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    tensions in a number of ways. For several decades, the nation was manipulated by fear and paranoia as the shadow of Soviet influence continued to loom large in everyone’s life. Rocky IV (1985) is an American sports film written by, directed, and starring Sylvester Stallone. Rocky IV tells the story of world champion American boxer Rocky Balboa (Stallone) seeking to avenge the death of a friend and defend his country’s honor by daring to travel to the Soviet Union and fight their best athlete on enemy soil

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    That American “Rocky” is the antithesis of the Russian machine Drago. When I am done with him, his face will be crenelated. It was a given that the fight promoters would always try to embellish a fight, but this fight needed no extra promotion or incentive to come. The whole world would be watching. I have laud Rocky for his story. He came from nothing and now is here with one of the most powerful men in the world. With all of Russia counting on me, and all of America counting on Rocky, I knew the match

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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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    his American opponent, a friend of Rocky’s, to the brink of death. As the boxer dies in Rocky 's arms, Drago mutters, “If he dies, he dies” (Stallone). Stallone 's decision to make the Russian boxer unremorseful after killing a man shows his intent on portraying Russians as ruthless killers. In the end, our hero Rocky knocks out Drago in retaliation. Some critics have even gone so far as to suggest that Rocky and Drago’s fight is symbolic of democracy’s superiority over communism (Vereykina). Nevertheless

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    The Cold War developed between the Soviet Union and the United States in response to post-World War II tensions between the two nations. The U.S. and the U.S.S.R. emerged from World War II as the only two countries able to propagate their specific social and political systems on a global scale. With expansive capitalist (United States) or communist (USSR) ideologies and powerful military forces, each nation feared and distrusted the other. This cultural clash resulted in mutual suspicions, propaganda

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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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    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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    In the opening scene of Rocky II, the director employs a great variety of cinematography that aids in suggesting a few vital things about the main characters of the film. In the first shot of the film, a high angle-long shot is used to show Rocky and his counterpart, Apollo Creed, in the middle of a fight going at each other with great intensity. A medium close up then takes the audience up close and personal, showing Rocky taking punch after punch to the face. In this instance, and in the few shots

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    The movie Rocky is based on a boxer who has overcome tough times in his life but works for everything he has and loves. Sylvester Stallone wrote and produced every Rocky movie and also played the main character in the films. In almost every Rocky movie, Rocky Balboa faces a big opponent in the ring. Balboa must train hard and overcome the situation and challenges before the fight. Balboa then steps in the ring and gives his all for the win. Rocky has inspired me to never give up and fight for the

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    Creed, is a movie that performances by Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Johnson, Apollo Creed’s son, Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa, and Tessa Thompson as Bianca was directed by Ryan Coogler. Adonis Johnson, who is the son of former heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, was living in the youth facility when Mary Anne, Creed’s widow visited him and decided to adopt him. Adonis work as a professional, but he was not satisfied with his current life. Mary Anne was so disappointed with him because Adonis’s

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