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Rocky IV

Apex Mountain

Rocky IV The Rewatchables

Stallone’s 1985 global stardom was the clearest apex; Cold War cinema, Dolph Lundgren, Warner Wolf, Barry Tompkins, Vince DiCola, sit-ups, wet-blanket wives, robots, and montages were also assessed.

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  • Rocky IV plus Rambo: First Blood Part II made 1985–86 Stallone’s apex.
  • Rocky IV was considered a Cold War movie apex candidate, with Red Dawn preferred by one host.
  • Dolph Lundgren was treated as an apex case.
  • Survivor’s apex remained Rocky III because “Eye of the Tiger” was the larger phenomenon.
  • Warner Wolf’s local influence and “let’s go to the videotape” catchphrase made this an apex case.
  • Barry Tompkins was treated as being at his announcing apex.
  • Vince DiCola was treated as an apex case.
  • The hayloft and fire-lit sit-ups were called an apex for movie sit-ups.
  • The Russian anthem lost to The Hunt for Red October and earlier wrestling or game uses.
  • Adrian was argued as an apex sports-movie wet-blanket wife.
  • Tony Burton was treated as an apex case for Duke’s expanded role.
  • The robot lost the 1980s-robot apex to alternatives including Terminator and Johnny 5.
  • The film’s foreboding synthesizer music was considered an apex case.
  • Rocky IV was selected as the apex for 1980s movie montages.
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Rocky IV

Picking Nits

Rocky IV The Rewatchables

Possible charges for Drago, Paulie’s sobriety, Soviet eligibility, the deleted title-belt scene, broken chronology, and lack of ringside doctors were questioned.

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  • Whether Drago could face manslaughter charges for Apollo’s death was debated.
  • Paulie’s apparently improved control of his drinking was left unexplained.
  • A Soviet heavyweight would not have been allowed to box professionals during the Cold War.
  • The deleted boxing-board scene left Rocky’s title surrender unexplained.
  • Apollo’s stated five-year retirement conflicts with the timing of Rocky’s marriage and rematch.
  • Rocky Jr. ages implausibly across Rocky IV and Rocky V.
  • The exhibition inexplicably lacked a visible fight doctor.
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Rocky IV

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Rocky IV The Rewatchables

Questions covered exhibition rules and betting lines, the mountain, Ludmilla’s swimming career, bromance history, an Adrian plane-crash rewrite, scorecards, and punch statistics.

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  • How many rounds was the Creed–Drago exhibition supposed to last?
  • The hosts estimated betting lines for Creed–Drago, Rocky–Apollo, and Rocky–Drago.
  • How high was Rocky’s mountain and how would he return safely?
  • Was Ludmilla a steroid-using champion swimmer?
  • Was Rocky and Apollo’s relationship the original movie bromance?
  • Would the movie improve if the KGB shot down Adrian’s flight to Russia?
  • What was the score heading into round fifteen, given all the knockdowns?
  • Reported punch counts underscored how unrealistic the final fight was.
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Rocky IV

What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie?

Rocky IV The Rewatchables

The bloody “throw the damn towel” towel became the preferred collectible; the snake watch, Cobra aviators, robot, gloves, trunks, robe, and treadmill were alternatives.

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  • The snake watch and Rocky’s funeral/Cobra aviators were proposed.
  • The bloody towel was the strongest choice if it could be authenticated.
  • The robot, gloves, trunks, James Brown robe, and treadmill were other candidates.
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Father of the Bride

Roger Ebert's review

Father of the Bride The Rewatchables

The episode states that Roger Ebert gave Father of the Bride three stars and recalls his praise for its smiles, laughter, and good feeling.

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  • The episode states that Roger Ebert gave the film three stars.
  • The panel had hoped for three and a half stars but accepts the three-star score.
  • Ebert is reported to have praised the film's smiles, laughter, and good feeling throughout.
  • The panel agrees with Ebert's favorable assessment.
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Father of the Bride

Most Rewatchable Scene

Father of the Bride The Rewatchables

The opening monologue, Annie's marriage announcement, Brian's introduction, the guest-list cut, blender fight, and basketball montage are praised; the final choice is the family dinner where Annie announces her engagement.

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  • The opening direct-to-camera monologue works despite the panel's usual skepticism about narration because Steve Martin sells the writing.
  • The narration lets George express fears he cannot tell his family until the end.
  • Annie's marriage announcement is rewatchable for Steve Martin's horrified reaction to his twenty-two-year-old daughter getting engaged.
  • The flashback that replaces Annie with her seven-year-old self captures a parent's inability to see a child as an adult.
  • Diane Keaton's growing happiness during the announcement contrasts with Martin's panic and makes the family dynamic visible.
  • The dialogue about Paul Simon tickets and an independent communications consultant supplies specific comic detail.
  • Brian's first meeting with George works because the son-in-law is pleasant and unthreatening enough to leave the story centered on the family.
  • Cutting the wedding list is funny because its ruthless logic includes crossing off a guest who died.
  • Kimberly Williams sells Annie's disproportionate anger during the blender fight.
  • George helping resolve the blender fight shows that love for his daughter overrides his resistance to the marriage.
  • Steve Martin opening the feared gift box only to find a blender gives the scene a physical-comedy payoff.
  • The childhood montage into the basketball scene combines Darling with a sentimental father-daughter memory.
  • The final family-dinner choice establishes every central relationship and lets each actor react differently to the engagement.
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Father of the Bride

What’s Aged the Best?

Father of the Bride The Rewatchables

Kieran Culkin, Kimberly Williams, San Marino, the basketball scene, the overwhelmed father, changing marriage norms, and the hot-dog arithmetic all receive praise.

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  • Kieran Culkin's small reactions are newly funny because the child performance anticipates his later Roman Roy mannerisms.
  • The child performance plays the role simply and still nails the few kid-scene-stealing moments.
  • Kimberly Williams is delightful and immediately believable as Steve Martin's daughter.
  • Williams and Martin create father-daughter chemistry even in quiet basketball movement.
  • The movie defined Williams so strongly as Annie that the panel had difficulty imagining an obvious next role for her.
  • San Marino is praised as an unusually pleasant, beautiful Southern California setting.
  • The basketball scene is unusually convincing for a movie father-daughter game.
  • The montage shows enough continuous movement to suggest that Steve Martin made at least one trick shot himself.
  • An overwhelmed father struggling to afford a wedding remains a durable comic plot.
  • The wedding-planning escalation still feels accurate because small decisions rapidly add expense and complexity.
  • The film is presented as marking the baby-boomer generation's move away from countercultural ideas of marriage.
  • The hot-dog and bun mismatch remains relatable because mismatched package quantities still create needless arithmetic.
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Father of the Bride

What’s Aged the Worst?

Father of the Bride The Rewatchables

Marriage at twenty-two, the sequel and pandemic Zoom special, wedding parking, some wardrobe choices, the pool gag, and especially Martin Short's accent routine are criticized.

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  • Annie getting married at twenty-two felt abrupt even in 1991 and seems more unusual now.
  • Father of the Bride Part II is treated as a mild money grab, although affection for the family keeps it watchable.
  • The virtual pandemic sequel recalls a period of low entertainment standards that the panel does not want to revisit.
  • A hundred wedding cars and casual drunk-driving assumptions make the parking setup feel dated.
  • Some of Diane Keaton's high-waisted khaki and denim wardrobe reads as dated but is also returning to fashion.
  • Casting Diane Keaton as a bride's mother felt like a hook in 1991, even though the role now seems natural.
  • The fall into the pool pushes the movie beyond its otherwise grounded physical comedy.
  • The earlier medicine-cabinet and window gags are defended as physical comedy grounded in George's panic.
  • The dogs remain funny and useful even though the pool fall is rejected as too silly.
  • Martin Short's hard-to-understand accent is criticized as a one-note routine that repeats too long.
  • The accent gag is the final and least-favorite answer.
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Father of the Bride

The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

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George Newbern as Brian wins over B.D. Wong because his long television career and more than 350 audiobook credits surprised the panel.

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  • B.D. Wong is the first That Guy candidate but is judged to have graduated from the category.
  • George Newbern is proposed because the panel knew him as Brian without knowing his name.
  • Newbern is reported to have more than 350 Audible narration credits as of September 2020.
  • His television work on Scandal and Providence reinforces the selection.
  • George Newbern receives the final award.
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