365 Days of Awesome Things - Day 10

Watching the opening moments of Rocky III*

To be fair, the only difference between the opening of III and the first two movies is that this time, while Bill Conti's fanfare plays, the title scrolls across an image of the championship belt (you know, that chintzy one that looked like it was made by a kid in 4th grade art class using metal from a trophy shop and some red, white, and blue ribbon) instead of a black background. Still, that championship belt is shiny, and shiny is always good. Plus, III begins with the closing moments of Rocky II, and while the original Rocky was the best of all of the movies........

 SPOILER ALERT DESPITE THE FACT THAT ROCKY II IS 34 YEARS OLD

.....Rocky wins at the end of II, and that's awesome. So between the shiny opening and the recap of Rocky winning the title, the opening of Rocky III deserves a spot in the happiness recommendation list.

*Give me a break, we have 365 of these recommendations to get through.