Rocky, a classic tale of an Underdog

Rating: 10/10 (11 April 2008)

After watching a boxing match between Chuck Wepner and Muhammad Ali, Sylvester Stallone was inspired to write a movie about a Boxer who goes the distance to get a shot at the title, it took him three days to write the script and it took 28 days to shoot the film. This film became one of the greatest motion pictures of all time and won several Academy Awards, Rocky was such a hit that it spawned five sequels and made Phillideial a landmark with the Rocky steps and Rocky statue which was introduced in Rocky III. The film also had one of the most well known music scores in the world with the song "Gonna fly now". The acting in this movie is great and features awesome performances from the whole cast.
One thing that makes Rocky such a hit is the whole plot. He's a guy with not much money trying to become a Boxer meanwhile he's working for a Loan shark (Played by the late, great Joe Spinell.), in his spare time Rocky's trying to get the shy pet store woman Adrian to go out with him. Rocky is asked by her brother Paulie to come to Thanksgiving, after an argument Rocky asks her out and they do and soon there relationship grows. Meanwhile the champion Apllo Creed decided to throw an event to allow an Underdog boxer to get a shot at the title, while looking through the books he notices the Italian Stallion and tells them that he's the one he's going to fight. Rocky is called to meet with one of the people and he accepts the challenge even thought he's intimidated by the whole thing, Micky the tough owner of the gym comes around and tries to convince Rocky to have him train him for the big fight. At first Rocky doesn't want to after the way he treated him but soon he decides to let him train him, Rocky then trains has hard as he can to become the best and beat the champ for the ultimate shot at the title.
Rocky is a great timeless classic that's touching and inspirational. Check this out. 10/10