r/rockybalboa

Just finished watching the notebook, and how is that movie considered good love wise? There is like 3 or 4 cheatings troughout the movie. Just because he was your first love cheating is understandable? Hell no. And there are many movies like this, that involve some sort of bullshit drama to make the story more compelling. Rocky isn't a movie only about love, and that's what makes it the best at that. Since it's not the only thing happening it doesn't need anything else to make it "catchy". Rocky and Adrian are real, pure and innocent trough all of the series, and it annoys me so much that movies like the notebook, titanic or meet Joe black are considered the epitome of love or something, when they show either toxic relationships, or cheating, or in case of titanic, a granny talking about a guy she hooked up with 50 years ago

Apollo lost the second fight because he punched himself out trying to KO granite jaw Rocky, but also because the first fight took so much out of him. That's really the only explanation as he trained hard while Rocky kinda half asses it until close to the fight. In the real world, boxers get old real fast and Rocky and especially Drago caught him well past his prime.

A prime Apollo beats a prime Ivan and Victor Drago, Clubber Lang, Rocky, Tommy Gunn, Mason Dixon, Adonis, Thunderlips, Spider Rico, Mac Lee Green, Billy Snow, Big Chuck Smith, Bobby Judge, Dipper Brown, Ricky Conlan, Damian Anderson - He beats all the big named fighters.

Rocky had it right. Time takes everybody out. Time's undefeated.

How else is he getting tickets to every one (10) of Rocky’s title defenses, including the Thunderlips fight? This isn’t some community-level bar league boxing but major sports events. With all the fees and the Ticketmaster add-ons he must be dropping some serious coin to keep showing up.

even while watching it the first time, it’s just so predictable. I don’t like predictable movies. yeah ik creed will win in the end but adonis being so hard headed just sucks

Match was such an all timer, they just wouldn't stay down, complete personification of Rocky.

I just watched through them all these last 4 days.

In my opinion, the first film is clearly the best. But I know lots of people rate #4 higher, and one insane person rated #5 better.

In my estimation: 1, Balboa, II, IV, III, V. If we're counting the original IV with the sexy robot, then it falls behind Mr T.

I made a post the other day just showing some love to this scene. I've always wondered, though, how many miles it was from his house to the steps. I know roadwork can be super long, but this looks to be the first fight he really trained for.

I'm finally watching the first one after who knows how long. On this run, I went 2>3>5, and I was wondering whether to go 1 or 4 first. I figured 1 since I watched 4 countlessly in the Limewire days.

It's a real trip to watch the movie again but with the ability and want to analyze it as a movie. I was always a fan of the start of the scene with the eggs and the radio and the cold. The end where he has this face that kind of asks what he got himself into is something I don't remember when I think of the movie, but damn is it invigorating.

I get it that Creed (2nd fight), Lang and Drago are supposed to be shown as these hugely intimidating and immovable opponents, to make Rocky’s victories through adversity all the more impressive but… surely he could’ve exchanged knockdowns with these guys instead of regularly being knocked down twice per round?

I get it that it’s a film and we have to suspend disbelief but damn any sane referee would’ve stopped those fights early and given his opponents the TKO victory. Rocky’s determination in the first Creed fight to only go down twice made it feel super gritty and realistic for me. Plus when he knocked down Creed in the first round, I genuinely found it to be a really shocking cinematic moment