sigh...
when Rocky came out, I saw it in theatres with my parents. Whats it, 1977? Anyway, does anyone else remember, or maybe it was just me, how Insane people went when this was out?
Half the kids in my class were chugging raw eggs, that stupid 'Gonna Fly Now' playing every 15 minutes somewhere...
But lemme say, people might forget about that first movie. Unless you knew about bit Woody Allen parts or The Lords of Flatbush, you had never even seen Stallone, much less heard of him.
Ok i'm going off course... what I'm saying is:
When I saw it in the theatre, the very first week it was out; people were freaking out. By the time of the fight, people were biting their nails on the edge of their seat. The fight scene looks SO dated now; they filmed it in an almost empty Spectrum, and has none of the special effects sounds of the later movies.
During the first round, Apollo Creed is taunting Rocky, dancing around him, glove in his face, totally taunting Rocky, and he hauls off and floors Creed.
In the theatre I was in, about half of the audience started literally screaming and cheering, about half of them were standing. Like a real fucking fight! I myself, as a kid, am watching two guys faces turn to hamburger, and lemme tell ya the first time you see the 'Cut me Mick scene'...
Wow I am So Fawning over this movie. Maybe it's because in the two weeks following that I went to a theatre myself and saw it again. About 10 more times. Go figure. I was obsessed.
How bad? From memory:
Rocky Fanfare begins at Black Screen
The letters R_O_C_K_Y scroll past
Fade In: A crucifix of Jesus Christ
Camera goes from close-up of crucifix, to long shot of the shit Ring where a fight is going on...
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