Rocky, it was the movie I watched and I thought other than the accent I
wanted to be just like him. He was the kind of guy you knew would be the
under dog but all you could do was root for him to win because he was
such a nice guy. Rocky is the classic underdog story. I remember when my
dad would jokingly say "hey don't worry son I'm like Rocky I can get
through anything". So what is so amazing about this movie? First the story
behind the making of the movie is just as amazing. No one
expected the unknown Sylvester Stallone had the skills or the money to
pull off such a film. Sylvester Stallone struggled as an actor and
moved back to New York with a dream to become a great actor. He came up
with the idea of Rocky and wrote the film in only three and a half days.
He loosely based it off the famous fight between Muhammad Ali and Chuck
Wepner a rugged club fighter know one knew who made it through all fifteen rounds with the champ.
As you watch the video you see Chuck Wepner the challenger being pummeled by the champ like nothing. While you admire the champ for his skills and grace you cant help but have a weird attraction to Chuck's ugly, unpolished, street type of fighting. You can tell he is no where near the level of the champ but for the life of him the guy will not quit at all; he just keeps fighting and you wonder how it is possible.
In this video its the final fight in Rocky. Rocky Balboa finally fights Apollo Creed. As you can see Creed is so similar to Muhammad Ali in his flashiness, his charisma, and confidence. You see Creed even moves like Ali in how he fights. Rocky you see hes very humble you can tell hes shy as soon as he introduces himself in the ring. When he fights you can see that he is sloppy, wild, and stubborn. For most of the fight you see Rocky taking a viscous beating. However unlike in the previous clip Rocky was able to hurt the champ. Sylvester Stallone is smart enough to show Rocky is no joke. While we love our underdogs we prefer for them to be winners as well. People are only behind the underdogs only hoping they will win not lose. SPOILER ALERT! Rocky still lost this fight to Apollo Creed but the only difference is Chuck Wepner was forgotten, Rocky Balboa was remembered forever.
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| Rocky statue in front of Philadelphia art museum |
Rocky was only shot in 28 days with a budget of only about one million. Its an underdog story both in the film and the making of the film. It would also become nominated for ten academy awards for which it won Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Film editing. The people loved the film so much because it is something we can all relate too and admire and at the same time is something so American.
Rocky: PG: 119 min: 1976: Sports drama:
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