Rocky movies are not all that great of boxing movies. Good movies, but not good BOXING movies. All they have in them is Rock's opponent beating the crap out of him in the first rounds and Rocky doesn't even use any sort of defense. Then he miraculously comes back in the late rounds and knocks his opponentes out. Ali is an excellent boxing movie, followed by Million Dollar Baby and Cinderella Man.
1. Raging Bull
2. When we were Kings
3. Rocky
4. Only in America
5. Million Dollar Baby
The only thing I didn't like about Million Dollar Baby was the foul, and the way Riker's character won the fight as a result. Otherwise the story and acting were top notch.
:boxing: Gladiator 1992
Raging Bull - Robert De Niro - Jake La Motta 1980
ROCKY I 1976 Sylvester Stallone
ROCKY II 1979 Sylvester Stallone
ROCKY III 1982 Sylvester Stallone
ROCKY IV 1985 Sylvester Stallone
ROCKY V 1990 Sylvester Stallone
BTW Hillary Swonk trained in my gym before casting in the movie
Did you see her doing squats? That would be excellent.
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Hahaha, much thanks to you! It really is a shame about O'Toole, he showed some real promise as a writer- the best part was he seemed to have a genuine love for the sport and a knowledge and creativity to go with it.
Kind of not connected to the thread but Million Dollar Baby is the tie in:
Anybody read F.X. Toole's "Rope Burns"? There are some stories in there (other then Million Dollar Baby) that might be fun if put onto the big screen (although MBD did tie alot of them together...) I personally think the one about the old cut-man would be fun... Any thoughts?
PS- Pretty good collection of fictional boxing stuff if you have not read it.
My favorites are:
1 Raging Bull- Deniro gives a superb performance
2 Ali- most realistic boxing scenes of any fight movie
3 Digstown- what a concept, a boxer fights 8 fights in one day. didn't George Foreman do that!
4 Rocky IV- had to pic one Rocky movie although I hate the fight scenes
5 On the waterfront- "I could've been a contender!"
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Can you please list out the things that you would like me to do in the future: because Ultimately I am confused as to which ones I can critique. If I can downgrade any Rocky after 2, why can I not do the same for 3?
after all, 3 comes after 2.
Play it to the bone was hilarious and cool.
Rocky 3 was hilarious because it was corny as hell.
are you a reporter or something? talk about taking a statement out of context. you quote half a sentence and then tell me it doesnt make sense. most sentences cut it half can be a little confusing. I believe I said you can't critique Rocky 3 THEN go on to say Play it to the Bone was "hilarious and cool"
Hilarious and Cool????? "My dick wants to laugh" - Sam. L
I haven't seen it, but every time I talk to my buddy about this, he brings up Diggstown.
Also Gladiator with Cuba Gooding.
Anyone seen these?
The boxing scenes in Sgt. bilko and Popeye were quite funny. Best humorous boxing scene would have to be in City Lights with Chaplin.
Ive seen gladiator, entertaining but way too corny.
I haven't seen it, but every time I talk to my buddy about this, he brings up Diggstown.
Also Gladiator with Cuba Gooding.
Anyone seen these?
The boxing scenes in Sgt. bilko and Popeye were quite funny. Best humorous boxing scene would have to be in City Lights with Chaplin.
hey knives, you can critique any Rocky movie after the II. but don't bash rocky III
Can you please list out the things that you would like me to do in the future: because Ultimately I am confused as to which ones I can critique. If I can downgrade any Rocky after 2, why can I not do the same for 3?
after all, 3 comes after 2.
Play it to the bone was hilarious and cool.
Rocky 3 was hilarious because it was corny as hell.
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Raging Bull
Great White Hype
Play it to the Bone
Ali
Rocky 1 (rocky 3 sucked and was corny as hell.)
hey knives, you can critique any Rocky movie after the II. After II, they all have their problems. but don't bash rocky III and have the balls to put Play it to the Bone on the list. thats laughable.
In no particular order:
Great White Hype
Rocky 1 & 2
Don King: Only in America (HBO/Vingh Rhames)
Raging Bull
When We Were Kings.
I havnt seen Million Dollar Baby yet.