Boring, Boring, Boring and just odd.

Rating: 3/10 (5 September 2015)

Sorry but I did not like this movie at all. I can understand that it's the story of an underdog boxer who has been given a once in a lifetime opportunity to have a boxing fight with the heavy-weight champion, a David and Goliath type story if you wish to call it that. Unfortunately the majority of this film is a load of boring drivel, it has a lot of unnecessary scenes and has some oddities.
First oddity, Rocky drinks 4 uncooked eggs for breakfast...OK that's just weird. Apparently it's something that bodybuilders do to get quick protein but uncooked eggs are not really safe to consume as one might carry salmonella and it would make more sense if you just cooked and eat them like normal as you will still get the same amount of protein. Second oddity, Rocky punches frozen meat hangings like a punching bag *facepalm*...what? What a stupid idiot, the first time he does this he's bleed his hands which I'm not surprised about but not long afterwards when he does a televised interview he punches the things again just to show off, he's like a dog that doesn't learn.
Adrian is a terrible character, she has no confidence and seems lifeless most of the time. Even her brother Paulie is weird and throws a cooked turkey out of the door just to make her go out.
One scene to mention that was completely pointless and unnecessary was when Rocky wanted to help this tomboy girl away from some street gang and once he walked her home she flips the bird at Rocky and says "Screw You". OK, what was the point of all that?
The only part of the film that's flawless is the famous training scene where you hear the Rocky theme tune while Rocky is running and runs to the top of the stairs successfully and putting his arms in the air.
Once we get to about the last 30 minutes of the movie we finally get to the fight itself between Rocky and Apollo. Unfortunately none of them actually won out right and realistically it was a draw even though Apollo wins by a judging decision and then Adrian cries out she loves Rocky and comes into the ring with him. I don't get it, there was absolutely no sense of accomplishment apart from being battered and bruised to oblivion with snot coming out of the nose. Overall the film is just boring and very dull, not a classic film in my eyes.