Rocky Balboa

there is one name that holds a dear place in most Americans hearts, Rocky Balboa. Rocky is often considered one of the greatest sports movies of all time for a number of reasons. Rocky, played by Sylvester Stallone, is introduced as a collector for one of Philadelphia’s many loan sharks, who also happens to have a passion for boxing. The 1976 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship match is set to take place New Years Day in Philadelphia. However, the match between Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) and Mac Lee Green suddenly becomes jeopardized when Green drops out…

For my FOA I’ve decided to pick the most iconic movie speech of all time from the final installment of the Rocky franchise released in 2006. The learning outcome I wish to achieve from my FOA is to demonstrate an awareness of how language and meaning are shaped by culture and context. Rocky Balboa (starring Sylvester Stallone), the 6th and final installment of the “Rocky” franchise, is the story of a retired boxing champion who surprisingly comes out of his retirement to face one…

Rocky Balboa is my hero and a roll model for me. Today I had the pleasure of spending my whole day with my icon, in the city of “Brotherly Love”. We met up early in the morning at his gym for our morning workout. After we finished the workout we went out to lunch at Pat’s Dinner, where I asked him questions about his teenager days. The last thing that Rocky and I did on our day was that he took me through the city and showed me many of the places of the city that meant the most to him. I…

chance at all in life, being called a ‘bum’, to getting one of the biggest chances of a lifetime that would never occur again. Rocky Balboa known as Sylvester Stallone is the definition of determination and an underdog story for the ages. Rocky Balboa had a hard life growing up - living in a small house, trying to make a living as a boxer. One fateful day he was given the opportunity of a lifetime. To fight the world heavyweight champion Apollo creed. Sometimes life can be hard. Sylvester once…

“It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward,” Rocky Balboa. Life is embodied by the hardship and struggles we all face that mold us into who we are. Our environments play an integral role in the process of maturation and growth in our character and morals. Being born and raised in impoverished communities instilled the concepts of gratitude and humbleness. Having two Vietnamese immigrants as parents, life was a struggle at first…

My hero “It's not about how hard you hit it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward how much you can take and keep, moving forward, that's how winning is done.” -Rocky Balboa Shawn Loughrige a very hardworking family man a football coach and speaker at church. Mr. Loughrige has taught me no matter how hard life is keep, pushing and you can get through it. Shawn taught me no matter how hard life is just keep pushing and you'll get through it. Shawn almost died after getting…

getting used to his new surrounds in revealed over the span of about one and a half minutes, all while a song is playing in the background. This helps the audience to understand exactly what happened, while speeding up the time since it’s unnecessary to depict every small detail that happens in between. Another structure of editing displayed throughout this film is the use of both continuity and discontinuity editing. One very clear example of the use of continuity is the final fight between…

masculinity because for hegemonic masculinity the only emotion you are supposed to express is anger or aggression. Sylvester Stallone who plays Rocky Balboa can be put under the category of hegemonic masculinity because he does not show emotion; he is the normative white male that does not show too much emotion. However, you see through the movie that his tough hegemonic side breaks down when he goes to the cemetery to visit his wife and friends graves and when he starts training Adonis.…

Boxing, Opportunities, and the American Dream Rocky is considered an American classic by many, and for obvious reasons. Rocky is not only a story about boxing, but a story about a man who doesn’t have much in his life, but manages to rise up to the top. It’s a rags-to-riches story; an example of how anyone can achieve the American Dream. Sylvester Stallone, who not only acted and directed this feature film, but wrote the screenplay for this film, stated that this film in it of itself is the…

The film Rocky IV, revealed the thoughts and ideas of many in the Western culture. The United States vs. the Soviet Union captured the cold war inside of a boxing ring. Director Sylvester Stallone portrays the film of ideological nationalism by this representation of the Cold War a thriller of a film as his others. Also, the film shows discretely once again that Rocky a white male is the face of United States. Rocky IV is a part of a thrill seeking series of Sylvester Stallone directed six.…