I saw the movie Rocky for the first time today

[xiphias]

Because I'd always intended to see it; it's one of those movies which everyone is supposed to have seen, and the library had it, so I checked it out and watched it.

It's a pretty darned good movie, isn't it?

Here's a trivia question for you, and if I had a paid account, I'd do this as a poll:

At the Big Fight at the end of Rocky, who wins, Apollo Creed or Rocky Balboa?

Comments

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty certain that Apollo Creed wins.

[michele-blue.livejournal.com]

I think so too. Been a looong time since I saw it, though. I remember being pleased that it didn't follow the common sports movie paradigm of pluck + heart = victory against all odds.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

But it did! It's just that Rocky defined "victory" as "actually standing up at the end of the fight, and losing by decision rather than knockout."

He did win against all odds. The Vegas odds were "knockout in third round or before." He lost after fifteen rounds.