Worth seeing.

Rating: 8/10 (7 October 2003)

This is probably one of the most well known movies of all time, and I finally got around to seeing this film some time earlier this year (2003). I can't believe I consider myself a movie fan without having seen any of the films in the Rocky series. I decided the time had come to remedy that situation.
To be honest, I thought "Rocky" was a fine movie, although I am surprised it won best picture. These days, the chance of a film centering around a sport of any kind has virtually no chance of even getting nominated for an Oscar. I guess that just shows how times have changed.
To my surprise, "Rocky" was a rather slow-paced film. The beginning and the end are pretty exciting, but most of the film is full of dialogue and situations that lead up to the main event.
All of the actors in the film did a fine job with their roles. Carl Weathers as the heavy- weight champion, Apollo Creed (what an awesome name!) is great. Sylvester Stallone pulls off a rather nice performance, somewhat annoying at times, but I would credit that to the character, not the actor. Burgess Meredith pulls off probably the best performance in the film. Talia Shire and Burt Young are very good as well.
In the end, I'd say this was a good film, and certainly worth watching, for a number of reasons, but I wouldn't call it a must see. The main reason I see for watching this film is to understand all the references that are made to this film in other films and to see Sylvester Stallone in one of his first roles. Thanks for reading.