Rocky IV

rocky iv: the undiscovered country read more

i cheated! after watching rocky i to iii i was so stoked to watch part iv that i broke my movie watching rules (which stipulate that i break up a series with individual movies) and went right onto rocky the 4th. and i was really excited. so far the rocky movies have been great and even the much maligned part iii i really enjoyed. and people say this one is one of the best. well i was disappointed> maybe it was rocky fatigue watching four in a row but i thought this one was by far the weakest. yeah, the boxing was fun, the bad guy was menacing, the runtime was nice and short and the music had... read more

i dont get why this is such a revered film and gets held up as one of the best sequels. this was the worst rocky sequel ive seen (though i havent seen the widely despised rocky v), everything outside the final fight was clumsy. some of the training montages were solid and that final fight was great, but the rest of the film sucked and just about every scene with paulie was unwatchable. the robot thing was weird and they kept trying to play paulie for laughs, but it wasnt funny at all. even the fight between drago and apollo wasnt very good. it was poorly edited and the movements of the boxers... read more