Rocky 1-5

[MissingInAction 25134]

Rocky 1 is a masterpiece of cinema.

2 is cashing in on its success

3 was perfect for its time. Mr T was at the height of his celebrity and represented everything Rocky used to he.

4 was also perfect for its time. Height of the cold War and US propaganda was constantly reminding us how terrible the soviets were. 

[Frank Drebin 5653]

5 has a great line to the two fats who asked Rocky if he needed any help when Tommy was calling him out:

[tx 3 putt 77245]

Creed was a damn good reboot 

[Vic Mackey 47095]

Thanks for the Rocky Balboa recommendation. This should have been Rocky 5. Much better.

[Pato del Muerto 52539]

2 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Thanks for the Rocky Balboa recommendation. This should have been Rocky 5. Much better.

As mentioned upthread, 5 was such an embarrassment that he decided to essentially remake 1 as best he could to give his character a better ending.  Just pretend 5 doesn’t exist.  

[Pato del Muerto 52539]

I don’t remember which one it was but I always enjoyed this exchange 

rocky: hey Paulie, what are cajones? (With the hard j)

Paulie:  ah Spanish for nuts, rock. 

[Frank Drebin 5653]

Both Creeds were very good.  So was 6.  
 

Stallone still can bring it.  

[Deej 76861]

1 minute ago, Frank Drebin said:

Stallone still can bring it.  

[F250 28803]

Me And my daughter have been working through the Rocky movies. We recently finished Rocky V.

Her thoughts on the Rocky series so far:

- Adrian is a terrible character and should have been killed off in Rocky I.

- Rocky V was horrible. She tried to bail on it halfway through the movie.

- Rocky III and IV are her favorites. She is convinced Drago was married to a man.

- She really really doesn't like Adrian.

[Revolution512 1493]

On 2/12/2023 at 1:11 PM, Hermanator said:

Carl Weathers played for John Madden with the Raiders. Madden had told the story of when he came up to John to tell him he was quitting the NFL to make movies and Madden told him he was nuts. Then a couple years later he's in Rocky. 

Madden didn’t think much of him as a player. He went to Canada before quitting after getting his degree. 

[aggie08 21511]

On 2/13/2023 at 10:34 AM, Bender Bending Rodriguez said:

Very little real dialogue in Rocky IV. It's something like 40% montage. Peak 80's and I love it.

Pretty sure 10% of every Rocky sequel was recapping the events of the previous movies in montage form. Bumped it up to 20% for IV. Then 30% training montage. 30% fight. 10% "You're going to die if you fight him, Rocky!" Fin.

[Mitch Cumsteen 18550]

Pretty sure the only reason they made 4 was because Stallone needed an excuse to wear those dope red white and blue shorts. 

[Scraps 13570]

Hey woman

[BHMCruiser 1814]

On 2/12/2023 at 12:16 PM, 59 Burst said:

They were entertaining movies. Do I think they are great cinema? Fuck no. 

Absurd.

The first Rocky is a masterpiece. It's one of the best movies ever made. The sequels have their strong and weak points, but Rocky is phenomenal.

[BHMCruiser 1814]

There is no Rocky V. Next thing you'll tell me there's a third Godfather.

[Pato del Muerto 52539]

27 minutes ago, BHMCruiser said:

There is no Rocky V. Next thing you'll tell me there's a third Godfather.

My reference is indy4

[BHMCruiser 1814]

Never heard of it

[Pato del Muerto 52539]

And why would you have 

[Rimbo 26024]

31 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

My reference is indy4

Mine is the live action Avatar: Last Airbender movie that was never made

[MissingInAction 25134]

On 2/14/2023 at 10:36 PM, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Pretty sure the only reason they made 4 was because Stallone needed an excuse to wear those dope red white and blue shorts. 

Does the wife own a few replicas?

[Underdog 28755]

2 hours ago, BHMCruiser said:

There is no Rocky V. Next thing you'll tell me there's a third Godfather.

 

1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

My reference is indy4

 

1 hour ago, BHMCruiser said:

Never heard of it

 

1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

And why would you have 

Just glad the rumored Caddyshack II never came to pass. 

[Augustus 3061]

Because you can't win, Rock!  This guy'll kill you to death inside of 3 rounds.

[Scraps 13570]

Bring your pretty little self over to my apartment tonight and i'll show you a real man

[dcbc 14497]

On 2/14/2023 at 7:43 PM, F250 said:

Me And my daughter have been working through the Rocky movies. We recently finished Rocky V.

Her thoughts on the Rocky series so far:

- Adrian is a terrible character and should have been killed off in Rocky I.

- Rocky V was horrible. She tried to bail on it halfway through the movie.

- Rocky III and IV are her favorites. She is convinced Drago was married to a man.

- She really really doesn't like Adrian.

Rocky II would have been the best time to kill off Adrian.  But what if . . . we kill her off instead of Mickey in Rocky III.  Micky moves in with Rocky and they both decide to retire.  Buddy comedy.  Mickey's the clean freak; Rocky's the slob.  Apollo has to come in to get Rocky out of retirement and train him.  Mickey watches Rocky, Jr. while they go to LA.  We find some other way to inspire Rocky in L.A.  Paulie maybe?

[Scraps 13570]

He can't train to the jungle junk music

[WBT 20645]

I did like how III solved race relations in America before IV went on to defeat communism.

[SHOOTER12 8816]

All good EXCEPT the one with Tommy Morrison which should be scrubbed from history and and its mere mention prohibited by law.

[Incredulity 11679]

On 2/13/2023 at 5:36 AM, futureman said:

Nobody… except Rocky. 

Arturro Gatti and Mickey Ward…three times.

[Michael Knight 12989]

On 2/14/2023 at 1:41 PM, MissingInAction said:

3 was perfect for its time. Mr T was at the height of his celebrity and represented everything Rocky used to he.

4 was also perfect for its time. Height of the cold War and US propaganda was constantly reminding us how terrible the soviets were. 

Stallone discovered Mr T when he was a bouncer and Rocky 3 was his big break in 82 the A-Team started in 83. 1985 was when Gorbachev took power Glastnost and Perestroika aka the end of the cold war. Other than that spot on

[MissingInAction 25134]

1 hour ago, Michael Knight said:

Stallone discovered Mr T when he was a bouncer and Rocky 3 was his big break in 82 the A-Team started in 83. 1985 was when Gorbachev took power Glastnost and Perestroika aka the end of the cold war. Other than that spot on

Yea it was.

[uoftorange 1386]

Rocky IV is the greatest time and place movie of all time.  And depending on your age is your favorite Rocky, and maybe even sports movie.  It's basically a perfect movie for 1985, said everything everyone in Murica wanted.  

It's not the best written, it's not the best acted, but it's the perfect Rocky for what Rocky was for.

 

[Frank Drebin 5653]

On 3/3/2023 at 8:54 PM, uoftorange said:

Rocky IV is the greatest time and place movie of all time.  And depending on your age is your favorite Rocky, and maybe even sports movie.  It's basically a perfect movie for 1985, said everything everyone in Murica wanted.  

It's not the best written, it's not the best acted, but it's the perfect Rocky for what Rocky was for.

 

I was 8 years old and watched it at a movie theater in Corpus.  People were standing up cheering when he won.

[Davis Lane 5587]

On 2/12/2023 at 2:26 PM, wutang75 said:

Rocky 4 is one of the greatest gifts cinema has given the world. I could listen to the soundtrack on the treadmill every day and never get tired of it.

1. Training Montage
2. War
3. Burning Heart
4. Eye of the Tiger
5. Hearts on fire
6. No Easy Way Out
7. Sweetest Victory
8. Going the Distance

[gofuckyourself 8349]

I'm going to Philadelphia with the special lady friend at the end of March. I'll of course be running up the stairs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and triumphantly raising my arms...unless I pull a middle-aged hammy. I may or may not don the all gray sweats.

I'll also be addressing the special lady friend as "HEY WOMAN! HEY WOMAN!" the whole weekend in honor of Clubber Lang. She'll probably like that.

[Wade 464]

8 minutes ago, gofuckyourself said:

I'm going to Philadelphia with the special lady friend at the end of March. I'll of course be running up the stairs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and triumphantly raising my arms...unless I pull a middle-aged hammy. I may or may not don the all gray sweats.

I'll also be addressing the special lady friend as "HEY WOMAN! HEY WOMAN!" the whole weekend in honor of Clubber Lang. She'll probably like that.

Hey, gofuckyourself.

[Deej 76861]

23 hours ago, gofuckyourself said:

I'm going to Philadelphia with the special lady friend at the end of March. I'll of course be running up the stairs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and triumphantly raising my arms...unless I pull a middle-aged hammy. I may or may not don the all gray sweats.

I'll also be addressing the special lady friend as "HEY WOMAN! HEY WOMAN!" the whole weekend in honor of Clubber Lang. She'll probably like that.

"Listen here. Since your old man ain't got no heart, maybe you like to see a real man. I bet you stay up late every night dreamin' you had a real man, don't ya? I'll tell you what. Bring your pretty little self over to my apartment tonight, and I'll show you a real man."