He’s unaware of the simple solution until Paulie tells him which of the three to hit. But he kept moving forward.Īlready reeling after the first round of his fight against the much stronger Ivan Drago – Rocky eyes start to play tricks on him. When you count it all up, with Rocky’s fighting style (or lack thereof) he took far more punches than he threw. Those who make it are the ones who can take the punches, take the rejections, take the doubts and keep trying, regardless. Those who make excuses are cast aside by their own attitudes. Having said that – even if the movie was lousy it would have been worth the price of admission alone for this speech.Įveryone faces adversity – no one is handed anything in this world. Following the law of diminishing returns of Rocky V expectations should have been. The sixth movie in the series: Rocky Balboa is way better than it deserves to be. “Life ain’t about how hard you can hit, it’s about how hard you can GET hit and keep moving forward” If he can turn the Russians during the height of the Cold War then he has the ability to inspire anyone, just see for yourself. The guy went into hostile Soviet Russia and left with the fans chanting his name. But how many movie characters have their own statue? The movies run the Gamut from instant classics, best picture winners, bombs and back again. There is something about the Rocky franchise.

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