Movie Review: Rocky Balboa

Didder and I finally got to see 'Rocky Balboa!' I was so excited. I didn't think I could ever be excited about seeing a Rocky movie, but I was. I've never seen any of the others, but I wasn't too worried about being confused. It's Rocky. Like there's really a plot.

It wasn't too bad. Rocky wanted to fight again, so he got his license and fought this young undefeated punk. (I won't tell you how it turned out cuz then you'd know how it turned out.) That's the whole movie. Like I said, pretty much what I expected. (Although Sylvester Stalone has a pretty darn good body for a geezer!)

But we all know why Didder and I saw it. It had nothing to do with Rocky. It was all about Max! Max Kellerman, our favorite sportscaster (you can read more about that on hobbitsister's blog under 'Yo Adrian'), was one of the commentators for the fight! It was so exciting! He's naturally a super excited person anyway, but I think he was genuinely excited to be in this movie. Max got his start as a boxing commentator, and he's in his early 30s so I'm sure he grew up watching Rocky (Didder said that, and then his character said that, so it must be true), so you could tell he thought it a huge honor to be there. My favorite part was when Rocky asked him how he was doing and Max's character got all excited at the other commentators (who didn't really care all that much). Oh yeah, and I was so happy for him cuz in his first line he got to say 'debacle,' which is a very Max word.

(My poor nieces, though - we made them watch the movie, then made them be absolutely silent during the Max parts, with the threat that if they weren't we were gonna make them watch the whole movie again.)

Overall, the movie was good. Not enough Max and when he was there, not enough of him bouncing in excitement, but overall, 'Rocky Balboa' is alright.