What’s Aged the Best?
Music and score; Rocky's answer about the third Apollo fight; HBO 24/7 segment; Philadelphia setting; Hail Mary entrance music; ending on the steps; training montages
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- The movie came out only two and a half years ago, so just a couple of picks, starting with the music and score.
- Adonis asking Rocky who won the secret third fight with Apollo is a hardcore-fan Easter egg; the answer given is that Apollo won, though that may have been meant to make him feel good.
- The HBO 24/7 segment with Pretty Ricky, which Adonis watches on his phone, is praised.
- The Philly feel is done well without much cheating, and the ATV scene in Philly was a surprise.
- Tupac's Hail Mary as entrance music is enjoyed; the opponent's British hip-hop entrance music is also striking.
- The ending on the steps, with Rocky barely making it up and turning around to the city, probably should not have worked but does.
- Everything that would read as saccharine on the page isn't; even the multiple training montages, usually skipped on rewatch, make one want to stand and cheer.