The worst of the series
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theater_dreamer — 9 years ago(August 15, 2016 05:53 PM)
I have not yet seen Creed; it's on order, so it will be a few days. Of the other films, I'd place them in this order:
Rocky
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky Balboa
Rocky IV
Rocky V
Though
Rocky III
had some silly moments (the whole Thinderlips routine), I really liked the narrative. Losing Mickey was a gut punch the first time I saw it, but the relationship between Adrian and Rocky was the defining element of the film for me. Talia and Sylvester had some really great chemistry in this one, and Talia's performance, especially, when she's yelling at Rocky to tell her "what's the truth" was really powerful. I also liked seeing the former antagonist becoming Rocky's confidant, friend and mentor. It's not quite on the level of
Rocky II
, or, clearly,
Rocky
, but, for me, it was as satisfying as any of the other films.
Rocky III
and
Rocky Balboa
are pretty close for me. I felt that Mr. T's Clubber Lang was the far greater villain.
While the fighting in
Rocky IV
was good, the fight commentary felt completely robotic. It didn't have the organic feel of the earlier films. And the endless montages got a bit redundant. I still watch it when it's on cable; it's a guilty pleasure.
I can't stand
Rocky V
. Complete misstep.
I'm really looking forward to seeing
Creed
. I think it will infuse some new energy into the franchise.
Rocky
coming full circle will be interesting to watch.
Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions-Dag Hammarskjold -
jsl_99 — 9 years ago(September 16, 2016 12:54 PM)
If I had to rank the films it would be like this.
- Rocky
- Rocky II
- Rocky Balboa
- Rocky III
- Rocky V
- Rocky IV
Ranking Creed with the other Rockys is debatable because while it is part of the Rocky Universe I don't quite think of it as Rocky VII. I did like Creed though.