Rocky Balboa
I was just a kid when Rocky was released and well, it did not do much for me. The whole thing snowballed when I was into my teens and I saw Rocky 1, 2, and 3.
The movies made me want to go out and get some muscle into my biceps and put on boxing gloves.
Say what you will but the classic story of the unknown underdog taking the World Boxing Championship was just great. Then in the 3rd part his success leads him to failure and he comes back with a vengeance (and that awesome "Eye of the Tiger" song).
Rocky IV was a sort of boxing perspective of the cold war. Rocky V was a mess.
When Sylvester Stallone announced Rocky Balboa I had one of those squirmy moments.
Rocky 6? With Stallone boxing? Or was he going to put his son in this time?
Well Stallone does fight in Rocky Balboa but not like he fought in the earlier Rocky episodes.
This is a movie that must be viewed as the graceful, albeit bloodied, exit of a warrior.
It is difficult not to feel inspiration stirring inside when the famous Rocky tune sounds that our man is about to get ready for his last bow.
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