What's your favorite Rocky?

[Guest Rabbi_wilson13]

What's your favorite Rocky? I even included five for you crazies out there.

[Guest Angle-plex]

The first Rocky is the best.

[Guest Grenouille]

I've always been partial to 3. Apollo was great in the first two, but there's just something about Mr. T that I liked. Plus it had Eye of the Tiger, a great work out song, then again the comp of all the movies' songs is a great CD.

[Guest LexLugerRules]

2 for sure.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Rocky is clearly better than its sequels. It isn't even close.

 

Rocky 2 is essentially a remake, except Rocky wins in the end.

 

Rocky 3 is the best of the sequels, but it loses steam after Mickey's death.

 

4 & 5 are just horrible.

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

4 is my favorite for 2 reasons:

DOLPH

and

LUNDGREN

[Guest bob_barron]

3

[Guest C.H.U.D.]

Rocky 4. It's all about Dolph baby!

[Guest Rabbi_wilson13]

1 and 3 are close, but it's all about 4.

 

"I vill crush you."

 

And it's got James Brown! The look on Drago's face when Apollo comes down with the whole show going on...priceless.

[Guest pochorenella]

The first Rocky kicks major ass, but Rocky III with "Eye of the Tiger" on it is second place for me.

 

Rocky IV had a monster soundtrack, a too short but good main event and that's about it.

 

I always think to myself that Rocky V never happened.

[Guest Nevermortal]

Rocky IV.

 

I mark for the Apollo Creed American Entrance & The Russian Training Sequence.

 

Plus its got "No Easy Way Out", the best movie song, ever.

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

Hey...I like 5.

 

the last half an hour is GOLD!!!!

 

I voted for the first one though.

[Guest Rabbi_wilson13]

Bps, I hate 5, but its one redeeming quality is the press conference after Tommy Gunn wins the title and they just eat him alive.

[Guest Shaved Bear]

Mr. T fool

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

Rocky-IV:The-complete-Package.

 

I-go-nuts-for-the-Apollo-Creed-Entrance,The-Rocky/Ivan

Drago-Training-Scene,and-The-Robot.

 

"Happy-Birthday-Paulie"

 

No-love-for-Rocky-V?

No-love-for-Tommy"The-Machine"Gunn!!!!!

 

By-the-way,Rocky-VI-is-In-Development.

[Guest razazteca]

Clubber Lang will knock you out fool

[Guest TheZsaszHorsemen]

BTW, i don't remember "Rocky I", I think it was called Rocky.

 

I voted for 3.

[Guest jimmy no nose]

Rocky III. Can't go wrong with Mr.T and Hulk Hogan.

[Guest converge241]

it was close, but i went with 3 .i love the retraining by Apollo..

 

4 and 5 only look good when you realize there have been discussions for part 6 and Rocky vs Rambo

[Guest MillenniumMan831]

Whatever Ivan hits . . . he destroys.

 

If he dies, he dies.

 

Two great Rocky 4 quotes.

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

The first Rocky had the best story.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

You know, #5 IN THEORY should have been good. It's the natural progression of the Rocky Saga... Rocky becomes the teacher and must face the student who betrayed him.. But somewhere along the way it sucked ass. Maybe it was Sly Jr. being a complete queer... I dunno.

 

Rocky III for me.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Definitely the first one, especially because he loses. Screw happy endings.

[Guest Si82]

I'm not really a big fan of the Rocky movies but I'll go for Rocky III as my favourite. It's good to see that Rocky V has 0.00% of the votes.

[Guest Some Guy]

The first is the best movie, but I really like 3 and 4 as well. "I must break you."

[Guest CanadianChris]

As far as quotes go, nothing beats "Hey, woman! Hey, woman! I bet you go to sleep at night, wondering what it's like to be with a REAL MAN!"

 

I voted for III.

[Guest HellSpawn]

I picked III, but even when Im not "Gringo", that USSR VS USA thing was really good.

Like someguy said, the soundtrack on IV rules, and the training sessions rules in so many levels.

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

I actually love all five films. The first two are all about Rocky being this average joe who defies impossible odds to really make it. But once at the top of the world, where is there to go? To mythical legend, of course, which is what 4 and 5 were all about. Rocky reads a lot like ancient mythology, he's sort of Hercules like. 5 was all about him getting knocked down a few pegs and having to return to his roots to find himself again. It was kind of a rehash of 4 in that regard but on a grander scale. I do agree with bps that the last half hour is gold and the street fight scene is just staged so dramatically. (note Tommy Morrison who plays Tommy Gunn is the great grandson of John Wayne)

 

Rocky is appealing by being very basic and playing off of classic literary themes. Clear good guys and bad guys with conflict being built around the conquering of the seemingly indescturtable heel. Old enemy becomes friend, friend becomes enemy. Finding the diamond in the rough, all that stuff. Plus, you cannot beat the choreography of the fight scenes. It's like John Woo meets Gene Kelly.