Rocky Balboa (2006) Vs Rambo (2008)

abe55 · 11-25-08, 09:26 AM

Which Stallone comeback movie did you like better?

hapgilmore · 11-25-08, 09:42 AM

Rocky Balboa was a great movie.

Rambo was complete garbage.

Matthew Ackerly · 11-25-08, 09:46 AM

I like em' both.

Holysmoker · 11-25-08, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Matthew Ackerly

I like em' both.

This.

They both contained equal amounts of badassness.

Charlie Goose · 11-25-08, 10:00 AM

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.

TheNightFlier · 11-25-08, 10:18 AM

I liked both of them.

Solid Snake PAC · 11-25-08, 10:28 AM

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.

Goat3001 · 11-25-08, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Charlie Goose

I think both were the best sequels in their respective series.

Ivan Drago begs to differ.... and if you have a problem with that, prepare to be broken.

Rocky Balboa all the way. Much better series and better charactor. Rambo did kick a lot of ass though.

chris_sc77 · 11-25-08, 10:33 AM

I liked Rocky Balboa better. Rambo was ok but didnt even feel like a complete film. t felt WAY too short.

mdc3000 · 11-25-08, 10:34 AM

I really liked both but give the edge to Rambo because I thought Balboa had some pacing issues in the first act.

Daytripper · 11-25-08, 10:36 AM

Seriously? One vs the other!?? I would have thought "Rocky" would have been the answer from everyone.

DJLinus · 11-25-08, 11:17 AM

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.

FantasticVSDoom · 11-25-08, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by mdc3000

I really liked both but give the edge to Rambo because I thought Balboa had some pacing issues in the first act.

Agree with this... Plus I find I can pop in Rambo and enjoy it for the mindless fun it is, but repeat viewings don't hold up as well with Balboa.

SPiRAL · 11-25-08, 11:33 AM

I liked them both as well.

Shannon Nutt · 11-25-08, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by hapgilmore

Rocky Balboa was a great movie.

Rambo was complete garbage.

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.

rexinnih · 11-25-08, 03:13 PM

Had to go with Rocky on this one. Rambo just didn't do it for me.

GoldenJCJ · 11-25-08, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt

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.

But wouldn't a Rambo movie focusing on his return to the states just be doing the same thing he did in First Blood?

I'll vote for Rocky. I liked both sequels well enough but Balboa just had more heart.

cranberries fan · 11-25-08, 03:19 PM

Rocky Balboa I have not seen Rambo is it any good other than the dead-count is off the charts.

Zen Peckinpah · 11-25-08, 03:25 PM

Both are great, but Rambo is fuckin' RAMBO. Gloriously, ridiculously, and awesomely violent.

jeffkjoe · 11-25-08, 03:39 PM

ROCKY BALBOA was the shot in the arm that Stallone needed.

RAMBO was good, but unnecessary.

Mondo Kane · 11-25-08, 05:36 PM

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.

hasslein · 11-25-08, 06:05 PM

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.

dadaluholla · 11-25-08, 06:38 PM

Rambo over Rocky Balboa. In fact, Rambo over ALL Rocky movies... put together.

Dean Kousoulas · 11-25-08, 07:42 PM

Rambo was pretty badass, more so then I expected. But I'm a huge Rocky fan, so that gets my vote.

Hokeyboy · 11-25-08, 07:43 PM

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.

View Poll Results: Rocky Balboa (2006) Vs Rambo (2008)
Rocky Balboa	29	42.03%
Rambo	24	34.78%
It's too hard to choose	8	11.59%
I haven't seen one or the other	8	11.59%
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11-25-08, 09:26 AM	#1
abe55 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 215	Rocky Balboa (2006) Vs Rambo (2008) Which Stallone comeback movie did you like better?

11-25-08, 10:00 AM	#5
Charlie Goose DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Sesame Street (the apt. next to Bob's) Posts: 15,402	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. __________________ Ohwa Tagu Siam

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TheNightFlier DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 4,111	I liked both of them. __________________ Ain't so funny meow is it? My DVD Collection XBL-Ohcrapifell

11-25-08, 10:34 AM	#10
mdc3000 DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Guelph, Ontario Posts: 7,713	I really liked both but give the edge to Rambo because I thought Balboa had some pacing issues in the first act. __________________ Rank 'Em As You See Them 2009 2008 2007 Spending Tab 2009 2008 2007 Follow me on TWITTER My Countdown Counting down to: THE HANGOVER (Todd Phillips) What happens in Vegas...

11-25-08, 09:42 AM	#2
hapgilmore Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 689	Rocky Balboa was a great movie. Rambo was complete garbage.

11-25-08, 09:46 AM	#3
Matthew Ackerly DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New York Posts: 1,468	I like em' both.

11-25-08, 10:28 AM	#7
Solid Snake PAC DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denton, Tx Posts: 1,718	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, 10:33 AM	#9
chris_sc77 DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bellefontaine, Ohio Posts: 5,018	I liked Rocky Balboa better. Rambo was ok but didnt even feel like a complete film. t felt WAY too short.

11-25-08, 10:36 AM	#11
Daytripper DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 5,828	Seriously? One vs the other!?? I would have thought "Rocky" would have been the answer from everyone.

11-25-08, 11:17 AM	#12
DJLinus DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: May 2000 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 6,359	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. __________________ "Food snobs believe that anything created in Europe is inherently superior to the American-made equivalent. Allow me to explode that fallacy with these words: the 1983 Renault Alliance." - Michael J. Nelson Not that you care... My Countdown Counting down to: Winter Olympics 223 days 12 hours 18 minutes

11-25-08, 11:33 AM	#14
SPiRAL DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: May 2003 Location: Los Angeles , California Posts: 3,034	I liked them both as well.

11-25-08, 03:13 PM	#16
rexinnih DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Relocated to Pacific NW Posts: 4,708	Had to go with Rocky on this one. Rambo just didn't do it for me. __________________ On the outside lookin in, and it's funny.

11-25-08, 03:19 PM	#18
cranberries fan DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: West Richland,WA Posts: 1,193	Rocky Balboa I have not seen Rambo is it any good other than the dead-count is off the charts.

11-25-08, 03:25 PM	#19
Zen Peckinpah DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,500	Both are great, but Rambo is fuckin' RAMBO. Gloriously, ridiculously, and awesomely violent. __________________ "And I really don't care for the way your company left me in the middle of fucking nowhere with fucking keys to a fucking car that isn't fucking there. And I really didn't care to fucking walk down a fucking highway and across a fucking...runway...to get back here to have you smile in my fucking face. I want a fucking car RIGHT FUCKING NOW!"

11-25-08, 03:39 PM	#20
jeffkjoe DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 2,608	ROCKY BALBOA was the shot in the arm that Stallone needed. RAMBO was good, but unnecessary.

11-25-08, 05:36 PM	#21
Mondo Kane DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 5,405	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. __________________ D-nado

11-25-08, 06:05 PM	#22
hasslein Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Van Nuys CA Posts: 691	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, 06:38 PM	#23
dadaluholla DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wilmington, OH Posts: 5,230	Rambo over Rocky Balboa. In fact, Rambo over ALL Rocky movies... put together.

11-25-08, 07:42 PM	#24
Dean Kousoulas DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 3,217	Rambo was pretty badass, more so then I expected. But I'm a huge Rocky fan, so that gets my vote. __________________ "Earnest Hemingway once wrote 'The world is a fine place, and worth fighting for.' I agree with the 2nd part." - Morgan Freeman, Se7en

11-25-08, 07:43 PM	#25
Hokeyboy DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 5,031	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. __________________ It feels good to be in the company of Bill O'reilly and of course Jesus. -- wmlopez Jesus was a liberal... -- wm lopez Antichrist would be liked by liberals -- wmlopez Well, the world will like the anti-christ. And the anti-christ will be ruling from Europe and Europe is liberal. Soooooo... -- wmlopez Cinco lineas, ya sta 'chacho? My Countdown Counting down to: 9/9/09 ... Remasters and Rock Band ... Welcome to Pepperland... 66 days 15 hours 18 minutes