The
film, Creed is a spin off of the Rocky movie series. Creed as you
may remember was the last name of a character, Apollo Creed in one of
the Rocky movies. According to the Oxford English Dictionary the
word, creed is a formal statement of religious beliefs, a confession
of faith. It may be a system of beliefs, principles, or an opinion. The
word creed was originally from the Latin word of credo, which
means I believe. Credo was used in the fourth century B.C.,
and was carried forward into Old English from the fifth to tenth
centuries as creda, and into Middle English from the tenth
centuries to the fifteenth century as crede, and now in Modern
English from the sixteenth century to present day, we know the word
as creed. The writers chose the first name of the central character
with the last name of Creed to be Adonis. The name Adonis is from
Greek mythology, who is characterized as forever young god of
vegetation, a deity of life, death, and rebirth, which was
demonstrated in the film with the flashback that Adonis has in the
last boxing match. In present day society, the name Adonis is often
associated with young men who are handsome. In other words, the name Adonis Creed means to believe in young handsome men, they are like gods.
The
young screenwriters, Ryan Coogler and Aaron Covington, both of whom
attended the University of Southern California school of film, pulled on
the classics to reinvent Rocky. As well, when viewing the film, the
film appears as though in acts and scenes rather than modern day film
with continuity. The film also comes with a great deal of touching
sentimentality that can only be produced in the United States; for
that reason, the movie will perform well here, but less well elsewhere. The film is a great
holiday break for the family, it provides the sort of touchy feely,
warm fuzzy feeling that holidays and families love; so please do
indulge your all American sentimentality with this pseudo-classical
version of Rocky.
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