Simon Crust
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There seems to be a huge inflation gap between films released prior to ~2010 and after on this website, to a point that they can be considered different scales entirely. I could see how Rocky 3 - cheesy, montage-heavy, rather brash movie - gets a 7/10 when compared to Rocky 1, T2, Godfather, Once Upon a Time in America etc.7?
Clubber Lang is worth an 8 all by himself!!
Yes, should be rephrased as 'the third entry in the series'isn't the third film the second sequel
There seems to be a huge inflation gap between films released prior to ~2010 and after on this website, to a point that they can be considered different scales entirely. I could see how Rocky 3 - cheesy, montage-heavy, rather brash movie - gets a 7/10 when compared to Rocky 1, T2, Godfather, Once Upon a Time in America etc.
However no way in the world this movie - still fondly remembered after almost 40 years, still infinitely rewatcheable - can get a 7 when Creed 3 gets an 8, let alone the MCU fodder getting all these 8s and 9s over the years...
My Dad had a dodgy VHS of this, which I would watch every Sunday morning without fail for about a year. My favourite part is Carl Weathers desperately trying to run slow enough for Sly to catch him, whilst trying to look like he's going flat out.
8!7?
Clubber Lang is worth an 8 all by himself!!
The first 2 are far superior in many ways, however out of the three, I'm just more entertained watching this.
I've also never found a decent explanation of why Rocky is as dumb as a bag of spanners in the first two, and seemingly eats a thesaurus between 2 & 3 (Rocky of 1 & 2 would have thought that was impossible as all the dinosaurs were dead) and comes over as a fairly smart, educated, well-dressed guy which he maintains for the next movie (or two?) then reverts back to being Rocky V1.0
I can understand all the punches to the head and brain damage etc that they bring up IIRC but there's no reason for the difference between 2 & 3.
Exactly, and yet again with the Rocky sequels they’ve made no effort at all with the extrasI always remember 1 & 2 being better films than 3. However, Mr T made it an entertaining spectacle. Along with Hulk Hogan and of course The Eye of the Tiger by Survivor on the soundtrack. They really should get everyone together to do a commentary for this before it's too late.
They are better films in classic terms, but parts 3 and 4 are way more accessible (eg to kids) and way more rewatcheable, also one of those movies that when caught on telly, hard to resist watching...The first 2 are far superior in many ways, however out of the three, I'm just more entertained watching this.
I suspect you meant "exacerbated".riddled with microspecs and marred by heavy grain that is exasperated by the HDR. Ugh.
The best of the rocky series. Mr T makes this filmI love this film great review thanks