Rocky Balboa

The previews give the impression that this movie is more along the lines of the first one.  Of course the previews could be the best parts of the movie and the rest sucks.

From the movie SPACEBALLS: "And now for a preview of Rocky FIVE.....THOUSAND."

Just think, after this, another Rambo movie.  Rambo, The Geriatric Warrior.

Although Sly is still in great shape.

SPOILER:   I bet he wins in the end.

SPOILER:   I bet he wins in the end.

All I know is the guy looks pretty darn good for being 60 years old. 

Mark

Best proposal ever:

 "Yo Adrean.  I was wondering if you wouldn't mind marrying me very much?"

~Mike

I never even saw V all the way through, it was so bad.  But I'll bet a lot of people are too young to remember how good Rocky was.  I'll bet a lot of people who didn't know this will find it hard to believe.

1977 Academy Awards:  Rocky

Won:  Best Director
          Best Film Editing
          Best Picture

Nominated:  Best Actor (Stallone)
                    Best Supporting Actor
                    Best Supporting Actor (yes, both of them)
                    Best Actress
                    Best Music, Original Song
                    Best Sound
                    Best Writing, Screenplay (Stallone again)

Stallone joined an elite crowd being the third person ever nominated for acting and writing in the same year.  Others were Charles Chaplin and Orson Welles.

Yes, I think Stallone has become a charicature of himself and this new movie probably sucks but there's a reason that the Rocky phenomenon was as big as it was.  It started out as a really good movie.

We have a dollar theater.  I'll wait till it gets there.  Should be about 3 weeks after its release. 

Probably in competition with several other Stallone movies.  And Cabin Boy.

Dude is in phenominal shape. The guy is sixty years old. Unfreakin believable.

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Yeah, what he said.

I actually have never seen all of V either because it was so awful. But I've seen I-IV an embarassing number of times. The original is far and away the best one. I was only 4 when it was released, so obviously I didn't see it in the theater, but I still loved it when I came across it on tv one day when I was in middle school. I just hope this one is at least decent so that the franchise can redeem itself somewhat.

I tend to like Rocky IV a little more than the original...maybe it's the whole training in Siberia montage, but man that movie gets me pumped up.....

 To think just that short a time ago, Russia was the Soviet Union, and it was almost evil to think of visiting there.

OK who is willing to admit they tried to drink 5 raw eggs after watching Rocky?  I did and nearly tossed my cookies....never could get passed the gag reflex.

 ~Mike

I was young....and surprisingly not THAT foolish.

The eggs weren't that bad if you mixed in a little OJ, used to do it a lot for HS football, back before things were bad for you

Had the same problem after seeing "Cruising" with Al Pacino.