Best sports movie ever made!!

Rating: Null/10 (24 May 2010)

I actually saw most of the sequels to this movie before this one But I still think this one is the best, storywise. The movie is about a philadelphia club fighter and collector named Rocky balboa (Sylvester stallone) who is going absolutely nowhere in life. He collects money from people and beats them up and gives the money to a loan shark named Gazzo. He has a good friend named Paulie (Burt young) who drinks a lot and they both have nobody but each other. For awhile Rocky has been trying to get a date with Paulie's shy sister Adrian (Talie shire) but she is too shy to go out with anyone. But on thanksgiving night Paulie gets Adrian to date him and they go ice skating.
Rocky also works out in a gym owned by Mickey goldmill (Burgess meredith) and Mickey is always yelling at rocky because he feels rocky had the potential to be big but he wasted his talents by working for a cheap second-rate loan shark as Mickey referred Gazzo. Meanwhile the world heavyweight boxing champion Apollo creed(Carl weathers) original fight with a fighter named Mack lee green ducks out and doesn't want to fight Apollo. The fighter claims to have broken his right hand or something.
So Apollo has to find another fighter to fight and he chooses rocky balboa because he thinks the sound of it sounds like a monster movie and it would make Apollo look good and Apollo plans on finishing him in 2 rounds. Rocky on the other hand acceptes the challenge and then starts getting trained by Mickey. From then on Rocky starts training like crazy and creates his own style of training and this includes punching meat, drinking raw eggs and tieing a string to his feet so he can learn to balance. But yeah all in all this movie is of pure brilliance and the character of rocky has become an icon everywhere. The acting, the music by Bill conti, Rocky and Adrian's relationship, the training and the big fight at the end makes this movie a classic.
This movie is about more than just fighting it's also about the character of Rocky trying to prove himself and to show everyone that he doesn't care about winning and he just wants to go the distance and say he did it. It's about Rocky overcoming all odds and that you don't really have to win to win. After fighting the most dangerous fighter and going the distance and showing everyone that you have the guts and determination and heart you have won something that is bigger than a belt. 10/10