Yo, Adrian...

Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, yesterday I saw the latest and greatest Rocky movie, "Rocky Balboa."

To my surprise, it was very well-done.

Of course it was very predictable. But what else would you expect from a Rocky movie?

I mean, that's part and parcel of being a Rocky movie - the underdog digs deep down inside to muster up the will and courage to overcome all the odds and achieve victory in the end (in this case, personal victory).

Interestingly, there was very little bad language in the movie. Of course any bad language is too much bad language for me. (Insert "prude" comment here.)

Unfortunately, Sly Stellone had to throw in the obligatory "babe" shot - some hot-to-trott, surgically-enhanced starlet who pranced around the ring holding up the "Round 8" and "Round 9" signs, showing WAY too much flesh. And in light of yesterday's blog, that's the LAST thing that guys need to see.

Why does Hollywood almost always throw in the "babe" shot and the bad language? It does nothing to enhance the movie. Some say, "It makes the movie more true-to-life; it makes it more realistic."

Baloney.

It makes it more pleasing to the flesh is what it does. We just say that it makes it more realistic, don't we guys...???

The "babe" shot is just another opportunity for guys to lust, and the foul language does nothing but get in the way of a good story line.

The best movies I've ever seen have no "babe" shots and no bad language.

I'd love to take my kids to see "Rocky Balboa," but in all good conscience, I can't.

And before you say, "Oh you're sheltering your kids," let me ask you this - do you take your kids to dine at the dump? You don't? Why not? Aren't you sheltering them from the real world?

Of course you are sheltering them. You shelter your kids from germs, you shelter your kids from the cold weather, you shelter your kids from drugs - so why not shelter them from "babe" shots and bad language?

Make sense to me.