Film · United Artists · 1976
Pass it on
Rocky
68Worth an evening.
This one is a man and a distance, and Adrian is not a prize at the end.
The review
Nobody expected this Philadelphia club fighter to survive a title shot. He collects for a loan shark, which is left ugly, and he trains by running the streets and hitting meat. He wants to go the distance. He does not want to become a brand. The later films did that. This one is still a man and a distance.
Adrian is not a prize at the end of a workout. That keeps the picture from turning into a poster. It is a fair night for a kid who needs to see dull work matter, and it should stop before any sequel. The collection errands stay a stain. The distance is the only thing he can honestly earn.
Journal
Keep Rocky in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 68. Yours can differ.
The glance
Piety and Republic are the thin ones.
Can conscience actually stop someone, or is reverence only in the shot so it can be mocked?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
The eight
- 8Industry
He runs the streets, hits meat, and does the dull work of getting ready.
- 8Household
Adrian is a person in the story, not a prize handed over for a win.
- 4Piety
Nothing in the film pulls him off the loan shark's collections.
- 9Courage
He takes a title shot no one expects him to survive, just to last it.
- 4Republic
He runs Philadelphia streets and collects on the block; the city is not his cause.
- 7Temperance
He trains for a distance instead of the brand the later films made of him.
- 7Truth
He stays a collector and a club fighter, and the film does not rename him.
- 7Stewardship
He leaves himself a distance he can finish, and a woman who is not a trophy.
Where to watch
Finding the page.
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