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Rocky II and Rocky III “Yo Adrian, I did it!” That line will forever be planted in millions of people’s minds along with the vision of Rocky Balboa holding up his title belt after beating Apollo Creed at the end of Rocky II. After that came Rocky III, Rocky IV, and Rocky V. People always say that every Rocky movie is the same. They think the purpose for every one of the Rocky movies is for Sylvester Stallone to take his shirt off, and for Rocky to always come out on top. People who think that have obviously not really watched the movies very closely, because this is not the case. From one Rocky movie to the next, you start to see Rocky, along with all of the other characters, grow and mature right before your eyes. This is the case from Rocky II to Rocky III, along with many other differences. Whether it is the character growth and development, the plot of the movies, Rocky’s physique, the fighting sequences, or training scenes, Rocky II and Rocky III are very different movies. The character development from Rocky II to Rocky III is what makes the movies drastically different. At the beginning of Rocky II, Rocky is in the hospital recovering from the beating he took in the first movie. When Rocky gets out, he is even dumber than when he went in, and if you have seen the first Rocky, that means he is really dumb. Rocky becomes very famous because he is the only fighter to go the full fifteen rounds against Apollo Creed and still be standing at the end of the fight. Due to his success against Creed, Rocky gets to be in commercials. This is a dumb move for Rocky because he is so illiterate he can’t even read the cue cards. Later on in Rocky II when he finally learns to read, his is still as dumb as a box of rocks. He also still has the vocabulary of a four year old kid. For example, when he asks Adrian to marry him, he says, “He Yo Adrian, I was just wandering if you know if maybe you wouldn’t mind marrying me too much?” If that isn’t bad English, than there is no such thing. Rocky also still wears the same exact clothes he wears in the first movie. All black, including a black hat and black gloves with the fingers cut off of them. In Rocky III, Rocky becomes much smarter and a lot more sophisticated. He abandons the all black wardrobe, and goes with the big time business man suit.
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