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Moriarty’s DVD Shelf! RAMBO III Vs. THE ENFORCER! Sly Vs. Clint Round Three!

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FIRST!?!? by DeweyOxburger	Jun 26th, 2008 02:12:47 AM
WOW!!
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second by bunkyboo	Jun 26th, 2008 02:12:56 AM

FUCK! by DeweyOxburger	Jun 26th, 2008 02:13:01 AM
FUCK!
Damn You MCMLXXVI by TheyCallMeMisterBay	Jun 26th, 2008 02:16:31 AM
Damn You MCMLXXVI
by all acounts... by blckmgk13	Jun 26th, 2008 02:16:51 AM
...you both are idiots regardless of being first or second.
blckmgk13 by Stevie Grant	Jun 26th, 2008 02:22:14 AM
Some friendly advice: this is AICN's, you don't make friends here by bringing up reality.
No mention of Trautman or Goldsmith's score? by IAmJack'sUserID	Jun 26th, 2008 02:26:47 AM
Two of the best, most redeeming aspects to Rambo III and not even mentioned? I don't like the film either, but Trautman's humanity and Goldsmith's exciting and memorable music make it at least watchable.
RAMBO III fucking rocks!!! by Motoko Kusanagi	Jun 26th, 2008 02:34:17 AM
And Michael Bay is fucking awesome!!!
What are we going to do now John? by kwisatzhaderach	Jun 26th, 2008 02:35:01 AM
Fuck 'em.
IAmJack'sUserID by kwisatzhaderach	Jun 26th, 2008 02:35:54 AM
Yup, the Goldsmith score is absolutely incredible.
Fuck, Rambo III shits all over that piece of crap by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks	Jun 26th, 2008 02:54:45 AM
I was with you till now dude. First blood is weaker than Dirty Harry, Rambo 2 deserved the next win but come on man.... I fuckin LOVE Rambo helping the Taliban. Oh wait, I guess that didn't actually have basis in fact. Rambo wasn't the asshole, the U.S government was...... again.
watch zach talk to someone not from aicn about watchmen by bacci40	Jun 26th, 2008 03:02:03 AM
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Who is this Goldsmith? by therealkumar	Jun 26th, 2008 03:02:09 AM
Is he related to Michael Giacchino?
Not all Mujadin became Taliban... by Tarl_Cabot	Jun 26th, 2008 03:52:42 AM
The Northern alliance, a resistance group of Muslim afghans, hated the totalitarian rule of the Taliban and helped the CIA and Special Forces wipe out the Taliban regime. James Bond(Timothy Dalton) is also off the hook. ;)
I meant Mujahadin... by Tarl_Cabot	Jun 26th, 2008 03:56:13 AM
You get the idea. Rambo III is pretty lame but like Rocky V it gives The follow up that much more credit. Rambo is exactly what Sly needed to redeem the cheese of III. Rambo III was all about Sly's gay huge body while Rambo didn't take off his shirt and proudly carried 215 pounds of aging menace.
read more than a headline idiot! by hairy's fat ass	Jun 26th, 2008 04:05:05 AM
Ok first off rambo3 is ok. but the taliban where a movement from namely a town called kandahar. not all fighters that fought the USSR were even from the same tribe or the same belief. Second the northen alliance were not taliban they were just as much and even more so involved in making the russians suffer. their leader was known as the lion of panshear and he fucking hated and fought against the taliban. in fact he was killed by al quadia the morning of sept 11. do some homework you retards and stop reading the first line of the story!
btw by hairy's fat ass	Jun 26th, 2008 04:12:01 AM
I love how uninformed gas bags like to say bin ladin was funded by the cia. the afgans were against the ussr but he funded himslef with his own millions. Even though he was fighting for and with afgans against a coomon enemt they really didnt trust him. different culture and langage. the afgans dont trust any outsiders even if same cause and religion. not so cut and dry. read books and not web movie websites to form real opinions.
Rambo 3 was good in its own right! by Dogmatic	Jun 26th, 2008 04:13:38 AM
Better than most drivel that passes for action movie these days....and it gave him a nice change of scenery putting him in the desert. The cave action scene was great and who didn't love the stick fight at the beginning?
Ehhh... healing the wound in Rambo III by Kirbymanly	Jun 26th, 2008 04:17:52 AM
is about all it has going for it. I was a HUGE Rambo fan back then and thought it was junk on its initial run. Rambo III is the Indy IV of its day
thanks douches for not helping to rebuild our wartorn country by Prossor	Jun 26th, 2008 04:28:25 AM
appreciate your help, you can pack your shit and split now, it's not like we need some help to form a country after the anarchy vacuum that's happening right now for any terrorist organizations. nope no sirrey !
Here fishy fishy, afish afish afish ahooo by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks	Jun 26th, 2008 05:49:49 AM
wher o' where did my little fish gooooo?
Just don't start comparing their directorial output... by tonagan	Jun 26th, 2008 06:50:09 AM
"Next week - Unforgiven Vs. Staying Alive!"
Rambo 3 rules! by judge dredds fresh undies	Jun 26th, 2008 07:17:55 AM
Its total macho bullshit for its entire runtime, its hilarious and I love it!
How are you John? by Abominable Snowcone	Jun 26th, 2008 07:29:42 AM
Well done.
Remember, you taught us to ignore pain? by Abominable Snowcone	Jun 26th, 2008 07:30:08 AM
Is it working? Neh.
That's it! You're off the case! by rev_skarekroe	Jun 26th, 2008 07:35:18 AM
You're off YOUR case, chief!
Hey, we didn't know the Taliban were going to be assholes. by rev_skarekroe	Jun 26th, 2008 07:42:40 AM
We were trying to stop the Soviets. I can dig that. Turns out the guys we were helping are a bunch of ingrates. We send you Rambo and you repay us by flying planes into our buildings? You guys suck.
Death Wish 3 is a better number 3 than these two by Spandau Belly	Jun 26th, 2008 07:52:55 AM
And I have no idea how somebody can write about Rambo 3 without mentioning the stickfight. Come to think of it, a Death Wish movie needed a stickfight. So does every other movie.
Rambo 3 is the lighter Rambo by I Dunno	Jun 26th, 2008 08:09:50 AM
He cracks jokes, he doesn't give speeches, he plays football (sheep ball) and befriends a kid. He's actually happy through the whole film, content in working at some monestary or some shit. Oh, and his knife SUCKED. It wasn't even a survival knife. If he needed a compass he would have been fucked.
Trautman was a dick in Part 3 by neal2zod	Jun 26th, 2008 08:10:50 AM
Seriously, watch it again - it makes NO sense how he bullies Rambo into fighting again at the beginning. You need to go BACK to war to come 'full circle'? After all Rambo went through in Part 1 and 2?? Who wrote this shit? And the stickfight shouldn't be mentioned because it sucked. I liked it as a kid too, but it's just poorly shot and choreographed. Now Out for Justice, that's a stickfight.
Rambo 3 is a hell of a lot of fun... by Sledge Hammer	Jun 26th, 2008 08:12:38 AM
...Yes, it's lighter in tone, yes the bad guy is basically just a rip off of Steven Berkoff's baddie from Rambo First Blood Part 2, and yes, it's easily the weakest in the series, but damn if it isn't a hell of a lot of fun all the same. Basically it's a Rambo and Trautman buddy movie, and as a continuation of the Rambo character from the last two films it still feels like it fits into the tapestry of the series pretty effortlessly to me. It's not remarkable or anything, but it's a good, solid, enjoyable flick all the same, and as such I've never understood the rampant Rambo 3 hatred, and I guess I never will. Then again what do I know, I love all the Dirty Harry movies too, to varying degrees. Give me characters like Dirty Harry and John Rambo over todays action films and characters any day.
...and Rambo wasn't helping the Taliban by I Dunno	Jun 26th, 2008 08:15:46 AM
For one thing, the "Taliban" is a made up entity so that the fear mongers in our gov't have a name for the boogie men out to get us. Almost everyone involved in 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia, the leader of which Bush has been photographed making out with on several occasions. Literally. Rambo was just trying to save Trautman, he didn't give a shit who he had to help or kill. Alliances and enemies change faster than club names on Sunset Blvd. Saddam Husein was our best friend at one point. Do a GIS for pics of him and Rumsfeld.
Dirty Harry would have killed the entire country without by PumpyMcAss	Jun 26th, 2008 08:45:09 AM
breaking a sweat. Seriously nerds, who cares? The point is that Rambo sucks and Callahan rules. Everything else is moot. I'm not even going to get remotely political, here. Now if only someone could bring up Spike Lee, then we could really watch tempers flare. Pathetic.
Redbelt 2 needs to have stickfighting by Spandau Belly	Jun 26th, 2008 08:49:39 AM
I'd like David Mamet to take Mike 'Redbelt' Terry to the jungles of Brazil and have him do some stickfighting. Possibly against William H. Macy.
Rambo arming the Taleban - :rolleyes: by cactusmaac	Jun 26th, 2008 08:50:09 AM
I'm annoyed by how frequently this comment gets made. The Taleban were formed in the mid-90s and were armed by the Saudi Arabians (who liked their religous views) and by Pakistan (who needed a proxy they could rely on in their strategic backyard). They spent the 90s fighting the various Mujahideen factions who had previously been aided by the US government until the Russians pulled out. The fall of Kabul was a big story back then.
Rambo III is slightly underrated by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 26th, 2008 09:01:52 AM
Then again, I think First Blood is the worst of the bunch, so take that with a grain of salt...
It all reaches its zenith in "The Dead Pool" by ShallowGrave	Jun 26th, 2008 10:01:50 AM
Harry: "You forgot your fortune cookie! It says, ... 'You're shit out of luck.'" Ka-Blow!
Sorry Moriarty, but RAMBO III kicks ass from beginning to end! by ABking	Jun 26th, 2008 10:09:51 AM
The opening stick fight scene sets the tone of this bad ass action extravaganza...then on to his mission. People often call this film hollow, but it has alot of good themes to it (ie)Rambo going in to not only help his only friend, but to help a people (who needed help at the time). As for the action scenes...they are OVER-THE-TOP and KICK MAJOR ASS...that raid on the camp, or when Rambo goes back to get Trautman, or when Rambo is on the rope of flames, or the cave sequence and finally the end battle. The film might have been excess, but STALLONE delivered on that excess.
WeinerPenis you are racist like hitler by g-ride9000	Jun 26th, 2008 10:18:00 AM
and your opinions about the value of a foreigners life,,well i'm disgusted. I hope you wake up from your dismal fake ass life. I hope you are reincarnated as a innocent Iraqi child who is killed by some hick trying to "free them"
Charlie Wilson's War... by MCVamp	Jun 26th, 2008 10:31:01 AM
The message isn't that we "created" the Taliban by arming the Afghanis, it's that once we spent all that money making sure the Russians got their black eye, we pulled right the hell out and didn't spend any money helping rebuild the region that essentially fought our own war for us. We didn't literally train and arm the Taliban, but a lot of kids who never got rebuilt schools or municipal buildings or farmlands grew up awfully pissed off and uneducated--ripe pickings for terrorist organizations who love recruiting weak minded and angry youths by telling them that blowing themselves and their enemies to hell will get them repeatedly laid in a heavenly paradise because "god" says so in a book they aren't educated enough to read. It wasn't a very good movie, but the last ten minutes were pretty telling.
RAMBO 3 gets credit, audiences less by Mullah Omar	Jun 26th, 2008 10:32:09 AM
I give RAMBO 3 credit for being one of a very small number of films to have any link whatsoever to Afghanistan prior to the Taliban taking over. The only others that come to mind immediately are that one Bond film and SPIES LIKE US. And yes, the Taliban are a real group - but like "Al Qaeda" or "racism", the term is overused and has lost some of its precision. And anyone who thinks that all mujahedeen are Taliban simply doesn't understand Afghanistan and/or is regurgitating someone else's propaganda. Hey, no sweat, the wheel turns - to genuine, hard-line, superstitious, rumor-mongering Taliban, there isn't any real difference between the US and EU, the Democrats and Republicans, George Bush and all Westerners, etc. All sides have their deaf extremists and head-burying idiots.
Goldsmith's Rambo 3 score by m_prevette	Jun 26th, 2008 10:43:50 AM
Is pure genius...it was sliced and diced so badly in the movie however...the complete score CD from Intrada is a gem...NO ONE is writing dynamic action music like JG these days...and that gorgeous main theme gets a nice workout here too. I bought the first 3 Rambo movies on DVD JUST to hear the scores in the films again...genius...just genius...
"What is this? An encounter group?!" by Tacom	Jun 26th, 2008 11:15:11 AM
My favorite line in The Enforcer! You're right Mori, it is the most deliberately funny Dirty Harry movie in the series! I don't think Tyne Daly was EVER considered hot even when she was young. If she were there'd be some sexual tension between her and Harry and there thankfully never is.
Mullah by toadkillerdog	Jun 26th, 2008 11:38:02 AM
Once again, I find it funny to be addressing the head of the Taliban, but I must say, you 100% correct about the Mooj and the Taliban not being one in the same. And the parallel you draw between the US and EU is also correct. If more people in power -on all sides of the issues, had a clearer understanding iof who the major players really are, instead of just a poorly informed and stereotypical view, maybe, just maybe, it would lead to a less antagonistic approach. But that is pie in the sky. I do not remember the Enforcer, so I can not give an opinion on it. Rambo III was a true paid politcal ad for the Reagan administration. Even when it came out, Rambo was being held up as a true American Patriot figting the Godless commies. Stallone played that angle heavily.
Wow, ABKing likes Rambo!! by IAmJack'sUserID	Jun 26th, 2008 11:39:58 AM
Now that is a seal of quality if I've ever seen one! I mean it isn't like the obsessive little pyscho likes EVERY SINGLE FUCKING THING Stallone, Schwarzeneggar, and all of those other 80's action guy make! So when does he predict all of those washed up guys will become kings of the box office again? Rocky Balboa and Rambo were great and good movies, respectively, but they did just ok at the box office and won't do anything for careers.
Hot Shots! Part Deux ruined Rambo III for me by Tacom	Jun 26th, 2008 11:58:20 AM
Can't watch it without thinking of the spoof especially considering Richard Crenna played almost the exact same role in both!
Love Rambo III by picardsucks	Jun 26th, 2008 12:11:22 PM
Especially in blu-ray on a 65" DLP the stick fighting scene was killer as well.
I'm with ABKing by One Nation Under Zod	Jun 26th, 2008 12:38:11 PM
Rambo 3 is a little uneven, but it definitely kicks all sorts of ass. And whether intentionally or not, theres some scenes that are pretty fucking hilarious.
Hypothetical situation... by onephatnelly	Jun 26th, 2008 12:55:42 PM
...all right, I'm standing on a street corner and Missus Gray there comes up and propositions me. She tells me that if I go home with her, for five dollars she'll put on an exhibition with a Shetland Pony.
Rambo II, III and IV were great by Second Try	Jun 26th, 2008 12:57:04 PM
Bad guys getting what they deserve in intense thrilling action. I agree Rambo III is lighter than the others and played a little bit for laughts. Tarl_Cabot, hairy's fat ass, WeinerPenis pretty much nailed the "Rambo (or CIA) armed the Taliban" argument.
Wouldn't it have been great by onephatnelly	Jun 26th, 2008 01:08:14 PM
if we'd seen Sly and Clint in a movie together? Two completely different actor-directors with different styles, but I think there would have been major chemistry. It still ain't too late for them to do it either.
IAmJack'sUserID, Stallone writes his ticket in Hollywood. by ABking	Jun 26th, 2008 01:50:20 PM
You said "Rocky Balboa and Rambo were great and good movies, respectively, but they did just ok at the box office and won't do anything for careers." YOU ARE more DUMB than I thought!!! Stallone's career is already amazing (with ups and downs of course). You are right about one thing... Rocky Balboa and Rambo won't do anything for his career because his career doesn't need anything done for it anymore at this point. Both were very successful films and more important very liked films (by fans and moviegoers). The fact that Sly is still the biggest action star on the planet and at 62 (next month) --ARNOLD is the other of course-- says ALOT. ROCKY BALBOA and RAMBO grossed over 155.6 million and 113 million respectivly and on the pull of STALLONE's name alone. The man is on cloud nine again and hopefully his next film will be INGLORIOUS BASTARDS with QT! Sly writes his ticket now (he almost always did) and once POE comes out it will be his MASTERPIECE!
Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine by Sgt.Steiner	Jun 26th, 2008 02:07:43 PM
If Afghanistan is the success story, than things are pretty fucked. Nothing quite like a "democractic" government that sentences folks to death for converting to Christianity. Or executes by mass firing squad, fifteen at a time. And surely Saudi Arabia is exempted from George's grand vision of a wave of democracy sweeping the Middle East, as it would fuck his buddies out of their precious dough. This is where off-shore drilling comes into play. And Weinerwhateverthefuckhisname's "lesser of two evils" schtick highlight the morally corrupt nature of the Reagan Doctrine. Support repressive murderers(El Salvadoran government, Contras, Saddam Hussein, South African government) to oppose repression or an ideologically-opposed nation, condemn them to death. By proxy, of course, the wrong lessons having been learned from Vietnam. And yes, some of the Taliban were trained by our people. Mori did not say "all".
Um...he didn't direct that Mori. by s0nicdeathmonkey	Jun 26th, 2008 02:16:15 PM
He was a replacement director brought in more than half way through production.
And yet, still no THE HAPPENING review... by TopHat	Jun 26th, 2008 02:18:46 PM
Surprise, surprise. Also, what's wrong with CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR, Moriarty? I did a search for your review ...but of course, there is none.
ABKing, you are so dillusional it isn't even funny. by IAmJack'sUserID	Jun 26th, 2008 02:47:51 PM
Seriously, you're a ranting little pyscho. Rocky only did $70m here and Rambo $42m. That's hardly what I would call domestic appeal. There is so much overhead in overseas distribution that barely a profit is made, so your figures aren't nearly as meaningful as you think. And what was the last popular Stallone movie before this? Yeah, that's what I thought. You aren't taken seriously because you are so far from being objective, like a little boy clinging to the delusion that there is a Santa Claus and balling his eyes out when he is told there is not one. Seriously, grow the fuck up and learn some objectivity.
IAmJack'sUserID, hahahahahahaha! by ABking	Jun 26th, 2008 04:20:56 PM
I'm not taken seriously??? lol, you are a fucking idiot afterall. Anyway, when you use the word Rocky Balboa and Rambo "ONLY" grossed 70 and 42 MILLION respectivly you prove my point. These films were NOT expected to make SPIDER-MAN grosses you asshole. Sly had to redeam himself in the eyes of fans/moviegoers who did not like ROCKY V and RAMBO III and he did. Add to that the fact that RB and RAMBO cost only 24 and 50 million to make...you do the math you fucking retard. Sly is also still a god overseas. Oh I see, you think Stallone is over now because of these two films...FAR FROM IT!
...continue to IAmJack'sUserID............. by ABking	Jun 26th, 2008 04:29:46 PM
Add to that ROCKY BALBOA's rentals (not sales) alone are over 32 million and RAMBO has already in a few weeks reached over 30 million on dvd and presto...BIG HIT PROFIT MONEY MAKER! Grow a fucking brain next time.
JACK is a JACK-ASS! by ABking	Jun 26th, 2008 07:24:26 PM
With shit for brains!
IAmJack'sUserID come on! ABKing is right! by Dogmatic	Jun 26th, 2008 08:42:27 PM
Rocky Balboa and Rambo were huge sucesses if you base their success on how much money they made versus how much money it took to make them....and last I heard that is how any movie company looks at a movie....how much PROFIT...something that a TON of movies last year and in this decade cant say...they maybe manage to pull like 20 or 50% profit but Rocky Balboa and Rocky made well beyond 100% profits. So yeah they're successful. I'm there for ya ABKing! Keep on being the fan you and dont apologize to any thses sonszabitches my brother!
Thanks Dogmatic... by ABking	Jun 26th, 2008 10:05:30 PM
Every media outlet refers to ROCKY BALBOA and RAMBO as big successes yet turds like "IAmJack'sUserID" wants to label them otherwise. Stallone is on a role both hit wise and with fans and moviegoers. Bring on INGLORIOUS BASTARDS (I hope) :)
hot shots part deux IS the best! by Prossor	Jun 27th, 2008 12:10:19 AM
especially the part where martin sheen cameos his willard role from apocalypse now on the PT boat, charlie is narrating his mission and the boat passes by with martin and teh narration switches over to willard's narration verbatim LOL. they stare at each other... "I LOVED YOU IN WALL STREET!" damn that movie rules. WAR! IT'S FAAAANTASTIC! [big smile]
Rambo III was enjoyable by silver screen surfer	Jun 27th, 2008 08:18:50 AM
I don't see how people can enjoy Rambo 2 and at least not get a kick out of the third one. Its the weakest of the four Rambo films, but still alot of fun. The midnight raid into the Soviet camp, the cave battles that follow, and final all on all war in the desert are cool action sequences. And who could forget the gun-powder into the hole in his side? Great stuff. Long Live Rambo III!
More liberal douchebaggery from AICN? by Luscious.868	Jun 27th, 2008 08:54:42 AM
Color me surprised!
so does Rambo 3 make you think??? by j2talk	Jun 27th, 2008 08:45:23 PM
that what happened to the soviets in Afghanistan is going to happen to us too?????
Pretty cool way of keeping up the series if you think about it : by PTSDPete	Jun 29th, 2008 12:44:26 AM
God. If you think about it, it's fucking excellent. The first one about an ex-soldier, whose life turns to shit because of Vietnam. The second one is about him basically getting the opportunity to ' win ' Vietnam over there - and the battle within himself. The third one basically puts him in a the same Vietnam War situation, only the communists are the agressors this thime, and he's on the side of its Vietcong, arming them, and all the unintended moral consequences. Thinking about that, with the persistent puissant need for ' closure ' and ' winning the war ', and how it all ended up badly - meaning more quagmire, post 9-11 - the fourth one fits as kind of a logical conclusion, in which he basically becomes honest with himself, and goes ' hell fuck it. I'm really just in it for the killing. Might as well '. The ensuing giddy, savage mayhem and total butchery becomes justified as it is entertaining, seen from that light. Even if it doesn't exactly continue the thread. Thanks, Moriarty, for making us realize this.
No man, YOU"RE the douchebag : by PTSDPete	Jun 29th, 2008 01:25:59 AM
Explain why being critical in the politics is WRONG. Seeing as you're critical about it yourself.
Russell Mulcahy directed some of RAMBO III by palimpsest	Jul 1st, 2008 01:34:19 PM
but was booted off - McDonald, who was DP, then took over.
ABKing is sticking it in and breaking it off... by One Nation Under Zod	Jul 3rd, 2008 12:29:49 PM
IAmJack'sUserID is totally his bitch.
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHLANDER 2 by Mace Tofu	Jul 10th, 2008 09:24:57 PM
COMES RAMBO 3. Someone realized that wouldn't look good on the poster : )
cant see the forest,you haters. by arockfosheezy	Jul 23rd, 2008 10:44:01 PM
the action and sheer scope of rambo 3 sets it apart from any other action film ever made. i dont think ive ever seen a film that big that wasnt a drama first. the dialouge may be bad,and people might not like the politics,but,come on. that night raid on the camp was packed with action. rambo does so much shit from one minute to the next, hes earnin the money harder than ahnuld ever did. ive barely ever seen ahnuld run above a jogging pace,and stallone is simply all over the place in rambo 3. under tanks, stealing helicopters,on horseback, in a tank, just awesome. an action has never felt so animated,and rambo is flying off the screen. b-movie action with an epic feel,i dont care what people say. for all its shortcomings,rambo 3 will forever be hard to out-do when it comes to action. i mean seriously,rambo 3 or xXx? fuck,rambo 3 or transformers? watch this movie again with an eye for action sequences,and try to ignore what we already know is forgettable,and ask yourself again how bad this flick really is.

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