I Don't Get It

Rating: 5/10 (10 January 2002)

I saw "Rocky" last night for the first time mostly out of guilt for never having seen it before. It's always tossed in with the other great films from the 1970s, the most eulogized decade in film history, so I thought I might be missing something.
I'm sorry, but I just don't get it. What distinguished this from all the other countless underdog-rises-to-the-challenge films is beyond me. It was a fine little movie (if not incredibly slo-o-o-o-w), but I honestly don't know what makes it a classic.