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    memorable scenes, but few are as iconic as a Rocky training montage. The horns from the montage’s music blast a feeling of triumph as you watch the fictional character, Rocky Balboa, train. The emotions from this scene can make the laziest person feel like they can run ten miles without the feeling of fatigue. Rocky is a series of six movies about a fictional boxer named Rocky Balboa, played by Sylvester Stallone, and the triumphs of his boxing career. Rocky has an exhilarating boxing match as an underdog

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    Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), is a insignificant boxer who is kind-hearted and uneducated club fighter who lives in an studio apartment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his line of business has so far not gotten off the canvas. Rocky makes a living by collecting the accumulation of credit for a loan shark named Tony Gazzo (Joe Spinell), but Gazzo doesn't think Rocky has the bloodthirstiness it takes to thrash up deadbeats. Rocky still boxes periodically to keep his boxing skills sharp, and

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    paper intends to analyze and give the proper credit that this movie and its actors deserve. East meets West when Rocky takes on a vicious Soviet fighter who literally killed his last opponent! Sylvester Stallone writes, directs, and stars in this war between nations in which the only battle is fought in a boxing ring. Rocky must defend his honor, his friend, and America itself. Rocky proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago (Dolph

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    The movie that I chose to do my movie analysis on is Rocky. I chose to do my analysis on Rocky, because I grew up watching this movie and it really taught me and my brothers a lot about giving other people opportunities and it also helped us define what it actually means to win. My first time ever watching Rocky was around the time I was in the 4th grade. I must have been nine or ten years old, and of course I didn't understand boxing, I just loved watching movies. I actually don’t know why, but

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    It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of ‘Rocky’, it’s not only required viewing for every boxer to ever step foot in the ring, but it’s also the kind of film that needs to be shown in schools. Motivation is difficult to come by these days, in a climate fundamentally riddled with people and companies prying for your attention, it can be difficult to find a moment of peace and solitude. That first ‘Rocky’ is a film that can get you out of any sort of slump, be it emotional or physical. Southpaw’ is eyeing

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    that you like, you always want to try your best. But in this story Rocky dedicates his whole time and effort into his favorite sport which is boxing. Boxing to rocky was wasn't only fun loving sport to him it was also hard working and risks. After all his matches he was fully prepared for his all-time big match in his hometown in Philadelphia against the world wide champions. During the year of 1776 there was a man named Rocky Balboa who lived in Philadelphia in a tough neighborhood. While boxing

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    The Rocky IV movie came out in 2005 it is an American sports drama with the main character Sylvester Stallone know in the movie as Rocky. The first Rocky movie came out in 1976 and has continued to be a successful series. The Rocky IV movie has it main character Rocky who is now a retired boxer in Philadelphia , who now owns his own restaurant called Adrian’s named after his deceased wife who passed away of cancer four years ago. Rocky has one son name Robert who works in a firm in downtown Philadelphia

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    Unfortunately for Rocky his family and friends are not the only people who disrespect him throughout the film. Rocky is disrespected by his opponent Apollo Creed and his team of representatives. Apollo disrespects Rocky by not taking him seriously as an opponent and by underestimating the skill that Rocky has. For example, when Pauly forces Rocky to be interviewed by the media without asking him, he starts training on camera for television viewers to see. One of the viewers who is a representative

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    and movie Rocky. It will take a better look at the specific conventions of this genre and how this movie fits the gangster genre. Romantic comedy films create a comic climate through a series of cues to the audience: subject matter is treated as trivial, jokes and physical humor make fun of events, and characters are protected from harm (Grindon Leger (2015). Romantic comedy films usually have a couple that meet and fall in love in some way throughout the movie. In the movie Rocky Sylvester

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    Rocky is a Drama directed by John Alvidsen and released on November 21,1976. Rocky is a highly potential boxer who is rough around the edges harming his body by occasional drinking and smoking. Although he possess those qualities he perceives emotional attributes that pull at the human instinct of wanting to be loved and accepted.Passion rose between Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire that keeps you on edge throughout the movie. Rocky is later faced with one of his hardest obstacles which results

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