity, and Up in the Air. Also earns from business ventures and endorsements.
3. Robert De Niro - Net worth: $500 million. Legendary actor known for Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, and The Irishman. Also earns from business investments.
4. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson - Net worth: $450 million. One of the highest-paid actors, known for the Fast & Furious franchise, Jumanji, and Moana. Also earns from wrestling, endorsements, and business ventures.
5. Tom Hanks - Net worth: $400 million. Acclaimed for films like Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, and Cast Away.
6. Sylvester Stallone - Net worth: $400 million. Known for the Rocky and Rambo franchises, as well as films like The Expendables.
7. Will Smith - Net worth: $350 million. Star of blockbusters like Men in Black, Bad Boys, and King Richard.
8. Jennifer Aniston - Net worth: $320 million. Friends star who has appeared in films like Bruce Almighty, The Break-Up, and Murder Mystery 2.
9. Brad Pitt - Net worth: $300 million. Known for films like Fight Club, Ocean's Eleven, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
10. Edward Norton - Net worth: $300 million. Acclaimed for films like Fight Club, American History X, and Birdman.
11. Harrison Ford - Net worth: $300 million. Star of iconic franchises like Star Wars and Indiana Jones.
12. Robert Downey Jr. - Net worth: $300 million. Hugely successful as Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
13. Denzel Washington - Net worth: $280 million. Oscar-winning actor known for films like Training Day, Flight, and The Equalizer.
14. Leonardo DiCaprio - Net worth: $260 million. Known for Titanic, The Revenant, and The Wolf of Wall Street.
15. Bruce Willis - Net worth: $250 million. Star of the Die Hard franchise and other action films.
16. Jessica Biel - Net worth: $250 million. Known for films like The Illusionist, Total Recall, and The Sinner.
17. John Travolta - Net worth: $250 million. Iconic actor known for Grease, Pulp Fiction, and Saturday Night Fever.
18. Jackie Chan - Net worth: $240 million. Renowned for his action films and stunts in movies like Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon, and Rumble in the Bronx.
19. Chris Hemsworth - Net worth: $230 million. Gained fame as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, also known for films like Rush and Extraction.
20. Matt Damon - Net worth: $220 million. Acclaimed for films like Good Will Hunting, The Bourne Identity, and Ford v Ferrari.