Rocky III (1982) **Movie Reaction** First Time Watching 

"Do you hate Rocky?" "No, I don't hate Balboa. I pity the fool, and I will destroy any man who tries to take what I got!" This is honestly my favorite Rocky movie, hands down. This is because Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) is my favorite character and this is where he shines the most. He was never a bad guy in my eyes. Apollo Creed loves America and never played the victim card. Sure he was egotistical, but he was mature in defeat. Sure these movies are about Rocky, but Apollo is my hero. We need more people like Apollo Creed in this world. Fun Fact: The theatrical movie debut of Hulk Hogan. Casting Notes Fact: Mistaken reported as Mr. T's first movie. He actually appears uncredited in The Blue Brothers (1980). Hulk Helped Fact: In the scene where Rocky body-slams Thunderlips out of the ring, Sylvester Stallone admitted that he couldn't dead-lift Hulk Hogan so he had Hogan jump into his arms. Family Affair Fact: Sylvester Stallone's first wife Sasha was the blonde groupie who asked for and got a kiss from Rocky during his public training session for his first fight with Clubber Lang (Mr. T). She is also the mother of Sage Stallone. One Statue's Journey Fact: During the making of Rocky III (1982), a nine foot tall, 1,500 pound bronze statue designed by A. Thomas Schomberg was placed at the top of the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Arts. After filming wrapped, Sylvester Stallone tried to donate the statue to the museum but they said they didn't want it, sparking a huge debate between the Museum and the City's Art Commission about what art constituted. The museum claimed the statue was nothing more than a "movie prop" and didn't want it. Local people were outraged, and the statue was ultimately placed in front of the Wachovia Spectrum in South Philadelphia. It was later returned to the Art Museum for the filming of Rocky V (1990), after which it was again moved to the front of the Spectrum. Later the statue was put into storage, and then moved to a park at the foot of the famous stairs leading up to the Philadelphia Museum of Arts.

It's great to hear people say "I could own these on Bluray and watch them on repeat" because that's what we all do! Haha! They're fab films. The story has only just begun! Keep at it!

Round 1 was Apollo's style, dodge and hit. 2 was Rocky saying I'll take his best hits and wear him down. 3 was a combo of both.

1. My favorite of the Rocky movies. Rocky IV is almost as good as this. 2. Where I lived had that pinball machine and I kicked the shit out of it. (Top 5 scores) 3. Micky's death shakes everyone. 4. "Eye of the Tiger" was from a band called Survivor. Their other hit was "High on You". 5. The woman swooning over Rocky that Micky chases away was Sly's wife IRL 6. Kudos to Mr. T for playing a man with absolutely no redeeming qualities. 7. IRL Clubber Lang(and his ego would be back. In movie land, been there, done that. 8. RIP Burgess Meredith.😇 9. RIP Paulie/Burt Young.😇 10. RIP Apollo/Carl Weathers.😇

Paulie (Burt Young RIP) was a professional boxer and once had a charity fight with Muhammad Ali 😊

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That really was just Sylvester Stallone on the muppets lol

I think you talked over the debut of "I pity the fool"

Don't watch Creed until you finish Rocky IV