There are 6 Rocky movies. The last one is called “Rocky Balboa” (as opposed to Rocky VI). Please watch ALL 6 of them before returning to the Creed series. Don’t rob yourself of this heartwarming/heartbreaking experience.

Rocky is the ultimate underdog, and that's why we love him! His and Adrian's relationship is so so special.

That condominium line kills me every time. LoL. I never consider Apollo Creed a villain, because he's a true sportsman. The emotional roller-coaster of the Rocky series is just awesome, the love story really does make the boxing secondary to the movie.

I don't know who told yall to stop at part 4. You have to watch all the Rocky movies. To get the full experience Rocky. Part 5 and Rocky Balboa

He DOES want to fight. SHE doesn’t want him to, so he tries his best to give her what she wants. But he definitely wants to accept Apollo’s challenge.

A southpaw fighter jabs with the right hand. So when Rocky was using his left arm to jab, it was correct as he was fighting right handed.

I’ve always loved Rocky’s marriage proposal. It’s non-traditional and unique to the character of Rocky, which not only makes it special, but beautiful and real.

58:58 they fought on new years 1976. Celebrating 200 years of freedom for the United States. 🇺🇸

I’m sure someone already mentioned this, but fun fact…the baby in the movie is actually Stallone’s son.

Sorry Jane, you’re wrong. They fought on new years for the first fight. Remember there was snow on the ground at the zoo when rocky got out of the hospital.

56:55 -- "we love ya, Rock!" -- an unscripted moment. Random person yelling, Stallone going with it.

There wasn't a reshoot for the beginning. That was literally the same footage from the first movie. And, please don't skip 5 and Rocky Balboa.... the 5th one, while not the best, still stands as a the start to a bridge to where Rocky is at the end of 4 to where he is in Creed.... then Rocky Balboa is the rest of the bridge to explain sort of his relationship with his son, Adrian's death, and the restaurant.

FINALLY YESSSSSSSSSSS All of the slo mo shots were real connections… Stallone broke his nose several times during all these movies

Oh god you guys 😆 the edit with the stairs and Rocky dropped the first two kids was sensational

I love how Jane squirms in her seat while repeating "Justin!!" on the intense scenes. Can we get a compilation of Jane Reactions haha

These movies were never really sports movies they are literally about Rocky the man and his life and family boxing is a part of it as he is a fighter but it’s really about Rocky the person.

You have to remember the movie is late 1970s. So 37 grand would equal to about 196,000 now. Also medicine comes a long way. Laser eye surgery in the future movies. Paulie says in the 3rd he got surgeries. With rocky not blocking much it kinda shows his heart. No matter how much of a beating he takes he will never quit. Others might be better or smarter boxers but they don’t have his heart/will/determination. And of course they don’t have his biggest motivation in every film Adrian. He is jabbing with his left arm because lefties jab with their right and use left handed straight punches. Right handed fighters jab with left and throw straight rights.

The Boxer did not die in the ring after 15 rounds. He went in a coma and later died. His mother died after burying him. The referee killed himself from guilt. 15 Round fights were stopped because of the fight.

They didn’t fight Independence Day. They fought New Year’s Day . January 1st

In 1978 a home in Philadelphia could cost approx. $40,000 and a 1978 Pontiac Firebird was $5,000.

"Let it Go" - our 2-year-old just watched that movie with me last Friday. She just shouts let it go at random times now.

YOU HAVE TO GET THIS SERIES OUT ASAP

41:01 haha that edit made me spit out my drink i didn't expect that

It’s great to add commentary, but I think you probably miss some things by talking over the dialogue. You just have to find your pacing and talk about the movie more than personal life. But overall you’re doing well and it’s great you’re enjoying the movies.

U really should watch any documentary on how this got made!! Broke, almost homeless, sold his dog...for real!😮...wrote the script in 3 weeks. Was asked big money(back then) to sell it, but not star in it. He always said no. Finally sold it for 30k to ABC TV. He was good friends with and done a movie a few years prior, with Henry Winkler. He became THE STAR of😊 abc tv in the show Happy Days, as the Fonz. He heard Stallone sold the script to ABC. Henry goes to the ABC heads and says, u don't GIVE me that script, I leave the show....they gave it to him! Stallone never made a ton of money on the rockymovies. Only as a writer actor choreographer. He got ripped off by the first producer, who bought the rights and rocky name, and never sold it back to Stallone, though he's made billions! Based on a real tune up fight, for Ali. He was going to fight Frazier later in the year, for the title, but he wanted a tune-up fight. He fought against Chuck Wepner, a journeyman tomato can bleeder, who was good, but never top 10 ranked. And he damn near knocked Ali out!😮 The guy singing outside, is his real brother Frank!😮 The first guy he fights in this movie, Spider, shows up in Rocky Balboa or Creed! The teenage girl he talks to, also comes back in one of those movies! Adrian is the sister in godfather!😮😮 Stallone almost died in 4, because Drago, actually cracked his ribs, puntured a lung, punctured his heart sac! Drago in real life, has multiple masters PhD in engineering! The blonde wife of Drago, shows up in Creed 2 and so does Drago, and Stallone actually married that woman, and had beautiful daughters with her! Tommy Morrison in part 5 was a real boxer and could have been the greatest ever, but drugs and booze got him. In 3 Clubber got the role, by winning a Tough man contest! In 3 hulk Hogan, hit Stallone for real in the back of his shoulders with his forearm, and moved vertebrae. Dennis Quaid did a amateur tough guy boxing movie, kind of based on the Clubber Lang actor, that was very good, called Tough Enough! and busted his lip open! There was never going to be a 2, but this movie made so much money, win Oscars, etc., Stallone wrote a sequel! When he was accepting an Oscar for this movie on stage, Ali comes up, grabs him, fakes punches at him and says, "u stole this movie idea from me!" Paulie has done a couple other great movies, Rob the Mob, and Pope of Greenich Village! Adrian is part of the Coppola family.... Francis Ford, Nick Cage, Sophia Coppola... maybe her daughter! What 1 and 2 are really, the ultimate love story! U can go see the Rocky statue in Philly! The mistake of colors he's wearing, in the auditorium, was due to a mistake and money problems, so they kept it in, and had the dialogue reflect this! Watch all but u can skip 5, finish the Rocky series, then go to Creed! The Great fight ever... middleweight Ray...boom boom Mancini vs Duk ku Kim,... outdoors, Caesars palace. Outdoors. Went the distance. Slug fest. Kim died in the ring. He fought the last round with a busted blood vessel in his brain. Fights went to twelve after that.

My daughter came out with just as much hair or maybe even more. She was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Even until this this day I've never seen such a bright star. I look for the light when I'm feeling down and she guides me in the right direction every time. My little north star.

Thats the price is right... My god i died laughing. Epic reaction from you So real

Oh boy, you got to get through to the 6th movie. It could serve as a sequel to the first, and you’d still get a great fully realized story, but it’d be a darn shame to skip the other films.

58:55 "They fought on Independence Day." No, you guys got the timing wrong. Rocky and Apollo's first fight took place on New Years Day, the first movie takes place from November 25 1975 (two days before Thanksgiving) to January 1 1976. 1976 was the bicentennial year in America. Bicentennial celebrations took place basically year round in 1976, from the research I've done (don't know from experience cuz I wasn't born until the late 80s). In the original script of "Rocky", when Apollo Creed's managers couldn't find a replacement fighter for Creed, they suggested that he postpone the fight to July 4th (Independence Day) to which Creed said no cuz EVERYONE will be doing something big on Independence Day 1976. Creed wanted the first fight to take place on Jan 1 1976 cuz then his fight would be the FIRST big event of the bicentennial year. So, "Rocky II" does take place 10 months later around Thanksgiving (November 1976).

I think it'd be a mistake to stop at IV and launch into Creed. The movies are like chapters. I know most fans bag on V and think of it as the weakest entry; but I think the flaw is mostly in its execution than in its plot. The Rocky movies are about relationships and characters. V is a father-son story and furthers the evolution of these characters. And Rocky Balboa (VI) goes back to its roots of character-driven storytelling and is a nice conclusion for the Rocky story, leading to the passing of the torch to the current Creed run.

Two fun facts: Stallone tore his left peck in training so the wrote in fighting right handed into the film. Talia Shire was working on another film and they were running over. They had to go back and do the scenes of her and Paulie watching the fight at home post production. Adrian was originally suppose to be at the fight.

As you two follow the whole series you realize that this a love story not between him and Adriane but with everyone that cross Rocky's path including Apollo and beyond.

The Fighters name was DukKoo Kim who died after a brutal 15 round match with Ray "Boom Boom Mancini in 1982. I remember watching the fight, I think it was on ABC Sports . After he passed it was decided to change title matches from 15 rounds to 12 due to serious injuries seemed to happen in the later rounds after prolonged damage throughout a fight. It was a very sad day in sports when Kim passed .

Paulie will make you hate him, then make you like him. Back and forth 😊

Regular paw jabs with the left, the hand you use normally is your power punch. Southpaws Jab with their right.

Y'all should watch all the rocky films not just up to part 4. It's 6 in total

Rocky's point of regarding the baby is he wants to see him but when all of them are together meaning Adrian is awake and out of the coma.

15:30 - It was a lightweight title fight in 1982; Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini vs Duk Koo Kim. Kim was an underdog like Rocky and fought his heart out, but began to lose out in the later rounds. Still, he bravely fought on in spite of that, refusing to go down. After finally being knocked out in the 14th round, he collapsed into a coma, passing away 5 days later. The World Boxing Council would shorten its championship fights to 12 rounds that very year, with other sanctioning bodies not doing the same until 1987.

The reason he was training with his left arm . Was bcuz when you are a southpaw the left is your power shot. So you tend to keep your left hand cocked back and jab and block with the right and wait for the opening to throw the power left. So to switch it. You gotta learn to jab and block with the left and keep the right cocked back for the power shot. So he tied his right hand down so he would learn to jab with his left and keep his left in the lead. And the right in reserve. When your southpaw you keep your right in the lead. And the left in reserve.

Y’all need to remember the time frames. Kids following rocky wasn’t forest gumbo, forest gump was years after this movie, so they followed Rocky.

Yes, alot of people either died or got paralyzed after 12 rounds. Boxing has a horrific history. Truth be told

in Apollo's defense, he was past his prime before the first film

Rocky and Apollo fought the first time on New Year's day of 1976, 1976 was the bicentennial celebration of the United States. So for the entire year they celebrated USA's 200th birthday. The fight was supposed to kick off the bicentennial year.

omg... WHY stop at 4? I really don't understand why people always say this. They may not like 5&6, but he movies are still good.

Yo Adrian, it’s me Rocky and I’m gonna fight Apollo again.

Southpaw stance is when the right foot is in front and you're jabbing with the right hand. This allows you to get the most leverage for the power shots with the dominant hand, the left hand.

LMAO at that top of the stairs punch. Perfect touch.

That edit at 41:03 literally made me jump and burst out laughing. Kudos to whoever thought of that 😂😂😂😂😂

The beauty of Rocky - it isn't about the boxing.

I Loved this Reaction! It's like the two of YOU were actually in the Ring against Apollo! Lol

"That's the Price is Right" BWAHAHAHAHAH!!😂😂😂

I remember as a kid in the 60s Championship fights were 18 rounds. It was lowered to 15 bc someone died after the fight. Then to 12 for the same reason.

30:11 that side eye, lol

41:02 I was like wtf, you thought no one would notice, but I did and lmfaoo

Prob a mix of the amazing music, montages, wicked fights, and how sincere and kind Rocko is that make these movies legendary. 'yo adrian!' will forever be a fun meme and sly did great with all these movies :D

As I'm sure we told you, Butkus was really Stallone's dog, but he died for real and this was his last movie 😢 Stallone said in a interview Butkus is still his desktop wallpaper 😊

40:01. That’s how one edits a reaction vid!

Great job, y'all. By the way, $37,000 carried you farther in 1979 than it definitely does today.

Men of a generation understand this film more so.....🥊

he has to locate his opponents by the sound of them punching him in the head.. its sonar

IMO Rocky had to win that way, because that's what (at least the early) movies are about. A regular guy who life keeps knocking down, and he wins by just never giving up. He keeps getting back up -- that's who he is.

While I've been watching the Rocky movies since the 1983 when I was 9, I recently rewatched them all... (Rocky 1,2,3,4,5,6, Creed 1,2 and 3) its gonna be super fun for your guys to watch them all in a short time.

Yay!! My favorite Canadians finally back with my favorite sports movie franchise. (I say favorite Canadians cause even tho I'm American I've watched a ridiculous amount of Canadian shows. Lol)

Those iron jungle gyms.....we called it "The Thunderdome"

When Mickey got on rocky about his vision earlier on, he was talking about his peripheral vision was extremely limited. He can’t see a punch coming from the left side I think which can lead to permanent damage and possible blindness. And fyi rocky didn’t switch it up to south paw later. Throwing a left isn’t southpaw. South paw is his stance and lead right hand.

"What are we waiting for" is my favorite rocky line. Amped up

carl weathers who played apollo played in the nfl before he got into acting and rocky was his 1st movie role

if you're a southpaw you do the jab using your right, and you use your lefty hand for stronger punches like Straight, Hook and Uppercut.

Great reaction to a classic sequel,fun fact Apollo was created in the likeness of Muhammad Ali and Rocky was inspired by a Boxer by the of Chuck Wepner.

A southpaw jabs with his right, and the stronger left side is on the back leg.

About the lefty vs righty boxing stance you were confused with, they showed that correctly. When you're a south-paw as Rocky, your strongest is your left-hand. Boxing stance puts your strongest hand on your back foot-- so your right is forward as a south-paw-- consequently, your right hand should be jabbing, while putting your strongest hand in reserve. If your going to fight right-handed, your left should be forward and jabbing hand is the left. Rocky was practicing his left jab which is correct if your fighting as right-handed.

Everytime you talk about hate in the comments, I roll my eyes and think "Why do people leave nasty comments?" You're a nice couple watching movies. How is that stirring up rage? I'll never understand it.

Absolutely adore this movie, I get a lump in the throat when Adrian woke up & told Rocky ''Win''! I can't watch the training montage without thinking of the edit of Rocky punching the kids at the top of the stairs - & I was this time.... & then you guys edit it in!!: think I startled my neighbours with how hard I laughed!! One request: I know what people say about '5', but PLEASE do the whole series before going into Creed - you won't regret it!

the edit at the to of stair's was unexpected but we'll played 😂😂

$37,000 may not sound like a lot of money today. But $37,000 in 1979 is the equivalent of about $153,828 today.

There has been many deaths in boxing but an American popular favorite Ray Boom Boom Mancini fought a tough Korean and they beat the hell out of echer other but the Korean died in the 14th round on national television from way to many punches. He had intense swelling on the brain from the accumulation of punches. This was in 1982 and within 5 years after that boxing then changed a championship fight from 15 to 12 rounds.

I had that car. Mine was blue. My dad gave it to me For graduation. I quickly proceeded to destroy it. I loved that car. Finally totaled it in 1982.

$37,000 USD in 1976 is worth about $200,000 USD today.

30:13 You know he just ripped into her. At least I hope so for getting emasculated in front of thousands of people. That uneasy smile and hand holding afterwards really seals the deal too

Just wait til you see part 3.

you could tell by jane's eyes that she was really freaking out watching the scene where rocky was trying to convince adrian to by the 2 story place

the kids getting punched was priceless:,D Loved the reaction and the first one:)

Y'all wild... This is the footage from the first movie 😂😂

Playing Devils Advocate, who's food would you rather eat? Something Adrian cooked or would you want to try to eat something Rocky attempted to cook? You saw he can't even cook eggs. Where as she made a tasty looking turkey.

Talia Shire is Adrian in all the Rocky movies and Connie in the Godfather movies.

You have to understand that is how Rocky fought that was he style of fighting

Rocky has bad defense but he is very tough and can take a lot of damage. Apollo is clearly the better fighter but his ego lost him a fight he could have easily won. Rocky gets better at fighting in the next movie so can’t wait for y’all to react to that!

59:01 Again, people who don't understand that the 200th anniversary of the American nation didn't take place on July 4, 1976, but rather on January 1, or rather, it took place throughout the whole year. Just research "The United States Bicentennial "... And " Bicentennial" was even written big and bold on the poster for the first fight in Rocky I People today have no education....

"YO ADRIAN, I DID IT!"

I thought in the first Creed when Donny tells Rocky that he is Apollos son Rocky tells him that Apollo had no kids or something like that but in Rocky 2 you clearly see two kids in Apollos house that look like they are his so was that a continuity error or they change Apollos back story for the sake of Creed cause that would suck

They changed it to 12 rounds bc people were getting brain damage and dying. Part of the reason Rocky's fighting was so bad at first is bc he's a southpaw but he's fighting right handed. It's a totally different stance that puts your power punch in front where the jab should be, trying to protect his bad eye. Good thing Rocky has a chin of steel

Watch 5 and 6 as well don't just stop at 4 need to finish it off

Finally my favorite Rocky Movie

I love watching you guys react to nothing but classics 👏🤝🤝💪🔥

In Boxing you jab with your off hand. Right handers jab with their left cause it’s not a power punch then use their right for the big hard shots. Southpaw would be the opposite. Jab right, power left. A jab is a quick punch used to disrupt timing in the opponent so you aren’t expecting to knock anyone out with it

8:39 Just a scratch, compared to what happened to him in Robocop (toxic waste stuff) 😉

Every Rocky film from 1-5 has a certain message or type of character development. Most people don’t like 5 and say to skip it but it’s actually well written in terms of his character. It’s a different aspect in each one. Definitely worth the watch

He didn’t block because he was not a right handed fighter, wasn’t used to it, plus his peripheral vision. That’s what I tell myself to keep from getting pissed lmao

You guys are great! Love the Transformers sound effects 😂

I saw you nearly cried Justin. It's ok,If you don't get emotional at that last scene your not human or you haven't watched both movies. Now you both see the Greatness of the Rocky franchise. It's just beginning!