Comments on: Movie Review: Rambo IV

By: Ian Phillips

Ian Phillips — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:44:00 +0000

That’s the strongest(and probably the only strong)point of Sly’s writing/directing of the film: it’s not a sequel begging ending like the end of most action films, he finally realized it was time to end this character, and it should be this way.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:29:00 +0000

no one needs to even hang around the theater that long. the last shot fired, ok there is the door lets use it! thank god there wasnt some “heartfelt” homecoming scene with R.Rambo. Sly knew to not even go there, his audience just doesnt care

By: Ian Phillips

Ian Phillips — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:25:00 +0000

Although Rambo does finally return home in the end, that’s deep man…real deep

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:55:00 +0000

please do excuse, I mis read your review, you do not imply that the fill the same desire! MY BAD! please feel free to delete my ramblings!

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:52:00 +0000

Ian, I dont mean to take issue with your review, but to imply that No Country for Old Men would satisfy the same movie goer’s need as Rambo, I disagree with. Rambo was blood guts guns and gore begining to end. NCOM was plot/story driven. Did rambo even have a plot? I must have missed it when my attention was instead drawn to the beautiful depiction of the anti-personel mines capibilities. Rambo was exactly what should have been expected, non stop over the top carnage. THAT is why I went to see it. No character development, no factual grounding, completely suspended reality. This isnt to imply that NCOM is more realistic, but rather that “realism” was not in the creators mind when making Rambo. One should walk out of NCOM thinking of what happended to the charicters, Rambo patrons would only discuss which explosions created the coolest effects. All in all, I think that both have their own unique target market and BOTH sucessfully achieved their ends. NCOM perhaps appeals to the Rambo demographic but that was not their primary aim. In my opinion Rambo should not be viewed with the same artistic eye as NCOM. If you name is Vlad Tepes, NCOM would not meet your needs anywhere close to the blood drenched Rambo.
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