5 Reasons Why 'Rocky' Is The Best Sports Movie Ever

Stallone's creation that captured all fans of sports, cinema and love

Rocky is one of the undisputed classics of the big screen. The sports film, written by the actor who played the main role of underdog boxer Rocky Balboa, can easily argue for the number one award of all time in its category.

We will offer you five reasons to convince you of this.

The story of the total outsider

Building the character of the main character from an athlete just trying to survive through his favorite activity to a fighter ready to knock the world champion off the top is an approach in most sports-related films. In this case, ordinary boxer Balboa is challenged by world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed. Rocky trains all day and night, gives his all and wins the fans over to his side.

Still, the underdog doesn't win

Stallone's work lacks the clichéd victory for the athlete or team that suffers and has virtually no chance of success. On the contrary, in this film, the world champion and classier boxer Apollo Creed wins in a dramatic finale that leaves viewers speechless.

In the end, it turns out to be a love story

You can't watch and be interested in sports if you don't love it. In Rocky, the plot revolves around boxing, but in the end it all boils down to the relationship between the main character and his beloved Adrian, who comforts him after losing in the final showdown with Apollo.   

Stallone's game

Unlike previous movies starring Stallone, this one captures attention with his acting. There is nothing accidental in the fact that some film critics began to compare Sly with the young Marlon Brando.

The film was written by and for the actor himself

The fifth and perhaps most important reason that made Rocky so successful was the inclusion of a personal story by the man who wrote the screenplay. Unlike other controversial films that simply copy the story of an athlete struggling during his career, here Stallone uses the metaphor of a boxer to show his personal struggles in trying to become a world-famous actor.

And as a bonus, we mention the fact that "Rocky" becomes only the third nominee for writing and acting in the same film, after Orson Welles and Charlie Chaplin

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