Fantastic but could of been Perfect

Rating: 9/10 (1 December 2015)

you're probably wondering why my summary says Fantastic but could of been Phenomenal, well let me explain, this movie surpasses any expectations I had even for a Rocky movie, people will immediately say this is not a Rocky movie it's Creed movie it's a new story, and you'd be completely wrong, this movie continues the story of Rocky Balboa and just like you see in TV shows like The Walking Dead where they dedicate a show to do a back story on some character and then integrate them into the current story, well the same is done here, you see Creed getting in trouble as a youth with a short temper and likes to fight, fast forward several years and he finds out he's Apollo Creed's son, at this point the stories are starting to merge and when Adonis seeks out Rocky Balboa at his Restaurant still in business years later then it becomes a continuation of the Rocky Balboa story, yes the focus is on Adonis Creed but it's a continuation of the story not a side story and it is told beautifully, the movie for me was better than Rocky Balboa and obviously Rocky 5, but for me Rocky 1 thru 4 are still my favorites and for me are all a perfect 10, I'm a die hard Rocky fan and Creed would of benefited tremendously from a classic Rocky score, some of the Rocky music is in there but for a true Rocky movie fan it's just sprinkled lightly here and there throughout the movie, there is a scene towards the end of the movie that we actually get a Rocky movie score and that's when people at the theater came alive, I got goose bumps myself and felt the music really should of been more faithful to the Rocky series and make no mistake this movie was great, I truly loved it but it would of gone over the top to perfect if it had the appropriate score, I have no doubt you'll see a Fan Edit version of Creed in the future with the score reworked to be more in tune with a Rocky movie when the Blu Ray comes out, I've seen it done before with the recent release of A9 Prometheus (A9 being the editor) and a true die hard fan of Alien movies re worked the story and score of the movie even added deleted scenes and gave it a more Aliens movie franchise feel to it and in my opinion an improvement, A9 even re-did the Alien attack scene at the back of the bay doors to the ship and made the Alien look more like the traditional Alien but with notable differences, and trust me a Creed Fan Edit will be done because that's already the number 1 gripe with Rocky fans, the music, I can't wait to see it, but for now this will be the next best thing, great movie I give it a 9 out of 10