When I was ten years old, I loved Star Wars. I mean I LOVED it. Of course, I'm talking about what is now referred to as "Episode IV: A New Hope," which was actually the first movie to come out and we referred to it simply as "STAR WARS." I loved it so much, in fact, that I sat through it twice, back to back one Saturday afternoon and was late in making deliveries on my afternoon paper route, much to the chagrin of some of my more crotchety customers.
Wasn't a huge fan of what came after "A New Hope," in the Star Wars series, until "Episode VII: The Force Awakens." They really hit it out of the park, in my opinion. JJ Abrams, I salute you, as well as "Awakens" co-writer Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote "The Empire Strikes Back" and, on an interesting side note, "The Big Chill" of all things. For what it is, I consider "The Force Awakens" to be a perfect movie.
I was also a huge fan of "Rocky." I even loved the ridiculous sequels. Of those that followed, "Rocky III" has to be my fave. Oh, it's crap, but I loved it. It had Mr. T, for heaven's sake. And the eye of the tiger. And Apollo Creed and Rocky hugging in the surf in their short shorts after a too close to call foot race on the beach. I need to stop before I bust out crying.
Last year brought sequels to both the Star Wars and Rocky franchises (I have yet to see "Creed," but I plan to). Here are some fun facts that you probably haven't considered that came to me while I was lying in bed in the fog between dream and consciousness. What can I say? I'm weird like that.
Both "Creed" and "The Force Awakens" are the seventh installments in their respective series. The originals came out within a year of one another, Rocky in 1976 and Star Wars in '77.
Both originals were nominated for Best Picture Oscars and Rocky actually won. This year, both "Creed" and "The Force Awakens" are receiving heavy Oscar buzz. How crazy is that?!? Is it just me or is this one of the signs of the apocalypse? This year, if they release another "Friday the 13th" and it's nominated, I'm arming myself and moving to Idaho.
We'll have to wait and see what happens, but Oscar nominations are announced Thursday, January 14th. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. May the force be with both of them. Or the eye of the tiger.
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