# Rocky is a Good Movie

So the other day, me and my bro got ourselves comfortable and rewatched
Rocky. And you know what? It’s one damn fine motion picture.

It’s easy enough to make fun of Sylvester Stallone _now_, what with
Rocky I, II, III, IV, V; Rambo I, II, III to his name. But in 1976 Rocky
was all there was–and Rocky _was_ good. (Written by Stallone in three
days, shot in 28; total cost \$1.1 million. Result? Best Director,
Picture Oscars; nominations for Best Actor, Actress, Screenplay … \$117
million at the box office.)

It has a story, it has characters, it has _grit_. And then there’s that
scene where Rocky and Adrian slip and slide around the ice-rink, Rocky
talking without pause, Adrian saying close to nothing, the rink
manager’s shouts announcing the time remaining minute by minute … that’s
_good_, that’s very _good_.

“I lost that fight, but it’s a good picture, don’cha think?”