So, hot take and I am not going to make many friends with this one... I don't think Rocky is very good. It's filmed on a shoestring budget, it seems. Stallone's "acting" is obnoxious. Adrian is a dead fish with zero personality or energy that he basically stalks. Carl Weathers is the best part of this movie and the only thing in it worth watching.
I do give it credit for the ending. I knew it was coming, but considering when this came out I'm impressed they ended it like they did. Maybe that's part of the problem. This movie has been hyped up to me my whole life. Rocky is this great bit of pop culture history, something I had never seen and now, finally marking it off the list and frankly, I was bored. I wanted it to be over. I imagine if I had the nostalgia to back it up, maybe this would be a different story but without that, it was really an underwhelming flick.
I do give it credit for the ending. I knew it was coming, but considering when this came out I'm impressed they ended it like they did. Maybe that's part of the problem. This movie has been hyped up to me my whole life. Rocky is this great bit of pop culture history, something I had never seen and now, finally marking it off the list and frankly, I was bored. I wanted it to be over. I imagine if I had the nostalgia to back it up, maybe this would be a different story but without that, it was really an underwhelming flick.