There are many obstacles that we all must overcome in life, both big and small. But if one is driven enough, then they may succeed in tackling even the biggest of oppositions. This is explored in the film Rocky, directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallone in his breakout role. A collector for a low-rate loan shark by day and a semi-professional boxer by night, Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is a good-natured yet unaccomplished man living in Philadelphia. Local gym owner Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith) sees him as having the potential but not the drive to become a great boxer. However, Rocky is soon given the chance to fight the current undefeated Heavyweight Champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) in an exhibition match. Rocky sees this as his chance to prove himself as a great fighter and begins training vigorously for the fight. During this time, he also improves his relationships with his friends and pursues his love interest, Adrian…show more content… But Rocky isn’t about a story, it’s about a hero. And it’s inhabited with supreme confidence by a star.” While it is true that Sylvester Stallone holds some power in the role of Rocky that is no reason to disregard the whole story. A plot is the foundation of the movie and without a stable and good plot a movie will fall in on itself, no matter how good other elements of it are. While the plot of Rocky is not terrible, it is vastly over done and unoriginal to the point were the audience expects what is going to happen. With the story of Rocky, there is really only two possibilities for an outcome. Either Rocky wins his fight against Apollo Creed or he loses. The only difference is how well he does and how close he comes to winning or losing. In short Ebert is right, Rocky is a cliche from beginning to end, but cliches are expected and boring and do not make for a brilliant