The film cost a million and grossed over 100,000,000 domestically.....'nuff said.

Rating: 10/10 (30 March 2013)

I am not a huge boxing film fan. Well, that's not exactly true. I am not a fan of films that glamorize boxing. Movies like "The Harder They Fall", "Requiem For a Heavyweight" and "Champion" and "The Set-Up" are all wonderful films about the brutality and vicious nature of the 'sport' and are great indictments about what a terrible thing boxing is--and I heartily recommend them. However, "Rocky" is a rare film that glamorizes boxing (for the most part) and manages to deliver a film that you can't help but admire. Think about it. It was a small film, costing only about a million, and earned TONS of money and won the Best Picture Oscar!! No matter what you think of the later Rocky Films (as they got progressively worse) or the other films of Sylvester Stallone, you cannot take anything away from this tremendous achievement. It is a great film and it's amazing that it was made by folks who no one really heard about up until then. Plus, when you read about how quickly Stallone penned the script, you can't help but admire it. A terrific film.