Rocky the Love Story

Rating: 10/10 (18 February 2005)

How can you write a review of Rocky and not mention the relationship between the protagonist himself and Adrian. I admit that this is an enthralling story about an underdog fighter that makes it all the way to the top yet that isn't the focus of the film. I think the point of Rocky is that it is his love for Adrian that makes him strong. At first they are the unlikeliest of matches yet he sees the beauty in her that nobody else does. This strong theme is carried throughout all five (not so much the fifth film actually) Rocky films and he makes it clear that the fame, the money, the big house doesn't mean a thing without her.
You'd have to have a cold heart not to shed a tear at the end of the film when Rocky ignores the media and not shouts but screams for Adrian to come to his side.
A film that will live on for decades to come!!