thats obvious by the trailer.

u should really see it before u squak.

rocky 5 was not that bad if u got it.

it was mainly about his relationship with his son.
nothing more or less and it was due.

real life shit.

he had to quit boxing and did what any other fighter usually does after it’s all over.

they become trainers.

if u think about it,it was a logical story
and a possible one that does happen all the time
and in many ways.

rocky 6 will make rocky 5 an even better movie
knowing that it is not over yet.

it will be a better ending.

no matter what the story does it will take
a logical approach.

the real main reason people hated rocky 5
was because he never got back in the ring to
fight gunn.

which is where he belongs,no matter what
in any rocky film.

but even the street fight was just cause,
after all he did punch paulie,now what would u do
if someone did that to your brother or friend?

run?

it was logical for rocky to bet tommys ass in the street.

but again. no matter what,people want rocky back in the ring.

and sly knows this.

for let’s face it?

the fights are the best part anyways

the story is usually the same

rocky gets down and depressed
and adrian or mickey or even apollo gave him speaches to give him his bloody eye of the tiger
to train like a work horse again and defy all odds.

this time it’s more reality

he’s old and they face this right up front.

all will doubt him,call him buts of course.

Dixon comes off as a ego over confident punk in heat.

yet in the end i doubt rocky prevails

not from what i read.

he goes out like he came in

most would be disssssssapointed if rocky loses.

what is the main purpose of a rocky film?

for rocky to defy odds and prevail.

he always does and maybe should.

maybe he will win and prove all wrong
which will work too. at his age and all

but in the end even if rocky just puts up a good fight and schools dixon into having more heart.

if it’s so close to call and ends a draw
or split decision of biblical proportions of closeness,then sly maybe feels that is good enough for rocky at his age. to show he still can go the distance,to show he is no ham or bum even at old age.

foreman did it. but again

i doubt he will copy that.

maybe dixon is not all a bad guy

but in the end nobody will give a hoot if Dixon wins anyways. his personality alone says he needs to take a fall.

his cocky attitude alone says he needs a wake up call.

this ending is a hard one to bite
no matter what script review u read,
even at dark horizon. he has filmed several fight endings and nobody really knows,but the actors.

basicly rocky lost it all in rocky 5

money.. fame.. now he’s old and is being called a joke… all laugh and doubt and on top of that he is still loved and cheered for out of respect.

dixon im sure will beat up rocky the first few rounds,then all of a sudden,rockys hidden rage explodes once again to put up an even fight.

school dixon. surprize dixon and make him realize this fight is no damn joke after all.

by the 10th round dixon will be a new man
respecting rocky,touching gloved and all.

i hear dixon shows alot of heart near the end when HE breaks his hand off rockys thick skull
or maybe they lock fists and he breaks it.

then i thought back to the trailer and thought
maybe it is rocky who breaks his hand for he is the old man
who has calcium deposites on his bones?

weak wrists.. it would make more sence if rocky broke his hand,yet chose to fight on!

and maybe that is a fact.

could be a trick.

i think rocky will lose but will be happy with his perfornance along with the crowd. and dixon!

dixon will be a changed man. his ego will deflate,and he will now know what being a real man is all about.

both fighters will praise each other and the crowd will cheer them both.

but rocky loses?

something is not right.

i say he keeps his promise ,and gets it all back.

Let me be clear about this… I want this move to be good. I hope and pray it knocks me out. The trailers have been surprisingly not awful and I’m starting to hear good buzz on the flick. I’ll just remain skeptical until I’m sitting in the theater. I’m sure when the lights go down and that wonderful score starts playing, I’ll be right back in Rocky’s corner.

That was a fair enough critisism and ironic, as you even state, if he sees himself alot like his Rocky character, and hasn’t had a hit movie in ten years then this films success would be remarkable in itself to achieve.

However, your “prepare for the worst, hope for the best attitude” is good for the mix, with fans that are alot more optimistic and excited.

We know he blew it in 5…good message, bad movie–but like he has stated, this character is a unique one that can always go somewhere and I believe in that. Not all of us can relate to the Rocky sagas with our own lives. In fact, I only think a few of us can. Most are fans, but only some can really realte to this message of attrition and purging. It must be done. It had to be done. It will be done. Done for those of us that are in a stage of our life, where we may be down and out, but have to reach inside and find the strength to get some more things done with our lives.

I was an amateur boxer and used to be a big supporter of that world, back a decade ago. Don’t forget the unbelievable astonishment so many of us had when Foreman knocked Moorer out.
If that hadn’t of happened, this film probably would not have been made. So theres your answer to why…

Give Stallone a little more faith to come through on this one. If you don’t want to consider doing that, then there’s always the other corner.

God Bless.
Dave “Bulldog” Mitchell