I don’t know how many
people remember Rocky (1976), the boxing
drama about a loan shark’s debt collector from the Philadelphia slums who gets
a shot at the world heavyweight championship. It was released forty years
ago, after all.
I saw it as a kid and
don’t remember being particularly impressed by the story or enthralled by the
characters. I found it all a bit grimy, if I recall. What stuck with me
about the Rocky Balboa character, though, was that he just wouldn’t stay down.
Oh, he takes a beating
alright.