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Rocky best sports film of all time

Apr 14, 2008, 12:00 GMT

'Rocky' has been voted the number one sports film of all time.

The 1976 boxing classic, starring Sylvester Stallone as heavyweight fighter Rocky Balboa, came out on top in a survey of movie fans conducted by website LOVEFiLM.com.'Rocky' is a rags-to-riches tale about a club fighter who gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship. The movie - which won an Oscar for Best Film - beat hit 1994 comedy 'Cool Runnings' into second place.'Cool Runnings', starring the late John Candy, told the true story of the Jamaican bobsleigh team who defied convention by competing in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Canada.Making up the top three was Clint Eastwood's Oscar-winning movie 'Million Dollar Baby', in which Hilary Swank played a female boxer battling to become a professional.Fourth place in the poll saw a dead heat between 1996 American football movie 'Jerry Maguire' and Martin Scorsese's 1980 classic boxing tale 'Raging Bull'.Making up the top 10 were 1989 baseball film 'Field of Dreams', 1992 basketball comedy 'White Men Can't Jump', British epic 'Chariots of Fire' and soccer drama 'Escape to Victory', both from 1981, and 1980 slapstick golf film 'Caddyshack'.LOVEFiLM's top ten sports movies of all time:1. 'Rocky'2. 'Cool Runnings'3. 'Million Dollar Baby'4. 'Jerry Maguire'= 'Raging Bull'6. 'Field of Dreams'7. 'White Men Can't Jump'8. 'Chariots of Fire'9. 'Escape to Victory'10. 'Caddyshack'(C) BANG Media International

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RichardApr 14th, 2008 - 21:56:53

'Rocky' is 'The Great White Hope' without irony. Reflective of the affirmative-action backlash era of the 1970's and the long-held frustration over black athletes dominating boxing, it's the fantasy of a white guy putting an Uppity Negro back in his place. The sequels tried their darndest to convince us the series wasn't racist but just ended up confiming it: in 'Rocky III' Apollo Creed is simultaneously elevated to the level of mentor and demeaned to the level of manservant, while an even more threatening Bad Negro (Mr. T) gets taken down. Everything Sylvester Stallone has done since ('Cobra,' anyone?) proves that the profundity everyone projected onto this film just ain't there. (The original ads compared him to Marlon Brando.) And can anyone stand to listen to that theme music anymore?

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BradApr 15th, 2008 - 00:38:15

Where's Rudy? Talk about an inspiring story that applies to more than just becoming part of a legendary football team. You can't give up in life regardless of what lies ahead.

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Bitchie McSnitApr 15th, 2008 - 02:46:15

Sorry, that honor goes to Slapshot

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