So I binge watched the Rocky movies over the past few days (except V, there is no Rocky V *empty, yet oddly malicious stare*). Rocky is SO beast; I love those movies. Like okay, I’ve done some actual boxing and the stuff happening in the ring is straight up nonsensical. Especially Rocky vs. Ivan Drago. Nobody gets repeatedly slid in the chin by a Russian, gargoyle built ass dude like Drago and not flinch. But whatever, it’s tight and Rocky IV is still the favorite. *sigh* Okay, now that I’ve said that, I kinda feel obligated to go ahead and give yall the full ranking list.
- Rocky 4 – Not an easy decision. It’s weird cause it’s the scenes other than the fight that make this my favorite. Apollo getting bodied (love/hate for that scene, how you gonna waste a James Brown performace like that fam??). That godlike training montage. For real, it’s damned legendary. You literally cannot watch that without being inspired to work out. The unveiling of the Drago mural to the Russian national anthem…breh. Even when we were supposed to be hating the Soviet’s guts, that scene was amazing.
- Rocky 3/Creed – No way I can choose; these movies are equals. With 3, it’s two things: I thought it was a big step for Mick to pass away and for Rocky to start training with Apollo’s team. And Mr. T…Clubber Lang. Man…this dude was the ULTIMATE ass. You loved to hate him. He tried to seduce Rocky’s WIFE on live TV and then whooped Rocky’s ass into a state of reflection, all the while pitying him. Savage. Creed, IMO, started off as the logical next step for the franchise. Stallone was pushing the limits of reality with that last movie and his son had firmly been established as a grade A simp, so any hope of seeing him in a ring was essentially nil. Enter the young son of Apollo Creed. Same intensity as pops, less showboating, lil more angst. Pair him together with coach Rocky and you get gold. Their relationship was really organic and *CONTROVERSY ALERT* that end fight may have been the most hype of the whole Rocky series.
- Rocky 2 – I mean I respect his heart in the first movie but damn, we actually wanted to see Rocky win, right? Of course, they managed to end it in the cheesiest way possible, but it was still a really great fight.
- Rocky – Aite yall, time to grab your pitchforks. Wanna know why the OG Rocky is last? No reason really, it just hasn’t stuck with me as much as the others. It’s a good movie, but perhaps it was just too much before my time.
- Lmao, thought I was playing huh?
Right, so as yall can see, I really like Rocky. And as you all can see from designs such as 8 FRAME DASH, FREE SOVIET HUGS and LUKE CAGE: ALWAYS FORWARD, I really like Street Fighter too. So I’m gonna do my best Professor Utonium impression and mix em up.
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