Rocky goes the distance and stands the test of time.

Rating: 10/10 (23 March 2008)

Rocky the movie is a legend and it launched the career of it's principal actors especially Stallone. But more then that this movie created a genre that is still widely imitated to this day. Rocky is about a aging fighter from a slum neighborhood he works for a local loan shark as a enforcer but Rocky's too good natured for that line of work and when he can he fights. Also Rocky is in love with adrian his best friends sister she's shy but she also likes Rocky. Life is not great for Rocky but he's Happy enough comfortable is more like it. Then things change in the form of Apollo Creed The Heavyweight Champion of the world he needs a fighter to fight for a big bi centennial match and chooses Rocky based on his nickname the Italion Stallion. From there Rocky's life Changes and the people around him change as well. Does He win the Big Fight? Does he get the Girl? None of that's really important the journey itself is the important part here the Championship fight is only the icing on a very wonderful cake. I have seen this movie so many times I've memorized the lines and the scenes I can speak the lines before the actors do(It really annoys my Wife) But This movie is one of my important films of my life it's stayed with me from 1976 til now and it has not diminished in it's importence to me or other fans. A film Stallone must be proud of.