Rocky - I'm close to rating it. Lets face it, young Italian guy with no defence to speak of when boxing comes good by having a noggin made of diamond (or some other suitably hard substance), sounds like a formula for gold to me. But I remember being pretty bored as a kid whilst watching it. HATE! That said, kudos should definitely go to the film for leaving many a farm boy with brain damage who, after watching Rocky, strutted into the ring thinking "I can catch a chicken! Damn straight I'm going to take out the local champ!".
Rocky II - Like 2 fights all movie? And one of them is a repeat of the fight in Rocky? Nope, ditch this one. HATE! ... But wait, was this the first Rocky movie to use the Eye of the Tiger song? Make it RATE! purely on that.
Rocky III - RATE! its got Mr T, and Rocky effectively uses the wonderful strategy of "let him smack you around for the first 11 rounds then throw a punch". A strategy shamelessly ignored in the boxing world these days, or indeed any day.
Rocky IV - RATE! - One of the very few movies to accurately use boxing as a metaphor of the cold war. The Russians as evil, robotic drug abusing killers of Americans. Whilst Americans are freedom loving, hardworking, honest sportsmen looking to liberate the humble people from oppressive communist regimes. The more I think about it, the more I think of this film as one of the most shameless pro-American diatribes to ever come out of hollywood. Was Communism in Russia a good thing? By no means, but I'd certainly prefer it to Democracy if this is the kind of drek that churned out from the free man... If I can change, and you can change, maybe we can all change... So change my rating to HATE! (but I seriously RATE! Rocky III).