Rocky AFI Top 100

I have heard about Rocky from friends and other people all the time but have not had the opportunity to watch it until now. I really enjoyed watching this movie. Rocky is the story of a club fighter from the slums of Philadelphia. He works as an enforcer during the day and works out at Mickey's gym and does club fighting in his free time. He gets a chance to fight Apollo Creed at the championship. This story while somewhat cliched is very good. The characters in the story seem much more realistic and accessible than actors in other movies, along with the apartments. They don't feel fake or set up. The love line in Rocky is much more interesting, I think, than many other fighting type movies. I though the movie was great although the ending with him calling out for Adrian was not the best to me, but other wise I have little to no other things I didn't like about the movie. I think it is interesting that Stallone wrote the movie and had to spend years trying to find someone who would produce it with him starring instead of some other famous actor. I would give the movie a 8.5-9/10.