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This is my love letter to Rocky (1976), one of my favorite movies of all time. Hope you enjoy :)
Written & Edited by Danny Boyd
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For some reason, when I uploaded the full version of this video, it got automatically copyright claimed. But when I tried uploading it in two parts, it was fine. I wouldn’t care, except that with the claim on it, I wouldn’t have been able to turn off mid-roll ads, and I really didn’t want a random ad break disrupting the flow of this video because I worked really hard on it and it’s a topic I’m really passionate about. At least this way I was able to pick a natural break point myself. Sorry about all this though. I hope you’re able to enjoy the full video despite the split :)
-Danny
Thanks for the lovely video. Rocky is an excellent film… few can manage to contrast such a lonely, cold opening and loving, warm ending.
Thank you for doing it that way instead of the ad break. Now on to part two!
For sure! I turned ads off completely for part 2, so hoooooefully everyone can jump straight to it without technically still having a mid-roll break at the start of it. But I’m not entirely sure how much control I have of that in reality.
This is a really good video usually it would probably annoy me but I'm really enjoying this insight.
Hey, thank you! Being an exception to the rule definitely means a lot :)
Rocky is a charming mix of charisma and awkwardness. I think that’s pretty relatable, and makes the character easier to connect with
Just like Travis Bickle
Rocky is like a "good ending" taxi driver.
Unless you're not that awkward
He plays an awkward/shy character in Cop Land as well
I have the awkwardness but not the charisma, yet I still could relate to him in certain aspects. I'm seemingly more book smart but I'm not street smart which is a significant downside.
"Rocky isn't a boxing movie"
As someone who just recently watched it again, this is so true. I actually forgot how little boxing was in the movie. Even the finale feels so short compared to what it's built up to.
Yeah! I didn’t reiterate this in the video, but it’s just the one scene at the very beginning and the one at the end. Pretty remarkable.
-Danny
Stallone always said Rocky was a love story at its core between he and Adrian
this was literally my first takeaway when I saw it as a kid, It didn't want to be a boxing movie, it wanted to be MORE than a boxing movie!
Exactly. Rocky is way _more_ than a Boxing movie
Boxing my favorite sport so its triggering when yall say its not a boxing movie...you mean it's more then a boxing movie ...Stallone did his homework on the life of actual fighters and what they go through in order to even make a film like this. So what if it's not alot of boxing in the film..it resonates with the life of a fighter that comes from bottom to reach the top.
Even for a film considered a "classic" it's incredibly underrated
It's still very badly written
How?
@@nine37 Bro what
The franchise ruined its reputation
@@nine37 show us your writing
I think Rocky has a key verbal tic: "it don't bother me none". He says it every time he says something that makes him uncomfortable or insecure, in a thinly veiled attempt to keep up his machismo facade. And then there's that scene where he says to Adrian "Hey you know how I said that stuff on TV didn't bother me none? It did."
He's a very vulerable character who feels like he can't afford to be vulnerable, until Adrian allows him to express that.
wow this comment should be in the video- that was more insightful than the clip shown about "gaps"!
I didn't notice that!!!
You articulated that so well.
touche brey
I just realized that Rocky coming into the pet store every day for years only to get shot down and then still trying again tomorrow is him living by his code. The very code he explained to his son years later.
It ain't about how hard you hit.
Damn. rocky is one of my Top 5 Movies of all time and idk how I missed this.
No it's about hope
@@Ivar97 no it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
@@Mike23443 No its about hope.
@@Ivar97 no its about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward
Same thing with Rambo. It was a lot more about a guy battling with PTSD then it was an action film... You see the same thing happen with the sequels with Rambo that you do with Rocky it got a little bit more flamboyant and relying on action and dramatic villainy... Less on that internal plot.
Yeah, I have a video coming out in a bit covering a bit of that issue with the Rambo sequels vs First Blood. I’m excited though to make a video really focusing on it like I did with this one.
First Blood is based on a book, but the sequels aren't.
Yeah I saw First Blood back in 2016 and was surprised at how it started, I loved it. I had just been homeless for awhile as well so I related to his character. And I just watched Rocky 2 days ago
I think the fact that he could adapt the script so easily, quickly, and believably is because since he knew the character so well he knew how he would actually react when confronted with those things in the moment, and that makes it all the more organic.
Yup, that's literally Stallone dreaming about his future after being given the chance (like the boxing match) to prove himself that he's got it internally. He's not a failure himself. The situation Rocky is in is the exact situation of Stallone at that time if not worse. Man, I'm crying again...
It's a shame that Stallone recently voiced that the producers essentially stole Rocky from him, kept him out of the decision making process of Creed 2, and then completely wrote him out of Creed 3 and have no plans on using him for input
It must be pain being his baby but he must learn to trust it in new hands
Rocky is ancient these days and weve seen him kick ass 6 times now. His character arc is expired imo.
Creed 2 was an abomination anyway, they can keep their franchise
Hm. Maybe Kanye is right.
@@ohlookitsbryan oy vey!
The closed ice rink also could be seen as a metaphor for their relationship. She’s been closed, lonely, blunt, cold, empty. He’s pushed through all of that, and they ice skate despite the flaws in the rink.
Good insight.
Think back carefully, Rocky didn't skate. He walked with Adrian as she skated, one of the features of his character I liked the most. He didn't particularly care where he was as long as he was with her.
Or it was just the place he brought her to because that’s what he wrote into the script.
@@Huckster2367 you must be fun at parties.
@@silverlightsinaugust2756 Imagine attending a party and telling someone you love the movie Rocky and they go off on some pretentious fart sniffing ramble about how Rocky taking Adrienne to the hockey rink is some kind of metaphorical allusion to Adrienne’s shyness or some nonsense.
Worst… party… ever
I was hoping you'd talk about Rocky and Adrian. When I was young, I did not understand their romance in any way. It has aged so beautifully for me, especially in comparison to most movie romances, where a girl whose entire character is "hot actress" goes for the protagonist for no reason other than he's the protagonist. A romance in a movie showing people actually being awkward and nervous and imperfect is so wonderful to see. The whole movie you're dealing with real, hopelessly flawed human beings and not superhuman fantasies, yet they manage to build an incredible life.
I love the movie, though I will say it is a bit problematic at times. Even though Rocky is fundamentally kind and caring he is still being very assertive towards Adrian to the point where he occasionally doesn't take no for an answer.
I still think their relationship is very sweet, but it does send a kinda weird message that if you're being turned down by someone you should just keep asking until they say yes.
@@felixbache5369 As long as all you're doing is asking it's a part of one of life's games. The worst it can be is irritating, done a certain way. It's when the tone changes that it's a problem.
@@randomobserver8168 Very good point about asking. Rocky is not demanding Adrian date him, does not think she 'owes' him, or any of the other 'toxic masculinity' behaviours associated with being a sexpest. And the most telling thing of all? I think if Adrian had ever said to him directly, "Thank you Rocky, but no thank you" or "I'm seeing someone else", an actual 'no' instead of an avoidance (or she may just be too shy to say yes, which is what I think, considering Paulie is hardly the most sensitive brother in the world, even though he clearly loves his sister and wants what's best for her in his own misguided way) Rocky would probably let her alone and keep it to a lame joke a day. He didn't become the problem that we see so frequently in the news, of young men incapable of handling rejection and turning it into an excuse for hate and violence.
Rocky really reads as someone who just needs to connect with *anyone* on a human level...and until Adrian, he's largely denied that. Even Paulie's friendship feels transactional (but that might be me, I really don't 'get' how he and Rocky ever met and became friends in the first place lol).
They should’ve gave Adrian somewhat of a personality. For a love interest of that caliber she was awfully bland
@@onceinawhile7 Ok, what kind of personality?
'Bland' was because that's what she was supposed to be...a wallflower, someone that no one appreciates. A diamond in the rough, being smothered by an overbearing brother who likely thought her a lesbian or spinster.
Nobody appreciated Rocky either. Oh, some people spoke nice to him, they laughed with/at him, but he didn't really have friends. Neither did Ade. Rocky recognized that loneliness in her, because he had it too.
And at the end of the day, it was a boxing movie with a splash of romance...not The Notebook or Romeo+Juliet.
Poor Rocky was one step away of becoming an associate in some Italian mafia family, but his innately good character prevented him from going that far.
I don’t think he’s “dumb” as himself and others loved to mention. He was a man with little formal education, with no clear goals, whose only seemingly positive trait was his muscles, so it was easy for others and himself believe that he was nothing more than a brute. But as you pointed out, once he started winning, and with the essential emotional support from Adrian, he built up his confidence to demonstrate that he was not dumb, but an intelligent and quite wise man.
This reminds me of a guy on the plane i talked to about Forrest Gump. I said how he never really misteps in the movie and he's like "he has no will!" Shortsighted
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His money would have lasted longer, if he had put some of it to work on the street.
This awesome beautiful man writes poetry AND paints!!!!!
Stallone is THE ROCK!!!
yep lol like mike tyson 🤣 everybody thought he was a brute for ages. meanwhile he says things from such a weird angle, a strange perspective that hes real good at making you see things in a totally new way that bo one had ever thought of before.
some of his answeres to questions are so strange and profound its kinda nuts. i ighly reccomend looking up some vids on him talking.
Stallone is an incredibly under appreciated filmmaker. Even with Expendables which is by design a “dumb action ensemble” shows intentionality in the shot composition and the writing of story and characters in a way the sequel directors didnt even come close to
Remember me at Christmas time!
It's about designated roles and breaking patterns. So no, this wasn't greater than I remember. It's just as perfect as I remember.
:)
@@CinemaStix The real tragic figure in the movie is Apollo, who thinks he's won, but has only fallen prey to his own reputation and hubris, which is why I was relieved when he and Rocky hugged it out at the end of the next movie.
0:31 That's so sweet 🥺
When I ask people whether they have seen Rocky, they say "Oh its just a dumb boxing movie, why would I watch it?". Such a shame they r not willing to give it a chance.
The original Rocky is a classic. The second one is great as well. After that…🤷♂️
@@-0rbital- after that there’s a kinda bad one, a pretty good one, another bad one, a really good one, and then just good ones.
@@obscure.reference Yeah? I think I stopped watching after 4.
@@-0rbital- 4 is so funny lol. stallone hates 5 but it is only bad compared to all the other rocky movies. balboa is like an oscar bait rocky but it’s a good send off. the creed films are legitimately great though they compress 2 or 3 rocky films into one and it works pretty well
I don’t like sports movies but I like Sylvester Stallone.
I’ve always loved the way Rocky doted on Adrienne from the very start. Back when she was “invisible” to a lot of people he saw her. He was always so sweet to her too.
I recently watched Rocky on a plane and honestly I was blown away by how good the movie is. I didn't expect it at all. While I'm watching it I'm like "damn, is this one of the best movies I've ever seen?"
Hah, that’s amazing. Honestly, even having seen it several times growing up, I still had a similar reaction to it the first time I saw it with a more developed set of eyes.
I don’t think I’ve ever watched a masterpiece on a plane before
"on a plane" and "blown away" on the same sentence doesn't sound too well lmao
It's my favorite movie of *ALL TIME* and I think only "Rocky Balboa" (6th movie in the franchise) might come close to replacing it when I go into my 30's or 40's as Stallone said that after making the 6th movie, that one became his personal favorite from the franchise and I do see some reasons why.
Stallone really had something special, and his early work shows that. On the back of the popularity of his earlier work bigger, more powerful people wanted to be involved and his level of input was steered into a more manageable space. It's not a fault of his, it's just the industry, and we're lucky we have films like Rocky and First Blood.
Also, the ice rink scene - Rocky isn't wearing skates because Sly couldn't skate.
Rocky improvising on his date and running along side her is the most heart warming thing ive ever seen. Movie really made you root for that guy. You wanted Rocky to make it.
Great analysis!
Thank you!
The editing in this video is first class x
:)
Very., very well made and insightful video. Thank you
rocky movies are about life and the struggles .. the boxing is just a plus on the story.. each one he goes thru different things in life.. such great movies
Paulie's a great matchmaker
I always jump at the chance to show Rocky to someone who has never seen it before. The movies were always playing on the tv when I was growing up and were family favorites, but you could usually only catch the third or fourth playing over and over again. So when I got into my early twenties I had the chance to sit down and rewatch the first properly and I truly fell in love with the film. It's easy to write off the films and even Sylvester Stallone to a degree, but when you really sit back and appreciate Rocky for what it is, you realize it really is an unexpected masterpiece.
Rocky and Rambo are two movie series that people write off as dumb action, but going back to their origins, specially with Rambo you find these amazing character driven films.
Love em.
Man, First Blood really was something. It wasn't a war movie in any conventional sense, but rather focuses on the torment of experiencing the worst effects of war and the failure for Vietnam War vets to reintegrate. While you may cheer for Rambo's tenacity against a cruel sheriff's department, you'll eventually pity him as he breaks down in a child-like state upon learning how far he escalated his little "war". Not a lot of war movies from that era explored these heavy themes, and it's a shame these subtleties were lost to Hollywood when they churned out Rambo sequels into the 1980s.
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Being a native Philadelphian, my family watches Rocky every Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's one of my all time favorite films, gets me every time.
Rocky is a gentle giant. He can fight hard, is brave and loyal and tenacious but he also struggles with change, believes himself to be dumb and sometimes his struggle to put a good face on those things which are too challenging cracks. These times let his essential humanity shine through and help the audience understand him. He is always the underdog. But every dog has his day.
Rocky is my favorite movie for the obvious reason being an underdog and persistent act of "taking a shot" on yourself, to get to the next level. Here's why I enjoy the other Rocky movies, they show the ups and downs if the path he's chosen, the cycles that are always happening and sometimes changes things to push thru to an unknown area and create new... The sequels also show how the character deals with his doubts, fear, loss, illness, and keeps moving. We see this same sequence throughout. Pretty much what happens to each of us during our own journey, the ups and down. He shows resilience and keeps gowing as best how. At the end of the day, the cyclical themes are essentially what we all go thru. The Rocky movies are a great example of not quitting, do something better, get to the next level, and as a bonus, he does this with the support from his wife and close friends, as he supports them. Great movie, very inspiring!
That was great! You should do the Room next
I was born to the Rocky soundtrack
I love videoessays about cinema that are so well done as yours.
Those design faults are great moments too, I'd assumed they were intentional.
love you cinemastix
Yes! The original Rocky is about character, not action!
I feel like Rocky 5 deserves more recognition for taking the franchise back to these ideas. Definitely my favorite out of 3-5.
First I’ve ever seen someone praise Rocky 5
I respect your wrong opinion
@@MoistHabibi your name is literally turbmoist. Nobody cares what you say.
@@YinkThePinkInkDrinker I second that
So opinions are stupid because somebody says it is and because of someone’s name? The iq of these replies is profound
You gave me the necessity to watch this movie again... glad I bought it years ago and never opened it lol.
This is one of the best movies of all time for a reason
Rocky reminds me of Ashita no Joe
Both are genre-making, and widely considered to be boxing stories, but they're really about characters who are boxers.
It's about a character. We could put any cheesy action scenes we want but the most important thing is how we write the characters.
I can’t believe how well they implemented the mistake and went with it, it felt so right and natural it just shocks me
Don't forget that there are 5 Rocky movies
Stallone is one of the most talented people to ever come out of Hollywood. Rocky is a brilliant film, perfectly executed.
stallone is fucking genius
When I was a kid I never caught why the shorts being wrong was highlighted. It's a great way of showing how little regard the show has for him, with Apollo's shorts being iconic, the show is all about him. Really cool that they turned it into a story beat.
And then in all the subsequent films he's the director too.
I really like this video. Explains why I felt how I did about the first Rocky. Just went through all six recently and the first is still my favorite.
6:28 it’s so interesting how the studio not putting in 100% for Stallone was mirrored by the marketing team not bothering to get Rocky’s image right in the film. Stallone was very much expressing his own ambition and rise to glory without the help of others through Rocky.
Of COURSE "Rocky" wasn't a movie about boxing. It would've failed if it had been. The story was about broken, low-income, barely educated people trying to get by... and then suddenly, boom... "chance at a title fight".
It's Pygmalion, but from the perspective of the POOR people in the story, not the rich ones.
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Rocky leads and imperfect life, so the imperfections of the movie only emphasize it.
Yeah man this movie had some grit. Who needs background actors when what you see is just so real already seems like fate that ice rink scene.
Hey, all that matters is he had two great turtles and one sweet Adrian. Man doesn't need much.
2:24 Rocky's turtles Cuff and Link are still alive today
Ive never actually seen Rocky before, i never got around to it, always thought it was just a random action type movie. In the first minute of your video, you made me want to watch it. I just finished the film and the rest of your video. Man thanks for motivating me to watch this masterpiece of a film. I had no idea it was so in-depth. So well made man. both the film and your video aha
That’s amazing! I guess my work here is done :)
Glad you enjoyed the movie. One of my favorites, as you can surely tell.
-Danny
I just noticed how great the chemistry is between Talia and Sly. The Rocky and Adrian love story is so sweet and romantic. I feel like I only realized that now though
Cuff and Link
Films are missing sincerity. Sincerity that films like Rocky had.
We should make films about our struggles in life. Our own internal frustration channelled through art.
Some old ass turtles
Your channel is great
You’re great.
@@CinemaStix aww
It’s honest, it feels like an honest film, it’s so easy to dissect and quantify a goose, to break apart all its pieces with no sentimentality or respect, but even if you line up every organ and study each individual cell for the rest of your days, you won’t come any closer to understanding how that goose laid a golden egg, your time would be better spent talking to the goose than interviewing it’s entrails, it’s how the pieces come together and not just the pieces themselves
Keep up the good work Everyframeapainting JR
Sick vid!
God its my favorite movie of all time. Everything about it, no other movie comes close. No other movie has a story behind the making of the movie that accompanies the actual film so well.
Why can’t people just respect each other’s space
They're trapped in shells, and that's why he's got turtled :)
At first i thought you was gonna say "Hi, i am Tony Zhou and this is Every Frame a Painting"
Beautiful video.
:)
Today I learnt Rocky had L Rizz
Rocky is a 10/10 in my book.
i hope those turtles arent still living in those conditions :(
Stallone is incredibly smart despite how the media has portrayed him.
Robert De Niro with his movie "A Bronx Tale".
Best film EVER made
his white boxers turned to pure red from all the blood at the end of the fight, so maybe it was intentional having red boxers in the poster
Takeshi Kitano
Rocky is true cinema
The edit at 2:51 😮
Rocky rocks
first four are the most rewatchable movies i’ve ever seen
Rocky is a really charming character because of the charisma/awkwardness combination
If I was the main actor and the writer, I would constantly resist myself from giving myself every girl in the world
There would be no rocky without Maynard Ferguson.
I like rocky he seems like a medium cofidence alpha male where hes jocky but shy.
They know all the ques
How to introduce a character.
Hard to lose brain cells when there were hardly any to begin with
From the title of this video I’m going to assume that this is going to be a video essay about Quentin Tarantino’s character in Pulp Fiction
What can you do. Nothing 🕊
It is what it is.
But I understand my prior self for wanting my own space for my people. But it is what it is.
Aye yo! My family is from Philadelphia and I'd like to thank you very much. This is a great video
This is the best film in American history…
I’ve saw Rocky for the first time in one sitting recently. It’s a gem… a masterpiece. It’s relatable to a lot of people. But I think the single greatest reason this movie is so good is because it speaks what we all know to be inherently true at the core of our being.
That truth is this: life is tough. It’ll beat you down. You’ll have a crap apartment and have no shot with the girl you like and with no real friends. And in those times in order to rise above it all you need to work hard and get to the gym.
It’s sincerely a beautiful movie.
Good video! Really enjoyed it! My only suggestion would be to be mindful of the volume of the background music. At times it was a bit distracting (especially at the beginning of the video).
This felt like three minutes
Rocky is a love story I always tell my wife
Rockys the best
The reason why the shortcomings of budget and errors worked well into the movie, is because the movie is literally a parallel of Stallone's story: an underdog coming out to the lights.
Thats just italian Goku
Also watch Kantara, the actor and director is same
Incredible video
You put my gear on skid row?