The Eagles lay an Egg

Merry Easter. After a weekend of searching for eggs it appears the Philadelphia Eagles have found a home for Donovan Mcnabb. As everyone knows Donovan is now a Washington Redskin. I won't elaborate further because I'm sure we'll all burned out already. And what does it matter I have him and Kolb on my fantasy team anyway.

MOVIE REVIEW: Law Abiding Citizen- I had been warned off this movie by a couple of facebook pseudofriends, but since the Netflix gods chose it for me we gave it a shot. It was actually a decent movie. It was filmed in Philadelphia, so that was a plus. I know, stop the presses, a movie about a murderer in Philly... How do they come up with these ideas? It kind of gets out of control toward the end, but I would give it a solid 7 stars out of 11.

TOP 10: Rocky Movies... well it's a top six I guess huh. Get used to this.
6: Rocky V: Where do I begin? Let's pretend like I could ignore that your son can't act Sly, what was everyone elses excuse for phoning this one in. Tommy shows all the acting chops you could expect from a big dopey white boxer. The climactic fight is interesting in it's total implausability. So, a local Philly hero is being beaten in the street, and everybody just stands there.... Right.
Best moment- after Paulie is punched, before the fight outside
Worst moment- during the fight, look for when the film is repeated and sped up for no reason
Quotable- "You knocked him down, why don't you try knocking me down now"

5: Rocky III: Okay, nothing rivals five for shit, but Mr. T. while a good laugh, is not the greatest antagonist. The story feels all wrong, very LA, very unRocky for the majority of the film. It's a very sequel movie. If that makes sense to you.
Best moment- Mickey's death scene. Aloha Burgess.
Worst moment- training montage. 80's heavy baby.
Quotable- "Eye of the Tiger, Rock"

4: Rocky IV: Great start to this one. Apollo shows us just how unstoppable the Russian is and... hey is that James Brown! So, after a lot of posturing we get to Moscow and we fight the guy who is three times Rocky's size. Not surprisingly, Rocky wins the day and defeats communism by himself. An average, but watchable movie.
Best moment- Training Montage, what an improvement
Worst moment- Rocky's speech about world peace. Please don't pontificate Rock.
Quotable- "If he dies, he dies"

3: Rocky Balboa: It doesn't matter if he's sixty, does it. Apparently a good script can overcome that minor problem of Rocky being nearlly eligible for social security. The movie shows that Stallone can actually act in more than grunts and the fight at the end has a lot of emotion to it. Unlike the previous three movies, you actually care what happens at the end.
Best moment- Rocky takes a final bow to the crowd
Worst moment- Rocky's opponents acting... seems like I've said that before.
Quotable- It ain't about how hard you can hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.

2: Rocky II: The rematch. One of the best sequels ever made I'd say. For one thing, it's actually plausible that a champion would be so pissed he couldn't knock out some nobody he'd demand a rematch. "I won, but I didn't beat him." Creed says. There is a very good narrative outside the fight about Rocky, Adrian, their baby and Mickey. Everything fits together well and you are on the edge of your seat when Rocky heads to the arena. The final fight is epic, it feels like you watch an entire boxing match in about twenty minutes. Is the ending over the top... maybe, but you know you loved it.
Best moment- I'm gonna say it. Waiting to see who's going to get off the mat.
Worst moment- For some reason I dislike the opening hospital scene. I don't know why.
Quotable- "Win." "What are we waiting for!"

1: Rocky: Lots of suspense for that, huh. Rocky isn't a great boxing movie or a great sports movie. It's just a great movie. I won't use this space to break down the reasons why this is the probably the best sports movie ever. You should know that already. Needless to say, it's a movie were the protaganist wins even when he doesn't win.
Best moment- Running up the art museum steps the second time
Worst moment-N/A
quotable- "Adrian, Adrian"

Currently Watching: Battlestar Galactica Season 4
Currently Reading: I, Robot

Until next time.