Category: Rocky III

The 50 All-Time Greatest Sports Movie Quotes

Craig / / 2014, Honors, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Rocky II, Rocky III

On March 5, 2014, Bleacher Report posted their choices for The 50 All-Time Greatest Sports Movie Quotes.

Sly made the list 6 times!  Coming in at…

#1  “Yo Adrian! I did it!” – Rocky Balboa from Rocky II

 

#14  “I must break you.” – Ivan Drago from Rocky IV

 

#24  “All I wanna do is go the distance.” –  Rocky Balboa from Rocky

 

#28  “Let’s start building some hurtin’ bombs.”  – Duke from Rocky Balboa

 

#34  “I don’t hate Balboa. I pity the fool.” – Clubber Lang from Rocky III

 

#44  “You’re gonna eat lightnin’ and you’re gonna crap thunder.” – Mickey from Rocky

 

Every “Rocky” Movie Deconstructed

Craig / / 2013, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V

On December 11, 2013, FastCoDesign posted The Plot of Every Rocky Movie Deconstructed by Mark Wilson.

Once you’ve read Wilson’s piece you should click over to Rocky Morphology.  Rocky Morphology is a very cool interactive site that allows you to slide along a timeline and see stills from each of the Rocky movies and what category it was in at the time. – Craig

Sylvester Stallone: 5 Awesome Performances and 5 That Sucked.

Craig / / 2013, Cliffhanger, Cobra, Cop Land, Demolition Man, Get Carter, John Rambo, Judge Dredd, Nighthawks, Rambo, Rambo II, Rambo III, Rhinestone, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, Rocky VI, Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot

On February 1, 2013, WhatCulture! posted Sylvester Stallone: 5 Awesome Performances and 5 That Sucked.

  • According to WhatCulture! 5 that were Awesome: Rambo [First Blood and sequels], John Spartan [Demolition Man], Gabe Walker [Cliffhanger], Freddy Heflin [Cop Land], and Rocky Balboa [Rocky and sequels].
  • Their Choices for Not-So-Awesome: Judge Dredd [same name], Ray Quick [The Specialist], Marion Cobretti [Cobra], Jack Carter [Get Carter], and Joe Bomoski [Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!].

To Awesome I would delete Spartan and Walker to make room for Jack Carter and Deke Dasilva [Nighthawks].  To Not-So-Awesome I would delete Carter and add Nick from Rhinestone. – Craig

Bring Rocky Home for the Holidays

Craig / / 2012, Rocky III

Hey SZoners! The holidays are quickly approaching and I wanted to remind everyone that Rocky sculptures are still available through A. Thomas Schomberg studios.  These statues were created by Mr. Schomberg [who created the original Rocky sculpture seen in the Rocky movies] in collaboration with Sylvester Stallone and MGM studios. 

The Schombergs are running their Holiday Special once again!  They are slowly but surely selling out of the 20″ ROCKY Bronze Plated Sculptures and want to offer collectors a chance to purchase one of the selected few ROCKYs that will be personally signed by Tom.  They will run this offer now, through the Holidays into mid January.  The price will be $395 and shipping will be free within the USA.

I was fortunate to get to interview Mr. Schomberg for the StalloneZone a couple of years ago.  For those who may have missed it, here’s my interview with Mr. Schomberg. [part two of the interview is here] for the SZ.

Remember, if you purchases a statue, I’d love to post a picture of you with it on the StalloneZone! – Craig

Top 25 Threequels

Craig / / 2011, Rambo III, Rocky III

On November 3, 2011, Crave Online posted their choices for the Top 25 Movie Threequels. Coming in at 23 was Rambo 3 and here’s why…

By the third film in the franchise, John Rambo had gone from a tragic figure – a man so scarred by the Vietnam War that living amongst quote-unquote “peaceful” folks was now an impossibility – to a musclebound all-American hero for the Reagan era. But even so, Rambo III is still a kick-ass action movie. Once again, John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is called out of retirement, this time to aid Afghan rebels in fighting off Communist invaders from the Soviet Union and save his kidnapped former colonel, Sam Trautman (Richard Crenna) in the bargain. If you can overlook the unfortunate-in-hindsight political subtext, director Peter MacDonald made a killer, over the top action extravaganza, which once owned the Guinness World Record for “Most Violent Movie Ever Made.”

Sylvester Stallone makes his second (and final) appearance on our list with Rocky III, the last good film in the Rocky franchise until Stallone concluded it (we assume) with Rocky Balboa in 2006. The third time out, Rocky Balboa doesn’t start the film as the underdog. In fact, the new champion has gone so soft that he’s easily beaten by young, upstart boxer Clubber Lang, played by 1980s icon Mr. T in his film debut. After the death of his former mentor he’s forced to turn to his old nemesis Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) for guidance, creating an iconic “bromance” for the ages, and culminating once again a grand fight sequence that once again proves Rocky to be the greatest boxer of the age. The Rocky movies started to get a little hokey here, but if Rocky III had been the last film in the series it would have been a fine send-off to a classic franchise.

You can see the list here.