Sylvester Stallone is going to recreate one of the most famous scenes in cinematic history, only this time with an ugly pet dog named Punchy?!?! I guess I'm the only one who finds that utterly ridiculous.
I didn't mind Butkus because there is a sincerity involved in the original Rocky. Rocky is supposed to be the antithesis of Apollo Creed. Where Creed wears high tailored suits and trains in a state of the art gym, Rocky punches meat in dirty clothes. They are supposed to contradict each other, in their fighting style, their training regiment and in their demeanor towards life. Hence the reason he takes his dog Butkus on a walk while training. He doesn't know any better.
I don't really mind Punchy. I don't mind that the dog is in the movie. I didn't really mind Rocky VI if Stallone, as he indicated, was going to give us a touching story about life, but how do you take a movie seriously when a professional boxer trains for a professional boxing match with his pet dog Punchy at his side? In what should be the most inspiring, emotional scene of the movie, Rocky's final climb up the Philidelphia Art Museum steps, he's holding a leash for his pet dog Punchy. I'm sorry I just look at that as really corny.
I guess we are going to disagree on this subject, but I was most looking forward to this scene, in which Rocky proves us all wrong and runs up those stairs with everything he has, highlighting the fact that you can accomplish anything at any age if you set your mind to it. I'm not looking forward to Stallone running along side his dog and giving him a hug at the end
"Yo Punchy! We Did It!!!!"
Heck, the scene will probably own and make me eat my words. But this was the kind of stuff I was hoping Stallone would NOT do.