View Poll Results: Rocky Balboa (2006) Vs Rambo (2008)
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Rocky Balboa (2006) Vs Rambo (2008)
11-25-08, 10:00 AM
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There was indeed much asskicking from both. I'll give the edge to Rocky Balboa, because that character is more likable.
I think both were the best sequels in their respective series.
I think both were the best sequels in their respective series.
11-25-08, 10:28 AM
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I think Balboa was a better film, and the better of the sequels for Rocky. Rambo...I thought was ok, I can't really say much for the sequels and which is all that much better. I liked Rambo III the most, IV was too much of the crazy missionaries and crazy Burmese.
11-25-08, 10:30 AM
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11-25-08, 10:36 AM
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Seriously? One vs the other!?? I would have thought "Rocky" would have been the answer from everyone.
11-25-08, 11:17 AM
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While I really liked Rambo (though I wish the John Rambo title would've been used), I looooooooved Rocky Balboa.
Wasn't Stallone at one point talking about doing another Rambo movie? I sure hope he doesn't, as the last scene in Rambo bookends the series nicely.
Wasn't Stallone at one point talking about doing another Rambo movie? I sure hope he doesn't, as the last scene in Rambo bookends the series nicely.
11-25-08, 11:31 AM
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11-25-08, 11:38 AM
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Bingo.
Rambo ended where it should have began...I'm much more interested in a Rambo movie about the effect of returning home to the states than a Rambo movie where he's essentially doing the same thing he did in Rambo: First Blood Part II.
Rambo ended where it should have began...I'm much more interested in a Rambo movie about the effect of returning home to the states than a Rambo movie where he's essentially doing the same thing he did in Rambo: First Blood Part II.
11-25-08, 03:19 PM
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I'll vote for Rocky. I liked both sequels well enough but Balboa just had more heart.
11-25-08, 05:36 PM
#21
I liked them both (Can it be said enough?) but Balboa is greatness. Always have to stop and watch some of it if it's playing on one of the Showtime channels.
11-25-08, 06:05 PM
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The music, the transitions, the shot compositions, the performances, the screenplay... Rocky Balboa was a beautiful work of art. I liked Rambo a lot, but it was nowhere near Rocky Balboa.
11-25-08, 07:42 PM
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Rambo was pretty badass, more so then I expected. But I'm a huge Rocky fan, so that gets my vote.
11-25-08, 07:43 PM
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Ugh.
ROCKY, to me, was always grossly overrated. OK, the first one was good as a small character film, with a good script... but GREATNESS? No. Not even close.
To tell the truth, I was always more interested in Rocky as a dorky cartoon than as "serious art". Rocky III and IV are dopey as hell, of course, but they're insanely fun in a early/mid 80s sorta vibe. I'll eagerly watch III or IV over I or II any day for that reason alone. I've never been able to stomach more than 10 minutes of V.
RAMBO, on the other hand, was always a cartoon, but an exemplary cartoon. FIRST BLOOD is just a killer 80s action movie, with just enough story and character to rise it above the riff-raff to become a stellar flick. RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II is an inferior movie, going FULL CARTOON at this point, but as popcorn it's on par with the ROCKY III and IV.
RAMBO III is worlds better than ROCKY V but it's still not that great.
So that leaves us with ROCKY BALBOA and RAMBO. A cartoon pretending to be a character yet again, or a cartoon embracing itself and amplifying the action/ultraviolence to a 21st-Century level?
Gimme the cartoon true unto its innermost self. Rambo for the win.
ROCKY, to me, was always grossly overrated. OK, the first one was good as a small character film, with a good script... but GREATNESS? No. Not even close.
To tell the truth, I was always more interested in Rocky as a dorky cartoon than as "serious art". Rocky III and IV are dopey as hell, of course, but they're insanely fun in a early/mid 80s sorta vibe. I'll eagerly watch III or IV over I or II any day for that reason alone. I've never been able to stomach more than 10 minutes of V.
RAMBO, on the other hand, was always a cartoon, but an exemplary cartoon. FIRST BLOOD is just a killer 80s action movie, with just enough story and character to rise it above the riff-raff to become a stellar flick. RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II is an inferior movie, going FULL CARTOON at this point, but as popcorn it's on par with the ROCKY III and IV.
RAMBO III is worlds better than ROCKY V but it's still not that great.
So that leaves us with ROCKY BALBOA and RAMBO. A cartoon pretending to be a character yet again, or a cartoon embracing itself and amplifying the action/ultraviolence to a 21st-Century level?
Gimme the cartoon true unto its innermost self. Rambo for the win.