Keen and I are having a bit of a disagreement. I need your help, bloggers… which has the
better ending? Rocky or Rudy?
I don’t even know how this subject came up. Oh… wait a
minute, that’s right… we were watching the end of Rudy when Keen breaks out
with,
“This is good, but it’s not Rocky.”
World screeches to a halt.
Me: “WHAT?! No way!”
Keen: “I’m just saying, as a feel good movie, Rocky has the
better ending.”
Me: “How can you say
that? This is RUDY! His dad finally comes to the game! This is the
feel good movie!”
Keen: “Yeah, but
Rocky, the guy goes all rounds with Apollo and all he wants is the woman he loves!”
Me: "ADRIAN! Yeah, but the end of Rudy makes me cry. Rocky doesn’t make me cry."
Keen: "Are you kidding?!"
Me: "OK, maybe a little misty-eyed."
Keen, continuing: “I
mean, I would put Rudy on the same level as Hoosiers…”
Me: “Pshh! OK, if you
go there then The Natural has
them all beat…”
So, as you can see, stirring arguments on both sides. What do you think, blogworld? Vote for your favorite!
– the weirdgirl
(P.S. Ironically, as a
sport, I like boxing much better than football.)
Bull Durham!
Rudy. No contest. The other night I was going to bed around midnight and saw that Rudy was coming on. Ended up watching the whole thing. I wouldn’t have done that for Rocky.
I was just going to say all men hate Rudy -but apparently I was wrong (CHAG… <-- see I do really love you). Rudy by far has the better ending. Hi. Sean Astin. C'mon!
Sorry. Can’t help you with this one as I have never seen Rudy. I saw Rocky waaaaay back when it first came out in the theatres, so I can’t really remember anything about it except him running up some stairs.
I studiously avoid sports-related movies EXCEPT baseball movies. I love baseball movies!
KC, you haven’t seen RUDY?!? Oh my, someone needs to send you a copy quick! It’s a great movie, sports or no. Think Rocket Boys, but with football.
Chag and Kristen… THANK YOU!
(I knew Bull Durham would show up sooner or later. Next there should be an appearance from Field of Dreams.)
Rocket Boys? What are/is Rocket Boys?
I vote for Field of Dreams.
It’s basically a vote against Stallone, and much as I like Samwise Gamgee he’ll always be with the Goonies to me…
And who doesn’t lose their shit when he says, “Hey dad…wanna have a catch?”
KC, Rocket Boys are from October Sky, another fabulous movie! I know you’re a theatre and book girl but this one I highly recommend. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132477/
(Sorry for the weird reference, I just always think of that movie as the rocket boy movie.)
CroutonBoy, Keen is right there with you. Field of Dreams is his absolute favorite baseball movie… and he’s pretty much watched every baseball or other sport movie out there. (Mine is still The Natural.)
OK, OK! You had me at “weird reference”! I’ll put both Rudy and October Sky on my Netflix list.
Happy Holidays!
I am fans of both movies, and I have to say the winner by a longshot is “Rudy.” In college, a whole room of frat brothers were teary-eyed at the end as Rudy is carted off the field at Notre Dame.
In Rocky, he loses the fight, but he does get the girl. It’s a great ending, since he wasn’t even expected to last past the first round and going the distance.
But Rudy is the best ending.
The Natural is a different matter, since in the book, he strikes out. The cinematic version is so Hollywood, and sort of defeats the whole true message of the story.
He strikes out to a young farmboy with a rocket arm – basically a mirror of his former self. Temptation might have nearly ruined the old man’s career, but you cannot defeat time.
I cry like a little bitch with Rudy but not Rocky so I have to pick Rudy. My favorite part of Rudy is not the ending though. It is when all the players start turning in their jerseys so Rudy can play.