Advantages: Great entertaining film with excellent storyline. Disadvantages: None
Rocky I (Film Review Only).
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The Plot.
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Street wise, down on his luck boxer Rocky Balboa is given the chance of a lifetime when his name is the one chosen by Apollo Creed. Creed is currently the world heavy weight champion at the time and when his planned opponent pulls out of a planned fight Creed pulls out this idea as a publicity stunt, but that's not what Balboa thinks.
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... ...'Adrian' Adrianna Pennino (Talia Shire). Rocky has feeling growing for Adrian as she works in his local pet shop and Rocky regularly visits the shop in the hope to win her affections.
Balboa is down on his luck, hates his job, and wants to work harder on his boxing in the hope of things changing, but things deteriorate when he visits his old Gym to start training again. Mickey Goldmill the owner of Mickey's Gym and Rocky's former trainer has given ...
welshwickedone 10.10.2006
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Advantages: A true classic, well worthy of its three Oscars Disadvantages: Some of the fight scenes are very violent (if you dislike that sort of thing!)
...last film in the series, Rocky V. ~ ~ The Rocky Balboa story started with the original 1976 movie and ended 14 years (and five movies) later in 1990 with Rocky V.
The original Rocky film (1976), directed by John G. Avildsen and written by Sly Stallone, was probably the movie which more than any other launched Stallone on his path to super-stardom in Hollywood. Rocky was an unlikely candidate for success. It was shot in only 28 days with a tiny overall ... ...winning through against overwhelming odds.
Rocky Balboa is the 30-year-old son of Italian immigrants from the wrong side of the tracks. He has no education to speak of, practically no social graces, and ekes out a meagre living as a strong-arm man for a local Italian loan shark. He lives in a run-down, dingy one-room apartment along with his two pet turtles, where he keeps a picture of his boxing hero, Rocky Marciano hanging on the wall. His favourite ...
the_mad_cabbie 02.10.2004 (03.10.2004)
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Advantages: Great story and a fantastic finale Disadvantages: none
...**BRIEF PLOT**
Rocky Balboa, (played by Sylvester Stallone), nicknamed the 'Italian Stallion', is an amateur boxer from Philadelphia ,working as a debt collector for a loan shark, is struggling to make ends meet.
Meanwhile, on the richer side of the boxing fraternity, the manager of Apollo Creed, (played by Carl weathers), the then fictional Heavyweight champion, likes the nickname of Rocky and decides to match him with the champ for a publicity ... ...training away from the gym Rocky heads off down to a meat packing plant where his friend Paulie Pennino's, (played by Burt Young) works, here is where he can practice his punching power on the slabs of raw meat hanging from the hooks.
During the training Rocky becomes very friendly with Paulie's sister, Adrian Pennino, (played by Talia Shire), a rather shy and naïve woman, the total opposite of Paulie, who works in a pet store.
With Creed misjudging ...
blissman70 05.08.2008
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Advantages: Good story, good acting performances Disadvantages: Slighty over-sentimental
Rocky has been much maligned over the years and in view of the increasingly inferior sequels it is easy to forget how well received it was when it first came out. This is a simple tale of a nobody having one last chance to become a somebody and it is also a touching love story of two outsiders coming together by accident and falling in love against all the odds.
THE STORY
Rocky Balboa is on the face of it one of life’s losers. He earns a living, ... ...Philadelphia boxing gyms they find Rocky and feel that he would be the right man. Although no one believes Rocky has a chance he realises that this is his only golden opportunity to prove himself to Adrian and make something out of his life.
CAST AND OPINION
Sylvester Stallone .... Rocky Balboa Talia Shire .... Adrian Burt Young .... Paulie Carl Weathers .... Apollo Creed Burgess Meredith .... Mickey Goldmill Thayer David .... Jergens Joe Spinell ...
Mauri 11.08.2000 (06.08.2003)
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Advantages: Feel good film Disadvantages: over the top fight scenes but who cares
...of the legendary boxer named Rocky Balboa, even if you have never watched a Rocky film. Think of Stallone and what character springs to your mind first? For most people I guess, it is probably the down and out fighter with the wonky eye and the slurred speech. Why? Well Rocky symbolises the little man that takes life's punches on the chin and refuses to be beaten. You can't help but admire the spirit in which he takes on the world. Stallone will ... ...lived, but in Rocky he found his calling. Perhaps he tried to milk it too much, sequels 2 and 3 were fine but by the fourth it became a bit stale, by the fifth, well just out and out embarrassing. Today I am reviewing the first film, the place where it all started. Written in 3 days by Stallone himself, it may have its faults, but has still earned a place in the all time movie hall of fame, at least as far as I am concerned! Cast/Characters Sylvestor ...
Judgee 14.04.2002
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Advantages: Awesome story, great acting, a truly inspirational film Disadvantages: None. This is one of the best movies you'll ever see
...in life can relate to. Rocky is a film which tapped into that universal longing to succeed, and did it with such passion and honesty that it's still remembered more than thirty years later. Looking back now, it's hard to believe that this film almost never came to be. Stallone, an unknown actor in 1976, had to fight as hard as the title character to get this film made. Studio executives wanted an A-list actor in the title role, but Stallone held ... ...it exceeded all expectations, cemented Rocky as a pop culture icon, and even scooped an Oscar for best picture. Rocky himself is an unknown club fighter from a rough neighbourhood in Philadelphia. He lives in a run-down apartment and has to work as an enforcer for a local loan shark to make ends meet. Along the way, he hooks up with Adrian - a shy pet store worker that he's had a crush on. But his quiet life is changed forever when the heavyweight ...
Dr-Jones 13.10.2009
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Advantages: Good story, nice boxing scenes Disadvantages: Some may find it slow and lacking in action
This film is way better than the ones that finished the series. It's about a down and out boxer that gets his big chance, and takes it. The story is great, we see the development of Rocky's relationship with Adrienne, who works in the local pet shop. The performance of Mickey too is very good as Rocky's coach. I really liked the character Apollo though, he really did make a good boxer. He had the attitude and the look of a champion. Carl Waethers ...
bjlangley 14.09.2000
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...having a bit of a Rocky fest recently so I thought I'd watch the first as the first is supposedly the best and the rest are all pretty much the same. I actually quite enjoyed this film as it wasn't just one long drawn out fight. It wasn't a complex story and it wasn't great but it was alright. Rocky is one of those films which is a classic just because it made so much money not because it is a landmark piece of cinema. Stallone wrote it so He obvioulsy ...
Advantages: good script direction and even acting Disadvantages: lame in some places and slow
before the money making spin offs and sequels there lived a small picture by the name of rocky, starring a virtual unknown by the name of sylvester stallone and even written by the same young chap, the film went on to win the 1976 academy award fro the best picture and even earned two further nominations, the stroy of a low down down and out debt collector whos life comes good through a strange series of events which lkead up through the boxing world ... ...heavyweight title. The film tries to remian true and remarkably for stallone it remains fairly real, it has its dull moments but this should not distract you from how good this film really is. Without the sequels this would have remained an all time classic rather part of a lame series with the most awful fifth element(joke) ever. Buy it, its a classic. ...
mcpoeman 02.04.2001
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Advantages: Fantastic story and acting Disadvantages: none
Rocky is a drama film, directed by John G Avildsen and written by Sylvester Stallone. It was released in 1976.
It is an underdog story of a small time boxer, Rocky Balboa "The Italian Stallion" (Sylvester Stallone) who is given the unlikely chance to challenge the World Heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) when the intended contender drops out. Rocky has to undertake an intense preparation for the fight with his trainer Mickey Goldmill ... ...between Rocky and Adrian Pennino (Talia Shire), the shy sister of his friend Paulie Pennino (Burt Young)
This is a fantastic film and superb underdog story from Stallone. Stallone was determined to play the lead role, ahead of big name alternative choices. The film received critical acclaim on its release and was nominated for ten Oscars. It went on to win three Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Film Editing.
It's different and unique ...
mozzie76 27.09.2008
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Advantages: Good performances from a great cast, good story, memorable soundtrack Disadvantages: None to think of
...his determination in spirit.
Rocky Balboa (Stallone) is a guy from Philidelphia who is going nowhere in life, he works for an enforcer by day and participates in boxing matches at night. A Flamboyant and cocky Heavyweight champion Apollo Creed ( Weathers) finds that his scheduled apponent is injured, and he decides to pick local underdog Rocky Balboa to be his opponent and to have a shot at the title. With the match looming Creed sees the whole ... ...training and focus and determination Rocky aims to go the distance, he knows that his chances of winning are slim, but wants to at least last till the 15th round.
Stallone wrote the story besides playing the title character, his performance as the underdog Rocky Balboa was fantastic, and earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the 1976 academy awards, his character is illiterate and Stallones performance really lights up the screen as he suffers ...
paulb22 16.03.2006
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Rocky is centred around a down and out journeyman fighter Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) for whom his profession as a boxer is on a downward spiral and in need of a boost. Cue the heavyweight champion of the world, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) making a choice to give an unknown fighter a shot at his title, and of course he chooses Balboa.
The majority of the film is spent in the run up to the big fight, with domestic issues such as Balboa's love ... ...up several raw emotions.
Rocky will always be a classic, despite its many dubious sequels. It is one of the films you must watch before you die.
DVD: The dvd itself is very basic and this is a review centred around the film itself rather than the DVD. ...
shanediablo 15.07.2007 (31.03.2008)
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...want to go the distance," Rocky Balboa prays, in the film's most touching, and most memorable scene. Talia Shire is Adrian, Rocky's bookish love interest — and their scenes together (which fed a collective craving for old-fashioned romance, post-Vietnam) are what hold the film together.
The fight itself could have been made more believeable without the over extrapolation of the injuries incurred to Balboa. Nevertheless, a CLASSIC! ...
Mohammed 10.07.2000
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Advantages: good in parts Disadvantages: bad in parts
I hold a big grudge against this film. Is it a bad film? No. The problem I have with it is that it prevented 2 of the best films of all time from winning the award for Best Picture. First of all, it won over "Taxi Driver", which is a hard hitting classic that pulls no punches, and really holds a mirror up to the audience, unlike this corny (but fun) movie. The second movie it prevented from winning Best Picture is "Raging Bull". "But "Raging Bull" ... ...But I know that the Academy didn't want to be stereotyped into giving the award to "Boxing" movies, despite the fact that that these two films are as different as night and day. I know it's not fair to dislike a film because of the Academy's stupidity, but I can't help it. I mean, I hate the Oscars, I hate everything they stand for, but they still have a way of getting under my skin. How can any society of film lovers never give an award to Martin ...
peter_chrichard 15.08.2000
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Advantages: Very Entertaining and Inspiring Disadvantages: some might find it boring at times
...film really gets you behind Rocky and has you chanting his name like the supporters in the movie. The soundtrack is also superb with some very inspiring music that make you feel like you can do anything. Out of the five Rocky movies many believe this to be the best, I however believe that it is the second best of the franchise. It is a very good movie overall and everyone should see it. ...
lukerussell 16.07.2000
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This is the film that catapulted Sylvester Stallone into the international spotlight and ... more
launched one of the most successful series of films in movie history, This is the story of a loser, a two bit boxer from Philadelphia, who gets a second chance in ...
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