OMG...Are you kidding me? I absolutely ADORE the Rocky movies. They have been my inspiration since I can remember. I have all the films.
I remember when Rocky Balboa came out, I was so excited. It felt like I was going to a concert or something. lol
My favorite is Rocky is part 1 no doubt. The direction was really classical and down to earth. But I love em all. Part 2 had that intense moment at the end when Rock and Creed hit the ring floor for the count. Love it. Also how he wasn't able to get a decent job because he didn't finish high school and couldn't read. So he starts working at a meat packing company doing hard labor work. But eventually gets pushed back in the ring through Apollos constant humiliating taunts.
Rocky 3 had a very powerful message about regaining meaning within you to succeed after a tragic loss. It was pretty sad but also very inspiring.
And come on... you can't go wrong with Mr.T as the heavy hitter Clubber Lang!
Rocky 4 was just a kick butt 80's revenge movie with great music and Ivan Drago.
"if I can change... and you can change... EVERYBODY CAN CHANGE!" *audience applauds* .
And part 5 (the one many disliked), really shows Rocky going back to his roots, including the way he used to talk in part 1 before he became civilized in part 3 -up.
I think Rocky 5 was a good film. But not a good bookend. The fact that he never hit the boxing ring in that film really upset movie goers.
But thanks to Rocky Balboa, Rocky 5 is an essential part of the saga now.
My favorite all time scene was when Rock was remembering Micky (Rocky 5) and Mickey threw that famous quote Mike Tyson's trainer used about staying alive long enough to see Rock do good.
"Get up you sonofabitch! Cuz Mickey loves ya".
Burgess Meredith was awesome.
He was also the Penguin in the 60s campy BATMAN tv shows. *pow! bam! zap!*
Sly is a very inspiring icon. I didn't know what to expect when he did Rocky Balboa at 60-61 years of age. But he blew me away. I was very happy with the film.
A great bookend.
So sad Adrien wasn't in it.
When I first saw Rocky, I had a huge crush on Talia Shire's character. She was so cute with her little hat and reading glasses and her shy/timid demeanor. :huggy:
A little trivia on Rocky 4 music composer Vince DiCola... He also did the music in the animated Transformers: The movie film of the 80s. You can actually really notice similar beats used for Unicron and Ivan Drago's eerie introduction music track before the fight with Rocky in Russia.
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