1976 - Rocky: "Adrian!"

1976 Best Picture

Premiered November 21, 1976

Budget $1 Million

Gross $117 Million

Rocky is ultimate underdog movie. It personifies the blue collar, Rust Belt tough guy who finally gets his shot.  The story makes you want to stand up and cheer. Rocky is the ultimate iconic movie. Everyone can identify the soundtrack and everyone has seen the scene where he runs up the steps in Philly. The only knock on Rocky is the fact that they made too many of them and the latter films were sub par. However, the first movie is excellent.

I did not realize that Stallone had written the movie until I saw the his name in the credits. He did a great job writing a story that hard working Americans could relate to. It is the movie with the best ending of any in the 70s.

Joel
Favorite: I like the soundtrack. It is one of the greatest soundtracks of all time (only Jaws and Star Wars can compete).
Least Favorite: In an era that features films with Nicholson, Pacino, Keaton, Streep and De Niro the acting in this movie is not on that level. However, the acting is not bad it just isn't timeless.

Callie
Favorite: The underdog story and the fact that in the end, the goal was not to win the fight but to do something that had never been done before.
Least Favorite: It was hard to get to know Adrian. She was hard to root for.