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The Wheel of Movie Wonder Spin #30 Rocky (1976) (Patreon)

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2025-01-08 16:00:11
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2025-02-08 23:19:54
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I LOVED THIS MOVIE! I was torn to pieces by the heart of this film! I will never forget how I felt after watching this!!!!

Congrats to the Winner!

Lemme know your thoughts below!

xx

ames

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W.O.W Spin #30 ROCKY (1976)

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Noell G

YOOO can’t wait for this! 👊

JM63

What a week!

Catchermag

There are certain movies I just assume people have watched before they were born unto this world, and this is one of them. This will be EPIC.

Toc

Ha! I had the same reaction to the title! I was all ready to congratulate someone else! (The same person you were going to congratulate!). Yay! I am so happy you were caught by surprise by this! That's my favorite kind of reaction to this particular movie! Congrats to the winner!

RFK Fan

Stallone refused to sell his screenplay unless he played the lead. The studio eventually relented and he took a pay cut in exchange for playing Rocky. This was the little movie that could in 1976. Shot with an unknown actor and unknown director the studio gave it a small budget and little publicity when it was released. Word of mouth by people who saw it changed its fortune. It Went on to win several Oscar’s including BP and made Stallone a household name…

Clay F

Congrats Randolph. Great choice.

djKENTO

here's a wild fact... the turtles, Cuff & Link? Still alive and Stallone still has them.

David Crabtree

LOVE this movie! The Rocky movie series is easily in my top 3 movie franchises.

David Crabtree

This movie won best picture at the Academy Awards.

John Courtright

Ooooh, Can't wait to see this one again with you, Ames!

MikeLL

I don't know why, but I've probably seen Rocky with more reactors than any other movie. I guess because sooner or later, every reactor watches Rocky. But on this watch it was so gratifying watching you react to the scene where Rocky says if he just goes the distance in this fight, he will know he is not just some bum from the neighborhood. These are THE key lines of dialogue from the film, and it was wonderful seeing you realize the importance of the lines as he delivered them, something that I have never seen any other reactor do. Plus the lines made you tear up. Of course it helps that the movie had you teary anyway by that point. Very very good reaction, one of your best!

David K

I've seen this movie many times, but I really enjoyed how strongly you connected with it. Sending my love to all the underdogs out there

Catchermag

So, this movie to me was always about respect. And in a lot of ways, it was about Apollo Creed. I don’t want to spoil anything for Ames, so I’ll edit what I posted to social media in February about Carl Weathers passing. “It may sound silly, but Apollo Creed meant a lot to me. He was an antagonist (but not a villain) who earned the respect he had in Rocky, *redacted stuff here* He taught me that the person you may fight one day is the person that grounds you the next. He pushed himself and Rocky to find each others limits no matter how painful it may be. I rooted for him, even when I wasn’t supposed to. When I met Carl Weathers at a convention last year in Atlanta, I couldn’t have been more excited. He was experiencing a renaissance in his career in the Star Wars universe, acting in and directing several Mandalorian episodes, and he deserved the renewed recognition. He was very casual and chatty with me. There was no one else there in line, so I was lucky enough to meet the man and not feel rushed. We cracked wise about how my asking him to sign an autograph for my wife was my way of apologizing to her for her not being there, and how smart that was. “You have to keep her happy” he chuckled as he scribbled ‘This is the way’ and signed the photo from The Mandalorian. He asked me where I was from, and when I told him Orange County he perked up and almost yelled “We’re neighbors! Everyone in Southern California is!”. Man, you don’t know how happy meeting a hero made me. Of course I was just another fan to him but in that moment I felt like he was racing me on a beach, and that I was keeping up. When I heard about his passing today, I was shocked. He looked so healthy….. and hell, STRONG when I saw him. A mountain of a man. Apollo. Dillon. Action fucking Jackson. To quote him as Apollo…….There is no tomorrow.” I can’t wait for you to keep going with the Rocky films, Ames. You’ll love them.

Clay F

Thanks Ames for the reaction. I've watched this movie three times: 1. circa 1980 2. 2024 3. this watch An uplifting movie. The best underdog movie I've seen. Amazing no knock-out -- went the full 15 rounds. The phrase "emotional core" you used for the movie makes sense. The cinematography of Philadelphia is a nice touch. I like the Rocky/Adrian progression. The movie remains popular. I remember the initial popularity of the movie back in the day. The appearance of VHS in the late 1970s helped people (e.g., my friends and their families) to watch the movie. I never watched the sequels, except for a clip or two.

Mario

Is this movie eventually going to get a YT edit? Considering how popular the Rocky franchise is over there, the YT-only viewers would probably enjoy this reaction.

rtt143

Thank you Ames, please continue the saga

Wally Hartshorn

Any movie that is described as "great" or "a classic" that isn't a typical summer blockbuster, that usually means that the movie is not what the poster would lead you to expect and that it avoids the usual tropes. "Rocky" looks like it's a sports movie about boxing. We expect the focus to be on him training, fighting, and winning. Instead, it's a romance about two people who are dealing with issues involving their worth as a human beings. Oh, and he's a boxer.

Frankie H

This movie had such a low budget that they didn't always get film permits for all the locations. Some of the filming was done kind of illegally which is awesome. Okay Philadelphia trivia, the part early in the movie where Rocky gets out of Gazzo's car on the brick road and you said, "I don't like this part of town." That location is only two blocks from Rocky's house in the movie, and yeah that was a rough neighborhood, and is still pretty rough today. When Rocky is running later in the movie around 1:30:51 on the timer he's running through the Northern Liberties neighborhood which was rundown in the 70's but is super expensive to live in now. Those empty lots are now big apartment complexes. At 1:31:04 that's the Italian market where you can get great Italian food and fresh ingredients for food. Now there's a lot of Vietnamese and other Asian vendors at the market too. Great place for fresh food. There's a little less trash on the ground there now too. At 1:31:24, that's the Schuylkill river trail, a great place to run or bike for miles. It's not too far from the Art Museum steps that he ran up.

Kyle Bashaw

This was a fantastic watch along we definitely need to do Rocky 2 sooner rather than later now.

David Crabtree

I love Rocky 2 even more than this first one!

Wade Wallenstein

What a great reaction! The Rocky films are entertaining and have a ton of heart. Stallone insisted that the scene where he admits his fears and doubts to Adrian the night before the fight be filmed, even though production was running far behind and the producers wanted to skip it. Stallone had only one take for the scene, even though he considered it to be the most important scene in the film. Stallone improvised the monologue that Rocky delivers after turning down Mickey's offer to manage him. Stallone has since explained that the bathroom of the tiny apartment in which they were shooting really did smell like death. Rocky's old injury to his finger which enables him to pretend he had broken it, is a real injury Stallone suffered whilst playing college football.

DanFordy

Fun fact Ames, the big dog in the film was Stallone’s dog, Butkus. At one point he was so poor he had to sell him, but once the Rocky screenplay sold he was then able to buy him back and the rest is history!

Randolph Tirazona

For myself I consider this movie to be one of thee greatest of all time for many reasons. The music! The love story! For some of us we say: "Yo Adrian" because we love Adrian, the story everything, but most of all we connect with Rocky and we want to find our Adrian! Another thing is I grew up watching boxing matches of the Greats on broadcast tv from the mid 60's on a 19' Black and White vacuum tube tv! We never got to see action like this in any movie 'we' saw up to this point! Including the big silver screen. I'm not sure but I think this one is thee first to use a training montage in it; though I'm not sure! Least I get into the whole "US Bicentennial!" I learned this thing early on, growing up in the 60's - that very few people will 'openly' call you 'kid.' There has to be a connection between (usually an older man/person) the two that will allow them the 'freedom' to call you kid as Mickey does with Rocky. The older person has to respect you or like you or something, there has to be a connection. My uncle called me Kid, then 'Best Boy!' lol Mr Montoya used to call me kid; and we weren't even related - but our families did get a long! And we had relatives living half the block down our street, those were the only two that called me "kid." Looking back - I think Mr Montoya did so because I helped him with his garden, do odds and ends around the place, sat and talked with him, etc.; whereas everyone else had reasons to 'go off' and do their thing. My Uncle transitioned away after he had his first son. Mickey also calls Rocky a tomato and then says: "I run a business not a soup kitchen." I've always interpreted that as: I've given you the locker free of charge, but then you became a leg breaker. The first show down with Rocky in the gym... Generally 'we' don't speak loudly for anyone else to hear such 'bad stuff.' Because it's a 'personal' thing; it's beyond being 'rude' to someone and it should be just between 'the two of you.' But Rocky pushes... And Mickey finally says: "It's a waste of life." Usage of the word: "Bum" is another one... You don't call anyone a bum because: "Them's fighting words!" We generally don't sling words around like it's been for generations now. Words have meaning and impact upon us. When we do something we give it our all - or we don't do it period! "Its all or nothing!" We don't have a "A game" because that implies that you have a 'B game.' And if you have a 'B game' then that means you're not giving it your all. As @EOM said: "You don't get that mad at someone you don't care about." And that's for that first fight between Rocky and Mickey. What I've found interesting @Ames is that you seem to know a lot this innately, understand a lot of things most don't even notice. But to look at you - you seem to not be a day over 30 at most! But then I've also noticed that a lot of 'non-American' people and reactors are also this way! Even though they are not of the Baby Boomer nor previous generations and that's puzzling except for the fact that 'they' grew up in a different environment than 'here.' @MovieswithMary and @MovieDateWithKate and many others are like this. But most of all I loved this reaction!!! You've linked me to the movie and you with your reactions! I'm also happy that I won this wheel! But what I truly love is that you've had a great time watching it! If others haven't said it yet - "Rocky II" (1979) is way, way better!!! With this movie I went back to watch it 3 times after me and my friends watched it! lol Thank you and "Team @Ames" for a great time!

Hold Down A
>>160862170

Congrats Randolph! Loved this movie! I’m young and ppl in my life have called me an empath since I was a child. Glad u enjoyed ! Now must see Rocky 2

Eric Lucas

This movie is so amazing. I have so much respect for Stalone, writing a movie just because no other writers were writing parts for him. It must have been over 25 years since I've seen Rocky and everything about it screams masterpiece of realism. The sets, the cast, the costumes, script... it's all so realistic. The way he and Adrian get together... I just love this movie! 😇