Reviews of Rocky

Gonna Fly Nowwww....!!!!!

Posted : 6 months, 4 weeks ago on 16 April 2009 12:18 (A review of Rocky)

While I tend to agree with the general consensus that this movie shouldn't have beat out other films like All The President's Men or Taxi Driver for the Best Picture Oscar, I still consider it my favorite of the this particular year.
One of the reasons is just the nostalgic connection I have to this film. I remember watching this first installment of the Italian Stallion series as a child, & even at an age when I believed that the female sex to be rife with cooties, just adoring the love story between two "loser" types of Adrian & the original Rock. And this was probably the first movie I ever watched that literally hand me jumping up & down at the end.
Rocky's plot just seemed to be able to pull all the right heart-strings for me, that even to this day I still feel a slight jitter in my chest whenever I watch this flick.
Either that, or maybe I've developed a life-long heart murmur.




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Stallone's masterpiece!

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago on 22 April 2008 03:29 (A review of Rocky)

Sylvester Stallone's Rocky is an incredible triumphant accomplishment in film and one of the best films ever made! This classic tale of the underdog given a once-in-a-lifetime chance became an instant hit worldwide, and had a successful trip to the Oscars.

Stallone plays an unknown boxer named Rocky Balboa - or nicknamed 'The Italian Stallion' - who is given the opportunity to box the heavyweight World Champion, Apollo Creed (Weathers), who just wants to sell tickets and make money. Rocky reluctantly seizes the opportunity and trains furiously to give this match all he can, and make the most for his shot for the big time. Rocky also gains a girlfriend (Shire) and has to deal with his personal problems while training for his upcoming match.

Creed arrogantly thinks that this match - a 'somebody' against a 'nobody' - will be an easy win for him, but Rocky has other plans.

Rocky is not a film just about boxing and winning, but about friendships and seizing every life opportunity. But more importantly, that winning isn't everything. I have never found myself cheering for our hero and throwing punches at the screen before I saw this movie. This film was an inspirational achievement and I adored every minute of it.

Rocky is loveable, funny and full of heart. A unique, sensational movie and this is truly one of the greatest films ever made.

Now look, so many people have fallen asleep due to the amount of sequels this film earned, and forgot how brilliant the first film was. I was not interested in the film because the synopsis didn't interest me, but after the first half an hour the film quickly transformed from uninteresting sport film to one of the best films ever made.

If you have not seen this film, do so without hesitation. Winner of three Oscars including Best Picture 1977 and Best Director. Followed by five sequels.

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Rock solid

Posted : 1 year, 8 months ago on 13 March 2008 05:05 (A review of Rocky)

One of the most inspirational films of all time. Rocky documents a good-for-nothing bum who borders on the destitute side of life. Rocky has no prospects. He is broke, he works as a hired goon for the local loanshark and he even disappoints as a boxer. None of this sullies his good nature though and he remains a proud man with morals. The object of his desires is the sister of his best friend, Paulie, and during the corse of the film he manages to begin dating the girl who will serve as his personal inspiration for years to come.

When Apollo Creed - the heavyweight champion of the world - comes to town, Rocky's life is turned upside down. Thanks to an injury to the proposed opponent, Apollo decides to give a local unknown fighter a shot at the title. Rocky is picked from the masses of local fighters, and begins an intense training regime in order to prepare him for the upcoming battle.

The outcome of the final battle is surely the stuff of legend by now, everybody knows that Rocky goes the distance and endears himself to the masses, becoming a local hero in the process. Shying away from all of the pomp and grandeur that his opponent revels in, Rocky is just a focused fighting machine who I really wish was my dad!

Written by Stallone himself, the film is funny and packed with memorable characters throughout, let alone inspiring training montages and some classic dialogue. Anyone who has rated this below a 7 probably hasn't even seen it in the last ten years.

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