Rambo (2008) is a Masterpiece

[Hanz_Blitz]

Glorious movie

 

[TSO]

Glorious movie

That scene would fit in naked gun. It's that terrible.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Oh, and did you notice Graham McTavish (the dickhead argumentative mercenary) was also the opposing manager in Creed?

He's also the Saint of Killers in Preacher. And he has arguably the best one-liner in Rambo,

"Fuck off you Lady-Boy cunt!"

 

[Problem Child]

Havent seen it since 08, purchased digital copy on Amazon today. Great thread!

 

[the ambush]

That scene would fit in naked gun. It's that terrible.

Looks like a (deleted) scene that did not make the final cut. It has been a while yet I don’t remember that part of the movie in the theatrical release.

I never quite could get past how the storyboard for this one copied a lot from First Blood Part II.

 

[splendica]

Looks like a (deleted) scene that did not make the final cut. It has been a while yet I don’t remember that part of the movie in the theatrical release.

I never quite could get past how the storyboard for this one copied a lot from First Blood Part II.

I was going to post youtube clip of the final battle scene but changed my mind as clearly TSO and others are not worth it when it comes to this topic. Rambo (2008) doesn't deserve to be cut up and micro-analyzed as if there are hundreds or even dozens of comparable movies out there. The action and war scenes are amazing, brutal, realistic and extremely well done. But people want to be jabronies for reasons.

 

[TrueBias]

It's still very good. And there are plenty of real effects blood, so to me it's a very moot point. There was also the bomb CGI scene. It doesn't take away for me the majority of quality warfare enactments. Top notch, some of the best ever captured in cinema IMO.

Since you quoted me 3x, ill only reply once because you obviously dont see or dont know what i do. Or, worse, you dumb yourself down to enjoy the flick, which ive done while watching some movies.

Once i see cgi, if its obvious like in Rambo, im immediately distracted. 'Oh, thats right, this is make believe.'

I almost applaud anyone that can get entertainment by it. Jealous, i am, but knowledge is a curse.

What movies do i think are better?
First Blood
Rambo 2
Rambo 3

 

[TrueBias]

Terrible acting and digital blood? It was decent for a Rambo movie, but in no way was it a good movie.

I dont even know if its a decent one.

What was the final battle again? Was he just gunning people down in a machine gun mounted jeep or something? Yeesh..

Btw, splendica has a hard on for this..

 

[splendica]

Since you quoted me 3x, ill only reply once because you obviously dont see or dont know what i do. Or, worse, you dumb yourself down to enjoy the flick, which ive done while watching some movies.

Once i see cgi, if its obvious like in Rambo, im immediately distracted. 'Oh, thats right, this is make believe.'

I almost applaud anyone that can get entertainment by it. Jealous, i am, but knowledge is a curse.

What movies do i think are better?
First Blood
Rambo 2
Rambo 3

Yeah sure, you and TSO are right and everyone else in here are wrong. Good call.

Whatever, maybe you should just watch it again and then watch Rambo, 2 and 3 as well.

 

[Natural Order]

<<<========= Nuff said!

 

[BayAreaGuy]

I agree that this is an underrated movie. It was great and final action sequence was fantastic.

It's unforunate that Stallone didn't direct The Expendables like this.

 

[TSO]

Yeah sure, you and TSO are right and everyone else in here are wrong. Good call.

Whatever, maybe you should just watch it again and then watch Rambo, 2 and 3 as well.

If you're going to mention me, at least "@" me so I see it.

Dude, it's okay you like the movie. We all have soft spots for terrible movies. Usually we can recognize we like it because of how terrible it is, but you went a different route.

 

[BisexualMMA]

I agree that this is an underrated movie. It was great and final action sequence was fantastic.

It's unforunate that Stallone didn't direct The Expendables like this.

It's unfortunate that he didn't direct, write, or act in The Expendables like this.

But of the three, I would say the most sad is the level and effort of writing he offered with The Expendables. Virtually everything about the writing in The Expendables was bad, but the worst of all was the characters. He literally seemed to think the job was entirely done by (a) coming up with a "funny" name, and then (b) one trait for the character (Gunnar Jensen is on drugs, Yin Yang wants money for his famry, Toll Road is sensitive about his cauliflower ears). Boom, done. Moving along to the plot now...

Look at how much more layered Rambo, Trautman, Co, Steven Berkoff and Charles Napier's characters are in even the second Rambo film. Even Martin Kove's character is more nuanced with his reluctance to fly away from Rambo on the mud hill.

Imagine if it was Rambo likes to play checkers, Trautman has BO, Co is into disco music, Steven Berkoff wants money for his famry just kidding he doesn't have a famry ha ha, and Charles Napier was a skateboarder in his spare time.

 

[Jack Stevonovich]

It's unfortunate that he didn't direct, write, or act in The Expendables like this.

But of the three, I would say the most sad is the level and effort of writing he offered with The Expendables. Virtually everything about the writing in The Expendables was bad, but the worst of all was the characters. He literally seemed to think the job was entirely done by (a) coming up with a "funny" name, and then (b) one trait for the character (Gunnar Jensen is on drugs, Yin Yang wants money for his famry, Toll Road is sensitive about his cauliflower ears). Boom, done. Moving along to the plot now...

I thought he did that all on purpose to poke fun of the genre.

 

[BisexualMMA]

I thought he did that all on purpose to poke fun of the genre.

I am of the opinion that he did it because he rushed out the script and just kept adding characters as more buddies signed on to do it.

Look at how desperate he was for a gimmick by the time Antonio Banderas rolled around in the third one and his character had to have "a thing."

 

[Jack Stevonovich]

Look at how desperate he was for a gimmick by the time Antonio Banderas rolled around in the third one and his character had to have "a thing."

 

[HARRISON_3]

Aww, @Vitor CroCop got banned?

 

[Darth_Inv1ctu5]

This is a subjective opinion of course, but this film just is Sylvester Stallone's greatest work for me. I realize there's another Rambo coming out but I don't know how it can compete or should compete with the Rambo 2008 entry.

First of all, the subject matter of this Rambo entry was interesting, very unique: a group of Christians aid workers go into help a small village in war-torn Burma; the village gets obliterated by a ruthless local infantry unit, the aid workers get captured.

Stallone is at his biggest, most-jacked, self. But he actually pulls it off, better than his character in the later - much weaker - franchise, The Expendables. He is an absolutely believable Vietnam War veteran killing machine. His line, "When you're pushed, killing is as easy as breathing" resonates so believably. He even understands himself, who he is: that he's a killing machine, remembering bits and pieces from his past and those who created him for the Vietnam War. His story and character are so well crafted.

And then there's the war violence. IMO, the violence is most brutal and realistic of any mainstream cinematic offering. Yes, more than even Saving Private Ryan. I read one review awhile ago that called it a gore film. But yeah, the village destruction, the killing fields, and then the lengthy last battle scene? Extremely brutal, raw, and intense. It blows you through the back of your seat. And the action is quick-moving, articulate, creative and believable.

If you haven't seen this film, it's a must-see. It still holds up very well 11 years later. Stallone doesn't get nearly enough credit for this film nor his character portrayal. I don't throw out the term masterpiece very often, but this film is in that stratosphere for what it is.

Loved it. There's a part where a bullet from a machine gun explodes a head like it's a watermelon, just pure carnage

 

[TrueBias]

I agree that this is an underrated movie. It was great and final action sequence was fantastic.

It's unforunate that Stallone didn't direct The Expendables like this.

Lol and rightfully, holy fucking shit.

 

[HereticBD]

It's phenomenal, especially for the gore & violence.

Lets be honest. Pretty much ONLY for the gore and violence.

The splatterfest is earned though. It does have a very competent script that brings it all together. It's all very well executed, even if you only stay for the South Park like violence. Nobody would be quoting Rambo here(as if he was saying anything deep), if it wasn't for the oh' so sweet ultraviolent payoffs.

It's a perfect action movie in that regard.