Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
The first movie, First Blood, was actually a really good social comentary movie with pretty much no relation to it's action packed sequels. I wouldn't call Rambo a psycho though, he was an anti hero - a character to sypathise with
oh i don't think he's unsympathetic. plenty of monsters are sympathetic. frankenstein's monster is sympathetic, king kong is sympathetic, darth vader is sympathetic. norman bates from "psycho" is sympathetic too. even hitler liked dogs & kids, and had a girlfriend.
Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
If you look at how good the first Rocky and Rambo movies actually were...
The first movie, First Blood, was actually a really good social comentary movie with pretty much no relation to it's action packed sequels. I wouldn't call Rambo a psycho though, he was an anti hero - a character to sypathise with
oh i don't think he's unsympathetic. plenty of monsters are sympathetic. frankenstein's monster is sympathetic, king kong is sympathetic, darth vader is sympathetic. norman bates from "psycho" is sympathetic too. even hitler liked dogs & kids, and had a girlfriend.
Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
If you look at how good the first Rocky and Rambo movies actually were...
yes. that's pretty much what i was thinkin'. not only is Rocky a good movie, but so is First Blood. the sequels turned 'em into superheroes because it's easy to market a superhero, but that's clearly not what the original movies were about.