Belajar Dari Rocky Balboa

Pernah dengar tentang kisah Rocky Balboa? Generasi sekarang mungkin lebih mengenali hero-hero baru dalam filem Transformers, Terminator, Spiderman, Batman dan entah apa-apa lagi hero yang tidak logik yang dihidangkan kepada audiens. Bagi aku yang melalui zaman remaja pada zaman 90 an, aku lebih mengenali Mcgyver dan yang paling hebat tentulah Sylvester Stallone. Lakonannya dalam mana-mana filem, aku pasti akan teruja untuk menontonnya, kerana dia adalah dirinya sendiri dalam setiap filem yang dilakonkan.

Namun antara sekian banyak filem yang dilakonkan oleh Sly, yang paling memberi kesan tentulah lakonannya dalam sequel Rocky. Kisah peninju jalanan yang menggapai kegemilangan melalui kerja keras dan susah payah, kesungguhan dan hatinya yang sasa telah memberi inspirasi kepada jutaan penonton filem ini.

Semalam aku berkesempatan menonton sequel terakhir filem Rocky iaitu Rocky Balboa dalam slot Mega Movie TV3. Bagiku ini adalah antara filem motivasi terbaik yang perlu ditonton oleh sesiapa sahaja yang ingin mendapatkan inspirasi dalam kehidupannya. Dialog yang berkesan, jalan cerita yang baik, kisah pencarian yang penuh dengan kegigihan dan semangat waja menjadi tunjang filem ini. Antara dialog menarik penuh inspirasi yang masih melekat dikepalaku adalah antara Rocky dan anaknya :

I'd hold you up to say to your mother, "this kid's gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid's gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew." And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching you, every day was like a privilige. Then the time come for you to be your own man and take on the world, and you did. But somewhere along the line, you changed. You stopped being you. You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you're no good. And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame, like a big shadow. Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain't you! You're better than that! I'm always gonna love you no matter what. No matter what happens. You're my son and you're my blood. You're the best thing in my life. But until you start believing in yourself, ya ain't gonna have a life.

Begitu juga saat lawan Rocky dalam filem ini (Mason ‘The Lion’ Dixon) ketika berbicara dengan bekas jurulatih lamanya :

You got everything money can buy, except what it can't. Its Pride. Pride is what got your ass out here, and losing is what brought ya back. But people like you, they need to be tested. They need a challenge.

But you know that ain't never gunna happen, there ain't anybody out there Martin.

Theres always somebody out there. Always. And when that time comes and you find something standing if front of you, something that ain't running and ain't backin up and is hittin on you and your too damn tired to breathe. You find that situation on you, that good, Cuz thats the situation when you’re under fire! Once you get thru that and you’ll find the only kind of respect that matters in this world, Self respect.

Susah untuk mencari filem tempatan yang memaparkan kisah-kisah begini, aku harap suatu hari nanti Malaysia juga akan melahirkan filem atau pelakon hebat seperti Sylvester Stallone, tapi lebih gagah, lebih beriman dan lebih bersemangat waja dari Rocky Balboa dalam filem ini.