Why Rocky Balboa is a Legend - Rocky Explained/Character Analysis

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  • @StryfetheWarrior
    @StryfetheWarrior  Год назад +17

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    • @Yb_-neverbroke
      @Yb_-neverbroke Год назад +2

      Dude keep these Vids up pls 🙏

    • @StryfetheWarrior
      @StryfetheWarrior  Год назад +1

      @@Yb_-neverbroke Will do! Thank you

    • @HeatherNickless-vt8zr
      @HeatherNickless-vt8zr Год назад +1

      The reason as stated in Rocky II why Adrian had a premature birth resulting in slipping into a coma was due to all the stress she put on herself and the baby between working part-time at the pet store and worrying about Rocky's return to his boxing career and with Paulie making the stress more severe by that point before she was admitted to the hospital.

    • @HeatherNickless-vt8zr
      @HeatherNickless-vt8zr Год назад +1

      you are partially wrong on that bit about Rocky's opponents because there were more of them that do fight with heart than the two focused ones from Rocky III and Rocky IV; Apollo fought with heart, Mason Dixon fought with heart, and even Spider Rico had heart in his matches too. Even though Ivan Drago was the one who killed in the Apollo Creed Match; He even shown that he has more of a heart than Clubber and Tommy combined by comparison.

    • @JamesClark-b7k
      @JamesClark-b7k Год назад

      You should make a video about Adrian.I think it will be a great video.

  • @Adamatronamus
    @Adamatronamus Год назад +195

    I love how humble Rocky is depicted. So many professional athletes have such an ego. Even though Rocky is a fighter, he really has no hate in his heart.

    • @StryfetheWarrior
      @StryfetheWarrior  Год назад +28

      Agreed. Keeps him grounded

    • @EmpathizeVortex
      @EmpathizeVortex Год назад +17

      literally. whenever the movies push him to say something arrogant he says something completely humble

    • @tgriffin3059
      @tgriffin3059 Год назад +14

      I think that humility is the biggest key to why the character is so beloved, and so timeless. But one thing that is often overlooked...Rocky also has a little cynical streak, as well. He's rarely surprised by other people's foibles and shortcomings. (remember when Paulie got him a job, and said, in typical Paulie fashion ,'you don't have to thank me....and Rocky immediately replied that Paulie didn't need to thank him for the Rolex that Rocky had given him, either)....Rocky knows people, and still likes them(for the most part). That's a very attractive quality.

    • @anthonymadden9322
      @anthonymadden9322 Год назад +9

      Adrian is the reason he became the best version of himself

  • @xenoxorus
    @xenoxorus Год назад +91

    When Rocky mentioned their 3rd fight to Creed that Apollo won really shows how much a good fighter Apollo was.

    • @StryfetheWarrior
      @StryfetheWarrior  Год назад +14

      Agreed. Apollo was amazing

    • @maverickrod2443
      @maverickrod2443 Год назад +2

      Rocky fights on purpose… even if rocky doesn’t know it he wasn’t going to go 100% against Apollo

    • @SavitarWasStolen
      @SavitarWasStolen 7 месяцев назад +3

      It was a friendly spar you can tell because in the first two movies they were both hospitalized But in this one Rocky just had a black eye

    • @johncap6495
      @johncap6495 Месяц назад

      That was so BS and Rocky surrendering to cancer is also BS. That’s only thing that pissed me off. Never give is his the true Rocky. Seeing his wanting die nearly gave me nervous breakdown

  • @mwaurathuku4241
    @mwaurathuku4241 Год назад +94

    Rocky is hands down one of the best characters in cinema history, dude been motivating us for 40 plus years

    • @StryfetheWarrior
      @StryfetheWarrior  Год назад +7

      Agreed

    • @Jose-se9pu
      @Jose-se9pu Год назад +7

      I understand Amazon and Sly are in the worst possible terms, but Rocky is turning 50 in just 3 years, they know Rocky Is bigger than any of them, I seriously hope they set aside their differences, and celebrate the character the way it deserves.

    • @THX-C
      @THX-C 4 месяца назад +2

      Stallone cares enough about the minor characters that we can’t help but find inspiration in Rocky. Look at how he even handles Little Marie, Spider Rico, or Angie in Rocky Balboa. That speech Rocco makes in Moscow after the Drago bout - that’s a major theme in all the films.

  • @WarriorKid95
    @WarriorKid95 Год назад +134

    Rocky Balboa without a doubt is one of of the greatest characters ever

  • @Fancast100
    @Fancast100 Год назад +75

    Rocky will always be a true example of being an underdog and being the best character ever

  • @skillet9141
    @skillet9141 Год назад +22

    That victory jump that Rocky did when he found out he won in Rocky III is one of the most iconic moments in cinema history, in my opinion.
    Always gets me.
    The final scene as well; down to the last shot.

  • @LordMalice6d9
    @LordMalice6d9 Год назад +35

    Rocky Balboa is just one of those cinematic characters who has stood the test of time.

    • @StryfetheWarrior
      @StryfetheWarrior  Год назад +2

      100%

    • @SamsarasArt
      @SamsarasArt Год назад +3

      I think it's because Rocky isn't just a character. Sylvester Stallone put his soul into playing Rocky. It's an incredibly genuine portrayal and relatable to a lot of people.

  • @Tomatrix
    @Tomatrix Год назад +4

    Years ago, in college here in Portugal, one guy said that Rocky was a representation of the American dream, as if Rocky was Just a representation of his country, while I did not agree. Rockys struggles are international and he should be seen as inspirational worldwide. His message of preseverence motivates me as someone born with osteogenesis imperfecta, a dissease that gave me bones easier to break, as a reference that our biggest opponent is life itself.

  • @ChampionProductionsYT
    @ChampionProductionsYT Год назад +28

    Rocky will forever be one of the greatest characters and have one of the greatest stories in the history of fiction. He will always be my hero.

  • @slckb0y65
    @slckb0y65 Год назад +6

    Rocky will forever be a LEGENDARY character, and i'm so glad i got to grow up with him as father figure.
    he's a simple man, but my god is he inspiring in every possible ways.

  • @Jason-bk3nl
    @Jason-bk3nl Год назад +18

    Rocky Balboa is my all time favorite movie character. It’s so cool to get to see his life for almost 50 years.

  • @kblearner1528
    @kblearner1528 10 месяцев назад +3

    Im a fighter and I admire Rocky a lot

  • @quotastrider801
    @quotastrider801 Год назад +43

    The first movie of the franchise I ever saw was creed 1 during one of my flights. The effect of seeing the culmination of a legend from an era before you were born in modern day was really powerful, and I will NEVER forget that feeling I had when Donnie stood up for the final round and I heard the leitmotif of gonna fly now and just about recognised it, it was like "wait... I RECOGNISE this song! Isn't it.. OH!"

  • @ХамитЮсуп-т5ь
    @ХамитЮсуп-т5ь Год назад +20

    Rocky for me is the best example of healthy masculinity and manliness

  • @crannogman6289
    @crannogman6289 Год назад +10

    Rocky in 1 and 2 had trouble making it as a person, let alone a boxer. He had zero career options and struggled with many small aspects of life, like literacy.
    Pauly was abusive and an alcoholic. Adrien had a small and bleak existence with her brother, and she was assumed to be mentally ill by folks in the neighborhood.
    All of that was completely forgotten by Rocky 3

  • @THX-C
    @THX-C 4 месяца назад +1

    Even the outtakes are great and that’s a testament to Stallone - I could easily watch a three hour Rocky movie so hopefully we’ll get more director’s that include most of the unused scenes.

  • @kingdjack6
    @kingdjack6 Год назад +27

    As a kid he seems like a super hero in boxing form as adult the life lessons especially when it came to Adonis that would do Mickey proud.

  • @christhianborrero3623
    @christhianborrero3623 Год назад +8

    Rocky Balboa is Iconic

  • @85scorpeon
    @85scorpeon 10 месяцев назад +1

    Rocky starting as the underdog and as he rises the ranks realizes he has to reflect on his teachings. Rocky's willingness to learn and teach says a lot about his character. His humility is something that never changed

  • @jmzzz1
    @jmzzz1 Год назад +8

    Here's an idea for a new video: why didn't Apollo challenge Clubber for the title after Rocky lost in Rocky III? He had the right style for fighting Clubber, and if he won, he could offer Rocky a title shot, to try to win two out of three, and restore his legacy.

  • @angelaholmes8888
    @angelaholmes8888 Год назад +20

    Sylvester Stallone did a great job as rocky Balboa he's such an underdog who overcome so much 😊

  • @carlambroson8872
    @carlambroson8872 Год назад +6

    It was such a great idea to make Rocky Adonis’s mentor!!

  • @eileenmclaughlin985
    @eileenmclaughlin985 11 месяцев назад +5

    I. LOVE ALL. ROCKYS MOVIES BUT RIP CARL WEATHERS 😢😢😢😢😢 I MISS EVER SOOO MUCH😢😢😢😢

  • @chrisrecinos3916
    @chrisrecinos3916 Год назад +16

    amazing video! Rocky is a great character and the franchise is something everyone can enjoy and learn about life, always do everything with 100 percent effort and heart! Go the distance!

  • @michaelspikes1506
    @michaelspikes1506 Год назад +8

    Rocky was the best fighter in the world 🌍🌍 good review sir

  • @nicolasrage666
    @nicolasrage666 Год назад +5

    This was a damn good video. You did an excellent job on all your Rocky vids and I would call this a masterpiece. I'm glad to be a subscriber.
    Stallone created an excellent final chapter with his in-ring career with Rocky Balboa. Sure it took the unpleasantness of Rocky IV to reach that point but who better to right the wrong than Stallone himself.
    His arc in the Creed films made me love the character even more. It saddened me so much when he had cancer. I really thought we were gonna see him die.... mirroring Mickey's death but with Adonis in place of Rocky. I'm so glad that Creed helped him win that fight.
    The end of Creed II still breaks my heart though because that was the first time he met his grandson and his own son in years. I personally would rather that be the true end of Rocky on screen and leave it ambiguous as to how he can finally mend his relationship with his son and enjoy his family during his final years.

  • @katie-annsmith9135
    @katie-annsmith9135 Год назад +6

    I've been watching rocky films since I was 5 years old the rocky films would always cheer me up my stepdad would rent all of them I just put on rocky films one after the other in one day rocky is like my film hero as I'm big Big fan of sly who bought rocky in to the film universal plus had my first crush with rocky and sly I love how I grow up with the rocky movies and love the creed movies too hopefully sly will be in creed 4 thank u rocky for being one of the best film characters and thanks to sly for the birth of rocky and also been a round for almost 50 years as rocky used to say go for it ❤

  • @panodius5686
    @panodius5686 Год назад +10

    I don't think I've ever seen a better character in cinema than Rocky. Apollo is very close though.

    • @StryfetheWarrior
      @StryfetheWarrior  Год назад +3

      Agreed

    • @dragonfire4527
      @dragonfire4527 Год назад +1

      And Adonis is also pretty close too. Granted he might not be on the same level as Rocky or his father Apollo but he's a great character nonetheless.

  • @lucleblanc7029
    @lucleblanc7029 Год назад +10

    I like this video and i hope to see Rocky back in Creed 4 in the future!

  • @Zillennial-g9k
    @Zillennial-g9k Год назад +12

    I like how the tone of Ivan Drago sounds so cold and robotic saying, *“You will lose.”*

  • @whizkybent
    @whizkybent 11 месяцев назад +1

    Very well done video

  • @reckszkingzactivitiesrkat.4134
    @reckszkingzactivitiesrkat.4134 Год назад +6

    Yeah man Rocky Balboa goes hard 🔥

  • @leviescott4819
    @leviescott4819 Год назад +2

    Best sports movie franchise period!!!

  • @Cmlwht
    @Cmlwht Год назад +5

    I can't wait for Bloodsport and Kickboxer content. Van Damme Is in my top 3 next to Schwarzenegger and Stallone.

  • @85scorpeon
    @85scorpeon Год назад +5

    Bravo story telling 👏🏾

  • @TanjiroBoi
    @TanjiroBoi Год назад +1

    this was a great video really explained everything for me

  • @romans52345-cy3tq
    @romans52345-cy3tq 9 месяцев назад +1

    I really wish somebody would do a video as to how important Paulie Was to The saga, In my opinion, he's the unsung hero of the Rocky franchise. Sure he wasn't well educated and you might even say he was a bit dumb but he loved Rocky dearly and he knew him better than anybody. And yes he knew him better than Adrian, remember Paulie was his best friend and by his side when NOBODY like Mick Or Adrian would give him a chance. Keep in mind it was Paulie That got FINALLY got Rocky and Adrian together after Adrian constantly rejecting him, Mickey threw them out of his locker (And rightfully so because I mean Rocky wasn't giving it his all but still Mickey abandoned him when he needed him It wasn't until Rocky got the title shot that Mickey came crawling around wanting to train him). Apollo Only chose Rocky to be his next opponent because he liked his name and his own self-promotion and to inflate his already massive ego.
    In Rocky II, When Mickey and Adrian tried to deterred Rocky from fighting again because of his bad eye, Paulie (because he knew Rocky so well) knew that if you fought Apollo again that he would beat him and he knew Rocky was very capable of doing it. He encouraged him right from the start to get back in the ring
    In Rocky III, In the final fight with Rocky and Clubber and Rocky was drawing Clubber in to wear him down, Apollo yelled "He's getting killed" and Paulie replied with "NO NO NO HE'S NOT GETTING KILLED HE'S GETTING MAD" Because again Paulie Knew Rocky better than anybody did
    In Rocky IV, in the last round against Drago, when Duke yelled "What is he doing?" Paulie replied with "He's winning" plus he told Rocky to hit the one in the middle lol
    RIP Burt Young

  • @michaelspikes1506
    @michaelspikes1506 Год назад +7

    I would say Rocky 3 Rocky would beat the current Best heavyweight boxers today in 2023

  • @juztrod2108
    @juztrod2108 Год назад +1

    35:26 i ain never heard about reactivating broken ribs lmao what a way to put it

    • @StryfetheWarrior
      @StryfetheWarrior  Год назад

      *Re-aggravating
      It's possible to re-injure the same rib.

    • @juztrod2108
      @juztrod2108 Год назад

      ​@@StryfetheWarrior oh i see

  • @Jose-se9pu
    @Jose-se9pu Год назад +3

    Is Rocky Balboa the most inspirational fictional character in western pop-culture history?

  • @junguevaru7538
    @junguevaru7538 Год назад +7

    is it me or did he say that Clubber lang rizzed up Adrian at 5:06

    • @ComicXanz
      @ComicXanz Год назад +2

      Yes lol. This video will age poorly for the rizz 😂

    • @StryfetheWarrior
      @StryfetheWarrior  Год назад +2

      I did lol

    • @joscar062
      @joscar062 Год назад +1

      Mr T's mother would disagree 😂😂😂😂

    • @joscar062
      @joscar062 Год назад +1

      That "rizz" granted him a razzie 😂😂😂😂

    • @newhybrid101
      @newhybrid101 Год назад

      Yeah you could tell she was barely containing herself

  • @Jean-d4o
    @Jean-d4o 6 месяцев назад

    Rocky is a Legend

  • @jasonandrezjewski2408
    @jasonandrezjewski2408 Месяц назад

    I would love to see rocky come back in Creed 4 and I would also love to see what happened to him when he went to see his son in Creed 2 and me his grandson and if they still talk and if he's getting along with his grandchildren

  • @LastKause_0615
    @LastKause_0615 Год назад +3

    The legend ✨✨💯

  • @KobyMathews
    @KobyMathews 11 месяцев назад

    A video on Paulie might be interesting he's a character thats hard to understand

  • @TheOCTAVIUS72
    @TheOCTAVIUS72 Месяц назад

    He got the hitting beef in the slaughterhouse from Joe Frazier. Read Joe Frazier’s autobiography

  • @ХамитЮсуп-т5ь
    @ХамитЮсуп-т5ь Год назад

    All of Rocky's major opponents are personal. Apollo, Clubber, Ivan, even Tommy

    • @StryfetheWarrior
      @StryfetheWarrior  Год назад

      True, but they weren't personal until something HAPPENED. Apollo gave Rocky a chance, Clubber and Ivan were challengers, and Tommy was a student gone bad. Adonis knew Dame from childhood; that's the key difference of why it's so personal. Rocky only knew his opponents through boxing.

  • @gavingowans5440
    @gavingowans5440 Год назад +1

    Rocky's great

  • @HeatherNickless-vt8zr
    @HeatherNickless-vt8zr Год назад

    Look, I know it is hard to restart a business but I imagine that it is even harder trying to keep the same old business going especially when it is on the verge of filing for bankruptcy.

  • @ChristopherJames1993
    @ChristopherJames1993 Год назад

    It wasnt 11 years. Adrian died a couple of years before Rocky Balboa.

  • @werecam56
    @werecam56 Год назад

    All that's left now is Apollo!

  • @pl_o97
    @pl_o97 Год назад +2

    I still feel like Ricky's arc got slightly ruined by not being in creed 3

    • @StryfetheWarrior
      @StryfetheWarrior  Год назад

      Perhaps he'll come back for Creed 4. It's a shame the Winklers stole the rights from him

    • @Cmlwht
      @Cmlwht Год назад +1

      ​@@StryfetheWarrior imo there's nothing more about his story he won Battle with cancer and he reunited with his family

    • @MrKevoshi
      @MrKevoshi Год назад +1

      There isn't much Rocky could've added to Creed 3, there were some nods, but a direct reference would've been cool.

    • @StryfetheWarrior
      @StryfetheWarrior  Год назад +1

      @@Cmlwht I feel that way too. The torch was passed on. Kinda like how Daniel has his own story after Karate Kid in Cobra Kai

  • @HeatherNickless-vt8zr
    @HeatherNickless-vt8zr Год назад

    We meet Little Marie when she was first introduced in Rocky 1.

  • @HeatherNickless-vt8zr
    @HeatherNickless-vt8zr Год назад

    The toughest area of my body is most of my skull structure including the hook-like curvature to the root of each of my teeth and the other strongest part of my body is the base areas of my legs.

  • @johncap6495
    @johncap6495 Месяц назад

    Man I got a idea of a movie called Balboa da 3rd redemption story..
    Sadly Rocky passed away and we see Robert and his family at the funeral Little Rocky and little Adrain are bro and sis
    My idea is dark very dark the ugliest of life on Rocky grandson but Adrain just like her grandmother
    Robert was married to to a woman but they divorced because he cheated on her with Gules
    I want old films clips in black and white for dreams and thoughts
    Every song in very movie in it. Plus songs to metaphors for life moments etc.
    Rocky is ruining his grandpa legacy
    In the sports world a Clubber lang grandson is destroying the heavyweight division. He beats Adonis and Dragon his character would fight like Lang and Tyson
    When he gets 47-0 he wants break Marrchio 49/0 record but he wants beat a Italian fighter in 5oth match. He wants to beat it and also beat the Italian ethicist that’s with the record
    Rocky on the street fighting womanizing getting arrested extc
    Adonis won’t help him.
    So he meets Spanish boxer in Philadelphia they won’t help him until he gets clean
    We see all those trails and tribulations until he’s clean and ready fight
    He gets to 15-0 and the Langs demand to fight him
    It mirror all fights in all 6 and some creed metaphors for all life lesson
    It ends with Rocky sitting on the statue arms with Adrain at the bottle holding the belt up

  • @HeatherNickless-vt8zr
    @HeatherNickless-vt8zr Год назад

    Adonis had always gone by his mother's maiden name before he ever knew who he really was and into sometime in the future after being told by Mary Ann and that was all before he learned to accept the name Creed.

  • @MrEnergee1987
    @MrEnergee1987 Год назад +1

    Rocky vs Rambo

  • @TotomoyoCos
    @TotomoyoCos Год назад

    "Stryfe the Wario"?
    And I thought you were a Luigi. 🤨 Smh

  • @HeatherNickless-vt8zr
    @HeatherNickless-vt8zr Год назад

    Rocky V was not weak in terms of how it grossed in the box office; they wasted the story arch by adding Tommy Gunn to the mix; while it made for an epic climax it was also anti-dramatic though much of the film because the story kind of loses focus on the relationship between Sr. and Jr. because that was what should've been the focus of this film just as it had been in Rocky Balboa with a young adult Robert Jr.

  • @HeatherNickless-vt8zr
    @HeatherNickless-vt8zr Год назад

    Paulie acts dirty and angry as an excuse to point fingers on the wrong people for his unemployment troubles and it takes him a long while to calm down before he tells them why he lashed out; it was relevantly clear in Rocky III when he damaged the "Rocky" pinball machine out of jealousy because he knows he wasn't the type of person to attain the grasp as being on the same level of recognition as his brother-in-law; and he goes back to a similar reason from Rocky 1 in Rocky Balboa when he was cut loose from his job at the meat processing factory.

  • @youtubegoogleb
    @youtubegoogleb Год назад

    based

  • @Urvy1A
    @Urvy1A Год назад

    Should Rocky be compared to James Bond?

  • @HeatherNickless-vt8zr
    @HeatherNickless-vt8zr Год назад

    Seriously; how is a place like that almost run down meat factory supposed to stay open if they can't afford any workers or make the money anymore when they should've folded up and start afresh again before all the following events happening between Rocky III and Rocky Balboa?

  • @Roman-oh7xc
    @Roman-oh7xc Год назад

    Gazzo is such a bro. Love when he says no Italian is gonna sweep floors