From the perspective of a commercial film, the overall story pace of this film is relatively slow, and the climax scene ends sloppily after the 15-round boxing fight. The narrative structure and the story itself are actually very direct and simple, but after watching it, there is a strong sense of Moved, not only became the box office champion, but also won 3 Oscars. I personally think that the success of this film is not in how touching the story itself is (in fact, there are many, many stories about athletes), but in the film's perfect portrayal of the characters. The characters in this film, including Rocky, girlfriend Adrian, friend Paulie, and coach Mickey, are all flesh and blood, vivid and three-dimensional. Rocky's character setting is very good. He lives at the bottom of the society and is regarded as a fool. He is talented but can only be a third-rate boxer. His story can resonate with the audience because he is too much like us ordinary people. . I have to say that Stallone interprets the charm of this character very well. The two scenes that left the deepest impression on me were one when he told Adrian outside the door that he would actually care about what others think of him, and the other was when Mickey came to him and wanted to be a manager to vent his emotions. We can see that Rocky, who looks stupid on the surface and is used to this kind of down life, has delicate emotions in his heart, but he has been suppressing his emotions. It is not that he does not want to become a famous boxing champion, he is just too helpless in many things , the characters are instantly three-dimensional. Girlfriend Adrian is also a very brilliant character. To be honest, the writer's handling of this character was beyond my expectations. The first half of the movie did a lot of articles about the relationship between the two, but in the final climax, Adrian didn't appear next to the ring to shout for Rocky, but waited silently in the locker room for the result. This kind of treatment makes me feel that the role of Adrian is more tenable. She is a shy and introverted person. There is no need to deliberately arrange the heroine in the climax scene to set off the protagonist and the atmosphere of the story like most sports movies. The transformation of Adrian before and after is also obvious, the design of the glasses is very reasonable, and her talk to her brother in that scene also fully portrayed her inner world. In addition, several other supporting roles are well portrayed, and they are no longer just tools to promote the plot, but very real characters that the audience can find resonance with. The massive portrayal of characters has indeed slowed down the rhythm of the overall plot development to a certain extent, but creating an unforgettable and empathetic character has already represented the success of a movie.
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