05-12-2017, 02:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-23-2017, 04:31 PM by ZpaceJ0ck0.)
So yesterday I watched the 2008 film John Rambo (aka Rambo 4).
Basically, the movie could be considered by some as a "80s-style action movie with modern sensibilities". The story is simple but solid, and works on several levels. The action scenes are unparalleled, more intense than the second and third movies (yes, I actually said that. Fight me). A word of caution though, this isn't for the light hearted, there are some serious instances of brutality and gore in this movie.
This film is easily better than Rambo II and III (especially III).
Oh, and while we are at it, today I finally watched Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" and Bruce Lee's "Enter The Dragon".
Pulp Fiction: This is the second Tarantino movie I watched in my whole life, the first one being "Django Unchained". Samuel L. Jackson's performance as the bible-quoting, godfearing hitman Jules Winnfield is a 10/10. There is not a line of wasted dialogue and the movie incorporates a number of complexities that are not immediately obvious. Without spoiling, I'll simply said that after thinking about it for a while, the overall story started to feel like a tale that didn't need to be told, but for whatever reason this movie tells it and does a better job than most films of its kind, or of any other kind.
Looking foward to the other works made by this madman.
Enter the Dragon: One of the best martial arts films I've ever watched. Many of the fights in this movie, more specially the ones where Lee is involved, have a surreal feeling to them; the final fight scene in the mirror room being my favorite.
Basically, the movie could be considered by some as a "80s-style action movie with modern sensibilities". The story is simple but solid, and works on several levels. The action scenes are unparalleled, more intense than the second and third movies (yes, I actually said that. Fight me). A word of caution though, this isn't for the light hearted, there are some serious instances of brutality and gore in this movie.
This film is easily better than Rambo II and III (especially III).
Oh, and while we are at it, today I finally watched Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" and Bruce Lee's "Enter The Dragon".
Pulp Fiction: This is the second Tarantino movie I watched in my whole life, the first one being "Django Unchained". Samuel L. Jackson's performance as the bible-quoting, godfearing hitman Jules Winnfield is a 10/10. There is not a line of wasted dialogue and the movie incorporates a number of complexities that are not immediately obvious. Without spoiling, I'll simply said that after thinking about it for a while, the overall story started to feel like a tale that didn't need to be told, but for whatever reason this movie tells it and does a better job than most films of its kind, or of any other kind.
Looking foward to the other works made by this madman.
Enter the Dragon: One of the best martial arts films I've ever watched. Many of the fights in this movie, more specially the ones where Lee is involved, have a surreal feeling to them; the final fight scene in the mirror room being my favorite.