I don't know about plastic surgery after Rocky III but I do know that during filming of this one he spent 4 days in the hospital, because he told Dolf Lundgren to hit him and Dolf burst Stalones pericardium ( the sack around the heart)
Yes Sly had facial surgery (not sure when) when Sly was. On in Hells Kitchen NY the doctor injured him w/Forceps. He cut a nerve on the left side of Sly’s face that paralyzed his face and tongue. That’s why his face droops and why he speaks the way he does. He got surgery once because he lost a lot of weight for 1 movie that it made it look worse so he had a doctor lift his left side to make it look more even
Im glad u kept the scene were duke gave rocky the inspirational talk at the cottage, one of the best scenes in the movie. Alot of people cut that scene out when editing. P.S they definitely was injecting drago with steroids
I sometimes wonder if Apollo knew that his side-girlfriend was pregnant with Adonis, and rather than face the scandal that would ensue when everyone discovered he'd been cheating on his wife, he was *wanting* to go out with a suicidal bang in a way that might redeem him in the eyes of the public. Apollo was always an impulsive dude, that's for sure.
He look so different between 2 and 3 is because for Rocky 3 & 4 and Rambo 2 he train like he never train before with insane diet that why he is so fit for Rocky 3 and is traning was even more insane for Rocky 4 !!!
I always thought the rambo 2 / 3 physique was rediculous. I understand why he did it, it was the age of musclebound action heros after all. But in first blood he went for a realistic approach, eating a few hundred calories per day and dropping to 159lb for the film. And for that particular character, I felt the lean, mean, former POW look fitted better
@20:01 Retire with the title. This means that the next champion will be selected by the appropriate committee (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO), and it doesn't necessarily mean that the champ is the same person. And it is also where the term "paper champion" comes from, as it means they never beat the ex-champ.
@24:39 Important to know when watching the training scenes Rocky is simply doing the low-tech versions of Drago's hi-tech one. Secondly, if the only thing my opponent thinks about me is to kill me I know he cannot fight. As I don't fear 1-dimensional thinking.
He started having work done on his face after many incidents while filming the rocky franchise he did a lot of his own stunts In these movies that would result in injuries sustained to his face and body after and of course the insane diet and work out routines he did to transform to even more built person by 3
Sylvester Stallone said many times that Apollo's death should not have happened. Problem was he realized it too late when the movie was already made and ready for release. In a way I agree, but at the same time it has a greater impact on the rest of the movie/movies when such a sad thing happened to one of the main characters of the Rocky series. Anyways RIP Carl Weathers (Apollo Creed) who just very recenty passed away.
I can't wait to see your Rocky 5 and Rocky 6 reactions. Also, the Creeds. Even though you've seen the Creeds, you really had no context. So the Creed movies will be like new. I would love to see your reaction to the Creed movies as well. Have a wonderful day ❤
Usually, I think they take the best number one contenders at the time of your retirement and put them against each other and whoever wins is the new heavyweight champion
Fun movie mistake: when Apollo points to Drago with his "I want you" chant a la Uncle Sam, he's not wearing his boxing gloves. Then, right after, they're back on lol
Thing is, Drago should've been disqualified and charged with murder. There are *rules* in the ring, and the referee is there to enforce them. When Drago pushed the ref away, when he was trying to break them up, and then continued to wail on Apollo, he deliberately broke those rules, and was no longer subject to the lawful protections and legal defense of mutual combat within the ring. Drago *IS* a murderer.
Absolutely wrong. You don’t just get crowned champion that’s a load of bullshit. The belt is classified as vacant and the top two contenders in that particular sanctioning body will fight for the belt. Stop jus running your mouth if you don’t know what you’re talking about spreading misinformation
the title is vacant, the boxing commission will appoint 2 new fighters to fight, it should be the nuber 1 and number contenders, but the money in boxing, who knows
@@cwell510 The non singing music was done by Vince Dicola who also did a tremendous cartoon movie called Transformers The Movie. Worth a watch if you like Transformers
Damn Rocky for not throwing in the towel. I know Apollo didn't want him to but in those last few seconds he should have, could have at least saved his life if not his career.
Apollo would have been as good as dead if Rocky did it, he never would have recovered mentally. Plus Drago wouldnt have stopped anyways, evidenced by pushing the ref away in the first round.
It would have been a tko in the first round. Apollo wasn't defending himself anymore. Also Drago pr been disqualified after continuing to hit after the bell
dont get down, after you see rocky 5, i have only watched it once never again, but once you get passed that to rocky balboa, and then hope you continue with creed 1 and 2, amazing, thats all i will say without spoiler
If you retire as heavyweight champion, it would go in the records that you retired as champ -- but your belt would be given back to the comission for more competition. That's for just being a belt holder though -- if you mean the "Lineal" championship (Lineal meaning the person who beat the person who beat the person...) it gets confusing if you retire. You could always claim that you were the dude, but then again -- a 20 year old kid who just became champion who has the belt you used to own could claim likewise, and since you're probably older at that point, are you really going to go back and question the younger champ? Or gatekeep them? Better to have grace and relinquish the title. In actual Heavyweight boxing, the lineal championship goes back to John L. Sullivan in the late 1800's from the UK. The current undisputed (boxing has 4 different comissions that give belts) and lineal champion is Oleksandyr Usyk from Ukraine. He unified the belts recently against Tyson Fury.
I dont get the "Her doesnt look like Rocky" comments. He has aged3 more years from Rocky III. I think the beard looked good. Also, this was USA vs USSR and meant a lot to us who grew up in the cold war era. I feel you are concentrating on frivolous things rather than what is at stake.
As a martial arts fighter...the punching power of the russian is equal to a good kickER You CAN NOT survive more than a few hits to the head before you start taking damage . I know how hard i can kick has hurt many as i got hit. I have never felt a lunch even close to what a kick can feel like I am always willing to show anyone just how bad a kick to the head.
I understand that your looks fade as we age (how fast depends on how we take care of ourselves) but Bridgette really fell off over the years before she turned 60 or 61.
@@angelcris10 not really so long as she knows what happened to Apollo, she doesn't really need to know about Tommy Gunn. And the movie explains, or Rocky does about his son
this movie all be it made in 1985 or so, but this was at the height of the cold war, with the west and russian, tensions were hi, it was the soviet unuion back then not really called russia, the soviet union encompassed many nations, thats why his end speach was, about the 20 million, there was always a threat of world war 3, with nuclear weapons. happily the cold war ended in the 90's, and places became rebulic, that were under the flag of the soviet unuion, Now russia is flexing its might, to try and gain back what was lost, crimea they took, and now trying to take ukraine, russian has no where to go after that, as the rest are part of europe and nato, which was created after world war 2, with the US, the UK and France, now there are 31 nato countries, you stepp foot on a nato country, the other 30 countries, will retaliate with force, sadly ukraine where close to joining nato, but russia knew this invaded before the had a chance,
Too much talking, leas reacting. Thumbs down. Start a podcast talking about films. Not doing it while watching major classics, and favorites, like this film for the first time.
This is the most unbelievable Rocky movie and jumped the shark. Nothing but propaganda and the most ridiculous ending ever. Sorry, I will not revisit this fairytale of a film.
