Rocky Heavyweight Collection(Rocky / Rocky II / Rocky III / Rocky IV / Rocky V / Rocky Balboa)( 40th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]

What can you say about a complete collection of Rocky films? Add the fact they are on Blu-Ray? Come on.The quality of the Blu-Ray images is the best I've seen from movies which were shot on film and transferred to digital media. When these movies were originally shot, the filmmakers never imagined people watching them on high definition, large screen televisions. These films (Rocky I-IV) were filmed to be watched on movie screens. A movie screen won't show things like film grain which is inherent in the film itself, but when you transfer that film to digital high def media, all the flaws become very obvious. I guess you just have to look past it or avoid films shot in the 20th century which have very bright and very dark parts where the grain is most obvious.The films themselves are well-reviewed and I'd venture to guess almost everyone who would consider buying this has seen most of them already so I'll only rate them as I like them. Believe it or not, I like Rocky III best of all only because Mr. T is incredibly awesome and completely terrifying in his movie debut (I also liked him later in the underrated D.C. Cab which, as of this writing, is not yet on Blu-Ray). It turned out to be the beginning of a very colorful career for him. My second favorite is Rocky II because of the opposite ending from Rocky I, which is my third favorite. I put Rocky Balboa as fourth on the list only because it completely beat my expectations and turned out to be a good film. Rocky IV is a fun but ridiculous and predictable piece of fluff (when the Russians start rooting for Rocky the film enters sci-fi realm). I really didn't like Rocky V much at all, but it's nice to have it in the set. I don't know, I guess maybe Stallone was just in a bad phase then; just trying to make something work to keep cashing in on Rocky.I like Stallone. I think he's an American original whose body of work is incredibly inconsistent but contains enough classics (a few are in this set) to vault him into legendary status. I'm glad he's climbed back into the spotlight with the surprisingly enjoyable "The Expendables" franchise.All together this is an outstanding set of movies with digital transfer that is as good as it's going to get. I grew up with these movies and it has been great fun watching them again, in order, with my kids.

I can't imagine anyone is looking to buy these movies that didn't see them years ago. And, if you've seen them, you know that it would be impossible to review all five of them in one single review and do them justice. And I'm going to assume that if you are looking to buy this set, you either love the movies, or they were part of your childhood memories and you don't need me to tell you about the movies themselves... Instead, I'm just reviewing the quality of the transfers, the sound, and the extras, and I'm going to keep it short and sweet:The movies have never looked better. I remember seeing them in the movie theater as a kid. Grainy, dust and scratches on the film. You know, the way movies were before the digital projectors we are all used to now. No, these aren't as crisp and bright as movies today, but they preserve the graininess of the original film.The sound is great.The extras are interesting.Definitely worth the price to have the entire Rocky saga on your shelf in such pristine condition.

Bought this for my self cause i had a outdated collection of rocky. Let me say its a great collection!!

It was a good rate

I hadn't seen most of these movies in years and am really enjoying watching them all. They are well done and entertaining. All the characters fit the parts so well and there's a lot of feeling to these movies. I've always been a Stallone fan but watching these as an adult gives me even more respect for him.The collection came nicely packaged and I've not had any problems with the discs so far (we are on IV). The image quality isn't up to standard with your normal Blu-Ray and it's even grainy at times but I don't think it was shot with the best cameras, at least the earlier ones. It's rather nostalgic actually.If you remember liking one or two of these movies, get this set. My husband and I have been having random Rocky nights since we got this and it's been fun. Well worth the very reasonable cost.

Rocky series are my all time favorite inspirational movies. I have some on tape, and pretty much all on DVD (bought individually over the years).There are some long reviews that I gone through here - many are good writeups. But at the end of the day, I pretty much decided on two simple factors: 1) Overall it will be better than before with newest movie getting the maximum resolution, and earlier film get best restored content, and 2) I'm a huge Rocky fan and I will collect it in latest format.If you are reading the reviews, then you are probably a lot like me. Simple and no-brainer when price is affordable / reasonable.