DazDaMan
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Joined: 8/9/2006 From: Penicuik - a right shithole
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I've been watching the whole ROCKY saga recently. That's right, all of them, from start to finish, for the FIRST TIME. The first might have all the accolades, but ROCKY IV.... Man! Just sheer entertainment, no matter how you look at it. You watch the movies back-to-back, and you get into the heart and mind of a character like Rocky. You genuinely root for him. Every movement, every montage, every fight scene, every time he yells out for Adrian. But, when Apollo Creed goes down, permanently, in the fight with Drago, you want Rocky to get right in that ring and FUCK HIM UP! After that, you want that big bad Russian to get his shit ripped up. The montages are brilliant - Hearts on Fire is probably the most poignant tune in the franchise so far (I'm currently watching ROCKY V, so will wait and see about the rest). So yeah, thus far, Rocky IV is probably my favourite. Sure, the first one has all the acting/directing chops, but the fourth is just pure fucking entertainment. Jingoism? Bollocks. You can take the same David vs. Goliath angle and apply it to anything. It just so happened to be Rocky vs. Russia. You cut him! You hurt him! You see? You see? He's NOT a machine, he's a MAN!
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You fucking fuckers are gonna do what I say or I'm going to stick my foot so far up your assholes you'll rue the day you crawled out of your mother's twat!
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