I don't understand how so many people love Rocky Part 1 but find the other four no good

Rating: 10/10 (8 January 2006)

I love the first Rocky much more than the other four, but that doesn't mean the other four "sucked" as so many people put it. Many people love the first one and dis the other four, I don't understand. Please enlighten me. Since my comment is to question why people love the first one and dis the other four, I thought it would be more appropriate to post it in the Rocky part I users comments section rather than in the other four Rockys' user comments sections.
What is Rocky One about? Character, drama, perseverance, fighting for what you want, soul, romance, etc., plus wicked training scenes. Can anyone say that these elements were not delivered in the sequels? In Rocky 2, it is Adrian's near-miscarriage and going from disapproving of Rocky's rematch to literally commanding him from her hospital bed to win (Adrian: "There is one thing I want you to do for me. Win. (pauses). Win.") that causes Rocky to start training like the devil. Am I the only one here moved by this? In Rocky 3, Rocky is so shaken up by his trainer (and mentor and father-figure)'s death that he can't train properly. Adrian has a one-to-one conversation with him on the beach where she SNAPS him back to reality, telling him winning is about self-love, not about reputation and guilt (Rocky feels guilty that he lied to Mickey about winning the first fight with Mr.T), that losing is OK as long as you don't lose with fear, among other inspiring comments. Adrian's message is so powerful it makes Rocky able to train like a madman again. This is pretty cool. But the coolest thing has to be how the movie shows that Rocky has gotten too cocky (and "civilized", as Mickey puts it) and barely breaks a sweat while training for the first fight, and must go back to the dirtiest filthiest and gruesome training conditions in order to win the rematch. Am I the only one who found this totally cool, and moving? Rocky 4, gives you TWO wicked training scenes. One, in which Rocky is running in the rivers, and a second one, after being visited by Adrian, in which Rocky runs up mountains. no one seems to mention how great it is that in both of these training scenes, a constant comparison is made between Rocky and the Russian in that Rocky uses the nature environment (e.g. wooden logs, snow, mountains, saws, etc.) to train whereas the Russian is using steroid injections instead of spirit, stair machines instead of mountains, indoor running track instead of snow and rivers, and many other examples. While Rocky runs to the top of cold mountains and yells at the top of his lungs and is monitored daily by the love of his wife and the friendship of the coach of the now-deceased Apollo, the Russian is climbing the freakin' stair-master while being monitored by assistants who only care to train the Russian for selfish and nationalistic reasons, not because they care about him. How awesome and symbolic are these comparisons, which show us that nature, not drugs, is what truly creates victories, and love and friendship, not bullying from others, are what truly creates good training. So many people say Rocky 4 was simply "glossy";,running up mountains and screaming in the freezing, nothing glossy about that. And as he is running up the steepest part of the mountain, the climax of the song is also being played, simultaneously showing that the Russian is still climbing his pathetic little incline treadmill and the lab technicians and monitoring him like he's an experimental rat. This stuff doesn't move anyone? And Rocky 5 was obviously a mock on Don King, but like all the other Rocky's is full of soul. Rocky goes back to his hometown and visits Mickey's gym now full dust, where he hangs out and visualizes an entire conversation he had with Mickey years ago. I almost cried watching this. The second teary moment for me came much later when Adrian says this: "I know when somebody like Tommy comes along, you feel alive. But he's not you. He doesn't have your heart. All those fighters you beat, you beat 'em with heart, not muscle. Mickey knew that. That's why you and Mickey were special. But Mickey's dead. If there's something you wanna pass on, pass it on to your son, for God's sakes! Your son is lost!" The greatest is when she says "You beat them with heart, not muscle. Mickey knew that ... that's why you and Mickey were special". HOW CAN ANYONE DISS ROCKY 5 WITH THIS IN IT? How many friends in our own lives these days can actually distinguish between muscle and heart? And how often do we get betrayed by friends, because they care about muscle, not heart? So there's my comment on each of the five. I wanna ask all you who love Rocky part one and then dis the other four, did you not feel any of the things I mentioned above for each sequel?