Review(s): DVD Rocky Anthology (Rocky / Rocky II / Rocky III / Rocky IV / Rocky V)
The slippery slope
Rocky one remains a classic and a deserving 5 star Oscar winner, then things start to go pear shaped. Having started with the entirely realistic underdog story, somebodies ego took over and Balboa undergoes a less than believable transformation changing from Wepner to Ali, he just had to become champ then over the next volumes manages in the most unlikely of ways to do an implausible Ali impression. losing the title and winning it back. Not by dint of boxing skills, but with the novel tactic of repeatedly hammering the opponents fists with his face until they get tired, then winning at the last moment with a Hail Mary style knock-out.
If you're a Rocky completist and you don't already have the set, then here it is in a box. If you've already got them, then this set doesn't offer any particular reason to add it to your collection. If you're just a film fan then make do with R1 and maybe R2, the others really aren't in the same class.
a very good set of films of rocky.
all i have to say is that if you don't own any of the rocky films this would be a great set to get of these great films. i agree maybe it has been overpackaged way too many times. but then so has star wars.
any case this would be a great set to own.
An enormous rip-off.
When I saw that the Rocky Anthology - which originally came out in 2004 (look it up on Amazon, it is still available for order) - was being re-released, I was excited because I figured it would finally include special features for all the films. You see, this is the THIRD time they have packaged the entire series together - first in 2000 when the original Special Edition of the first film came out, then again in 2004 when the entire series was re-released with hi-def picture, and now again.
But guess what? There are no special features on the discs.
Which wouldn't bother me on the sequels - but when ROCKY: SPECIAL EDITION has just come out (with two discs and a free ticket to see Rocky Balboa), I consider it a major rip-off to find out the box set doesn't include any of the bonus material from this two-disc edition. They both came out on the same day, yet this Anthology was created without the inclusion of any of the other edition's extra features.
Essentially this is the EXACT same box set as the one from 2004, with identical artwork (the tagline on the back of the box is even the same), only this newer 2006 edition has smaller cases inside (those new, tacky, plastic snap-cases that TV shows are often issued with).
So, if you bought the last Anthology box set, skip this and just buy the Special Edition of the first film, which is also available now and has far better packaging and bonus features.
If you don't own the anthology already, I'd still recommend waiting for the price to drop and just get the Special Edition of Rocky.
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The Rambo movies are great. I just finished watching them for the first time, and they are very entertaining, solid movies. However, this DVD release looks like it was just slapped together.
First, there are no subtitles of any sort in any of the three films. These would be especially helpful, as Rambo isn't exactly the king of enunciation. Some of the dialogue is very hard to understand, even after backing up repeatedly.
The vaunted "Survival Mode" isn't that great either. The only good feature is the "MetaScope," which gives background to aspects of the film, such as foreign cultures and Rambo's equipment. All the other "Meta-" enhancements are extremely dull.
The bonus features consist of audio commentaries and deletetd scenes. The deleted scenes... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Sylvester Stallone DVD Release Date: Released the 23 November 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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To my disbelief, what I got are two copies of the 2nd disc of Superman Returns. The disc "You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman" is not included. How do Warner will go about it? More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 28 November 2006 This item is currently not available.
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Rocky has finally received the respect it deserves. This is not just a movie, it is a powerful play. Better than anything written by Shakespeare. It's everything wrapped into one movie. This is my fourth copy on DVD. I can't just own one of this movie, it's that good. MGM gave us a good release with this one, with some excellent commentary. More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 05 December 2006 Usually ships in 6 to 11 days
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