Rocky Balboa

I don't really like boxing movies. The first Rocky movie is my favorite and least favorite boxing movie, both happening at the same time. The Rocky series represents the first time I saw a movie in the theater and realized that I has just seen a bad movie hoping to cash in on a brand name (whichever Rocky movie had the big Russian). I can't stand seeing people getting thier eyelids cut open so that they can go back in the ring, actually I can't stand that image period. What I do love about Rocky is Rocky, and the music, and Philadelphia. In this the newest and final film in the series, I got everything I like, without having to endure the eyelid slicing. If you don't already know the basic premise of the film, wht would I ruin it for you, and if you do why would I be repetetive? What I will say is that I enjoyed the whole film because it was about Rocky, as a man, as a fathes, a husband, a champion, growing old, but mostly dealing with life as a man. The strength of the first Rocky film was that you beleived this character was real and wanted him to succeed. Stallone recreates that chemistry in this film, and I think it is one of the best movies I've seen this year.