Ya know, up until a few days ago I had never seen Rocky II.
I had seen every other Rocky film but part 2 seemd to have slipped through the cracks somehow.
AMC had been showing every Rocky film for 5 days straight and so on the first day I watched the original which I'd seen many times before.
When I saw that they were going to show Rocky II the following day I just had to finally sit down and watch it.
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And damn, what a decent film it was!
I like how it starts immediately where the original left off.
I finally got to see Rocky marry Adrian and best of all I got to see Rocky kick the ever lovin' s**t out of Apollo Creed and win the title.
When they both went down and the first man to get up would win, I was yelling at the TV, "Get up dammit!! Get up!!" even though I knew in the back of my mind he was gonna win.
Needless to say, I was really into this film.
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"YO ADRIAN!!!!!!!!"
What do you personally think of Rocky II compared to the others?
Post Edited (07-04-04 05:36)
I think that Rocky II and III are okay, IV is one of the worst movies I have ever seen, V isn't as good as II or III, but isn't as bad as IV. The original is a classic.
I saw Irwin Winkler on the Sunday Morning Shootout last week and he Stallone is suing them to make Rocky VI. It already has a script but since they own the rights Stallone can't do it without their permission.
I'm trying to figure out what it would be about , he is going to fight George Foreman?
trek_geezer wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out what it would be about , he is going
> to fight George Foreman?
>
Maybe Rocky introduces a line of cookware and stretch-waist trousers, and He and Foreman duke it out on The Home Shopping Network!!
ASHTHECAT wrote:
> Ya know, up until a few days ago I had never seen Rocky II.
> I had seen every other Rocky film but part 2 seemd to have
> slipped through the cracks somehow.
>
> AMC had been showing every Rocky film for 5 days straight and
> so on the first day I watched the original which I'd seen many
> times before.
> When I saw that they were going to show Rocky II the following
> day I just had to finally sit down and watch it.
>
> (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6304604548.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
>
>
> And damn, what a decent film it was!
> I like how it starts immediately where the original left off.
> I finally got to see Rocky marry Adrian and best of all I got
> to see Rocky kick the ever lovin' s**t out of Apollo Creed and
> win the title.
> When they both went down and the first man to get up would win,
> I was yelling at the TV, "Get up dammit!! Get up!!" even
> though I knew in the back of my mind he was gonna win.
> Needless to say, I was really into this film.
>
> (http://www.mgm.com/mgm/images/stills/MGMA000183-still_hires.jpg)
> "YO ADRIAN!!!!!!!!"
>
> What do you personally think of Rocky II compared to the
> others?
>
>
> Post Edited (07-04-04 05:36)
I heard Stallone wanted to finish the series with the death of Rocky, from going back for one fight too many or something.
Rocky 2 was such a classic - you don't see tension like 2 guys struggling to beat the 10 count anymore!
My mother in law actually jumped up in the theater and screamed at the movie screen in Rocky 4 when Apollo was killed. Talk about being moved by the action!
It still makes me think of that scene in "Spaceballs" when there's an advertisement for "Rocky Five.....Thousand!"
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The fight scenes were really well done in Rocky II. And yes, Rocky 1 is a classic, but the punches in II looked so much more real. Burgess Meredith was wonderful in both of them. And the classic scene with Rocky doing a commercial was hilarious.