Friday, November 26, 2010

Rocky (1976) - 4 stars

One sentence plot summary: A nearly burnt out small time boxer gets a fluke chance to compete for the heavyweight title.

Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers, Thayer David, Joe Spinnell

Best of: A surprisingly nuanced performance by Sylvester Stallone. I always just thought of him as a dumb action star, but he really is tremendous in this.

Worst of: Watching Rocky go on training runs in Chuck Taylors hurts my feet.

Notable: Stallone wrote the original script in just 3 days.

Also nominated: All the President's Men, Taxi Driver, Network.

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