Adrian!!! Adrian!!!

Rating: Null/10 (12 September 2008)

I saw this film long time ago so long time ago that I barely remember it so basically watching Rocky just last night was like watching it for the very first time. I had like a prejudice, I considered the Academy Award for best picture of Rocky to be just one of the many jokes that the Academy has made and not particularly funny jokes. Taxi Driver is one of my all time favourites so you can imagine the rest. Now after watching finally Rocky I still believe its Oscar is a big joke however is easy to see why it won and easy to say that the Academy Awards are just a big piece of s***. Before you stop reading my comment I will write that I do like this film and truly a lot. I had a lot of fun by watching this with a couple of friends. It is definitely a film with a lot of memorable stuff that everybody knows, many famous sequences and that music theme. I love how it begins but essentially nothing really happens we just watch Rocky in his daily routine; boxing is just one way to get some dollars but not any more a possible way to have something bigger in life. In short, Rocky is not any more thinking just in boxing, he has to get money of course and he uses his strength for other little jobs for Gazzo (Joe Spineli). On the other hand we meet a present star of boxing, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) but actually we meet him not as the boxer but more as the "businessman" that sees beyond the sport. Sure he is the champion and when he sees the chance to be not only a great boxer but also a patriot. He sees the chance to show why America is the land of opportunity and, of course, he don't think twice in order to make a decision. Now he is the Uncle Sam and he will give the opportunity of his life to a working class Italian, American with that Apollo Creed will be the hero, the champion, the spectacle, the star, etc. However he is not a likable character at all mostly because almost we never watch him as the boxer. Of course Rocky is that Italian American, "the Italian Stallion" who doesn't even imagine what his nickname will make, yes he will find finally some luck and for sure I won't miss the chance. But it is not just boxing, actually during the entire 120 minutes of the film we only watch a couple of fights of Rocky; is also a love story that is even quite funny. Funny because you watch how people change for love, one day Adrian (Taila Shire) wears glasses and the other day she doesn't need glasses any more! Rocky changed her a lot and on that way he is my f****** idol (first date first kiss and she was an extremely shy girl!). The brother of Adrian (Burt Young) is always following Rocky and always repeating the same things to "the Italian Stallion", thanks to that he is another funny character of the film but there are many repetitive dialogs during it that I found extremely fun to watch. Do you know who is Julio Cesar Chavez? Well if you don't he was a great Mexican boxer and recently he worked as commentator of TV for the Olympic boxing. I saw a fight of one Mexican who, unfortunately, was beaten but it was absolute fun hearing Chavez. He said that the Mexican loose the fight because "no quebro la cintura" (he doesn't bend at the waist) and the fun thing was that he repeated that like 10 times during the fight! It was really funny and during this film we have some similar situations. The one that made me remember Chavez was the conversation of Rocky with Mickey (Burgess Meredith), he repeats a lot that Rocky will need a trainer. Of course these two will have finally a special friendship and here the real training begins so the memorable sequences begins. A boxer who wanted to make a real fight against the star, he did that but
I like this film a lot but I just don't found in it the masterpiece and inspirational piece of cinema that many found. The first Rocky is a lot of fun with that mentioned memorable stuff. Are you talking to me? Is curious to hear Rocky saying that. Anyway, watch it friends.
PS: I didn't know that Lloyd Kaufman appears on this one, credited as the drunk. I'm just realizing about that fact and definitely I would like to check his appearance.