Arguably One of the Best Movies of All Time

Rating: 10/10 (8 April 2008)

Most people probably like Rocky but I don't think most people know how good the movie really is. To credit Stallone would be the start of why this movie is great. Not only is it great I think it is one of the greatest of all time. Now you might ask you mean it's Battleship Potemkin and Rocky? You might laugh and ignore the comment and read something else but I think that you might have to re watch the film with a different lens to appreciated it fully. Now I know that there is no Odessa Steps in Rocky so don't laugh. One reason that I love the film so much is that the message is so simple that anyone, including children, can grab hold of it. You can't say that for Potemkin. Another reason is that the film is completely heart and shows a character that is down and out. The character comes from no where and has nothing except love in his heart for a regular looking women. So typology is something that Potemkin and Rocky share, that is to Rocky's credit. The scenes consist of seemingly everyday conversations with everyday thoughts, nothing profound is said, at least not on the surface. What is really being said here that the America Dream is alive and well, honestly that was said more in the sequels but I'm talking about the original movie. What I think is being said is that in life we go the distance. Rocky doesn't win the match, he simply goes the distance when no one except a handful of people told him that he could even fight Apollo Creed. That is the magic of the movie the magic is that we all have the ability to fight the good fight in life. We need more movies to not tell us that we will all have a slice of the American pie but that within us all is a un-dying spirit that can not be put out by even the greatest of circumstances. So look again at this average movie and maybe you'll see what I saw.