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Rocky: The Complete Saga

5 star:		(39)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

The stars which are used to rate this product are for the technical specs of the product itself, not a rating on the merits of the films. I am a huge Rocky fan, so the films would get five stars, no matter how they were packaged. Ok, now that I've cleared that up:

From The Digital Bits news today: "In other release news, MGM has just set a Rocky: The Complete Saga DVD box set for release on 12/4 (SRP $59.98). The set will include Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V and yes... the recent Rocky Balboa. Unfortunately, according to the studio's press release, the only extras on the set are a pair of trailers (one for Rocky and one for Rocky V). Yo, Adrian! Where's the beef?" If that is true--and it probably is since The Digital Bits is the most reliable site for DVD news--why bother releasing this set?

Here's the DVD history of Rocky: MGM originally released individual standard DVDs of the Rocky movies many years ago as the DVD format became more popular. The DVDs were, to put it charitably, poorly produced. Subsequently, MGM released a Rocky I-V box set back in 2001 to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of Rocky. Although the packaging was nice, there wasn't much improvement to the DVDs themselves as far as audio and video transfers; the most significant detail of the set was the addition of interviews and other special features to the first Rocky disc. A few years later, the set was re-released with different packaging, with some improved audio and video transfers on some of the movies (Rocky V was notably left untouched). And last year, to coincide with the release of Rocky Balboa, the set was re-released again, this time with the cheap, thin DVD cases now being used in tv season DVD packages as the only difference from the previous release. Inexplicably, rather than being included in the re-re-released box set, the first Rocky movie was also separately re-released on DVD in a 2 disc 30th Anniversary special edition (Well, I guess greed would explain it...). So, if you bought any of the box sets, you still had to purchase the 30th Anniversary edition of Rocky to be a true completist.

With Rocky Balboa having been available on DVD for over six months, MGM has now chosen to release the complete set of films in a new box set. But what a missed opportunity this represents to include special features which have been omitted from previous releases. I do not know if there are cut scenes from Rocky IV in the MGM vaults, but I know for a fact that there is massive material for Rocky V, as a bootleg "uncut" version of the film has been circulating online for years. Also, why not finally upgrade the video transfer of Rocky V? Perhaps the most egregious omission will be special features for Rocky Balboa. Listening to Stallone's commentary on the DVD, he repeatedly refers to a "director's cut" which he would like to release at some point. This would have been the perfect time.

Its exactly what you would expect: all 6 movies and no extras, no commentaries, no bonuses, JUST the movies. So if you waited for a good deal like I did, then its the set for you. If you want a Special Edition, then its not for you.

Being a big fan of the "Rocky" movies, I would highly recommend this set to anyone considering it. I would like to clairify a few things I was wondering about the set before I purchased it, and have since found out after I bought the set and watched all the movies.
-First off, all of the movies are anamorphic for 16X9 T.V. sets, in case anyone was concerned of the picture format like I was.
-Second, the extras on the dvds for the first 5 films are an original movie trailer for each, and some additional bonus material on "Rocky Balboa".
All-in-all, the set is a great buy and I feel a must have for any fan.

This is first time I've watched the entire series from start to finish uninterrupted. The picture and sound looks fine. For the original five, there's no commentary or special features except for the trailers. This was very surprising. The last "Rocky Balboa" comes with commentary and features. Hard to explain why the first five was ignored.

At least they could have put the two disc special editions in here, instead of the one disc. This reeks of laziness. They will probably put together another box set in a few years with more bonus features, so hold off on buying this.

Rocky is a great series of films. Even the last, recent release of Rocky Balboa is good. For the price, you get a collection of great films. And that price is not bad. If you like rooting for the underdog, this set is for you. Enjoy.

Great box, comes with Rocky Balboa.

I missed the special features stuff.

The movie came 2 days after I ordered it. The movies are all perfect, as well as the sound. I would recommend this set.

This boxset comes with all 6 of the Rocky movies, I recently bought this boxset at a slightly reduced price.
I personally enjoyed 5 out of the 6 Rocky movies, for me that is enough of a percentage to get this boxset. Can you guess which one I don't like? Sorry, but i'm not going to surprise you here. I think Rocky 5 is the worst in the series, however I overlooked the fact that it came in this boxset as I really enjoy the other 5.

Rocky is a classic, undoubtedly. Rocky 2 was a good a sequel as one could hope for considering, i mean how do you follow up a classic. Rocky 3 was an enjoyable romp with a truly memorable bad guy. Rocky 4 is a guilty pleasure which has some enjoyable moments. Rocky 5, the least said about this one the better. Finally Rocky Balboa (number 6) is a great finish to the series, although Stallone does look quite old the acting and boxing is quite believable.

All-in-all a good boxset with only 1 of the 6 movies a down point other wise it is worth owning. Not quite a 5 star because Rocky 5 is so poor and Rocky 4 is only a 3 out of 5 star movie.

" Clubber what's your strategy for the match? Don't need any.
What's your prediction? Pain" Classic.

Rocky, like a soap opera will have you hooked in no time. The first DVD is slower paced but lays the groundwork for the rest. There are enough surprises and twists in the plot to keep you wanting to watch. By no means is this an academy award winning plot or acting but it's entertaining.