Movies and TV Shows

2119 readers

34 users here now

A community for entertainment industry news and general discussion about movies and TV shows.

Rules:

Be civil.
Please do not link to pirated content.
No spoilers in the title of submissions. And please use spoiler MarkDown in the body of discussions. This is a courtesy to other users.
Comments solely criticizing headlines and/or journalism will be removed for being off-topic.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

Djinn@lemm.ee

First Blood (1982) [discussion] (moist.catsweat.com)

submitted 3 days ago by originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com to c/moviesandtv@lemm.ee

17 comments fedilink hide all child comments

arguably (prove me wrong!) one of stallones best movies.

the entire subsequent rambo franchise feels like a farce compared to the original.. they dont even feel part of the same universe.

gritty.. realistic without being over the top (remember that one?!). a good movie makes you feel, and this movie makes me so angry. the revenge is almost justified.

being the early 80s the political fallout of vietnam was still hot on everyones minds. ostracized vets a serious reality.

the small town redneck sheriff always makes for a great villain. that ignorant evil is a valid antagonist even today. brian dennehy was amazing. you just want to punch him in the face. if you look close you can spot a baby faced david caruso.

so what do you peeps think of this masterpiece?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Forgottengoldfish@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (4 children)

What do you think of the original ending - where Troutman kills Rambo?

I almost feel like it would have been a more fitting end the character.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

What do you think of the original ending - where Troutman kills Rambo?

whatchootalkinbout?! is that on video somewhere or just from the book?!

i would love that ending. the whole movie is him being the last of his kind. that ending would be bleak, but appropriate.. wrapping up the entire debacle. im not sure if im referring to the the movie or the war.

[–] Forgottengoldfish@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

https://youtu.be/bn187skbynQ?feature=shared

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Oh wow, that scene also really shows how short Stallone is. I know that he's short in real life, but in the movies you never really notice. It was the first thing I noticed in this scene tho!

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 2 days ago

awwwesome. think of the world with this ending... no shitty rambo sequels... no farcical references to those movies. hell, stallones career might have taken a different turn.