Movie Montage Hall of Fame: Rocky V (Measure of a Man)
Filed Under (Movies) by admin on 28-01-2009
Tagged Under : Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elton John, Rocky V, Sylvester Stallone
To this day, Sylvester Stallone is pretty hard on himself for inflicting Rocky V upon the world. Undoubtedly, it was the weakest film in the series. It had some downright awful and laughable moments. But it also had its winning moments, though they were not as frequent as one would have liked. Still, he was a bit harsh when he gave the film a “0 out of 10.” It at least had some decent montages.
In one of the better choices in the film, Elton John was brought on board for the end credits and contributed Measure of a Man to play over the titles, which featured a still collage of the key moments from Rocky through Rocky V.
Present through the sequence are all of the notable opponents, from Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) to Thunderlips (Hulk Hogan), from Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) to Clubber Lang (Mr. T). And this sequence also goes to prove that you can even end a movie with a montage.
In a related vein, an avid Arnold Schwarzenegger fan took the same song and put together some of the key stills (and video) of his bodybuilding career. In much the same way that the end credits of Rocky V told the story of that character, so does this collage provide some highlights of the earlier career of “the Austrian Oak.”