Not Your Average Love Story

Rating: 9/10 (30 October 2001)

People who say 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' is a good martial arts film would most likely say 'Rocky' is a good boxing film. Well, in actuality, both of the movies are love stories. As a matter of a fact, 'Rocky' only shows boxing scenes briefly at the very beginning, and of course you know about the feel good ending.
Rocky Balboa's mind is on two things. One, he wants to win very shy Adrian's love. Two, he wants to prove himself and those around him that he's not a loser, by going distance with a champion Apollo Creed.
All the casts showed strong performance, from Adrian's bum brother Paulie, played by Burt Young to Rocky's tough love manager Mickey, played by Burgess Meredith. And of course, the unforgettable sound track makes this movie even more enjoyable.
My only disappointment is that this movie is not in the IMDB's top 250 list. Why? I mean movies like 'Clerks' and 'Matrix' are, but not 'Rocky'???
Rating: 9 out of 10.