Simply one of the Greatest Ever

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2015)

Words can not describe how such a low budget movie with an at the time underwhelming cast, can produce one of the finest pieces of cinema in history. The first true underdog boxing story with iconic lines scenes and characters has anyone who watches it wanting to run a mile and become the heavyweight champ of the world. The story of nobody to somebody might as well have been invented by this movie. There is nothing that gives me more goose bumps in all of cinema than this movie. From the incredible training scene, capped off by arguably the most famous shot in all of film of Rocky's arms in the air after climbing the steps of the church, to the ending of the fight as when Apollo sees rocky down and thinks he has the fight one only to see rocky get back up and taunt Apollo to fight some more. The incredible writing acting and cinematography in this movie makes it a classic every time you put it on. Ending it with Rocky losing on paper but truly winning in the hearts of the fans and viewers at home was something so original at the time that it was the perfect ending to the most transcendent sports movie ever made.