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Sylvester Stallone offers up the next installment of his powerful "Rocky" movie series as a faith allegory. "Rocky Balboa" is so far a knockout at the box office, too.
Sylvester Stallone has enlisted the help of the faith community in getting the word out about “Rocky Balboa,” the latest Rocky movie, released December 20. He has also offered a resource website to Christian leaders who may want to use the movie’s allegorical powers as teaching tools. The website, www.RockyResources.com, offers discussion guides, sermon outlines, and posters, among other tools, to aid in communicating the movies’ themes of faithfulness, integrity, respect and humility. Stallone, an Oscar-winning writer/director/producer, promises a strong message of hope and encouragement to all ages in this tale of the aging fighter’s last stand in the ring. I watched several post-movie interviews with Christian pastors and leaders, who described “Rocky Balboa” as very “message-driven,” as the “spiritual journey of Rocky Balboa,” and as the “right ending for the whole series of movies.” My own son called it one of the best movies he’s ever seen, which really means I must see it now! Considering the qualities and experience that Stallone brings to the movie, I’d expect a great film, and especially appreciate his ability to take a faith message to the masses as well as share its tools with the Christian community. And like the great fighter himself says in the film, “ain’t nothin’ over ‘til it’s over.”
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