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March 11, 2005
Rocky I-III
Rocky (1976), John G. Avildsen:
Rocky II (1979), Sylvester Stallone:
Rocky III (1982), Sylvester Stallone:
Rocky III and IV were childhood favorites before we discovered Aliens. It's been years since I've seen them, though.
The exposition parts of the Rockies are pretty weak. They work best in the original, but it's all just prelude to the training montage/fight scene. Ok, that's not true. Rocky has a pretty character. He starts being more of a caricature later on in the series, but for the first (and parts of the second), you really get the feel of who he is beyond "ADRIAAAAANNNN..." Well, II and III try to add character development, but it just ends up being stupid.
13,10,11/15
Posted by bing at March 11, 2005 01:57 PM