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verdict (verdict):
Rocky → Network.
Rocky won over All the President's Men, Network and Taxi Driver in 1977, and is not better than any of them.
“Rocky is not a better film than any of the 3 films I just named, in my opinion.”
The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:42:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Paradise Alley → Rocky.
Shoemaker presents Paradise Alley as the little-known pro wrestling movie Stallone made right after Rocky.
“Paradise Alley, um, that Stallone made after the Rocky.”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:08:03 · David Shoemaker (0.85 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Fighting with My Family → Rocky.
Merchant says the documentary had a Rocky style underdog story at its core.
“there was a sort of rocky style underdog story at the core of it”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:24:09 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Fighting with My Family → Rocky.
Merchant says you cannot make a sports movie without watching Rocky and all its sequels.
“make any kind of sports a movie without watching Rocky or indeed all of the Rockies”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:45:46 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Rocky → Fighting with My Family.
Merchant calls Rocky a template because it beds in character so you root for him before the fight, a lesson he applied.
“a template in the sense that it really beds in character”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:46:00 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Creed → Rocky.
Merchant says Creed repeated Rocky's trick of making you care about the character before the fighting.
“when they rebooted it with Creed, I think they did the same thing”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:46:07 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them) -
theme (anti-genre):
Raging Bull → Rocky.
Scorsese shot in black and white to differentiate from Rocky-era bright red-white-and-blue boxing movies, and producer Winkler produced both.
“Number one, I want to differentiate from the Rockies and all the other sort of boxing movies right now.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:08:55 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
people (producer):
Irwin Winkler → Rocky.
Winkler produced the Rocky movies and New York, New York, then signed off on an anti-Rocky.
“Like he's he's willingly signing off to make an anti-rocky.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 2:00:31 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Psycho → Rocky.
Psycho beat Rocky 51 to 49.
“Psycho beat Rocky 51 to 49%.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:58:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Rocky → Al Pacino.
Polly from Rocky nominated for the character with the most terrifying podcast; Den of Thieves' Nick on LA high school football; Waingro.
“Nick and Dennis Thieves would just be like talking LA high school football.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:23:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
craft (set design):
After Hours → Rocky.
The terminal bar looks like the Rocky bar where they watch the fight.
“It looks like the Rocky one bar that they're that they're all watching the fight in.”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:04:41 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Rocky → The Godfather.
Structurally Rocky is like Godfather if it were all Michael and Kay's dates and the Don dies only in the last minutes; boxing barely appears until the last 13 minutes.
“imagine if Godfather was entirely about Kate and Michael not in New York City.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:04:15 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
Prequel joke: Rocky is a prequel to Rocky 3, and boxing does not happen until the last 13 minutes.
“There's boxing does not happen to the last 13 minutes of this movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:04:39 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Rocky → (the modern sports movie).
Rocky created the sports-movie prototype and the modern underdog.
“created the sports movie prototype, like just period.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:05:47 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Rocky → The Longest Yard.
Longest Yard arguably started the big-event beats, but Rocky is what made the sports-movie recipe stick.
“which I guess you could say longest yard started it, but once Rocky did this.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:06:09 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
Bill saw Rocky in 1976 in Dedham with his dad and left confused whether Rocky won, because they announced only one scorecard.
“But leaving, my big memory was being confused whether he won the fight or not and asking my dad like, but what was the scorecard?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:09:24 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Rocky → Mean Streets.
Rocky is essentially Stallone making Mean Streets.
“It's essentially like Stallone making mean streets.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:10:16 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Rocky → Rocky III.
Rocky 1 and the steroid-era Rocky 3 and 4 are not even the same species of human.
“It's not even the same species of human that Rocky is.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:10:23 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Rocky → Rocky IV.
Rocky 3 and 4 are big action movies, crossed with a music video, versus the character study of the first.
“Rocky 3, and those like are big action movies.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:10:39 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Rocky → The Karate Kid.
Rocky is eight years before Karate Kid, which is called the 2.0 version of the same underdog story but a completely different movie in every respect.
“We're 8 years away from karate kid, which is the next, the 2.0 version of this movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:11:32 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Rocky → The Karate Kid.
Rocky is slow, builds character and is a love story, unlike the faster Karate Kid.
“This is slow.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:11:39 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Rocky → Top Gun.
Rocky's urban portrait of American life gave way in the Karate Kid, Hughes and Top Gun era to safer, cleaner suburban stories.
“It's just a much different portrait of like American life because this is so urban.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:11:54 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Rocky → Jaws.
Jaws, Rocky, Saturday Night Fever and Star Wars were successive cultural phenomena in 75-77.
“like Jaws in 75, this in 76, Saturday Night Fever in 77, Star Wars in 77”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:13:18 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
people (people):
Chuck Wepner → Rocky.
Stallone watched Wepner take a beating from Ali for 15 rounds and was inspired to write Rocky in 3.5 days.
“He's watching Webner Ali in 75, which was the real life version of this.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:19:58 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Rocky → The Bad News Bears.
Rocky and Bad News Bears were the two movies that year that flipped the sports-movie expectation of winning.
“Those were the 2 movies that year that flipped.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:27:42 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Rocky → Cinderella Man.
Rocky set up the idea that a victory transforms the supporting cast too, as in Cinderella Man where he fights for Giamatti.
“by the time you get to like Cinderella man, you realize that he's not just fighting for him, he's fighting for Giamatti.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:28:11 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Rocky → All the President's Men.
The hosts relitigate 1976 best picture and pick All the President's Men over Rocky.
“I just think all the president's met is a perfect Oscar best picture movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:32:54 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Rocky → Network.
Network is also called really great in the 1976 best-picture relitigation; one host thinks Holden is better than Finch in it.
“Well, network's really great though.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:33:05 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Rocky → Taxi Driver.
Taxi Driver may be more cinematically important in movie history, but All the President's Men is the perfect Oscar movie and Scorsese should have won director.
“I would go, all the president's been for a movie, and I would go Scorsese for best director.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:33:06 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
Hot take: the 1976 Oscars; Stallone lost to Peter Finch and Network; the hosts relitigate best actor and best picture.
“But the important part here is it's not Rocky.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:33:12 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Rocky → Crash.
Rocky winning best picture is compared to Crash: the Oscars fall for a phenomenon.
“The Oscars fall from phenomenon a lot.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:33:27 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Roger Ebert → Rocky.
Ebert gave Rocky four stars, the week after four stars for Crash.
“Four stars this week for Rocky.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:34:57 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
The first 45 minutes of Rocky are too slow for kids who prefer Rocky 3 and 4 today.
“My kids wanted to watch Rocky 3 and Rocky 4”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:35:47 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
Most rewatchable: the Spider Rico fight and the $70.20 / $40 payoffs before the credits, which sets expectations.
“I love the beginning with the Spider Rico fight.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:35:55 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Rocky → Creed.
Creed closely follows Rocky's structure, but opens with Creed obviously able to fight, unlike Rocky's grim opening bout.
“in Creed, which very closely follows some of the structures of rocky.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:38:15 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
Most rewatchable: the meat locker TV interview, with Duke hearing the punches behind his back.
“Duke's got his back to the TV and then he's like turns around slowly.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:42:46 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
Most rewatchable: Gonna Fly Now training; the stairs, and the 5 AM first-day training that sets them up.
“Honestly, I think this is one of the best sports movie scenes of all time.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:43:35 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
Most rewatchable: the 14th round, 'cut me, Mick' and Apollo's shoulder slump.
“Cut me, Mick is great too.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:47:19 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
Rocky and Adrian's ice skating rink date: his talent is determination, and the guy yelling 'seven minutes' gives urgency.
“His talent is determination.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:49:28 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Garrett Brown → Rocky.
Rocky became the guinea pig for the Steadicam technology that changed cinema, and the stair run was his idea.
“Rocky winds up becoming more or less the guinea pig for for the technology that changes cinema.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:52:19 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Garrett Brown → Rocky.
Brown was offered money or points in the movie, took the money and has regrets.
“Apparently, they offered him either money or points in the movie and he took the money and has some regrets.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:52:43 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
The turtles from the movie were reported alive as of 2021 and Stallone kept them.
“Still alive as of 2021, which...”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:53:12 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Rocky → Moneyball.
Movies favor underdogs over dynasties; you would not watch Moneyball about Brian Cashman.
“Yeah, you wouldn't watch Moneyball about Brian Cashman.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:54:37 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Rocky → The Last Dance.
Dynasty stories work in documentaries and books, like The Last Dance, but not in movies.
“It's basically what the last dance is about too.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:55:31 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Rocky → Hoosiers.
Sports movies of the era pit an audience-favorite against the black player or team, like Hoosiers and Rocky.
“it's like Hoosiers, it's rocky.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:57:04 · Van Lathan (0.45 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
Stallone's real dog Butkus was sold for $50 while he was broke writing the script; he bought it back after selling the script.
“Stallone's real dog, that Stallone sold for $50 because he was so broke when he was writing this movie”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:02:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
John G. Avildsen → Rocky.
Avildsen said the third version of the ending, reshot with the Bill Conti music, saved the movie.
“and Avalet says, says out that that saved the movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:05:21 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
Three endings were tried; the third, with the Bill Conti music, saved the movie.
“and came up with the 3rd version of the ending”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:05:21 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Rocky → The Notorious B.I.G..
A record that plays at the end of Rocky was sampled in a hit song (Victory).
“There's a record that plays at the end of the movie that was sampled by somebody else”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:06:43 · Van Lathan (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
Paulie throws the Thanksgiving turkey out the window and eats a piece; Burt Young covered himself in vermouth on his neck.
“This dude takes the turkey, throws it out of the window and then eats a piece of it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:10:00 · Van Lathan (0.55 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
George Lucas → Rocky.
The hosts wish someone had done a George Lucas and paid to CGI fans into the empty arena for a re-release.
“I just wish somebody had done a George Lucas and just paid the 50 grand to CGI some fans all over the place.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:13:20 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
James Cameron → Rocky.
A joke that James Cameron could stop making Avatar movies and populate Rocky's crowd.
“Maybe James Cameron could stop making Avatar movies and instead single-handedly populate the story.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:13:36 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
David Fincher → Rocky.
Fincher, joked about as moving curtains in Panic Room, is invited to fix the Rocky crowd.
“Fincher is like moving curtains in panic room.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:13:47 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Rocky → Rocky Balboa.
The little girl Marie from Rocky grows up to be the love interest in Rocky Balboa.
“she then becomes the Rocky Balboa love interest.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:14:31 · Van Lathan (0.45 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
Original script was darker: Rocky threw the fight and Mickey was a racist; those were softened.
“It had Rocky throw in the fight.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:17:00 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
Hot take: the beginning of the greatest love story of our time is Rocky and Apollo.
“I mean, this is the beginning of the greatest love story of our time.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:17:25 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Rocky → Robert Redford.
United Artists wanted a well-established star, with Redford, Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds and James Caan floated.
“United Artists wanted a well-established star.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:19:12 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Rocky → James Caan.
What would Rocky be with James Caan as Rocky and Harvey Keitel as Paulie, or John Cazale as Paulie?
“What is this movie if it's James Conn is Rocky and Harvey Keitel is Polly?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:19:47 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Rocky → Bound for Glory.
The first two Steadicam films were Bound for Glory and Marathon Man; Rocky was the third.
“The 1st 2 steady cam films were bound for Gloria Marathon Man”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:24:07 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Garrett Brown → Rocky.
The ice skating date was shot on the Steadicam because they could not afford extras.
“They shot the ice skating date that way because they couldn't afford extras.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:24:12 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
The Spectrum fight scenes were partly shot in LA because of a union issue in Philly.
“there was some sort of union issue in Philly.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:25:59 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
The Gonna Fly Now moment is when a sleepy boxing movie jumps up a notch, about 90 minutes in.
“when the movie jumps up a notches when gonna fly now, drops like 90 minutes in”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:27:51 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Rocky → Bull Durham.
The apex-mountain question: is Rocky or Bull Durham the peak for withholding sex while training?
“Is it this or Bull Durham?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:30:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
The Rocky Mount Rushmore for Philadelphia would show Rocky with his hands in the air.
“if you were carving a Mount Rushmore in Philadelphia, they put Rocky with his hands in the air on it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:32:22 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Rocky → Happy Gilmore.
Asked for a better ice skating date than Rocky's, someone offers Happy Gilmore and The Cutting Edge.
“There is an ice skating date in Happy Gilmore.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:32:57 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Rocky → The Cutting Edge.
The figure-skating date in The Cutting Edge offered as a rival to Rocky's skating rink.
“Cutting Edge?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:33:02 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Rocky → Raging Bull.
Raging Bull is the better film aesthetically but Rocky is much more culturally significant.
“Raising Bull is better than this movie, but this movie is like much more, I think, culturally significant than Raging Bull.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:33:29 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
people (people):
Raging Bull → Rocky.
Raging Bull maps onto Rocky's cast: Pesci as the Burt Young figure, Moriarty as the Adrian.
“Then you get Pesci kind of playing the Burt Young.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:34:02 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Rocky → Rocky.
Imagine a Spielberg/Scorsese co-directed Rocky: Spielberg's inspirational side with Scorsese's grit.
“The inspirational side of Spielberg, the gritty side of Scorsese.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:34:41 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
Women weaken legs: the hosts say HBO / science found no proof.
“there's no scientific proof to it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:41:29 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Rocky → Raging Bull.
Another double-feature choice, Raging Bull, picked by one host.
“I go Raging Bull.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:44:35 · Van Lathan (0.45 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Rocky → Saturday Night Fever.
Watching Rocky made Chris Ryan want to watch Saturday Night Fever as a double feature.
“This movie made me want to watch Saturday Night Fever for some reason.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:44:41 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Rocky → Rocky II.
Best double feature: go right from Rocky into Rocky 2 and skip the Adrian coma stretch.
“I think you have to go right from here into the 2nd one.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:44:48 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Rocky → Rocky V.
One host despises Rocky V but rates its last 30 minutes.
“I despise five, but I will admit that the last, like, 30 minutes of five”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:45:20 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Sylvester Stallone → Rocky.
Stallone writing and starring in Rocky is the biggest 'who won the movie' of all time.
“Obviously, Si Stallone.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:45:37 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Rocky:
Who won the movie: Stallone, as a writer and star from nowhere to A-list, beats Tarantino.
“Have we ever had somebody win a movie harder than this?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:45:39 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Rocky → Warrior.
If you did a UFC Rocky, Warrior is by far the best UFC movie so far.
“Warriors by far the best one.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:50:04 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Rocky → Rocky II.
Rocky 2 is a continuation of the first, which is just superior.
“3 is the Rocky, the Leap of the Rocky franchise, 2 is like a continuation of one and one is just superior.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:51:56 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → Rocky.
Other than Rocky, Friday Night Lights is probably the best film where the good guys do not win.
“That's probably the other than Rocky, probably the best one.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:20:13 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Pulp Fiction → Rocky.
Tommy Morrison led cards and was cast in Rocky V, used to argue Butch could have been a decent boxer.
“Tommy Morrison led multiple cards and got cast in Rocky 5.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:12:52 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Saturday Night Fever → Rocky.
Rocky modernized the sports movie in the 1976 slot just before this film's 1977.
“76 we have Rocky, which basically modernizes the sports movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:07:28 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
career (career):
John Avildsen → Rocky.
The fired director was the man who did Rocky.
“he was the guy who did Rocky.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:57:27 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Saturday Night Fever → Rocky.
Kimmel notes the film never gives Tony a Rocky-style triumphant moment.
“there's no like, you know, there's no rocky moment.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:13:44 · Jimmy Kimmel (0.55 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Bull Durham → Rocky.
Bull Durham took the Rocky motto a level further in how a sports movie is written.
“how can we take that rocky motto and actually go the next level with how we write a movie”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:25:51 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
The Natural → Rocky.
The Natural's walk-off homer is the greatest chill scene of any sports movie, except maybe Rocky going down and getting up in the 14th round.
“Except for maybe Rocky getting knocked down in the 14th round of Rocky one”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:42:32 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)