Rambo. See it.

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 07:48
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CHRISISALL

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:48 PM

Wow is Burma an effed-up place when you see it like this- IN YOUR FREAKIN' FACE.
Stallone rocks.

isall

ERIC

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:51 PM

Actually, this should be waiting for me in its little red envelope in my mailbox when I get home tonight

CHRISISALL

Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:06 AM

Now I wanna see Rocky Balboa....he can still direct 'em!

Impressedisall

ERIC

Thursday, May 29, 2008 5:25 AM

Just finished watching. AWESOME. On the featurette it says the head bad guy is a real former Burmese rebel fighter, so you can bet its pretty accurate.

Acting- meh, whaddaya want for a Rambo movie?
Blood- copious.
Booms- extensive but not overdone. Tallboy, anyone?
"Message"- just enough to be relevant without seeming cheesy.
Knife- hey Sly, the Uruk-hai from LOTR called, they want their fingernail cleaner back!

Maybe a little too much shaky cam.

Two guns up!

CHRISISALL

Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:46 PM

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Originally posted by Eric:
Just finished watching. AWESOME. On the featurette it says the head bad guy is a real former Burmese rebel fighter, so you can bet its pretty accurate.

That's scary...

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Acting- meh, whaddaya want for a Rambo movie?

Nice seeing Angel vet Julie Benz sink her teeth into a role like that, though

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Blood- copious.

This was REAL violence- not the kid-time play-stuff in 2 & 3. War is NOT glorious. Good for Sly.

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Booms- extensive but not overdone. Tallboy, anyone?

Agreed.

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"Message"- just enough to be relevant without seeming cheesy.

I was surprised by this, actually.

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Knife- hey Sly, the Uruk-hai from LOTR called, they want their fingernail cleaner back!

LOL.

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Maybe a little too much shaky cam.

At least it wasn't the dizzying kind like in Mission Unwatchable 3!!!

I give it 90 out of a possible 100 calibers.

isall

DEADLOCKVICTIM

Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:13 PM

I especially liked the three way scene with Suzy Q and Miss Luthania....

wait, sorry, that was Rambone The Destroyer.....

CANTTAKESKY

Thursday, June 5, 2008 7:44 PM

I remember, vaguely, an interview where Stallone responds to the question of gratuitous violence and torture. He said he got those stories from first hand interviews with survivors, and actually had to *tone it down* because the real stories were worse.

Burma sounds FUBAR to me.

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Rambo: Are you bringing weapons?
Missionary: No
Rambo: Then you're not changing anything.

CHRISISALL

Thursday, June 5, 2008 7:50 PM

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Originally posted by canttakesky:
He said he got those stories from first hand interviews with survivors, and actually had to *tone it down* because the real stories were worse.

I've read some stuff- yeah, he definitely didn't show us the worst that he could have, but then we're talkin' UNRATED...

Chrisisall

CREVANREAVER

Sunday, June 8, 2008 10:04 AM

Yeah, I saw it a couple of weeks ago. Whew, uber-violent. But from what I understand the violence was meant to show the sheer brutality of the situation in Burma/Myanmar...something the world needs to be made aware of.

FOSTER

Sunday, June 8, 2008 1:18 PM

I think that if the acting were a bit better he would have been able to carry his message further into the main stream consciousness. No matter how noble the message most people will not be impressed or even listen with out the acting being less wooden. Most of the chars were one dimensional and static leaving me less than impressed.

Asia has a history of horrid abuses by "Patriots and Tyrants". I don't know if what is done in Burma could even be considered an escalation of the violence considering the historic record. I don't believe that that makes it acceptable I am just saying that with such a long history of violence that it has woven itself into the culture of the area. Changing a culture is not an easy thing to do and cannot be directed in any since and more often than not has unintended consequences. I would not say that it would be a waste of time just resource intensive.

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