The Bresson was on VHS. Rocky is a pleasure that I'm very guilty of adoring. Now Rocky IV is arguably the most formulaic of all Rocky films, but to me that's a good thing. It's a film I grew up with that defines America. I once made a long winded point in an unrelated class that Rocky is a microcosm of America in the later part of the 20th Century and this film is possibly the best proof of that. Good or bad, foretelling or embarrassing this film perfectly captures all that was going on in this country in 1985. Plus Drago is the best Rocky villain ever, and Rocky training in Siberia is priceless. Now truth be told we had gotten drunk the day before and discussed/debated the greatness of each individual Rocky film. I woke up at 9pm the next day hungover only to find that Rocky 3 and 4 were on TV so I took a refresher and found myself loving every minute of it, no matter how god awfully corny it is. 

Now a prime example of a film that I didn't grow up with from a similar era was Halloween 4 which I gave a somewhat modest rating. There is a bias and a great deal of forgiveness. I would however argue that Stallone's best moment as a director came with this film, which probably isn't saying much in the grand scheme.

The Bresson film I did enjoy, but it falls short of Bresson's other work.

As for my worst film of the month I found Renoir's Picnic on the Grass to be a mess of a movie and clumsy on almost all accounts.