'Rocky Balboa' The movie is one of the years BEST' According to AICN REVIEW

[Walk]

*SPOILERS*

Many of the pre-release rumors were that he died at the end. Maybe in the ring, or collapsing after holding the audience member's hand at the end. If he DID die, the movie would be on track to win an Oscar. Stupid critics can't handle a good ending. 

His death WAS foreshadowed. The announcer called the fight an "execution", there is a flashback to Adrian's grave when Rocky gets hit really hard, and at the very end, Paulie says "This is the last round of your life, Rock!" I think Stallone did this on purpose to give emo critics the finger. He sets up a tragic death and has Rocky leave triumphant, instead. I just KNOW he did all that on purpose to mess with our minds. Doing that probably cost him a lot of critical acclaim, but damn it, it was worth it! Rocky always comes out on top, even if he doesn't win.

[GnFnR87]

stallone was seriously thinking about having Rocky die at the end of the match with Drago in Rocky 4 as well.....

[Izzy]

Why would Rocky have died?

This was a film about triumph, about succeeding in the face of adversity - if he died it would have made the film rather pointless - how could it be about winning if it ends in failure and death?!?

Rocky did win at the end, he won over doubt and prejudice - the title was irrelevant

[D]

He also kind of foreshadowed with the "I gotta go out the way I gotta go out line"


Thing is, like izzy said, this movie was about not letting anyone tell u that u cant do something regardless of age,race, social class etc etc etc.


Stallone explained the Brain Damage from Rocky V being gone in this one on an interview on aintitcoolnews.


he said that basically it was back in a time where technology wasnt as advanced as today and he points out that Rocky never got a second opinion either. Turns out he just had a severe concussion and post concussion syndrome which caused the problems he had in Rocky V.

As u notice in Rocky Balboa he got a clean bill of health.


People didnt like Rocky V just how he lost all his money and the movie as a whole was extremely depressing.


In RockY Balboa I like to think that:

1. He made millions off the fight with Mason which allowed him to gain back the life he earned previously.


2. It proved that he was the greatest of all time, cause if he could go the distance in his 50's, he definitely would've killed Mason in his prime.


SO he didnt win but he proved that in his prime he was a far superior fighter to mason Dixon.

[SuperMike]

I found this recent interview (right before Rocky Balboa was released) and Stallone talks about people in real life that still fight in their 50s.

QUESTION: Did George Foreman have any influence on that decision that Rocky could still fight professionally?

SYLVESTER STALLONE: Well, that, George Foreman! George Foreman gives Rocky a great credibility. So does Larry Holmes, he's 53, or 54 fighting. There are a couple of fighters today living out. The oldest one is 58, I believe, Sol Mamby for real. So it's happened. They believe that Sonny Liston was almost 50 years old and fought Mohammed Ali and, you know, lied about it. But the point is as, as it's said in Rocky, "They just want to prove that the last thing to age is the heart." And this is just, you know, a symbolic gesture that when you're young at heart you're basically in the game.

http://rockybalboablog.blogspot.com/

[Izzy]

1. He made millions off the fight with Mason which allowed him to gain back the life he earned previously.

Pauli says in the film how he's sorting out endorsements

..but i dont think Rocky cared or needed the money - he seemed to have found a new role he was happy with in the resturant, it was just that he couldn't fully let go of the past - which he ultimately managed to do in the film

2. It proved that he was the greatest of all time, cause if he could go the distance in his 50's, he definitely would've killed Mason in his prime.

SO he didnt win but he proved that in his prime he was a far superior fighter to mason Dixon.

I dont think there is any doubt about that - he only just lost out on a split decision at 58, no doubt the world recognised him as a vastly superior boxer

[Jim]

I'll tell you what did crack me up...

... The Reservation/Indian line. There was another thing that got a big laugh out of me, but I can't remember what it was............

[GnFnR87]

I'll tell you what did crack me up...

... The Reservation/Indian line. There was another thing that got a big laugh out of me, but I can't remember what it was............

haha that was great.

my favorite was after Paulie got fired and he came to the restaruant all pissed off, and Rocky was like, "C'mon Paulie, we're about to serve the special" and Paulie goes, "Italian food cooked by mexicans ain't that special"

both times i went to see this movie the whole audience cracked up when Paulie said that.

[Bill 213]

Rocky Balboa comes out tomorrow on DVD......can't wait......even comes complete with an alternate ending. 

[-Jack-]

.....even comes complete with an alternate ending. 

No way! Does anybody know what happens? Or if it's very different?

[Bill 213]

.....even comes complete with an alternate ending.?

No way! Does anybody know what happens? Or if it's very different?

Oh it's different.....I don't want to spoil it, but it's different.

[The Chad Cometh]

You can spoil it real good in a PM if you would. 

[kupirock]

You can spoil it real good in a PM if you would. 

Yeah same here 

[Bill 213]

Now that I've officially seen the alternate ending....I'm glad they used the ending they did.  It gives Rocky's send off much more meaning because even though he lost the fight, no one even cared about it as everyone was going nuts cheering him as he walked off. 

The alternate ending was quite cheesy to say the least.  Since I guess it's not technically "spoiling" the movie, you may as well know it...Rocky wins the split decision instead of Dixon.  Basically Rocky trails off and Dixon gives the "it ain't over till it's over line."  Rocky winning actually does nothing for the movie as it basically gets shrouded by the original ending anyway of everyone just cheering Rocky and not the outcome of the fight. 

[creepingvines]

has anyone seen the video for madagascar i made awhile ago using clips from the rocky balboa trailer?  i'm no expert at this video shit, and i didn't use the best version of the song, but it was pretty fun to make and i think it gets the point across!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRfx5ktkwe0

[Izzy]

such an awesome film, i think the 'true' ending is probably the correct one...though of course we all think Rocky won anyway

If he had actually won i think it would have distracted from the point of the film - it wasnt about winning, it was about staying true to who you are, and going the distance - winning was irrelevant