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Rocky II

Most Rewatchable Scene

Rocky II The Rewatchables

The group considers the opening hospital material, proposal, commercial, Mickey scenes, Apollo and Duke, the coma awakening, both training montages, the run, and the fight; final preferences favor round fifteen, Apollo and Duke, and the awakening-to-training turn.

A long scene discussion runs from the opening credits through the final round, ending with distinct personal favorites.

In the discussion (28)
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  • The repeated ending of the first film is questioned for marathons, though the opening fight supplies action before a long stretch without boxing.
  • The opening credits and remastered Rocky theme are nominated.
  • Rocky wheeling over to Apollo and asking whether Apollo gave his best is nominated as a short scene.
  • Rocky’s zoo marriage proposal, including his awkward phrasing and invitation to the tiger, is nominated.
  • Rocky struggling to film the Beast aftershave commercial is nominated and described as painful to watch.
  • The group digresses on period aftershave advertising and the appeal of the Beast campaign.
  • Mickey testing Rocky’s injured eye and warning that another fight could hurt him permanently is nominated.
  • Rocky returning to work in the gym and Mickey challenging his dignity is separately praised for Stallone’s acting.
  • Rocky’s quiet job loss and request to finish the workday are praised as understated setbacks.
  • Duke warning Apollo that Rocky kept coming and is wrong for them is praised as a great sports-movie monologue.
  • Apollo calling Rocky out on television through Mickey deciding they should fight again is nominated.
  • Paulie’s behavior at the press conference prompts an extended objection to the harm he causes Adrian and Rocky.
  • The eleven-minute coma stretch is criticized for its length.
  • Adrian waking, telling Rocky to win, and Mickey asking what they are waiting for is selected as a favorite sports-movie turn.
  • The one-arm exercise against the sun, chicken-catching, and jump-rope work announce the energized training montage.
  • The montage is praised for establishing the heightened training template of later Rocky films.
  • Rocky beating up scrap metal is singled out as a standout training-montage image.
  • The hosts estimate roughly six weeks of serious training before the fight.
  • Rocky dropping the heavy log and choosing to pick it up again is praised as a perseverance moment.
  • The scrapyard hammering prompts a joke about a spinoff following the scrapyard owner.
  • Mickey’s largely silent assistant receives praise for the medicine-ball training and stomach punches.
  • The montage’s contrast between neighborhood-supported Rocky and ego-driven Apollo is praised.
  • Rocky’s run through Philadelphia with the children is nominated, while its estimated distance and finishing sprint are questioned.
  • The fight’s escalation into “World War III” and Rocky refusing to go down are nominated.
  • Rounds three through fourteen and especially the fifteenth-round double knockout are nominated.
  • Rocky’s victory speech produces a debate over ranking the day against marriage and his child’s birth.
  • One final choice is round fifteen, with the Apollo-and-Duke conversation as a secondary favorite.
  • Another final choice is Adrian waking followed by “What are we waiting for?” and the training montage.