Apex Mountain
The panel places Stallone’s peak at First Blood, gives positive verdicts to Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Survivor, Stu Nahan, and LeRoy Neiman, and rejects or redirects several others.
In the discussion (11)
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- Stallone is moved to First Blood because the two 1982 hits gave him maximum ability to create later films.
- Burt Young receives a positive verdict for balancing comedy, menace, and pathos, despite later contenders.
- Talia Shire is moved to the first Rocky after The Godfather Part II.
- For Mr. T, the verdict is “not till a team.”
- Carl Weathers receives a positive verdict because he is in this movie more than in any other Rocky movie.
- Hulk Hogan is rejected because later wrestling celebrity surpasses Thunderlips.
- The Rocky statue is judged close but still behind the Statue of Liberty.
- Survivor receives a positive verdict while its Rocky IV work is also praised.
- Stu Nehan receives a yes.
- LeRoy Neiman receives a positive verdict because he appears in a scene and his painting closes the film.
- Burgess Meredith is moved to the first Rocky or his Penguin role.