The Rocky movie series has always been my go-to when I need some inspiration to overcome obstacles in my life! I have seen just about ALL of them! A few weekend's ago, there was a Rocky marathon on TV! I love them all but Rocky IV would have to be my ALL-time favorite out of the series. Let me tell you WHY!
'Rocky IV' was written, produced and featured actor, Sylvester Stallone! He just plays the character so well. It is deeply polished and extremely entertaining! In my opinion, much more entertaining than the other movies in this series. There are so many underlying themes to this movie and Rocky was clearly the underdog in each film. BUT Rocky had to travel to Russia to fight, 'Drago' who's real name is Dolph Lundgren. Apollo Creed, Rocky's best friend and confidant was killed in a fight by Drago and he wanted to get redemption.
I really enjoy Rocky IV because it mostly resembles overcoming obstacles in real life! I will use my own life for example: I continously have to step outside of my comfort zone to get healing to become an overcomer. Rocky flew to Russia, trained in Russia and fought a big fight in Russia. He had to step outside of his comfort zone in order to overcome. This movie is set in the 1980's, during the Cold War. The Soviet Union and The United States were at odds so an American and a Russian fighting in a boxing match was all too symbolic. When Rocky stepped off of the plane when he landed in Russia, there were several intense scenes where he was training outside using all calisthenics. Drago trained inside using machines and performance enhancing drugs. Being an athlete myself and watching my two brothers perform at the highest level in the NFL, Drago set himself up to lose the fight because everything he was doing to get prepared was illegal.
In my opinion, the key word to sum up my take on this film would be PERSEVERANCE! After a number of rounds, Rocky ended up defeating Drago in the boxing match in Russia. I can relate to and LOVE this movie so much because I conitnue to persevere in my own life. I believe that God has set my life up to allow me to experience hardship in order to persevere to write this post for you! Persevering and Overcoming allows us to have stories to tell and those stories are meant to help other people! They are not just for us! Rocky IV will ALWAYS be my absolute favorite movie and I hope you find strength in this post as well!
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