A nerd movie doesn't necessarily have to include lasers, aliens, elves, dragons or John Williams music. Sometimes, a testosterone filled, explosion stuffed blood bath can be nerdy too. Especially when it's the most violent quadrilogy ever, Rambo. It wasn't even originally on the list, but was added after much discussion. So far, Neko and I have watched First Blood and Rambo: First Blood part 2, and John Rambo is just as badass as I remember him from my childhood. Most of the other movies that I loved as a little kid just don't hold up as an adult, (my ninja turtles, for example), my Rambo most definitely does.
In First Blood part 1, there is a scene where Sheriff Brian Dennehy is escorting Rambo out of town, because he thinks Rambo is a drifter. Rambo asks Mr. Dennehy, "Why are you pushing me?" That line starts the good old fashioned murdering of police officers, with spikes through the balls, explosive arrows, freefalls onto rocks from a helicopter, Rambo encasing himself in mud and jump-stabbing unaware cops, and then of course, the annihilation of an entire town by one man with lots of guns.
The Rambo trilogy is great, and the new one really was pretty good. I encourage everyone who has a teenage little brother, who thinks that UFC is hardcore, to sit their misinformed sibling down, pop in some Rambo, and show them what real violence is, and what it means to be American.
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