First Blood
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gridloreAMC is showing First Blood. Sadly, this film gets lumped in with the other two Rambo films, which were over the top, jingoistic, and pretty fucking awful.
This film is different. It's far more a character study, both of the characters (John Rambo and Sheriff Will Teasle in p-articular) and of America. The small Washington town of Hope is a microcosm of what America is supposed to be. Peaceful, friendly, open. But its protector goes to far to maintain the status quo, and his fear sets off another facet of America.. its military.
I remember watching this at my recruiter's office with a bunch of other recruits. The sergeants made sure we knew that most of this was pure BS, but the one Special Forces type in the group kept pointing out where Rambo used actual tricks of the trade.
The most amazing thing about this film is Stallone acting, and doing a decent job of it.
Good film. If you haven't seen it, give it a shot.
This film is different. It's far more a character study, both of the characters (John Rambo and Sheriff Will Teasle in p-articular) and of America. The small Washington town of Hope is a microcosm of what America is supposed to be. Peaceful, friendly, open. But its protector goes to far to maintain the status quo, and his fear sets off another facet of America.. its military.
I remember watching this at my recruiter's office with a bunch of other recruits. The sergeants made sure we knew that most of this was pure BS, but the one Special Forces type in the group kept pointing out where Rambo used actual tricks of the trade.
The most amazing thing about this film is Stallone acting, and doing a decent job of it.
Good film. If you haven't seen it, give it a shot.
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Date: 13 Feb 2006 02:52 (UTC)no subject
Date: 13 Feb 2006 04:03 (UTC)Which was actually the small British Columbia town of Hope, as I recall. ;) It doesn't look much different now. :D