*Correction Stallone said he saw Hulk Hogan on TV Wrestling but it wasn't Wrestle Mania as that show didn't exist in 1982. Sorry for any inconveniences!
I'm glad you posted a comment correcting this because as soon as you said it I was like, wait a minute, Rocky 3 came out a few years before WM and before Hogan even became champion. In fact, I bet you'll get a ton of wrestling fans immediately commenting about Hogan getting fired for taking the part. And he actually didn't come back to the WWF/WWE until a couple of years later when Vince McMahon bought the company from his dad. Any little error when it comes to wrestling and you can be sure that we wrestling fans will catch it right away.
I met Mr. T many years ago when I worked at Office Depot in Encino California. He was such a down to Earth awesome guy. I told him how much I loved all the work he did, and how awesome he is. He warmly shook my hand, thanked ME, and said "It's good to meet you brother"!!! I was blown away by this. He is simply a class act.
Yeah. He was really upset because Adrian was off in Clubber's apartment balling him. It probably took her two hours just to get all that fuckin' gold off him for 2 minutes of sex. Clubber: Come here woman!! Adrian: Hold on, gotta get your gold off. Okay, let's go!! Clubber: UUUNGHHH!!! Damn that was good!!! Adrian: That's it? I pity you fool.
That's right. Rocky was spending an entire day feeling sad over the death of his manager Mickey. Then when Rocky enters into his old neighborhood boxing gym, he hits a small punching bag to release his steam. Then a mysterious voice says, "that's not the way to punch it." A petrified Rocky turns around and asks who's there. And then, ta-da, Apollo is seen standing in the entrance dressed like a million bucks. And the rest is history.
There's a lot of great lines. Interviewer:"Do you accept the challenge from Rocky Balboa?" Clubber:" I reject the challenge because Balboa is no challenge, but I'll be glad to beat up on him some more! " 🤣🤣🤣
Unless you saw Rocky 3 when it first came out, you don’t realize what a force Mr T was. Later he became a household name and did children’s tv shows, but in ROCKY, before we knew him, he was scary!
@@england641 I never watched WWF, so Rocky 3 was MY introduction to Mr T…and it made the movie more enjoyable because I didn’t know who he was. That’s all I was saying, no need to get hostile.
Same experience. When they finish the ten count on Clobber Lang and he's officially out, the audience burst out into spontaneous applause. It was wildly satisfying because, crazy as it sounds in 2020, at that moment in the theatre of 1982, it wasn't a certainty Rocky was going to win the rematch so it was tense the entire three round bout going through the up and down, rope a dope, rollar coaster ride of emotions where it was going and how it would all end. Now, with the benefit of hindsight, it seems obvious and a foregone conclusion, but back then, the rulebook of cinematic character arch's and screenwriting laws 101 was still being cemented in real time.
First movie I remember seeing in a theater and my favorite Rocky movie of all time. The crowd was definitely into it. What I would do to go back to watch it again in 1982!
Eye Of The Tiger was also Hulk Hogan's theme music for a while in WWF. I used to listen to it also when I was working out as a teen. You're The Best would have been a good song for Lionheart or Bloodsport starting Jean-Claude Van Damme
I liked the story of Rocky III: exploring how Rocky had "gone soft" in being a celebrity, and that he had to get his edge back. It was actually quite realistic when you look at the lives of many professional athletes.
Also , 80s was great childhood and then a teen and young adult in the 90s I feel like so much happened our lifetime I often think we are in that Matrix simulation
I always liked the scene where you see Carl Weathers turn around while sprinting and runs backwards while staying ahead of Rocky. This showed his NFL training as a defensive back. I didn’t know if many boxers learn to run backwards at such speed, but that is what defensive backs do most of the time. They have to be able to keep up with sprinting NFL receivers dashing down the field while running backwards to watch the QB and where the pass may be going. Carl Weather was a linebacker for the Oakland Raiders during the 1970s, where he only played 7 games before being released and moving to Canada to play for the BC Lions until 1973. Though he wasn’t a major star in the NFL, his training as a defensive end in college and a linebacker in pro got him in shape to play the iconic role as heavyweight boxer Apollo Creed in 4 Rocky movies before they killed off his character in Rocky 4.
Didn't know that. Thanks bro. That means that Carl Weather got some mad skills. In my opinion NFL receivers and defensive backs are among the fastest athletes in the world.
@@brucedavis3816 I got you bro. Even though I never played, I was a NFL fan for a long time and the speed of those guys is impressive. Even the cameras can barely catch them.
Apollo Creed Quote: Now, when we fought, you had that eye of the tiger, man; the edge! And now you gotta get it back, and the way to get it back is to go back to the beginning. Classic line. This was the last Burgess Meredith Rocky film in which his character passes, very sad.
No one seems to realize that when Clubber Lang pushed Mickey he caused his heart attack. So basically that mohawk, gold chain wearing freak committed murder. "Shut up old man!!!" Talk about ageism. Where the fuck are the Liberals when you need them?
Rocky 3 was a film where many people saw Apollo Creed in a different light. He was no longer the flamboyant, fast talking Boxing champ who lured Rocky into fighting him a few times. People began to see Apollo as a changed man who decides to put his hotshot image behind him and lend a hand to become Rocky's trainer in an effort to help him regain the World Heavyweight title from Clubber Lang.
I do like the Creed movies Creedll made me feel for Drago and his son the hatred for anything Rocky was all because Briggett Nielson abandoned them then she abandoned them again
Hogan was actually fired by Vince sr for taking this role and went to awa and his popularity exploded after the film came out and when Vince jr took over wwf he hired Hogan back
@cpk1994 Vern Gagne was a fool imagine Hulkamania in the AWA, that federation wouldn't have folded, and who knows what the WWF would've became without Hogan?
I do remember hearing that the loss of Stallone's son took such a great toll on him so bad that even Schwarzenegger pushed Stallone to keep busy while filming The Expendables 2.
Rocky III was a great movie. Rocky also got smart and miraculously was healed from his eye injury from the last movie. Apollo remarks in their last match that Rocky had the "Eye of the Tiger", but when you watch Rocky II he looks somewhat timid. Stallone, Mr. T, and Carl Weathers put on a great performance; Stallone did look ripped in the movie. And "Eye of the Tiger" was huge - it was a perfect compliment to the movie.
Rocky 3 is my favorite of the original five movies (it's weird to think there's now two Rocky eras), because I liked how Rocky and Apollo go from being rivals to friends, and Apollo helps train Rocky for his fight against Mr. T. It was a wonderful turnaround, and makes the following movie even sadder. Yes, of course, the original is a classic, and rightly so, but I just love the progression the third movie gives us.
... Well , You Know... After All These Years, Sylvester Stallone & E.T. Have Overcome Their Rivalry / Grudge, And Are Now Good Friends... In Fact, E.T. is gonna be in THE EXPENDABLES 4
Blasphemy! Where else do you see Hammer Head and Greedo from Star Wars kill each other. Oh yea, Yoda was on earth too. He was looking for Luke, who was last seen driving a souped up Corvette Sting Ray.
Best training montage is Rocky 4 (obvs) Best fight is the 2nd match in Rocky 3 Most realistic fight is Rocky 1 Best script is Rocky 1 Best ending credits is Rocky 5's (measure of a man playing, I mean come on!) Best overall: Rocky 4
My order worst to best Rocky balboa -> Rocky V -> Creed -> Rocky III -> Rocky IV -> Rocky II -> Creed II -> Rocky Im not saying creed or III are bad im just saying the others are better
This is my favorite ROCKY film alongside ROCKY IV. III has the best training montage with Rocky training with Apollo and the best version of "Gonna Fly Now" in my opinion. But IV has the most iconic boxing opponent and best soundtrack. Great job Minty!
"Here I am struggling to get off the sofa when the phone rings." I'm with you there, my friend. Your description of 2% body fat made me really contemplate my gut...
I read Mr Ts autobiography. He was actually physically sick, he said Stallone was extremely strict regarding training and diet. He also said Stallone packed one helluva punch and actually hurt him during the sparring. Stallone wanted T for Rocky 4, and was gitted T asked too high a price.
He wasn’t sick and actually With the first fight when stallone gets knocked out! That was a real punch! And mr.t had to do strict dieting and training to get into real good shape for the movie z!
Rocky 3 was my favorite of the series. Sylvester Stallone & Carl Weathers had great chemistry. It was cool seeing them team up together becoming best friends. Rocky overcoming the odds
It's arguably the most advant-guard formulaic movie ever made. The tight script, pitch perfect direction and Scorsese-esque art-house touches in the editing. It holds up beautifully.
"Avant guard formulaic" is such an oxymoronic phrase that it made my brain twitch. You are obviously attempting to write so far above your intelligence limitations that it made me giggle.
My Dad had taken my brothers and I to see this in the theaters and I thought that it was awesome! Mr. T had done a great job as the menacing Clubber Lang.
Mr. T was and remains awesome. I can not believe that Stallone subsisted for any time at all on 10 egg whites and a piece of toast. Maybe for that 'final cut' right at the end, but there is no way that was his diet while enduring such an extraordinarily demanding routine.
I saw ROCKY III at the cinema in Wellington, NZ as a kid, with my parents. During the rematch fight between Rocky & Lang, I was kicking the seat in front of me the whole time lol 🥊 #WinRockyWin
How the hell did Stallone complete that workout and still have energy to act and direct a movie?! If I attempted half of that work out, I’d be done for the rest of the week.
He's a prima Donna no doubt, hence why he fuck'd up the character as Judge Dredd by taking off the iconic helmet that the judge wore and never took off b'cuz getting top biling wasn't enough, so he had to let people see his mug... But he's kinda a'ight in my book.
Rocky III and IV was influential in my childhood. Because of those movies I took an early interest in fitness and health that I maintain to this day ( I’m in my mid 40s) and am at my all time best at this age. I miss movies like this that were inspirational and brought people together.
Rocky saga gets its accolades , however the depth of characters & the psychology of a fighter is genius the way it is portrayed particularly in Rocky 3 , the beach scenes are very legendary, his talk with adriene about fear & Apollo's "there is no tomorrow" line is as epic as it gets
When I was a kid we had a VHS and this was the only tape I owned. I watched this movie at least 100 times. I could recite the whole thing in my head and out loud. I probably still can if I tried. Now my daughter loves these movies and we watch them a few times a year. She even named her dog, Rocky Balboa (he is black and gold, Rocky's colors).
Mr T has some of the most memorable lines in all of movie history! When he tells Adrian hey woman hey woman and then says rocky is not a real man and then he invites her over to his apartment for some real hanky panky! so great I love this movie. One thing about Rocky 4 I always thought was that Clubber lang should have fought Drago not Apollo! That would have been great
I think what had would have worked is that after Rocky retired due to the beating he took from Drago Clubber Lang step back into the ring and became the new heavyweight champ and Rocky had no interest in challenging him but clubber was always haunted by that defeat and always hates Rocky for bringing him down in the second fight that he tries to goats Rocky into a rematch but it ends up a street fight at the end of Rocky 5.
Great vid Minty! Love the Rocky franchise and this & 4 are some of my favorite all time movies. The performances from Stallone, T, Weathers, Merideth, were all perfect.
I remember 1982 when it came out. I was in Philadelphia, still am, when it was being made and saw it act the SamEric movie theater on 19th and Chestnut Street.
*Ding ding!* My favorite moment in this film is the seminal moment in which Rocky and Adrian argue on the beach. She tells him that he’s got to face his fear and then put it behind him. More than any time when she is so often critical of his choices, this is her moment.
Looking at this today, if Mr. T wasn’t in this movie it would’ve never been what it was. A film is only as good as it’s villain Mr. T as “Clubber” was excellent.
Not too proud to admit that when Mickey dies in Rocky III, a lump the size of a tennis ball appears in my throat, my eyes start watering and my lips begin to quiver. Really gets me every time as I love Mickey. And Rocky’s reaction...powerful.
Minty mentions that in the video. Worked out for both movies in the end. Don't you think? Interestingly John Avildsen directed both the original Rocky and The Karate Kid. 😋
That's something I didn't know until i saw this. I'm glad they didn't use it for Rocky 3. It fits much better in Karate Kid. All these years later I can't picture either movie done with different songs.
I was in third grade when this movie opened. My dad took me to see it in the theatre and the movie was my favorite. Even as a child though the hot chicks in the red swimsuits that were on the side of thunderlips is what I remember the most. OMG how they had super bodies not anorexic like todays girls but shapely. Thing were diffrent in the eighties for sure. They would be considered fat today.
Clubber Lang is the one opponent who never really gets to redeem himself. Drago was a tool for Russian propaganda, and Tommy Gunn was led astray by an overzealous promoter, but Lang was just a jerk from Chicago, and that is all you get to know about him.
*Correction Stallone said he saw Hulk Hogan on TV Wrestling but it wasn't Wrestle Mania as that show didn't exist in 1982. Sorry for any inconveniences!
I'm glad you posted a comment correcting this because as soon as you said it I was like, wait a minute, Rocky 3 came out a few years before WM and before Hogan even became champion. In fact, I bet you'll get a ton of wrestling fans immediately commenting about Hogan getting fired for taking the part. And he actually didn't come back to the WWF/WWE until a couple of years later when Vince McMahon bought the company from his dad. Any little error when it comes to wrestling and you can be sure that we wrestling fans will catch it right away.
You prefer 3 to 4!?!? You clearly must be a fucking psychopath!
I believe Rocky III is what led to the first Wrestlemania as Mr. T and Hulk Hogan teamed in the main event
Minty Comedic Arts I’m sure loads of wrestling geeks will be angry with the goof.
Just about to call you out on that one Minty! Thanks for the correction! ☺💯
I met Mr. T many years ago when I worked at Office Depot in Encino California. He was such a down to Earth awesome guy. I told him how much I loved all the work he did, and how awesome he is. He warmly shook my hand, thanked ME, and said "It's good to meet you brother"!!! I was blown away by this. He is simply a class act.
Correction. Rocky didn't go to Apollo for help. He was too busy wallowing in his depression. Apollo went to him.
Yeah. He was really upset because Adrian was off in Clubber's apartment balling him. It probably took her two hours just to get all that fuckin' gold off him for 2 minutes of sex.
Clubber: Come here woman!!
Adrian: Hold on, gotta get your gold off. Okay, let's go!!
Clubber: UUUNGHHH!!! Damn that was good!!!
Adrian: That's it? I pity you fool.
Mike 7 nah lang busted it wide open
@@captaincaveman2040 you're fucking strange
That's right. Rocky was spending an entire day feeling sad over the death of his manager Mickey. Then when Rocky enters into his old neighborhood boxing gym, he hits a small punching bag to release his steam. Then a mysterious voice says, "that's not the way to punch it." A petrified Rocky turns around and asks who's there. And then, ta-da, Apollo is seen standing in the entrance dressed like a million bucks. And the rest is history.
eye of the tiger....
“Clubber, what’s your prediction for the fight?” “Prediction? PAIN! Best line in the movie imo
Devin my favorite was last sprinting loss on the beach...
“Whatsa matta whichew!!!
Followed by his first use of the phrase, "I don't hate Balboa... But I pity the fool."
There's a lot of great lines.
Interviewer:"Do you accept the challenge from Rocky Balboa?"
Clubber:" I reject the challenge because Balboa is no challenge, but I'll be glad to beat up on him some more! " 🤣🤣🤣
That, and grunting "UUUNNNNHHHH!!! UUUNNNNHHHH!!! UUUNNNNHHHH!!!" from his team's shoulders after he wins the title. 😂😂😂
Cracks me up every time.
"You're all parasites and leeches!" which Mr. T would later adopt in real life when dealing with paparazzo
Give Mr T some credit he was fantastic in this very convincing.
Mr T should be the Hollywood blue print of how a villain should be
Unless you saw Rocky 3 when it first came out, you don’t realize what a force Mr T was. Later he became a household name and did children’s tv shows, but in ROCKY, before we knew him, he was scary!
@@bobbynip66 Not True check your facts MR T was in the WWF before the movies and TV. Pull you head out of your ass
@@england641 I never watched WWF, so Rocky 3 was MY introduction to Mr T…and it made the movie more enjoyable because I didn’t know who he was. That’s all I was saying, no need to get hostile.
Facts Frankie
Rocky III is also my favorite in the franchise. It's an absolute classic.
The Lois 🥊 Rocky spoof Family Guy is ✔...
The only movie I ever saw where the whole audience cheered the second fight like it was real. It was awesome. Well done, Minty!!!!
Same experience. When they finish the ten count on Clobber Lang and he's officially out, the audience burst out into spontaneous applause. It was wildly satisfying because, crazy as it sounds in 2020, at that moment in the theatre of 1982, it wasn't a certainty Rocky was going to win the rematch so it was tense the entire three round bout going through the up and down, rope a dope, rollar coaster ride of emotions where it was going and how it would all end. Now, with the benefit of hindsight, it seems obvious and a foregone conclusion, but back then, the rulebook of cinematic character arch's and screenwriting laws 101 was still being cemented in real time.
First movie I remember seeing in a theater and my favorite Rocky movie of all time. The crowd was definitely into it. What I would do to go back to watch it again in 1982!
I know... unbelievable.,.I think this should have been the last Rocky movie..I personally think they went down from here.... just my opinion
@@Donathon-qx8kq noooooo Rocky IV was its own kind of epic too! I’m a fan of all things Stallone. Tulsa Kings anyone?
When I was a kid in the 80s there wasn't a mall or a carnival that wasn't jamming the eye of the tiger somewhere. 🥊🐯
Wish my mall played it
Eye Of The Tiger was also Hulk Hogan's theme music for a while in WWF. I used to listen to it also when I was working out as a teen.
You're The Best would have been a good song for Lionheart or Bloodsport starting Jean-Claude Van Damme
@Captain Awesome And yet you keep going to Kroger.
Good times 👍👍
Whenever I hear "Eye of the Tiger," I ALWAYS hear (in the back of my mind) Kermit yelling, "Rocky Balboa, YEAAAAH!!!"
When Rocky is on the exercise bike in the gym scene, the blonde woman who kisses Rocky on the cheek was Sylvester Stallone's first wife Sacha.
@Rumpled Foreskin BOOM shaakalacka!
@Rumpled Foreskin this may be the greatest komment I've ever seen😂😂💯💯💯
@@jonathankinney14 no offense but you need to explore the internet more. 😋
I can see why that was awkward for Adrian.
You can see her at 10:19
Clubber Lang-one of the best movie villains ever.
@@kobrien4121 Kylo Ren slinks away in shame.
Joe Milton the best
Mr T was a US Army veteran & went into the MPs. He was such a good soldier, his training drill sgts gave him a 🏅.
100%
He is great, but I don't think he is a villain. For me, he is always the underdog of Rocky III. He's got a big mouth though.
I liked the story of Rocky III: exploring how Rocky had "gone soft" in being a celebrity, and that he had to get his edge back. It was actually quite realistic when you look at the lives of many professional athletes.
Rocky's mansion was Muhammad Ali's house in real life.
Solid Snake wow! Really? Too cool!
It's true I've seen Ali's mansion it's awesome!
Yeah? Wow
Cool fact
Damn, that's cool!
Ugh I miss the 80’s. I was born in 79 so I was really young but man the 80’s were amazing.
76 here and agreed.
Same here, 79. I would totally relive those days.
I was a teenager in the 80's and I it was really was the best decade ever.
Also , 80s was great childhood and then a teen and young adult in the 90s I feel like so much happened our lifetime I often think we are in that Matrix simulation
81 .. So glad I remember the 80s! How old is minty ?
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid!
Same
I always liked the scene where you see Carl Weathers turn around while sprinting and runs backwards while staying ahead of Rocky. This showed his NFL training as a defensive back. I didn’t know if many boxers learn to run backwards at such speed, but that is what defensive backs do most of the time.
They have to be able to keep up with sprinting NFL receivers dashing down the field while running backwards to watch the QB and where the pass may be going. Carl Weather was a linebacker for the Oakland Raiders during the 1970s, where he only played 7 games before being released and moving to Canada to play for the BC Lions until 1973.
Though he wasn’t a major star in the NFL, his training as a defensive end in college and a linebacker in pro got him in shape to play the iconic role as heavyweight boxer Apollo Creed in 4 Rocky movies before they killed off his character in Rocky 4.
Oh man I just finished watching Rocky 1 thru 3 this weekend and now u tell me Apollo is gonna die in 4?!!! I cant watch it now!!!!
Didn't know that. Thanks bro. That means that Carl Weather got some mad skills. In my opinion NFL receivers and defensive backs are among the fastest athletes in the world.
I played conerback once in practice in 7th grade. Man now I know why receives get so wide open in the NFL. Your helpless.
@@brucedavis3816 I got you bro. Even though I never played, I was a NFL fan for a long time and the speed of those guys is impressive. Even the cameras can barely catch them.
Yes martial artists have been doing it for years
Apollo Creed Quote: Now, when we fought, you had that eye of the tiger, man; the edge! And now you gotta get it back, and the way to get it back is to go back to the beginning. Classic line. This was the last Burgess Meredith Rocky film in which his character passes, very sad.
Burgess Meredith shot flashback scenes for Rocky V.
@@poolboyinla Really I did not know that. Cool, thank you.
No, he was also in part 5 before he died.
@@SumDumGy Really I must forgot that. Cool, thank you.
No one seems to realize that when Clubber Lang pushed Mickey he caused his heart attack. So basically that mohawk, gold chain wearing freak committed murder. "Shut up old man!!!" Talk about ageism. Where the fuck are the Liberals when you need them?
Rocky 3 was a film where many people saw Apollo Creed in a different light. He was no longer the flamboyant, fast talking Boxing champ who lured Rocky into fighting him a few times. People began to see Apollo as a changed man who decides to put his hotshot image behind him and lend a hand to become Rocky's trainer in an effort to help him regain the World Heavyweight title from Clubber Lang.
I LOVE the opening sequence for Rocky III. For me, it's probably the most perfect setup to any movie ever... it gives me chills.
Being a kid in the 80s and going to my grandparents (who had satellite TV) and seeing this movie come on HBO put you on cloud nine every time.
Thank God for HBO.
Soooomany rated R gems us 80s kids got to see😃📺📼
The first 4 rocky movies were amazing. Great stories and great action
Yeah the 5th one was on a hiding to nothing, as it had all been done before [and done well!] in the previous films
I do like the Creed movies Creedll made me feel for Drago and his son the hatred for anything Rocky was all because Briggett Nielson abandoned them then she abandoned them again
Rocky Balboa (Rocky 6) is the only sequel that truly captures the spirit of the original.
Keith Harper totally agree. Creed was a good movie and I thought they topped it with Creed 2
@@davidkos74 I loved rocky 6 was a good end to the series. Creed is pretty awesome aswell
Rocky III is honestly my favorite Rocky movie.
Mine too. I never get tired of watching it over and over again.
I love Rocky 3, it has so much heart, the way Rocky mentally falls apart, and Apollo bringing him back!
Hogan was actually fired by Vince sr for taking this role and went to awa and his popularity exploded after the film came out and when Vince jr took over wwf he hired Hogan back
@cpk1994 Vern Gagne was a fool imagine Hulkamania in the AWA, that federation wouldn't have folded, and who knows what the WWF would've became without Hogan?
I was actually going to post that! I learned this from wrestling bios
I do remember hearing that the loss of Stallone's son took such a great toll on him so bad that even Schwarzenegger pushed Stallone to keep busy while filming The Expendables 2.
Rocky III was a great movie. Rocky also got smart and miraculously was healed from his eye injury from the last movie. Apollo remarks in their last match that Rocky had the "Eye of the Tiger", but when you watch Rocky II he looks somewhat timid. Stallone, Mr. T, and Carl Weathers put on a great performance; Stallone did look ripped in the movie. And "Eye of the Tiger" was huge - it was a perfect compliment to the movie.
I like Rocky 3 but Rocky 4 with Ivan Drago is still my favourite Rocky movie !
If he dies, he dies! Best line ever!
They all have good parts. I see 4 as a cash grab cashing in on cold war bullshit. And it's far too unrealistic.
One Long politically based Montage= rocky 4
@@ultraloyalservant2felineov41 I MUST BREAK YOU
I must break you!
Eddie Murphy's Rocky sketch, was hilarious.
Rocky 3 was on TV yesterday and I literally thought this morning minty should do rocky 3 🤣
That's proof, IMO, that things do happen for a reason.
#illuminaticonfirmed
What a story, Mark!
Don't lie.
rocky doesn’t turn to Apollo to train him, who then agrees. it was the other way round, and rocky does it hesitatingly
Thank you
Yep.
Thats how i remember it
Apollo did it out of selfish reasons Rocky had to be the best so Apollo could go down as second best Couldnt be upstaged by Mr T
Yup. Dumb cunts can't even fact check a short ass video. And why not mention that Sage Stallone had a major acting role in Rocky 5
This was my favorite Rocky Movie when I was a kid . You couldn't have found a more meaner villain than Mr T lol
Rocky 3 is my favorite of the original five movies (it's weird to think there's now two Rocky eras), because I liked how Rocky and Apollo go from being rivals to friends, and Apollo helps train Rocky for his fight against Mr. T. It was a wonderful turnaround, and makes the following movie even sadder. Yes, of course, the original is a classic, and rightly so, but I just love the progression the third movie gives us.
whole family wanted to see ET and I refused and went to see this instead. Still haven't seen ET.
... Well , You Know... After All These Years, Sylvester Stallone & E.T. Have Overcome Their Rivalry / Grudge, And Are Now Good Friends... In Fact, E.T. is gonna be in THE EXPENDABLES 4
You are missing out. I suggest ET around Halloween time
You didn't miss anything. ET is vastly overrated.
Blasphemy! Where else do you see Hammer Head and Greedo from Star Wars kill each other. Oh yea, Yoda was on earth too. He was looking for Luke, who was last seen driving a souped up Corvette Sting Ray.
@@joshuachristian5443 lmfao
I love how we all have a different order when it comes to our favorite Rocky lists!
Best training montage is Rocky 4 (obvs)
Best fight is the 2nd match in Rocky 3
Most realistic fight is Rocky 1
Best script is Rocky 1
Best ending credits is Rocky 5's (measure of a man playing, I mean come on!)
Best overall: Rocky 4
My list:
#1 Rocky - Creed II
My order worst to best Rocky balboa -> Rocky V -> Creed -> Rocky III -> Rocky IV -> Rocky II -> Creed II -> Rocky
Im not saying creed or III are bad im just saying the others are better
Rocky 3 is my favorite, best character arc in any of the movies.
Rocky 1
Rocky 3
Rocky 4
Rocky 2
And Rocky 5 doesn't exist in my reality.
This is my favorite ROCKY film alongside ROCKY IV. III has the best training montage with Rocky training with Apollo and the best version of "Gonna Fly Now" in my opinion. But IV has the most iconic boxing opponent and best soundtrack.
Great job Minty!
Rocky 3 is def one of the best. I think it's underrated! I literally watched this 100 times on vhs!
The greatest Rocky film & one of the greatest films of all time period💯
"Mother. There is no other. Like mother. So treat her right." - Mr T
Now I got that song stuck in my head
Michael Smith you're welcome 😂
"Here I am struggling to get off the sofa when the phone rings." I'm with you there, my friend. Your description of 2% body fat made me really contemplate my gut...
They were interviewing Jason Statham one time. He had to get down to 3% for a movie and was eating nothing but shredded turkey for months.
I read Mr Ts autobiography.
He was actually physically sick, he said Stallone was extremely strict regarding training and diet.
He also said Stallone packed one helluva punch and actually hurt him during the sparring.
Stallone wanted T for Rocky 4, and was gitted T asked too high a price.
He wasn’t sick and actually With the first fight when stallone gets knocked out! That was a real punch! And mr.t had to do strict dieting and training to get into real good shape for the movie z!
My favorite rocky movie!!! Simply for one scene “i bet you lay up at night wishing you had a real man”
And here I am struggling to get off the couch when the phone rings lmfao
As a young nipper I loved this movie ! The early 80's were packed with memorable and classic movies. Merry Christam Minty 👍
I love that "I pity the fool" originates in this movie.
Rocky 3 was my favorite of the series. Sylvester Stallone & Carl Weathers had great chemistry. It was cool seeing them team up together becoming best friends. Rocky overcoming the odds
4:14 Stallone was so ahead of his time, he watched WrestleMania 3 years before anyone else. 😂🤣😂
When you're the biggest boxer in the world , you can do anything.
It's arguably the most advant-guard formulaic movie ever made. The tight script, pitch perfect direction and Scorsese-esque art-house touches in the editing. It holds up beautifully.
"Avant guard formulaic" is such an oxymoronic phrase that it made my brain twitch. You are obviously attempting to write so far above your intelligence limitations that it made me giggle.
My Dad had taken my brothers and I to see this in the theaters and I thought that it was awesome! Mr. T had done a great job as the menacing Clubber Lang.
10 things you didn't know about Bloodsport Jean Claude Van Damme
My Family LOVE that movie, it was the first movie my daughter watched 😁
Hell yes
Here's one, it's based on a true story 😂
@@mrdelaney4440 with also heat between the real frank dux and JCVD
@@mrdelaney4440 Indeed. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
Love Micky in these movies. Great actor and character and love his one liners. Your a tomato can. RIP Burgees Meredith
"You're gonna eat lighting...and Crrrrap thunder!! " lol
Mr. T was and remains awesome. I can not believe that Stallone subsisted for any time at all on 10 egg whites and a piece of toast. Maybe for that 'final cut' right at the end, but there is no way that was his diet while enduring such an extraordinarily demanding routine.
Mr.T looks intimidating but he has great smile 😁
I saw ROCKY III at the cinema in Wellington, NZ as a kid, with my parents. During the rematch fight between Rocky & Lang, I was kicking the seat in front of me the whole time lol 🥊 #WinRockyWin
What cinema in Wellington was it the Embassy
Earnie Shavers is known as one of the the hardest hitters in boxing history. That's not a guy you tell to hit you harder.
Anyone that makes Muhammad Ali have pause or fear his punches... deserves the title of hardest hitting!
So right
All heavy weights boxer on his era said that
Mohamad Ali who played Vs Forman .Ron Lyle .
Confirmed that
I cried when Mic Died.... Very said moment.
Even Paulie shed a tear
Hes Jewish too which was not a big part of the first 2 films.
Turk Powers who didn’t?
@@matthewpomara1688 - My Ex-Wife.... but she is a cold hearted b!+ch
Mr. T's speech at the WWE Hall Of Fame induction ceremony is that of legend. He loves his mother.
My favourite song of that year:
👁️ of the 🐅
You're The Best would have been a good song for Lionheart or Bloodsport starting Jean-Claude Van Damme
Stallone is easily one of the greatest actors ever. He is so committed and talented.
Rocky III is my favorite of the series. I remember my mom dropping me off at the theater to see it. Loved it then, love it now.
How the hell did Stallone complete that workout and still have energy to act and direct a movie?! If I attempted half of that work out, I’d be done for the rest of the week.
There’s so many stories of Stallone thinking he stronger than he is and getting hurt 😂 it’s like he’s such a good actor he fools himself!
Remember when Dolph Lundgren nearly killed him during filming of Rocky 4? True story.
He's a prima Donna no doubt, hence why he fuck'd up the character as Judge Dredd by taking off the iconic helmet that the judge wore and never took off b'cuz getting top biling wasn't enough, so he had to let people see his mug... But he's kinda a'ight in my book.
Old saying,
It s not the size of the dog in the fight....
It s the size of the fight in the dog.
Course that can get you in a bit of trouble.
I think it's more about Stallone wants to fighting to look as real as possible.
@John Lester You mean steroided/HGH out in his 70's.
"What's your prediction for the fight?"
"Prediction?"
"Yes, prediction."
"PAIN"
Definitely my favorite Rocky movie!
Rocky III and IV was influential in my childhood. Because of those movies I took an early interest in fitness and health that I maintain to this day ( I’m in my mid 40s) and am at my all time best at this age. I miss movies like this that were inspirational and brought people together.
Seeing Stallone with little Sage....😥
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Dont forget that the blonde who kisses Rocky when he's training was his wife at the time, and mother to Sage, Sasha. :)
Rocky saga gets its accolades , however the depth of characters & the psychology of a fighter is genius the way it is portrayed particularly in Rocky 3 , the beach scenes are very legendary, his talk with adriene about fear & Apollo's "there is no tomorrow" line is as epic as it gets
When I was a kid we had a VHS and this was the only tape I owned.
I watched this movie at least 100 times. I could recite the whole thing in my head and out loud.
I probably still can if I tried.
Now my daughter loves these movies and we watch them a few times a year.
She even named her dog, Rocky Balboa (he is black and gold, Rocky's colors).
I keep forgetting that it was before Hogan was the face of the WWF when this movie came out.
I would love to see those behind the scenes of Sly and Mr. T choreographing the fight, none of the later DVDs and Blurays have this stuff.
I still love the way Carl Weathers lets Stallone pass him when they ran together. :)
The score makes me cry ,micky tune ,so beautiful
Mr T loves his Mom.... watch his WWE Hall of Fame speech..... have a lot of free time to watch... it goes on and on and ON!!!!!!!
Mr T has some of the most memorable lines in all of movie history! When he tells Adrian hey woman hey woman and then says rocky is not a real man and then he invites her over to his apartment for some real hanky panky! so great I love this movie. One thing about Rocky 4 I always thought was that Clubber lang should have fought Drago not Apollo! That would have been great
Yeah Lang vs Drago would have been a bitchin' brawl....
I think what had would have worked is that after Rocky retired due to the beating he took from Drago Clubber Lang step back into the ring and became the new heavyweight champ and Rocky had no interest in challenging him but clubber was always haunted by that defeat and always hates Rocky for bringing him down in the second fight that he tries to goats Rocky into a rematch but it ends up a street fight at the end of Rocky 5.
The best villain and movie in the saga.
"Come on Balboa, that's how hard you hit?? Feed it to me"" classic.
Fantastic! Thanks for all of your fabulous videos in 2019, Minty!😀🤙 Wishing you all the best success and happiness in 2020!
Are you crazy... Apollos trainer was great..he was slobbing all out of the mouth and stuff screaming!
You mean Clubber's trainer..lol
@@CS-ru4xd lol
Yes, Rocky 3 is a great movie.
Great vid Minty! Love the Rocky franchise and this & 4 are some of my favorite all time movies. The performances from Stallone, T, Weathers, Merideth, were all perfect.
love your breakdowns. keep up the great work.
Mr T’s mom has a name. I suggest you use it as I pity the fool who don’t. Her name is Mrs T!
Richard Willette Lol 😝
@@mikem4548 She remarried. It's Mrs. G, she went for a younger man this time.
😁Shouldn't it be Mother T? Or Momma T.... lol
Mrs. T......doesnt she make pierogis?
I remember 1982 when it came out. I was in Philadelphia, still am, when it was being made and saw it act the SamEric movie theater on 19th and Chestnut Street.
*Ding ding!*
My favorite moment in this film is the seminal moment in which Rocky and Adrian argue on the beach. She tells him that he’s got to face his fear and then put it behind him. More than any time when she is so often critical of his choices, this is her moment.
Looking at this today, if Mr. T wasn’t in this movie it would’ve never been what it was. A film is only as good as it’s villain Mr. T as “Clubber” was excellent.
these and lethal weapon are my fav christmas movies
"I have here the statue of Stallone used in Rocky III..."
"You know what? Let me get my guy to check it out."
In walks Ivan Drago
"2.8% body fat" LMFAO! I bet he was trained by a magical unicorn as well!
Mr T signed the drum set in the opening scene with the Rocky statue. Its a tight shot of the drum...
My personal favorite will always be Rocky IV!! "If he dies, he dies!" 🤗🤗🤗
Wait... Stallone wanted to cast Hogan after watching WrestleMania? But... Rocky III was produced in 1982 and the first WrestleMania was held in 1985!
That's what I'm sayin! I lived through that era!
Hogan started wrestling in '77. I'm sure the story just got mixed up
Yeah I caught that too. I seem to recall Hogan just being a heel up to that point, and wasn't a huge star until after appearing in Rocky 3
Such an epic movie! I still get pumped up when I watch this or even hear the song.
Not too proud to admit that when Mickey dies in Rocky III, a lump the size of a tennis ball appears in my throat, my eyes start watering and my lips begin to quiver. Really gets me every time as I love Mickey. And Rocky’s reaction...powerful.
They were originally gonna use “YOURE THE BEST AROUND” from karate kid
Minty mentions that in the video. Worked out for both movies in the end. Don't you think? Interestingly John Avildsen directed both the original Rocky and The Karate Kid. 😋
That's something I didn't know until i saw this. I'm glad they didn't use it for Rocky 3. It fits much better in Karate Kid. All these years later I can't picture either movie done with different songs.
Ricardo yes that’s true too. Minty is the best
Well they weren't, that's why they didn't. The song was intended to be used for the movie, but Sly turned it down.
Omg the ending! I love you so much that was an amazing touch. Is one of the best still shots ever.
goldenfortress I agree👍
These videos are so fun to watch. Thanks, Minty!
"Here I am struggling to get off the couch whenever the phone rings!" Great line. :)
I was in third grade when this movie opened. My dad took me to see it in the theatre and the movie was my favorite. Even as a child though the hot chicks in the red swimsuits that were on the side of thunderlips is what I remember the most. OMG how they had super bodies not anorexic like todays girls but shapely. Thing were diffrent in the eighties for sure. They would be considered fat today.
Maybe we will find out what happened to Clubber in Creed 3.
Should've put Drago vs Lang in rocky v
Clubber Lang is the one opponent who never really gets to redeem himself. Drago was a tool for Russian propaganda, and Tommy Gunn was led astray by an overzealous promoter, but Lang was just a jerk from Chicago, and that is all you get to know about him.
@@bombercountyblues that's what I been trying to say to a lot of people for a long time, but then it would be a whole different type of storie/movie
Actually He was schedule to return in one of the future Rocky movies as an announcer, and mention him wanting another fight with balboa
Thanks for the excellent content. I love your work!
Love you minty and look forward to each episode. Hope you and yours had a lovely Xmas x x