Favourite Stallone Movie?

[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by Gojirosan

Surprised I could find four to vote for on that list! Nighthawks is very good, the first Rocky iconic, Demolition Man surprising witty and Death Race 2000 wonderful. I've never seen Copland, but only heard good things.

He's not really been in that much decent stuff considering the lengthy career he has had.

You should really take a look at Copland great cast and great performance by Stallone.

[Paul@TheOverlook]

I love Stallone films, grew up watching them, and he's most definitely my favourite of the 80s action stars by far. Before it all went a bit wrong late 90s I can honestly say that there was not one of his films that I didn't enjoy to some degree apart from the aforementioned shitefest starring opposite one of the Golden Girls. I even like his Get Carter remake, just D-Tox and Driven that I really didn't like.

Favourites are First Blood, Rocky and Copland, Night Hawks. Love many others but have never seen Victory or FIST.

I ended up working on one of his films as a runner when I was 19. It's true what they say about never meeting your heroes...

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

I think Get Carter gets a lot of flack simply because it's a remake of one of the best British ganster films ever made. I personally like it a lot. Hell, I even like D-Tox (Eye See You).

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Damn you Paul, now I've had to get my Get Carter dvd and give it a spin!

[Paul@TheOverlook]

I agree completely about Carter.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

I can't believe i clicked "vote" before i ticked Escape to Victory.

An absolutely brilliant piece of escapism (pardon my pun), guaranteed to make you cheer when Von Sydow begins to applaud the Allies team.

[Vampix]

I personally prefer Sly to Arnie.First Blood is an action classic but I challenge anyone to understand Sly's rambling speech at the end of the film without subtitles.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Paul@Lovelockandload

I agree completely about Carter.

There was no way the film would get anything but a negative response, no matter how good it was.

[Paul@TheOverlook]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

There was no way the film would get anything but a negative response, no matter how good it was.

Yep, written-off as soon as it was announced.

[Prince_Vajda]

Originally Posted by Vampix

I personally prefer Sly to Arnie.First Blood is an action classic but I challenge anyone to understand Sly's rambling speech at the end of the film without subtitles.

That's almost exactly what Leonard Maltin wrote about Sly's final monologue:

"A kewpie doll to anyone who can understand more than three words of Sly's final monologue."

I always had the suspicion that Maltin was a pretty arrogant attention-seeker - this sentence (and his * 1/2 - rating of First Blood) confirmed my opinion.

I think that Sly's performance in First Blood is outstanding, and I distinctly include this monologue. He's a much better actor than quite a few Academy Award winners (Adrien Brody and Dustin Hoffman come to mind).

As for First Blood: I think this is the best movie dealing with America's Vietnam trauma. Forget about crazy and lengthy flicks like The Deer Hunter or pretentious films like Born on the Fourth of July. This movie shows where America lost the war (at least to a great extent) - at home, among its very own people. Sorry for so much politics, but as a future history teacher I had to say that.

Please don't take it personally, Vampix - it's more a rant about Maltin and strange Academy Award decisions.

Greetings!