perfect

Rating: 10/10 (10 February 2008)

What can I say? I'm 35 and have worn out 5 VHS copies and am onto my 3rd DVD of this in 20 years! I have 3 framed posters in my house, t-shirts- actual film stills framed, calendars etc. if it's connected I Have it, my wife thinks I'm nuts but I don't care. Quite simply, this is the reason I got into watching films, and despite having seen it over 30 times I never tire of it's magic. I can't say what that magic is, otherwise it'd take something away from the film. If I'm down I watch Rocky, then I'm fine again. This film gives me something new every time I watch it, from the fight scene when I was a kid to punching meat to Adrian entering rocky's house for the first time. But what moves me more than anything, and no one else ever seems to mention it, is the scene in Rocky's house when he realises that he can't win the fight. The last time I watched it I had to stop the DVD for 5 minutes as I started howling like a baby. Don't ask why, just watch the greatest film ever made and ignore the snobs who say otherwise. If you ever read this Sylvester, thank you for something very special to me.