Rocky and Adrian, basking in material wealth, lose themselves a bit in the process.
Note: Rocky going the distance with Creed (twice) would be quite a feat, especially in the days when such matches were 15 rounds, not the current 10-12.
In the sequel, “Rocky II,” he wins the belt in a narrow defeat of Creed. Rocky doesn’t technically win, but he still manages a major upset. In the first “Rocky” film, Rocky manages, against all odds, to go the distance with Creed, shocking the world. Through his name alone (“The Italian Stallion”) he is given a novelty shot at the title in what was expected to be a New Year’s Eve exhibition match against the heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), who is modeled on the colorful (and beloved) world heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali. In the first film he is a mafia leg-breaker, with a pair of pet turtles, who earns barely enough money to live in a Philly slum.
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Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is the iconic movie hero created at a time when such corny heroes were considered passé in the post-“Godfather”/pre- “Star Wars” era of the antihero. I’d like to delve into each of them, and how their stories connect with my disconnect over “Rocky III” a movie I once enjoyed without question, but have since come to see nagging issues with over the years… Save for the new, and in some ways, better “Creed” films, the Rocky movies have a core of characters who are either present or heavily referenced throughout the franchise’s run (1976-2006). As the quintessential Rocky movie, “Rocky III” has all the ingredients ( defeat, rematch, death, happy ending, etc), but is the ending of “Rocky III” the best possible outcome?Ĭore Characters Rocky, Paulie and Mickey look on as Rocky faces a pro-wrestler in a charity bout that goes horribly wrong–or right? I realize this column deviates from my usual sci-fi/fantasy/horror diet, and I beg my readers’ indulgence, as I take a closer look at “Rocky III,” along with a few nagging issues I have with this otherwise rousing crowdpleaser. Even as a family man who’s achieved his dreams, and could easily afford to retire, Rocky pulls out the gloves once more to defeat a powerful up-and-comer named James “Clubber” Lang (Mr. “Rocky III” craftily manipulates circumstances to make Rocky an ‘underdog hero’ once more, even when he’s no longer the poor guy from Philly with a million-to-one shot at the title. In the Rocky movies, Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) was always the underdog, the good guy audiences root for by default. Things that were once morally black and white get-like my hair-a bit more gray. One of the curious things about getting older is an almost inevitable the shift in perspective. T) knocks out yet another challenger in an opening sequence that shows his steady ascendence.
“I want Balboa! I want Balboa!”Ĭlubber Lang (Mr. That’s how it seemed to me at the time, and for years afterward.
While this second sequel to the Oscar-winning “Rocky” is a lot more comic book than, say, Martin Scorsese’s “Raging Bull,” it’s a great popcorn flick. It was also one of the few movie franchises my dad and I could enjoy together ( besides Spielberg movies, like “JAWS” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”).
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In the summer of 1982, I saw my first theatrical “Rocky” movie, “Rocky III.” I’d already seen the first two on TV and home video, but seeing them on a big screen with an audience was a lot more engaging.
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