I have been a fan and admirer of Sylvester Stallone since the 80s. I love the Rocky movies ( Rocky III) is my favorite and most of The Expendables. That being said, this was superficial. I didn't know about his father (wow) and as a horsewoman I knew from watching the Rambo movies he learned to ride well from somewhere. But he spent very little time taking about his Mother, his son who was tragically lost, his wife, daughters, his other son ( who is autistic) and I believe is still with us? It felt like numerous missed opportunities. I know most big movie stars with this long of a career have trophy rooms and memorabilia etc... but no less than 3 HUGE life sized statues, multiple busts of his face?? Yikes that's a lot of ego!
Sly came across as a man so embittered by his fathers abuse that he made a career out of it and is still bitter about IT. I know from people in the movie business that he is one of the nicest people in the business so I was a little confused. He has a unique perception of what works for his movies and the life lessons here are if it doesn't " keep punching" The tenacity of which he approached his career, was pretty amazing, but very little in depth about other actors ?
Of course I've heard stories about his jealousy and temper and I see now, those are probably true...the sad thing is the last 20 minutes of this felt very forced and very " acted" I would have like to known more about who he is as a father, husband, just basic stuff, but decades in the business, I'm sure he is protecting what is private and most important to him. The sad thing, I wanted reality and what is presented is not.
Sly came across as a man so embittered by his fathers abuse that he made a career out of it and is still bitter about IT. I know from people in the movie business that he is one of the nicest people in the business so I was a little confused. He has a unique perception of what works for his movies and the life lessons here are if it doesn't " keep punching" The tenacity of which he approached his career, was pretty amazing, but very little in depth about other actors ?
Of course I've heard stories about his jealousy and temper and I see now, those are probably true...the sad thing is the last 20 minutes of this felt very forced and very " acted" I would have like to known more about who he is as a father, husband, just basic stuff, but decades in the business, I'm sure he is protecting what is private and most important to him. The sad thing, I wanted reality and what is presented is not.