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Just watched for the first time...

posted 9 years ago by Droncz87
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So I decided to see Creed opening weekend without seeing any Rocky movies. Loved creed!

Then I started the movies the other day and just finished up Rocky IV.

It was the least of my favs. It was alluded to at one point that Drago was taking Steroids but nothing else was really said about it. How come?

So far without Finishing Rocky 5 and Rocky Balboa, my rating is as follows.

Creed, Rocky, Rocky 3, Rocky 2, Rocky 4.

Rocky 2 was just BORING and more a love story in my opinion.

[–] J-Street1 9 years ago

It was alluded to at one point that Drago was taking Steroids but nothing else was really said about it. How come?

I thought that wasn't handled well, at all. They really didn't need to make him an obvious cheater. The convenience of his workout plan and his background were sufficient enough. I felt 4 was just too rushed and too straightforward.

I have yet to see "Creed" but I'm heading out to see it Sunday. When I was a kid, I loved the first, 3rd, 4th and even 5th, but like you, I found 2 really boring until the final fight. I think maybe that had a lot to do with wanting something newer and more original to happen.

However, after recently viewing it, it holds up better than I remembered it. It's a great saga all around.

🎄

[–] sandrock41 9 years ago

Compared to the other movies, NOTHING happens in 4. Apollo fights Drago and dies. Rocky goes to Russia, trains, fights Drago and wins. End. Two things happen in this movie.

Look at the other movies. Part 2 for example. Rocky dealing with his sudden popularity, trying to succeed in a world he was never meant for. Marries Adrian, has a kid, Adrian is in a Coma, Apollos relentless provocation for another fight, Rocky trying to find a job but ultimately falling back into fighting etc etc etc.

[–] Citation_Needed 9 years ago

Compared to the other movies, NOTHING happens in 4. Apollo fights Drago and dies. Rocky goes to Russia, trains, fights Drago and wins. End. Two things happen in this movie.

Nothing happens?! Are you kidding me?

1. Rocky beats Lang
2. Rocky becomes a millionaire.
3. Pauly is introduced to the most iconic character in the series.
4. Apollo teaches young would-be boxers how to conduct a proper fight press conference that has since been mimicked for generations.
5. Pauly finds true love thanks to a lil voice setting modification.
6. James Browns tells us where he lives.
7. Apollo fights Drago and dies.
8. Rocky gives one of the most heart felt eulogies in movie history. Not a dry eye in the house.

- music video -

9. Rocky gives us a scenic tour of the hidden jewel of Russia, Siberia, Wyoming.

- music video -

10. Rocky scales a mountain.
11. Rocky chops down a tree. Not in that order

- epic training montage -

12. An epic chess match between the United States of America and a commie. They could have ended the movie right there and people would have been satisfied.
13. Rocky fights Drago and wins.
14. Rocky changes the disposition of the Russia premier.
15. Rocky ends the cold war.
16. Rocky knocks down the Berlin War.
17. Rocky alters reality so that when he return from Russia, his child ages by almost ten years.

Nothing happens? Literally EvERYTHING Happens!

[–] bourg000 9 years ago

You have to put yourself in the era of the Cold War. It would be like if Adonis could fight an ISIS boxer who killed his best friend.

And the soundtrack is beyond amazing top to bottom.

[–] residentevil6901 9 years ago

Lol Rocky IV is the best movie of the group. Two is the worst except for the ending.

[–] stones78 8 years ago

Lol Rocky IV is junk. Maybe the worst of the sequels too.