Rocky

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Rocky DVD, 2008-11-14
The case was extremely thin, not like a normal DVD case. However, it was worth the price. I gave it a 3 because I did not like the movie. I had bought it for my boyfriend, who does like it.

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The Greatest Sports Movie of All Time, 2008-11-04
If I could give 10 stars to a movie, I would and I'd give it to Rocky. Rocky is one of those timeless movies you will never forget once you see it. Sylvester Stallone did a fabulous job as the screen writer, director, and portraying this legendary character as well. I beleive Rocky will go down in history as the greatest sports movie of all time in anybody's book. br / br /Rocky Balboa(Sylvester Stallone) is a young, new, upcoming ameteur boxer in the city of Philadeplhia. After coming off a big fight in his view, Rocky finds himself being pushed away by his local boxing buddies and his trainer, Mickey(Meredith Burgess). After losing his locker at the gym, Rocky takes a break from the boxing scene and focuses more on the local pet store girl Adrianne(Talia Shire). br / br /While promoting a big fight in Philadephia, the current world heavyweight boxing champion Apollo Creed(Carl Weathers) is trying to find a new contender for his title. In doing so, he comes across a local ameteur boxer, the Italian Stallion Rocky Balboa. br / br /Once Rocky realizes he is the number one contender for the world heavyweight title and believing he has no chance in winnig this fight, he soon begins training. With help from Adrianne, his friend Pauly(Burt Young), and his trainer Mickey, Rocky becomes ready for the biggest fight of his life. br / br /Thinking he will just fly by Rocky, Creed treats the whole fight as a joke. Soon finding out that Rocky is for real, Creed realizes that Rocky is no fly by contender and sees that Rocky wants to be world champion. As the fight progresses, Rocky takes it to the world champion round for round and not holding up one bit. After going the distance with the champ, Rocky doesn't find himself holding the world title but something better. His true love, Adrianne. br / br /Rocky is a great movie. This movie is great for everybody. Rocky is a classic. It forever will be.

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This movie has heart., 2008-09-20
This movie has heart: it has the look and feel of inner-city or working class Philadelphia. The characters are rich in texture. As I watched the movie, I felt for all of them. They are the kind of people that I grew up with: uneducated, loud-mouthed, prone to emotional outbursts-but each has a secret tragedy underneath their blaring exterior. The acting is, in that regard, brilliant; from the lead players (Rocky and Adrian) to the supporting characters like Paulie, Mickey, even the antagonist Apollo Creed. The writing is not overdone; not too obvious. Compared to this poignant melodrama the other Rocky movies seem contrived and the characters in those other movies are more one-dimensional. br / br /This movie also has a certain "tone"; not the blockbuster "Rocky saves the day" tone of the other Rocky movies. In this original Rocky, he is a man against himself. The tone is low-key, slower, and it is more about interesting characters than "Rocky vs. the Evil Clubber Lang" or "Rocky vs. the Evil Russian". In the original Rocky, he is not a superstar, but rather a talented amateur with the heart to go the distance of someone truly out of his league. br / br /There is also powerful message here; concerning the love Rocky and his girlfriend Adrian have for each other. br /

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Great film, bad cover, 2008-09-09
It's happening again. I'm watching movies in completely the wrong order. I watched Back To The Future in the wrong order (three, two and then one!), and now I'm watching the Rocky movies in the wrong order. The first one I saw was Rocky Balboa, and then the one with Dolph Lundgren. And now I've seen the first one. br / br /In my current workplace, we have these talking keychains, tacky stuff that insist on charging a fortune for, and they feature lines from popular films. We've had Dirty Dancing, Scarface, Star Wars, Rocky and a couple of others. Customers press the buttons (constantly), but the one I seem to constantly hear is "Yo Adrian! It's me, Rocky!" So I smiled whenever I heard one of the six lines that features on the keychain. br / br /The story's pretty simplistic, but effective, so I won't repeat what millions of other reviewers have said before me. What was astonishing is that it was written by Mr Stallone himself. That I was surprised at. Congratulations to him, he's made a good franchise out of it (except for part five apparently - I originally thought Rocky Balboa was part five!) br / br /I really didn't like the cover to this blu ray edition. Yes, we know that Rocky is a movie about boxing, but do we really need to see a bruised and bloodied Stallone on the cover? I said that as soon as I saw the cover, I just don't like it. br / br /Apart from all the boxing scenes, there's a genuine love story going on too. I went all gooey when I saw the scenes between Stallone and Talia Shire, who played the afore mentioned Adrian. The scenes where Rocky is trying to get the shy girl to talk to him and trying to impress her, was excellent, and made me really go all soft and gooey inside. And the gradual change in Adrian's character was brilliant too. But she literally does not talk much throughout the movie. br / br /Stallone was really good in this. His body is not as pumped up as it is in later movies (obviously before he really got into the whole body building scene), and it looks a lot more natural. More preferable in my opinion. He's still hubba hubba. And the sad puppydog eyes are still there. I always feel shockingly maternal when I watch Stallone movies - I just want to protect him. br / br /The blu ray looks fantastic, it's still grainy which gives the film a certain edge, and obviously there's so much that can be done in high definition to a film that's meant to look grainy. Who wants clean and shiny movies all the time? The boxing scenes (choreographed by Stallone himself) are frighteningly realistic, bloody and will make the viewer wince at every hit. The fight scene was filmed in reverse order apparently, starting with the fifteenth round, and lots of makeup, and gradually moving the makeup with each scene until it was back to round one. Rocky actually won an Oscar for film editing because of this. br / br /The Rocky movies are always brilliant to watch, and I do really like watching them. Maybe it's something about Sylvester, because the whole boxing thing really does scare me. Yes, lets beat each other to a bloody pulp for money. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. No thanks. But I'll still watch the movies.

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Rocky, 2008-08-23
Good picture. How can you make Rocky bad? Probably should have waited for the box set, but good movie.