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May 31, 2019 - 4:26 PM
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Thgil
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The last Rambo film IMHO was just a nasty, unpleasant, poorly written, and poorly scripted failure of a film. It tried so hard to come off as "realistic" yet in many ways it was more glorified, with its ridiculous OTT violence, and more offensive than "Rambo III" could even manage. The shutter speed effect that was constantly employed during action scenes also made me want to vomit all over Stallone's best suit.
I'd rather watch Rocky V again... yes, you heard me right. Not Sly's finest hour. 
Am tired of reading critiques of realistic violence. Rather than arguing specific points pertaining to the realism, let me simply ask this... was Saving Private Ryan a realistic depiction of violence? If yes, then so is Rambo, Hacksaw Ridge, etcetera etcetera etcetera.
Perhaps an objection to heroics surrounding & engulfing that violence is a better argument to make, but stop attacking the appropriate depictions themselves. Newsflash: violence is violent.
Tone is everything. The problem with this comparison is that Saving Private Ryan wasn't trying to be a kickass action movie. It wasn't an action movie at all. It was a tribute to those who endured such events and was pretty character driven. Rambo IV was set up for the "That's awesome!" crowd who enjoyed the comic books that the second and third installments in the series were. Imagine a James Bond movie with unsimulated sex scenes and you'll get the picture.
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Id like to see Tyler do this one.He paid homage to Goldsmiths themes in Rambo 4 while adding his own unique flavour.
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I still cannot understand why Stallone went with such a lame title for this fifth film.
Rambo: The Long Road, something like that would have been far better suited.
First Blood made sense, Last Blood comes off like a pun or parody name.
On choice of composer. If TPTB want to keep the score more old school I think either Bruce Broughton and Alan Silvestri (though both are highly unlikely to get the scoring gig) would be interesting candidates.
Silvestri would actually have been amazing for this.
I actually agree with many of your points, mostly pertaining to the title. While I'm here, I will again complain that this doesn't even look like Rambo.
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So, I'm not the only one who's into wishful thinking. I state on multiple occasions that if I were making a Star Wars film, I'd hire John Scott (I also suggested him for Bond, given his connection). Then others suggest J.A.C. Redford for James Bond, and now Jeff Atmajian for Rambo.
Maybe afterwards we can all get together at The Village and eat some fried unicorns seasons with Leprechaun dust. ;-)
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Really guys, this has become a very bad habit. The movie isn't even out yet and already the knives are out...
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I vote for Marco Beltrami.
He took over Goldsmith's music in [the Omen]
and was good in [Die Hard] series and [Terminator].
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Really guys, this has become a very bad habit. The movie isn't even out yet and already the knives are out...
Sometimes all you need is the title.....
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Joking aside, if Ted Kotcheff had gotten his first choice composer back in 1981/2, I'm sure John Scott would have written the original FIRST BLOOD score.
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In the Wishful Thinking Department:
In my thread on "Walker, Texas Ranger" scoring, I noted once or twice, when com-plimenting Christopher L. Stone on hi scoring, he'd be a good choice for a "Rambo" film.
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Can’t wait to read the reactions once Lorne Balfe’s announced!
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