Is this a trend?
This article contains Creed and Star Wars: The Force Awakens spoilers.
Still, the film it Force-choked that record away from is barely even six months old.
So clearly, 2015 has just been an amazing, groundbreaking time for storytelling, right?
Well, in a very particular and franchise-friendly sense, it has beenexactlythat.
In fact, the more echoesForcehas to the originalStar Wars,the better.
Its true, all of it.
But nonetheless, the picture follows the same narrative beats of dinosaurs escaping.
None of this is necessarily a bad thing since both films are quite entertaining.
The need to recreate that exact feeling and plot structure can be awfully confining if done too often.
I would even argue that there is a way to do it and still chart new territory.
Creedpays homage and wide-eyed reverence to not onlyRocky, but all of its sequels.
In fact, he quits a finance job to enter the boxing ring.
In a year that saw three nostalgia-makes all find their audiences,Creedis probably the best.
So prepare thyself, because like theIndependence Day: Resurgencetrailer states, We always knewtheywould come back.
And in this case, the they is probably every franchise you ever enjoyed.
