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POLL- THE WEAKEST LINK: THE ROCKY FRANCHISE - ROUND 3

MedozKMedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,209
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To keep us on the movie path I decided to go with one of my all-time favorite franchises 'ROCKY', so we can now discuss what we think is the BEST MOVIE IN THE ROCKY FRANCHISE. Pick the film that you think is the WEAKEST LINK from the ones provided. I do know there is a Creed III slated to be released in 2022, but we will have to see if that one stands up against these others.

Now to the FINAL FOUR and 3rd Round to determine the BEST MOVIE IN THE ROCKY FRANCHISE.

You are going to pick the film that you think is the "Weakest Link" after 2 days I remove the two (2) movie with the most votes. We will then move on to the finals.

The Contenders
Rocky (1976)
Rocky II (1979)
Rocky III (1982)
Rocky IV (1985)
Rocky V (1990) - Eliminated Round 1
Rocky Balboa (2006) - Eliminated Round 2
Creed (2015) - Eliminated Round 2
Creed II (2018) - Eliminated Round 1

POLL- THE WEAKEST LINK: THE ROCKY FRANCHISE - ROUND 3 20 votes

Rocky
0%
Rocky II
15%
AllNiteThingLedbetterman10BLACK35 3 votes
Rocky III
40%
mcgruff10Spiritual_Chaosmfc2006erebusJohnny AbruzzoOffSheGoes35bbiggsGlorified KC 8 votes
Rocky IV
45%
PonciergoldrushmickeyratRiotZacteeriepadaveF Me In The BrainHobbestempo_n_grooveWest Coast Dreamgirl 9 votes

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    RiotZactRiotZact Posts: 6,204
    Rocky IV
    I love it so much but I think 3 is a little better.

    Creed is light years better than both. 
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    Glorified KCGlorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,502
    Rocky III
    Stop voting for 4 and vote for 3.
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,683
    This Rocky gets me vote!
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    erebuserebus Posts: 549
    Rocky III
    Could not find Rocky II or III on my streaming services to refresh my memory, so it was an either or 
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    eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 40,845
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    Rocky IV
    Rocky III had Mr. T and Hulk Hogan in it :smiley:
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    OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,487
    Rocky III
    eeriepadave said:
    Rocky III had Mr. T and Hulk Hogan in it :smiley:
    IV had The Godfather of Soul. :star:
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 28,938
    Rocky III
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    eeriepadave said:
    Rocky III had Mr. T and Hulk Hogan in it :smiley:
    IV had The Godfather of Soul. :star:
    Balboa had Rocky keeping a chair up in a tree close to his wifes grave.
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    goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,271
    Rocky IV
    III is a pretty bad movie.
    IV is damn near unwatchable.

    I can’t believe Rocky Balboa got voted out in favour of cheese 
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    OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,487
    Rocky III
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    eeriepadave said:
    Rocky III had Mr. T and Hulk Hogan in it :smiley:
    IV had The Godfather of Soul. :star:
    Balboa had Rocky keeping a chair up in a tree close to his wifes grave.
    Hey, I never said I didn't want Rocky Balboa to beat IV. I didn't campaign for it on purpose. Sometimes that works against you. I agree with you that it was the best bookend for the franchise. 
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    OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,487
    Rocky III
    Now do I want IV to beat the hell out of III, yes I do...but it doesn't look like that's gonna happen.
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    mickeyratmickeyrat up my ass, like Chadwick was up his Posts: 35,691
    Rocky IV
    Glorified KC said:
    Stop voting for 4 and vote for 3.

    if they like 3 etter than 4 then they voted correctly.

    these polls are for who gets voted off the island first. last man standing is the fave....
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    PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,220
    Rocky IV
    mickeyrat said:
    Glorified KC said:
    Stop voting for 4 and vote for 3.

    if they like 3 etter than 4 then they voted correctly.

    these polls are for who gets voted off the island first. last man standing is the fave....
    And they're both going this round clearly, so what difference does it make which one gets more votes.
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    AllNiteThingAllNiteThing Posts: 1,114
    Rocky II
    Looks like 4 has a pretty good lead to get cut here.  I have so many great memories from watching 3 and 4 with family and friends, they have such high entertainment value with the classic songs, crazy fights and 80's nostalgia I just can't eliminate them yet.  The original is far and away the best movie of the whole series though, by far.  Rocky 2 was a great follow up also.  It had, if not the best fight, the best fight ending.  It might also have the best training montage (though 4 was fun), from the point Adrian wakes up and says 'just win' and Mick following up with 'Well, what are we waiting for?' to segue into that training montage, gives me chills every time.

    That said, the time between the Rocky 1 flashback and fanfare intro to that moment right before training begins, the rest of the movie to me is pretty 'meh'.  The commercials?  Come on.  Rocky moping about?  Boring.  The zoo, the wedding, the pregnancy, everyone walking around depressed with Adrian in a coma, it's kind of a slog to get through.  I get it that's it has higher cinematic drama appeal than some of the cartoonish elements of 3/4, but it also lacks entertainment value and re-watchability (not a word, I know) for me.  I'll always stop what I'm doing to watch that last 30-45 minutes, but the rest, well, I have to vote it out at this point.

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    Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 10,380
    Rocky III
    People who voted against Rocky IV must not have grown up with the Cold War. Which was won, by Rocky, in this movie.  =)
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    mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,378
    Rocky III
    Toss up for me
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    mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 27,840
    Rocky III
    Rocky IV is my favorite of the series.  Love the training comparison clip!
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    MedozKMedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,209
    Well with 9 votes Rocky IV and with 8 votes Rocky III have been eliminated.
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