In addition to being the most entertaining of the franchise, Rocky 3 is also the most realistic. The shear number of bombs thrown per round in any average Rocky fight would surely ensure a quick resolution in real life. You can't keep throwing and taking haymakers for 15 rounds.
Unlike the other movies, the two fights in Rocky 3 each only last a few rounds with each fighter getting knocked out. In Rocky v. Mr. T One, an emotionally shaken, soft around the middle Rocky gets creamed by a driven, foo' crushing force of nature with a mo-hawk. Lucky for Rocky, his former foe Apollo Creed comes sauntering in with his fetching half tank and short shorts to save the Italian Stallion from his self doubt and caveman exercise routines.
Apollo introduces Philadelphia's favorite son to water and makes him swim laps, which leads to the legendary exchange between Apollo and Rocky's curmudgeon brother-in-law Paulie.
Apollo: Can he swim?
Paulie: With a name like Rock?
Today was my first time doing laps in a pool for a long, long time. Needless to say I was more rock than fish. It's going to take a while for me to even reach manatee status. Luckily the TNT swim instructors seem to adhere to the same kind of tough love as Coach Creed.
After an inspiring training montage, Rocky finally masters his many swim strokes and takes down Mr. T in their rematch. I like to think that in this fight, Rocky's superior laps-induced conditioning helped push him over the top. I can only hope that by May I too will deserve a congratulatory beach hug from Apollo Creed.
2 comments:
you're gonna eat lightning and you're gonna crap thunder!
as disturbed as we all are by the ambiguously gay photos of rock and apollo on the beach, mmm, no, turns out i've got nothing else to say...
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