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Rocky (1976) film

Discussed in 12 episodes · 12 film takes
PKA Score 7.5/10
Kyle
8.1/10
8 takes
Woody
7.9/10
4 takes
IMDb 8.1 RT 93% Metacritic 70
PKA and critics roughly agree

Every time it came up

▶ PKN 549 @ 1:37 — PKN 549
Discussion of the Rocky film franchise, favorite films, motivational speeches, and Family Guy parody
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I thought the second one was even better than the first. It topped it.”
Woody ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“I like the fifth one. And the Drago one like a little polish, but lots of good stuff there.”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“This will be my only exposure of Rocky 7. You joke, but this is my first true exposure to the franchise.”
Unknown · unverified▲ positive
“I like the Rocky movies the first one's amazing and then there's a couple thereafter that are worth watching but they can be super motivational that's what they do so well”
▶ PKN 494 @ 17:42 — PKN 494
Discussion of the first two Rocky films as quality movies, mention of Karl Urban's roles
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“he was great in the rocky movies which again the first two are actual like good good movies you should sometime”
▶ PKN 448 @ 15:22 — PKN 448
General discussion of Rocky film series, comparing earlier films to later installments
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“I like the Rocky movies. I like the Rocky music more than the movies. Like the first movie is great. It's well written. The rest of them are kind of silly.”
▶ PKN 455 @ 54:07 — PKN 455
Discussion of the famous egg-drinking and museum steps running scenes; Woody mentions skating down the Philadelphia Art Museum steps on rollerblades
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“when you watch rocky i want you to think this i want you to know this there is a scene where he runs that kyle mentions and he goes to the top of the philadelphia art museum which is a tremendous amount of steps”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“there's a scene where rocky wakes up and is like tattered um like like workout clothes and like alarm goes off and he just literally sits up cracks those eggs drinks them down wipes the fucking goo with his sleeve and ge”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“I didn't think about this until you made fun of me for not seeing Rocky”
▶ PKN 612 @ 53:45 — PKN 612
Hosts discuss Rocky films in the context of comparing a recent UFC fight to different Rocky movie plot elements and characters.
Unknown · unverified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“allegedly rocky is a boxer played by sylvester stallone i thought i know he's some dumb wop who fights”
Kyle · unverified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“This ain't Rocky 4. This is Rocky 2.”
Unknown · unverified● neutral
“That guy killed Mickey. That guy insulted Adrian. There's no forgiveness at the end.”
▶ PKN 337 @ 26:42 — PKN 337
Discussion of Rocky films - first film as legitimately great, sequels keep pumping up action
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“It's a legitimately great film. And, uh, and you know, the sequels were whatever they, they did the same thing they did with the Rambo sequels.”
▶ PKA 745 @ 2:23:38 — PKA 745 W/ Bruce Greene: Woody's Family Member Dies
Discussed in context of good sequels; Woody considers Rocky 2 superior to the original
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I think the second Rocky was the best”
▶ PKA 727 @ 3:10:14 — PKA 727 W/ Richard Ryan: Has Fishtank Gone TOO FAR
Kyle asks if Taylor has seen any Rocky movies
Taylor · unverified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“I haven't seen you're not missing anything”
Kyle · unverified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“I haven't seen any of them I've never seen Rocky one joking I've never seen Rocky wow wow”
▶ PKA 722 @ 1:42:58 — PKA Plays Skyrim Together?! W/ Ed Bolian: PKA 722
Briefly mentioned in context of Sylvester Stallone films
Kyle ✓ voice-verified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“But Woody do remember Rocky”
▶ PKA 713 @ 3:21:40 — This Was Done To Woody Because He's White: PKA 713 W/ Wolf
Discussion of how success and money change fighters and athletes; Rocky film series behavior patterns
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“he blows all of his money and like his personality changes and he kind of forgets what got him to the dance”
▶ PKA 699 @ 21:50 — PKA 699: RFK Brain Worm, Sony Caves On Helldivers 2, Insane Scho
Extensive discussion of Rocky films, starting with the first film about a boxer getting a chance at the world champion
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the first one is an excellent film the second one I think is very good too the first one is a bum getting a chance it's a bum getting a chance at the world champion because you know the fight falls apart”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I highly recommend the Rocky movies I think they're very good but they're fucking movies”
▶ PKA 686 @ 1:31:16 — PKA 686 W/ Gavin Mcinnes: Woodys Free Use, Government Orders, FP
Discussion of Stallone's boxing ability from playing Rocky and his acting in fight scenes
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“obviously I know he played Rocky I never considered that he probably knows how to box quite well”