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You could really feel that anime influence Michael B Jordan was talking about

Michael did a fantastic job directing this movie

This movie solidified the Creed trilogy as one of the best film trilogies of all time. The final fight is honest to god one of the best and most creative fight scenes ever filmed.

My only gripes with the film is we didn't get to see a lot of fights after Damian won. He just went straight into fighting Adonis. Plus, it would've been cool to see flashbacks of him in prison & his life after he won his first fight.

That last fight was INCREDIBLE, I do think that the stylistic elements of it were so unique and added an emotional and VERY personal weight to the fight but it also removed some of the intensity namely the jail cell showing up but I loved it nonetheless, just pros and cons of that direction! ❤

Creed 3 was so great and one of my favorite movies of the year so far

That closeness of the drama between Marian and Adonis is beautifully captured in that scene. That bond is just perfection.

"Aww..you think they'll kill her off?" "...the daughter?" 😂😂😂

The moment the shot of the two of them staring at each other through the wall happened I knew that I was watching a movie that is one of the best of the year. Currently as of today it is my #1 of the year. I love the clear anime influence you feel throughout Jordan's direction. I said this is a man who has been a student of film all his life and is now finally gotten the chance to show what he's learned.

Y’all were talking about Creed’s diet in this. Athletes can still eat “junk food”, just not all the time or when they’re training. Adonis, he’s also retired. And when they get food as kids, Dame is a kid so his metabolism is super high. I know of a pro jiujitsu fighter who just eats pasta and pizza who’s in his 20’s and he’s super ripped and a multiple world champion.

Jonathan Majors is fascinating to watch. I hate what has happened in his personal life but damn he is a great actor

Its so sadder, how she can't hear her dad but she can see the anger on his face and thats just as traumatic to a child.

Idk if anyones mentioned it but i feel like that 42 jacket young dame was wearing was dedicated to Chadwick Boseman

You can see Michael B. Jordons love for anime in the way he directs the fight scenes. I absolutelty love the style he brought to them.

I'm in the minority, but this had my favorite training montage of the franchise. It was like a short film in-of itself. Like I went in a journey with Adonis, learning about self-forgiveness. "Why do we fall, master Bruce?"

As a boxing fan, I think the thing that took me out of this movie was Dame being given a title shot. I'm not saying Rocky/Creed movies are paragons of realism, but, with the Creed flicks anyway, they've tried to make both the fighting and the business of boxing more closely reflect real life. And the simple fact is that no boxing commission would sanction an amateur (which Dame was) fighting a professional and none of the boxing organizations that crown the champion would jump an amateur to #1 contender status for a title fight (they addressed Donny's snap title contention in Creed by noting he had a professional record). It felt like they were in such a rush to get to the fight between Dame and Donny that they missed a chance to at least give something of a realistic explanation for how Dame got his title shot.

That ASL teacher served as a consultant for this film helping the actress who plays the onscreen daughter to Adonis and Bianca.

Dame was justified in a way. Donnie could have reached out some way some how. Even when he was an adult and made it but he didn't, and to me, that was wrong of him. I love the reaction and MBJ direction was great for a 1st timer. Thanks Generals of the Reject Nation🫡.

Great directing, great story, great acting. Great movie 🙂

Feels like a "cathartic experience" at the end , would've never been possible in this movie as compared to other Creed/Rocky movies because of how they portrayed Damien. In the previous Creed movies it was all about Adonis and his battles. We were almost always in the protagonist's shoe and by the end you have this intense need of seeing his opponent drop on the canvas. In this one , we become way more understanding of Damien's struggles and what he had to go through. In the end their talk after the match feels more satisfying then the fight. But the fight was osuummmmmm too.

I hope they do a spinoff with his daughter.

“THE CREED DYNASTY”🤣🤣🤣

I'm South African and my theatre cheered when we saw the first fight took place in our country.🇿🇦😅 (we know it wasnt real btw).

This movie was awesome. Saw it in theaters with my dad (we both love boxing) and we really liked it. I did feel Rocky’s absence though. It felt kinda weird that in such a big, personal fight and big, personal tragedy (Adonis’s mom's passing), Rocky was nowhere to be found or even mentioned. His not being there didn’t really affect or take away from the story, but I personally think it would’ve enhanced it because they’re great together and I absolutely love their pseudo-father/son relationship. Hell, he’s Amara’s godfather. Rocky really enhances and compliments Creed as a character and fighter, even if it’s Creed’s own personal fight and story that doesn't really have anything to do with Rocky. It's just so heartfelt and wholesome to see Rocky support Adonis and guide him through tough life situations and big fights. And as compelling and real the conflict between Adonis and Damien was, I wanted at least one scene of them trying to talk and let it all out before it got to a fight. Especially Damien opening up about how exactly he feels because even though his actions are inexcusable, his anger is somewhat understandable. And I would’ve loved to see how Adonis responded in a specific conversation like that. You can tell there’s tension between them in every interaction as if there’s a giant elephant in the room that needs to be addressed. When Donnie invited Damien over to his house and he was giving him the grand tour and it was just the 2 of them, that would’ve been the perfect time for either one of them to just spit it out and address the issue. Either Donnie trying to apologize and/or Damien confronting Donnie and asking him straight up why he ran away and never even visited him in jail or at least wrote him back. Adonis basically started that fight outside the store and was getting jumped. And Damien pulled the gun to help him, only for him to run away. Adonis never even went to visit him in jail. And when Damien wrote to him from jail, he never even got the letters (that wasn’t Adonis’s fault though since his mom hid them). Damien probably feels that he paid an ultimate and unfair price for saving Donnie from getting jumped in a fight Donnie himself started. And he didn’t save him out of selfishness or any ulterior motive or try to get him in trouble or anything, he just tried to save his little brother whom he loved. Not only does Donnie run away and never even visit him, but Damien ends up in jail, losing years of his life (let alone prime boxing years where he could’ve built his career) while the person he saved lives the life he was working towards. He understandably felt betrayed and forgotten by someone he deeply loved and saw as a little brother. I wanted to see them talk and just let some of it out beforehand. Mainly so Damien could express how he really feels and Donnie could try to apologize. I think that would’ve added more weight to the final fight. I’m glad they talked after, and Donnie ultimately apologized for running away and not visiting, and they both chalked it up to them being kids and not knowing any better back then. But at that point, they pretty much let it all out in the ring.

The fight cinematography and the storytelling of the visuals reminds me of why I love "Play It to the Bone"... a fantastic movie that deserves far more respect than it gets

Loved the anime aesthetic that Michael B. Jordan used in the final fight

The double punch was a homage to DBZ something Goku and Vegeta usually do to each other while fighting. Also the gut punch was something that happens to Goku often 🤣

Ey, when I watched this movie, I remember when I finished I realised that "oh yeah, Rocky is part of this." I didnt feel like this movie needed Rocky AT ALL. And that's props to Michael B Jordan and Ryan Coogler. A very complete story. It's one of my favorites.

I LOVE how Adonis turned into Apollo And made Dame Rocky ❤ Genius Great film! Can't believe I want another one

His scream by the Hollywood sign was reminiscent of Rocky screaming (Drago) from the mountaintop in Russia from Rocky 4.

I still feel like Rocky's ending in Creed 2 was perfect, nothing more is needed.

lol Don King is a real person a real fight promoter/manager, although yes he was featured in Rocky 5

20:24 commentator for the Dame/Felix fight was real life boxing commentator Mauro Renallo, he commentated for WWE NXT from 2016-2020 and decided to leave for personal reasons now he commentates for boxing and the ufc, I marked out hearing him cuz he’s a real voice in the sports I don’t watch lmao

In the first one, Ricky wasn't about to retire, he was about to go to jail.

I didn’t even notice Rocky’s absence

Ayo‚ I just finished watching this movie right now‚ and I open KZfaq and the first I see is this. 😀😀

I just now caught The Wire reference. Calling Duke, Dookie.

One of my favorite movies of 2023

Glad you guys did this reaction. MJB did a FANTASTIC job for his directorial debut. From the color contrast and the incredible visual shots he filmed was amazing and very artistic. And tbh, i didn't really think about Rocky that much once i started getting sucked into the story. I hope Michael does some more projects in the near fututre🔥🔥🔥

My favourite movie out of this trilogy. Pretty amazing giving the fact that it was Michael B. Jordans first movie as a director. I'm so curious how he'll develope as a director. Can't wait for it.

Pretty Ricky was not "retiring" in the first film. He was going to JAIL. For some reason a lot of people seem to miss that. It's like how Mike Tyson and floyd Mayweather went to jail and came back and immediately returned to boxing. Also I'm a boxing fan and I love how Dames fighting style was like Joe Frazier's. They called it the peekaboo style.

"It is not safe to be in a car with Jonathan Majors" Ok Greg got jokes this morning I see lmao.

Idk if you noticed in the back ground but dame was talking to the guy who hit drago at the party right before it happen and it really didn't stand out till the second time I watched it

Creed III is a masterpiece! 💯

35:55 that double punch shot was one of 3 anime references in the fight, the punch when they hit each other’s gloves was from Naruto Naruto and sasuke’s final battle, this punch was from dragon ball Z, goku Vs majin vegeta, and the heavy body shot that dame gave Donny was also from dragon ball Z, goku vs freeza the final part of battle on namek, sorry i big nerded

out of the entire movie my favorite character is the daughter. she really shined in her scenes

Michael is a brilliant director! He knocked it out of the park on his first movie. Can't wait to see what he does next!

Also I feel you can get that De Niro-Pacino collaboration between Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors.

I'm here for the reaction, obviously, but the jokes you guys made had me literally laughing out loud 🤣

Guys, this is actually my first time checking your channel out and I don't regret doing it. The Creed III perspective is personal, dark, emotional and terrific. This is by far my favourite Creed movie and Rocky IV is still an all time favourite for me. Damian Anderson is a fantastic character, probably the best opponent ever created in the Rocky/Creed saga. All the memories and feelings that Adonis had to face and at the same time having to say a final goodbye to his mother (that actually made me cry too.. 😢). The final fight scenes were phenomenal, the anime influence was excellent too. Yes the movie should have been a bit longer.. I agree with you guys, the time jumps were crazy. The music and performance were amazing ✅ • Awesome 👍 great reaction, guys. I have just joined your channel ✅ we are connected now 👍 well done!!

nah he did his thing on the directing for sure

Definitely my favorite of the 3 and I loved Jonathan Majors in this!

I saw the joke at 1:57 coming a mile away 😂

Victor Drago is a mountain both figuratively and literally. He is tower amongst everyone.

Of course that fight was gonna be insane, Michael B.J really did a good Job to take inspiration from Naruto and portrait the Obito vs kakashi fight into his own way

1-3-2 is my order from favorite to least (still liked the 2nd). My only criticisms for this one is missing Stallone, either a second or longer training montage, and I feel like Majors character kind of did a 180 during his title fight. Went from an understandable underdog to a mustache villain.

Trivia: The girl portraying Adonis Creed 's daughter is deaf in real life. She's such a great actress. Who knows, maybe she will continue the Creed legacy in the ring in years to come. 👍

Yall reaction videos are some of the best. I love when y’all post. ❤️💕

I felt like this movie only issue was the run time, it needed more time to flesh out Damien. And I wish the fight was a little longer

so glad y’all did a reaction on this

Couldn’t help but notice some of that old edgy Ryan Right humor peaking through a couple times

this was my first time watching a fighting movie in general and the feeling i got while watching this was wild

4:14 - Nah, he had a prison sentence and naturally had to stop fighting for a time. My guess is he came back and won one of the heavyweight belts Donnie didn’t have yet. Also, the logo on the gloves isn’t special, it’s the official one for Grant Boxing Gloves

From now on Michael B Jordan needs to direct all the Creed movies going forward.

Creed III is phenomenal! 🔥🤯🔥🤯

So one thing I didn’t notice till after y’all mentioned Michael likes anime was that final fight in the ring when the audience is gone and they’re in that trance was very naruto, when the two boxers share that strong of a connection they’re into their own world almost.

When your the only one in the movie theater screaming for Johnathon to get up😂😂

I was waiting for this reaction for a long time 😂

The 1999 Dr. Dre's "The Watcher" from his Chronic 2000 album, great choice of background music at the beginning. One of my favourite Dr. Dre tracks ❤

I swear after every rocky/creed movie I wanna start boxing

Creed 3 is the best 😮

“It is not safe to be in a car with Jonathan Majors…..”. DAMN lol. Anyway, pleasant surprise to see y’all react to this. Loved this flick. Liked it better than 2, but still not as much as 1. This one felt the least “Rocky” of ‘em all, and I’m actually cool with that. I honestly wasn’t even thinking about Rocky. If anything, when it has to become the “boxing movie”, that’s when it kiiiiinda loses me a bit, because I was so entrenched in the drama between Adonis & Damian and how it affects the former’s life & mental health. The build-up to the fight could’ve been more (this is the shortest film in the trilogy thus far). That being said, I totally enjoyed this, and Michael B did a solid job in his directorial debut.

After re watching the movie about 4x now I can say it's my favorite creed movie and best one imo I've seen them all atleast 4x or more too 😂😂

I think what would’ve helped is if Creed loses against Damien the first fight and he goes throughout all this self doubt and guilt and has to rebuild his belief in himself to go on and win the rematch. I think that’s why we felt so much more in the Rocky movies

“You think you can beat me? I am DAME”

Yes! Been looking forward to this one

Amazing movie!!!! I was blown away by the style and direction of this movie. So good.

I don’t like that Rocky isn’t in the movie but I actually enjoyed it a lot

The fight sequence with no audience and no music only with sound of their move and punches and then slowly music comes back gives me vibes of Kakashi vs Obito fight in the kamui dimension.

We need to let go of the fear, let go to the guilt, let go of whatever was and walk into what is.

Been waiting for this!!!!!

LOVED this movie. Favorite in the trilogy. Impressive directorial debut from Michael B. Jordan.

This movie, especially in the build up of the fight scenes and then the fight scenes themselves, feels very anime, in the best way possible! It is amazingly dynamic!

One of the best films of the year so far and a nice finish for Creed's Storyline. Great directorial debut by Jordan and great performance. Majors stole the show and proves why he's one of the best stars today. I do miss Rocky but the story didn't need him. I do hope if they make Creed IV Stallone comes back. Solid Trilogy and hope to get Directing from Jordan because he nailed it.

Brothers, I watched it a month aga at Imax. This was cinema experience

This movie was awesome. Michael B Jordan did a great job directing. Entire cast killed it.

This was the first time I've ever seen a Creed film

This movie gave me my favorite character in Damian, and it was my favorite film of any Rocky movie! This movie was amazing

I had to close my eyes through the fight scenes but i loved it!!

Just watched this film last night it’s amazing and Michael B. Jordan joins the list of actors who also directed their own film

Ayy I'm still upset that I missed this one in theaters.

So I love this movie, and I like the artistic choice in the final fight. But I feel like it kills the high feeling a bit too much, I think they needed it to be a round and then get back into a little more crowd work before finale. Somewhere in the isolation u lose a little momentum of what you want end of movie.

They could have had a throwaway line in there when they were eating at the diner (Damian could've asked where Rocky was and Adonis could've said he's with his family in Canada, we talk a couple times a month - or something like that) and that would've handled it. That being said, I don't think Rocky needed to be in the film. The film/trilogy is called "Creed'' and while I love the character of Rocky (the original film and "Rocky II" are both some of my favorite all-time films), it needed to focus on Adonis and his family. Without an extra 20/30 mins, there's simply no room for Rocky. I think this film is better than "Creed II," and cements this trilogy as one of the better all-time ones, but the original "Creed" is still the best. Give it 10 years and bring them all back with Maya as a Boxer? That'd be a nice twist.

That extra stuff with the final fight was extra lol

The workout build up scenes had me ready to plow through a wall

Them boys jacked I could see Greg getting that Michael b Jordan physique it’s gotta be a strict diet tho to get lean like him but Idk if y’all work out for the aesthetic look or just to be in shape Andrew still got a lot of newbie gains he can get keep up the grind I love what y’all do 💯🔥

The symbols on the gloves are the company logo there called grant hook and loop boxing glove they were used by many professional fighters

Creed 3 is one of the greatest sport drama movies of all time. The story, performance's, music, direction, screenplay, fight sequences, cinematography, motivational, powerful, and inspirational life messages was spectacular and phenomenal. It also gives a insightful and articulate representation of redemption such as fighting for what you believe in and stand for. It was decent. 😍😎👍💯

Michael B Jordan did a great job directing this movie