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1. III - the first one I saw in the theater and it's a great, emotional journey. Mr. T is fabulous and in the best shape of his life.
2. The original: for all the usual reasons.
3. Rocky Balboa: what a fantastic return to the character and a very dignified coda to the character in his own series.
4. IV: it's a guilty pleasure. It has no real story and it's ridonkulous, but there's something about it.
5. II: it's actually kinda dull.
6. V: I don't hate it, but it is cringeworthy. The Subway to Heaven and Micky's visitation is just awful, but the "flashback" to Mick giving Rocky the glove cuff link (which was new to me...) was very touching.
Nailed it!
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That first film about 'Rocky' and the only one worth viewing is 'Somebody Up There Likes Me', from 1956. Paul Newman as Rocky Graziano, and directed by the great Robert Wise. Any other film that came after this time using the name of Rocky, was garbage. But, the garbage turned into a cash-cow-franchise and people have been paying money to see the latest 'installment' for decades, always expecting for a 'surprise ending'. It's not unlike those M. Night Shyamalan films that get worse and worse. In fact, I'm surprised M. Night Shyamalan hasn't attempted a Rocky film yet.
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That first film about 'Rocky' and the only one worth viewing is 'Somebody Up There Likes Me', from 1956. Paul Newman as Rocky Graziano, and directed by the great Robert Wise. Any other film that came after this time using the name of Rocky, was garbage. But, the garbage turned into a cash-cow-franchise and people have been paying money to see the latest 'installment' for decades, always expecting for a 'surprise ending'. It's not unlike those M. Night Shyamalan films that get worse and worse. In fact, I'm surprised M. Night Shyamalan hasn't attempted a Rocky film yet.
I've watched SUTLM few x, great movie, it did establish Newman as a big movie-star its a well complimented cast too better than Rocky, Raging Bull is also! But honestly you don't know what you're talking about Rocky is taken from Marciano's name who was an iconic heavy weight - it figures even more prominence than Graziano!
Script for I-II has great heart & emotion between trainer & boxer well-fiery! Mick classed Rock a bum a few times in I-II - love them digs really hard-ball. & Apollo chose Rocky Mick had too swallow his pride sucking-up its an ex scene my fav, "that's right it stinks" fights for I-II are realistic the rest are a padded joke a punch-bag with moving legs .
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