re: Burgess Meredith as Mick, most underrated performance. What’s yours?

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Well, I agree that Rocky II is more about love than anything else.

But, Rocky and Rocky IV are about the struggle of life - working towards a goal, win or lose, and doing all the hard things it takes to get you there.

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I agree. But not about Rocky IV.

The reason we love Rocky IV is it's such a product of it's time so it takes us back. Rocky IV is Commando in boxing shorts. Who doesn't love the movie? Nobody. But it's not cinema like the 70's and original Rocky.

What I love about Rocky is he loses because you know that would never happen today in movies.

The movie wasn't about him winning in some Cinderella story.

The movie was much deeper.

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Rocky III and V (the odd numbered curse - at least after the original) were bad movies - III the good kind of bad and V the bad kind of bad (cringeworthy) and, in the end, they are essentially boxing movies.

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Rocky III was basically Karate Kid Rocky...Besties, training, unbelievable kick-arse foe...everyone doubts you. I have no doubt, Karate Kid totally copied this film.