Comments by "Morgan King" (@MorganKing95) on "Top 20 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Famous Movies" video.

  1. @elzibiel  Well, I wouldn't say "Rocky II" is just an alternative version of the original. He gets married, but he also squanders most of his prize money (like most people who aren't used to handling huge sums of money), and he's way too uneducated and incompetent to do a regular white collar or blue collar job, so the stakes are raised: either he goes back in the ring (despite his health issues), or he falls into poverty with his now wife and new-born son. Apollo meanwhile is angry at people publicly shaming him for not "beating Rocky", and his kids now getting bullied in school because of it. He therefore demands a rematch and becomes more of a threat since he's way more serious than last time, but it's ultimately pride that leads to his downfall: he dominates Rocky throughout most of their rematch, and he could easily have won again by split decision if he just "danced around" during the last rounds. However, because he demands that he wins by knock-out, he tires himself out and gets knocked out himself, losing his title. On the other hand, his loss becomes a catalyst for him wanting to lift Rocky up again after the latter loses the title in the third movie So, while I will always prefer the original, I still respect "Rocky II" for what it does
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  2.  @do9138  Rocky never cared about winning, he only wanted to go the distance (i.e. be still standing after the final round) and prove that he wasn't just a bum from the neighborhood. In fact, he knew he wouldn't actually win. He lost to Apollo, but he won the people's hearts and Adrian, which is why he was so happy and didn't want a rematch
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  3. Plus that to those who have mostly seen the third and fourth movie, in which he's several times referred to as the champion, it can be easy to assume that he became the champion in the original movie, and that the second movie is somewhat obscure in comparison As for me, I was naive enough to watch "Rocky Balboa" first, then watched the original, and I assumed that Rocky won in the latter due to being called a champion in the former. It wasn't until years later that I finally saw Rocky II
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  4. My mom constantly believes in that misconception
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  5.  @Rockhound6165  You just repeated what the OP said in the last paragraph
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