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Summary: One Of The All-Time Greats
Review: Even though many critics think it's too simplistic and over emotional B-movie I still feel it's worthy of being called one of cinema's best. Small time pug Rocky Balboa (Stallone) gets a crack at the title that was supossed to be a show for champ Apollo Creed (Weathers) to show his stuff on the country's bicentenial birthday, but Rocky gives him more than he bargins for. Great cast (including Stallone in one of his few "real" acting roles) and Director John Alvinson definetly does Sly's excellent script justice. I do agree that "Rocky" doesn't have the most elaborate of plots, but it has very involving characterazations and I feel it's very meaningful and just about anyone can relate with this film. Followed by 4 sequels that got increasingly worse with each installment. Trivia: The producers wanted Burt Renolyds (!) for the role of Rocky, but Stallone wanted the role so bad he agreed to do the part for free.
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Summary: I feel that it is the greatest serious sport film ever.
Review: I feel it was a great acting job by Stalone,he made the film. It was a great plot,I loved all of the Rocky films. The soundtrack was one of the best ever. I feel it was up there with the great films.
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Summary: The World Heavyweight Champion Of All Aovies.
Review: This movie is the greatest ever made. It shows how an everyday guy made it big in the world. I liked it so much because the storline was believeable. It was great that he lost at the end because that just made it all the more real. This move will motivate anyone who watches it, and it actually got me interested in the sport of boxing. I ve watched all of the Rockys about a hundred times each and everytime the story is just as great. They just don't get boring! Rocky depicts a hard luck boxer, Rocky "The Itallion Stallion" Balboa, as he is selected by luck to fight the heavyweight champion Apollo Creed. He trains hard and becaomes a good fighter with an even bigger heart and he becomes the first fighter to go the distance with Apollo. He loses by a split decision. He lives with his future wife Adrian, and is often with his friend and Adrian's brother Paulie. The movie taked place on the streets of Philadelphia, and the fight is in the Spectrum. Well, whoever reads this, i tell you not to go another day without seeing this movie and then numbers 2-5, they are all great!
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Summary: A GREAT MOVIE AND A GREAT SERIES excluding (Rocky 4 and 5)
Review: GREAT! MASTERPIECE! ONE OF MY TOP MOVIES OF ALL TIM
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Summary: The best movie series ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: ROCKY I, ROCKY II, ROCKY III, ROCKY IV, and ROCKY V are the greatest movies ever made. Sylvester Stallone, the best actor, writer, and director in the world has created something beyond belief. These movies are so amazingly awesome that it is impossible for me to get tired of them. All Stallone's films are like this. He is great. I believe that an artist portrays him or herself in his or her works, unless purposly trying to not to. So Stallone must have a humungous heart, because thats what I see in his characters when I watch his movies. All of the Rocky movies or better yet, Sylvester Stallone movies I think, deal with heart, determination, mind over matter, beating the odds, surviving, heart, love and a million other aspects of life. Well anyway I give this the highest rating possible. It really is the best movie series ever, forever and without it my life would not be complete.
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Summary: Classic
Review: This is a classic! One for the collection. An Academy Award Winner for Best Picture. See it in Letterbox form, like it was intended to be watched. Underdog club boxer with heart vs. the overconfident champion. Have some fears you need to attack, then watch this one an go get'm! See Sylvester Stallone in his only true great performance. Almost as good as Rudy, but Rudy doesn't come on DVD. END
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Summary: "Cut me, Mick. . ."
Review: All of us love to pull for the underdog, especially if the dog's odds are seemingly insurmountable. Of all the thrilling, inspiring, "feel good" underdog movies out there, ROCKY rates as one of the best. The movie that put Sylvester Stallone on the celebrity map (unfortunately), ROCKY still entertains some three decades after its initial, Academy Award-winning run. We all know the story: Rocky Balboa, an undisciplined club brawler and strong-arm collection man from the slums of Philadelphia, gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot at boxing's heavyweight title. Yet the upcoming fight is merely the trimming surrounding the story; ROCKY is about a humble man with a heart of gold--a man who confronts his shortcomings and insecurities to evolve into a remarkable human being. To assist him on his journey, Rocky develops a timid relationship with an equally insecure girl, a pet shop worker named Adrian (played wonderfully by Talia Shire). To see the two of them together on their first date is one of the film's most entertaining, bittersweet moments; Rocky's small talk is hilarious yet mundane--Adrian looks terrified, yet finally begins to relax, to come out of her shell. Once two lost souls, Rocky and Adrian become indispensable to one another; their growing love transcends the pending fight--the exciting showdown. The fight itself is cinematic brilliance: a thrilling, totally believable match that will have the viewer cheering from his chair. Carl Weathers looks, moves, talks, and fights like an egotistical heavyweight champ, while Burgess Meredith captures one of film's most memorable roles as Mickey, Rocky's gnarled, battle-tested trainer. Few movies universally touch a collective nerve that has the viewer spontaneously smiling while wiping a tear from the eye. ROCKY is one of them.
--D. Mikels
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Summary: Before Sly was stupid
Review: They just don't make 'em like they used to. Sylvester Stallone had to learn that the hard way, after making countless, subpar action movies for twenty years. He went down a spiriling escalator to become a watered-down, Hollywood celebrity. However, that's not what people were saying back in 1976, and rightfully so. "Rocky" is Sly's crowning achievement, and ranks as one of, if not the best, sports movie ever made, and one of the greatest motion pictures of the last three decades. The story is nothing short of compelling. Based loosely on the fifteen-round fight between Chuck Wepner and Muhammad Ali (as the DVD will tell you if you don't know), "Rocky" weaves a perfect storyweb centering around the title character Rocky Balboa (Stallone). One of the most beloved characters in movie history, Rocky is a tough but good-natured man from the mean streets of Philadelphia; a loan shark goon by day, and boxer by night, under the moniker of The Italian Stallion. Despite working two jobs, he's on the brink of bumhood, and has no luck impressing his belligerent boxing trainer Mickey (played magnificently by Burgess Meredith) nor impressing the local pet shop girl Adrian (Talia Shire). However, when World Heavyweight Champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) gives him a shot at the title for the Bicentennial Match to be held in Philadelphia, it gives Rocky a glimmer of hope, to rise above the odds and go the distance. The story alone is incredibly gripping, but so is the acting. Stallone is in top form as The Italian Stallion. Immensely likable, melancholy, and incredibly human, the Rocky of this movie sadly disappears as the sequels go on. Burt Young also does a great job as disgruntled butcher Paulie, who is jealous of Rocky's offer at redemption. And who can forget the training montage? No one. "Gonna Fly Now" is a classic, through and through. Overall, owe it to yourself to at least RENT "Rocky". If you haven't seen any of them, start with this one, because its sequels cannot hold a candle to it. It's a gritty, rousing, realistic, touching collage of romance, comedy, drama, allegory, action, and sports. Watch it ASAP. MOVIE-10/10
DVD EXTRAS-5/10
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Summary: Inspiring
Review: I sometimes wonder how many people under the age of twenty-five have never taken the time to view this film. I would hope the number is low. This is a movie that can inspire anyone, not just boxers or athletes. This movie is about taking that "one" shot, many of us sometimes get, and doing something with it - really using that chance. Rocky is a film about overcoming what seems to be impossible odds with sheer character; a simple mind does not equal a simple soul, and as Rocky Balboa clearly demonstrates - when you get the shot you've always dreamed of, make it worth every second. Sylvester Stallone did just that - he wrote a novel about getting that one big shot, and it became his one big shot. The actor, director, and producer takes a lot of ridicule from the artsy-fartsy crowd but most of that is just plain jealousy; a forceps delivery left Stallone with a speech impediment, but his brain is just fine. As another reviewer stated recently, if by some chance a person has not seen this film, they need to - it is in a class by itself. See ya next review www.therunnninggirl.com
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Summary: Original And Exhilarating.
Review: "Rocky" is one of the great classic films that stands the test of time. This is an original, entertaining and captivating movie. Instead of using large, complex brushstrokes, it makes a great story out of ordinary people. Sylvester Stallone gives a great performance as Rocky, he's not some brute tough-guy, he's just a nice guy who is suddenly given a big chance at his sport. The screenplay by Stallone is an authentic and intriguing journey into the world of boxing, and the side storylines do not interrupt the film's structure but flow along with it. There is also sweet, uplifting romance with the story of Rocky and Adrian (played by Talia Shire, sister of legendary director Francis Ford Coppola). The boxing scenes are exhilarating and exciting, especially the final boxing climax at the end. Overall, "Rocky" is an inspiring movie because it gives hope that people can get a chance at big things, that we can strive for more, and if we work hard and use our minds, we can excell. "Rocky" seems simple, but has strong things to say at its core. It is one of the great sports films, but also a great drama and romance. It is classic filmmaking done with style, focus and energy.
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