Rocky: The First Real Underdog Story
The Rocky series had been on my "to watch" list for quite a while now. I'd been feeling like I was losing some movie geek cred by having not even seen the first Rocky. So when I saw it in a bargain bin last week I just needed to buy it.
Boy am I glad I did. This movie is amazing!
Rocky is just so genuine. Just like the character of Rocky, the movie knows what it is and never tries to be anything else. It's amazing to think that Silvester Stallone wrote this movie, back before his action star days. This movie is so smartly written and Stallone's performance is so solid, so believable that It almost felt like this was a real story. Even despite its fairytale ending and the entire theme of "The American Dream" this movie just had me believing in it the entire time, from the awkward romance to Rocky's hustling for money it never felt contrived or over the top or too "Hollywood". Everything was just right.
You'd think montages in sports movies have been so overdone by now that I'd hate this one but you'd be wrong, this is the greatest training montage in any movie ever! No contest! Every single shot from that montage has become a part of pop culture in one way or another and its easy to see why. It is the shit!
Rocky as a character is also one of the greatest characters in film history. Slightly awkward, not completely articulate, he's not even all that street smart yet he still manages to be incredibly likable and that's impressive.
Everyone else is just great too, Apollo Creed and Adrian, even the grumpy old man Mickey has become a pop culture icon.
Man this movie's awesome that's all there is too say.
Oh here's some trivia, apparently Rocky was one of the first popular movies to use a Steadicam. Wow!
Go watch Rocky now!
Unreleased Rocky 6 footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh1ghJDHpgU
Rocky Theme song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhlPAj38rHc
Fresh Prince does Rocky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrsdRUU3znI
Rocky Version Quebecoise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RoE4znth-A
Remi Gaillard (Kangaroo Guy) does Rocky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqOBR_Xbw2I
Watch this guys other vids they're awesome.
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