Still a fine movie, but.....

Rating: Null/10 (20 February 1999)

....it didn't justify the sequels. Stallone is so good in this movie, he literally does not even seem to be acting -- he IS Rocky Balboa. A better actor would not have been better in the role.
But what a shame he gave into the pressure for the sequels, which changed Rocky Balboa from a nice, ordinary, not-too-bright guy into the Very Representation of America, and in so doing, ruined what people liked about him in the first place. There should have been just ONE Rocky movie.