I always watch 1-6 (and Creed) a bit after Christmas and finish them up before the new year begins. It seems as if a lot of people my age (30, gonna be 31) took a liking to those movies. I guess it's because they were the old classics from "the old days" (70s 80s, lol).
The one thing I cannot do is watch the fights at the end for reason. What do you think of the series? Corny? Way too Philly for you? The main thing I like about the movies is the characters. I liked Rocky, Adrian, Apollo and of course Paulie is the one close jerk off friend (brother in law). I always thought IV was my favorite then I grew older and it got weird to me. SO many montages! Spoilers!
Which one is your favorite? Least?
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Sidenote: The real Rocky, that the character is based on, Chuck Wepner, aka 'The Bayonne Bleeder', from my hometown of Bayonne, is a family friend. He worked as a bouncer at a bar in Bayonne that my grandmother and grandfather owned and was very good friends with them for a very long time. My mom grew up knowing him.
I went back home last weekend to see my mom. I took her to Jersey Mikes in Bayonne (where she still lives) to get sandwiches, and Chuck Wepner was actually there. My mom and him spoke for like 15-20 mins. I shook his hand and said hi. He says he has another movie coming out in May of this year called the 'New Jersey Assassin.' He's 79 but you really wouldn't know it if you saw him in person. He's huge and his hand absolutely completely covered mine when he shook my hand. And even more surprising, depsite being a boxer all of those years and taking Muhamad Ali to the limit in his prime, Chuck is still all there mentally.
Anyway, just thought I'd share that.
Thats a cool story bro that really is a cool story! lol
Thanks man. :)
2 through 4 got progressively sillier, but I still find them watching and entertaining. 5 is one of the worst movies ever filmed, 6 was a worthy nostalgic effort but still pretty silly
Anyway, I took out V and dropped it straight in the trash. Where it belongs.
I went back home last weekend to see my mom. I took her to Jersey Mikes in Bayonne (where she still lives) to get sandwiches, and Chuck Wepner was actually there. My mom and him spoke for like 15-20 mins. I shook his hand and said hi. He says he has another movie coming out in May of this year called the 'New Jersey Assassin.' He's 79 but you really wouldn't know it if you saw him in person. He's huge and his hand absolutely completely covered mine when he shook my hand. And even more surprising, depsite being a boxer all of those years and taking Muhamad Ali to the limit in his prime, Chuck is still all there mentally.
Anyway, just thought I'd share that.
thanks for sharing the story. that's pretty awesome.
I went back home last weekend to see my mom. I took her to Jersey Mikes in Bayonne (where she still lives) to get sandwiches, and Chuck Wepner was actually there. My mom and him spoke for like 15-20 mins. I shook his hand and said hi. He says he has another movie coming out in May of this year called the 'New Jersey Assassin.' He's 79 but you really wouldn't know it if you saw him in person. He's huge and his hand absolutely completely covered mine when he shook my hand. And even more surprising, depsite being a boxer all of those years and taking Muhamad Ali to the limit in his prime, Chuck is still all there mentally.
Anyway, just thought I'd share that.
II is the polarizing one. People either love it (probably because Rocky wins) or hate it. I used to think it was my favorite, I think because the younger me liked seeing him win. But, I find it tough to watch now. However, I still get goosebumps from the moment Adrian wakes to the end of the subsequent training montage.
I thought Creed was "ok," but not nearly as good as all the buzz it was getting.
This....
Rocky III is probably the best one IMO.
'THE RUSSIAN IS CUT.'
2 is as good a sequel as there is.
Admittedly, 3 and 4 start to get a little silly but are still highly entertaining. Clubber Lang and Drago are both perfect villains.
5 was a dumpster fire.
The biggest surprise to me out of all the movies is how well done both Rocky Balboa and Creed were so many years after the fact. Maybe the expectations were just lower but both held up well to the amount of time that had passed by I thought.
I pity the fool that doesnt lime rocky 3
I think the storyline in 2 is really strong, and winning the fight puts it on the same level as 1. I prefer 4 to 3 because of the cheesy montages and music. I wasn't a big fan of 3 at all.
I think the storyline in 2 is really strong, and winning the fight puts it on the same level as 1. I prefer 4 to 3 because of the cheesy montages and music. I wasn't a big fan of 3 at all.
The pantomiming in 3 was bad. You could see the punches were missing by a mile
To be honest, I don't even really remember what my expectations were going into Rocky Balboa. Even THAT movie is around 12-13 years old. I just remember thinking "Oh yeah? they're making a new movie? If handled right, it is not hard to re-end the series topping Rocky V"
I remember seeing Rocky Balboa with a group of friends at 1pm or so on opening day. The one friend of my friend got all paranoid thinking we wouldn't get in because it was sold out and he bought all of our tickets for us. I still never paid that guy back to this day...
I think other than our group and maybe one couple up front the entire theatre was empty.
"My ring's outside".
"My ring's outside".
this makes me cringe "beat him up dad he took my room"
ugh
As someone said earlier, tho- one is a great story and the boxing is ancillary- the rest except 5 are fun. Creed was ok, IMO. Definitely better than 3- Balboa, but not as good as the first two.
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Yeah, 5 is bad. I can't watch the first 90% of it ever again but I'll still tune in for the last 10 minutes to see the street fight.
"My ring's outside".
this makes me cringe "beat him up dad he took my room"
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the Rocky series is the best of all time. My order of preference is 1 & 2 (like them both equally), 4, 3, Balboa, 5 & Creed. The only reason I have Creed last is because I haven't seen it multiple times like the others, and it didn't WOW me the only time I had seen it.
I think the storyline in 2 is really strong, and winning the fight puts it on the same level as 1. I prefer 4 to 3 because of the cheesy montages and music. I wasn't a big fan of 3 at all.
The pantomiming in 3 was bad. You could see the punches were missing by a mile
Rocky - classic.
Rocky II - painfully slow at times but the final training montage/fight saves it.
Rocky III - from Thunderlips to Clubber - just a fantastically entertaining movie.
Rocky IV - Hearts on Fire was my ringtone for years. It's basically 4-5 music videos pasted together to make a movie, but I get sucked in every time.
Rocky Balboa - Not great but much better than it had any right to be.
Creed - I thought this was overrated, but when the music kicks in for the last scene I got chills.
but I find the story of Sylvester Stallone trying to get Rocky made more inspirational than Chuck Wepner's real story (though Stallone denies Wepner provided any inspiration to the Rocky movies).
If you haven't researched that at all you should.
but I find the story of Sylvester Stallone trying to get Rocky made more inspirational than Chuck Wepner's real story (though Stallone denies Wepner provided any inspiration to the Rocky movies).
If you haven't researched that at all you should.
but I find the story of Sylvester Stallone trying to get Rocky made more inspirational than Chuck Wepner's real story (though Stallone denies Wepner provided any inspiration to the Rocky movies).
If you haven't researched that at all you should.
He only started denying it when Wepner started asking for money- which, btw he eventually got after a long legal battle. It was early interviews with Stallone acknowledging Chuck as the inspiration that won it for him, if I'm not mistaken.
Total dreck but a fun movie nonetheless.
How about Rocky singlehandedly bringing down communism? In an hour and a half.
How about that laughable speech at the end. You can change, I can change, we all can change. Couldn't even bother to get the translation correct. So terrible, it's good.
How about Rocky singlehandedly bringing down communism? In an hour and a half.
How about that laughable speech at the end. You can change, I can change, we all can change. Couldn't even bother to get the translation correct. So terrible, it's good.
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Beginning with the opening sequence. Two gloves in flag colors of the US and USSR. Colliding and then exploding. Imagine that meeting where it was pitched.
How about Rocky singlehandedly bringing down communism? In an hour and a half.
How about that laughable speech at the end. You can change, I can change, we all can change. Couldn't even bother to get the translation correct. So terrible, it's good.
Hoe exactly does "youse" translate? Is that considered the familiar you (pl.)?
I forgot the best part. During the training montage when Rocky outsmarted the KGB agents who are following him in the limo by ducking into the woods (?)
If only Hitler's troops had known of this maneuver during Operation Barbarossa, Europe might look very differently today.
Interesting (to me) side note: the part of Creed where Rocky is in the hospital was filmed in the hospital I work at, Crozer Chester Medical Center. My office is literally in the hallway that appears on film.
My wife was born in Crozer.
Total dreck but a fun movie nonetheless.
You forgot about Thunderlips
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You have to think about it in the context of the Cold War and the time that it was released. I remember being a kid and watching it in the theater and it was awesome! Such a pro-American story, taking it to the Russians, they cheat, killed an American hero, James Brown, American heart, etc.
Total dreck but a fun movie nonetheless.
You forgot about Thunderlips
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You have to think about it in the context of the Cold War and the time that it was released. I remember being a kid and watching it in the theater and it was awesome! Such a pro-American story, taking it to the Russians, they cheat, killed an American hero, James Brown, American heart, etc.
Total dreck but a fun movie nonetheless.
You forgot about Thunderlips
That's Rocky III, not IV.
My bad.
Oh man, my buddies would kill me if they saw this.
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In comment 13778492 B in ALB said:
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You have to think about it in the context of the Cold War and the time that it was released. I remember being a kid and watching it in the theater and it was awesome! Such a pro-American story, taking it to the Russians, they cheat, killed an American hero, James Brown, American heart, etc.
Total dreck but a fun movie nonetheless.
You forgot about Thunderlips
That's Rocky III, not IV.
My bad.
Oh man, my buddies would kill me if they saw this.
Best part about Rocky IV is James Brown singing “Living in America” as Apollo enters the ring.