Rocky

7.44

Rating: 7.44 | Votes: 41

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Submitted by: TheNickel from NB, CANADA
I watched the Rocky movie anthology on VHS, when I was 12 years old, it was a week I will never forget. It motivated me to join Boxing and get in shape. I am 23 today still I'm still boxing love it more then ever and I am looking and joining the NAVY. When ever I have down days, I re-watch the series to remember why I am who I am, and I do what I do. And like any other film of inspiration this movie really teaches the concept that if you want it bad enough you can do it... we can all "eat lightning and crap thunder!"

Submitted by Unknown
This is the worst, most unrealistic movie ever made!!! I don't know how it became a series.

Submitted by: Bimbo from USA
This is the worst, most unrealistic movie of all-time!!! I don't know how it ever became a series.

Submitted by: Johnny from Australia
I don'y know why people find this movie boring. When I first saw Rocky earlier this year I was really insprired. I then got the dvd box set for my birthday and they are all brilliant. Rocky 5 may have been a little bit dodgy but all the rest were awesome. My favourite was Rocky 3. These movies show us that nothing is impossible and that anything can be achieved if we work hard enough for it. Onece you see the movies you will realise that there is an 'Eye of the Tiger' in us all

Submitted by Unknown
you don't have to be a professional and start out great, sheer drive and determination can help you become what you want to be even when others have an advantage over you. Story of an older washed up boxer, who is a nobody, but given a shot at a title works hard using unorthodox training because he is too poor to afford "championship" training. Uses his determination to prove he can win over all the odds.

Much ado about nothing
I'm going to commit an American heresy: Rocky is not at all a good movie.

There, I said it.

Sylvester Stallone wrote the screenplay and, as such, made the lead role of Rocky Balboa exactly what Stallone wanted Balboa to be, exactly the role Stallone wanted to play -- Stallone.

And he doesn't do it very well. I haven't seen a lead actor this bad...well, ever (though Babe the talking pig at least made me glad for the invention of slaughter. Rocky the talking dump truck made me glad for nothing, except maybe ESL teachers). I don't know, maybe if I saw the screenplay, it might be seen that none of Rocky's lines has any consonants, which might partly explain Stallone's delivery. As it is, his range of emotion runs from thoughtful ("Yo, [something unintelligible]") to heartfelt ("Yo, Adrian, [something unintelligible]", long pause, "[Something unintelligible], ya know?"), to angry ("[SOMETHING UNINTELLIGIBLE]!!"). I'm sure someone will say, "Hey, that's the character, he's just an inarticulate guy." It's just a weak excuse for bad acting. That's the real shame here. If it were mere non-acting, Stallone would have pulled it off.

For gosh sakes, he cast his own dog as his own dog, and I didn't even buy the interactions between them, though the dog did everything he could.

As for Rocky the character, I didn't like the guy at all. He's muscle for a small-time loan shark ("It's a living", Rocky says, in a rare moment of decipherability) and steals fish food from a pet shop where Adrian (Talia Shire), the young woman he's trying to date, works. He wants to date her, and he steals her fish food. I'm supposed to like this guy, for why...? I'm supposed to want good things for him, for why...?

Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith), the owner of Mighty Mick's Boxing, the gym where Rocky trains and fights, is such a petty little jerk he takes Rocky's locker away because another fighter has a better chance at the title. After Rocky gets the title fight with Creed, Mickey comes to Rocky telling him how terrific he is, and what a great manager he, Mickey, would make for him. What a rotten little leech. For a moment it seemed like Rocky might clobber him and I wished he would.

Ms. Shire gave some believability to Adrian, and when her brother Paulie (Burt Young) gives her a hard time at home, I'm rooting for her, because Paulie is also a prying ("You ballin' [my sister]?" he asks Rocky in his deepest moment in the movie), callous jerk.

The production values were all right. To the burning question "How do we make it look like it's in Philadelphia?", Production Designer William J. Cassidy came up with this solution: they shot it in Philadelphia. It certainly saves the trouble of wondering if they made it look right. Philadelphia did a better job of playing Philadelphia than Stallone did of playing Stallone. The buildings should've at least gotten a nomination for Best Actor; I really believed the art museum was an art museum.

This movie might have a religious application, for it will give an atheist a sense of eternity. After 45 minutes, I felt like it had been 45 years; I wondered who was President, and whether I should check on my family and find out if they were still alive. Seriously, Scott Conrad and Richard Halsey, the editors, could have taken half an hour out of this movie and improved it. Conrad and Halsey actually won the Best Editing Oscar, if you can believe that.

This movie won the Best Picture Academy Award; all I can say about that is, it must have been a damn lean year in movies if this was the best one.

If you feel the need to see Rocky, then by all means, see Rocky. But for a good boxing movie and a good underdog story, see Cinderella Man. Actual writers (who speak English and everything) wrote it, and actors (who speak English and everything) act in it, if you like that sort of thing.

What good movies are made of :)
This isn't my favorite Rocky movie but I grew up on the series and I think they're fantastic movies! If you've never seen the Rocky series I would highly recommend it if you like sports/action movies. It also has some pretty good advice in it as well for guys and girls :)

great movie
the shipping was fast and the movie was great. i will buy more things off amazon.

Thanks for the movie

Striving For Success
Rocky, 1976 film

The film begins at a small prize fight. "Hit `em" yells a viewer. [A catharsis for the audience?] The last man standing wins. The boxers get their pay. Rocky works as a debt collector for a bookmaker. [The prices date this story.] Is it time to retire? We see Rocky's life in the poor part of town. "Stay in school and use your brain." Rocky gives advice to a young miss. Its important to pick your friends. The planned Big Boxing Event has a problem. Apollo Creed needs an opponent in a hurry. [A dying sport?] They will pick someone from Philadelphia. The show must go on! Does Pauly need better manners? [Unreal?] They go to an ice rink on Thanksgiving night, then talk. [We know what the future is for Adrienne.] Rocky doesn't need a telephone. Will they grow closer?

"It's a wasted life." Rocky expects work as a sparring partner, not a title bout. [To fix the fight?] "Everybody has a chance to win." Rocky needs a manager to help him. His breakfast is raw eggs. Running to build wind and stamina. "Are you doing my sister?" Punching raw beef? [No animal cruelty here.] Rocky wants to stay strong. He practices in the gym. Will he weaken his legs? Apollo talks about business while Rocky pounds raw meat. There is conflict at Pauly's home. Rocky trains and trains, getting stronger now. But he has some doubts. And so the fight begins. Is Rocky outclassed? There is a surprise! Apollo shows his skills. Rocky is pummeled but continues. What is holding him up? Rocky lasts the 15 rounds. Adrienne greets his. Apollo remains the champ on points.

The story how an unknown actor wrote a movie plot, obtained funding, and made a hit movie is amazing. This is still a good movie, but I noticed its economy in production. This story about a rags-to-riches success will always resonate with an audience. Did it give hope to an America that suffered from escalating gas prices and a devalued dollar? This movie made a star out of Sylvester Stallone. Some say "The Italian Stallion" is a reference to an earlier movie by this actor.

"One Of Stallone's Best!"
Sylvester Stallone and more star in this 1976 drama.
A Philadelphia boxer is given a chance to fight a
heavyweight champion. Rocky is definitely one of
Stallone's best films and greatest roles. I'm glad
to have this 2-disc set that has nice picture and
sound plus cool extras. I highly recommend this
classic film.

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