Why is this movie so goddamned underrated?

We know that someone has to be the bad guys, but they should have put actual bad guys as the bad guys. I also found it kind of stupid that the Soviet Union was strengthening it's relations with the West, then this thing comes along and bashes it with it's anti-Soviet policy. I didn't like it because I felt that America was going too far in it's hatred of the USSR at that time.

And besides, it sucked anyway Lol




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And besides, it's okay for the Americans to make a film about them helping the Mujahadeen, and fighting the Soviets, but it's not alright for the Russians to make a film about them helping the VC to fight the Americans, because there would be utter uproar about it.

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You said it, it's an action movies. Action movies never fare well with critics, ever. If one does, I question its right in calling itself an action movie.

Well first, let me say that Rambo III opened 20 years ago this week (Wednesday, May 25, 1988, the same day Crocodile Dundee II did), and I knew both were going to be big movies for the summer of 1988, and having seen all three of their predecessors, I definitely planned to see both of these movies when they came out. And I then decided to go over to our local theater on back to back nights that weekend to see them, which I figured would really be fun. And it was, crowded new movies on their opening summer weekend. I saw CD II first, on Friday night, May 27, 1988 (see its posting), then Rambo III on Saturday night, May 28, 1988 (20 years ago tommorrow). My cousins came to our house that Saturday night for supper, with my mother, grandmother, and sister, and I could have been there, but wanted to see this movie instead, and was definitely glad I did. The experience of going was really fun (above), but in addition I liked the movie itself as well. The original First Blood was one of my favorite all time movies after I saw it, but I did not particularly like FB Part II when saw it in theater in June, 1985. And I kind of figured this sequel would be like it, and discussing it with my mother the week it opened she said basically the same thing, that the first Rambo movie had meaning, and was pretty good (though very violent), and he should have just left it at that. We then watched the local movie critic on our news station review it one night, and after he did he said, "I liked First Blood. That was the movie that introduced Rambo. I did not particularly like Rambo-First Blood Part II. This one, I thought was supurb. A really good movie". She, and I really liked this critic (who was also the head weatherman for this station), and were suprised a little by his good review. But then after seeing it that night I immidiently saw why he liked it. It seemed to have meaning, and really developed on the relationship between Rambo and Colonel Trautman (while still violent-but just necessary violence for a war movie). I thought the drama in it really overshadowed the violence, and it also had some humor and funny lines in it. And through all this it remained very exciting, and kept the focus on the plot and action in Afghanastan, and involving the Soviet army.---To answer your original post arenotelicon, I'm not exactly sure, I've never really seen any critics' reviews of it in the last 20 years other than the one I mentioned (who obviously did not feel that way), but I think alot just felt it was a follower of the second Rambo movie, and thus like it. And since Rambo was a true cult figure of the 1980s, but not a really embracable, role model type one by most people, his movies just naturally drew criticism, and were somewhat destined to be looked down on and get negative reviews. But like you (and our then local critic) I did not feel that way at all, and liked this movie, saw why it was good, and did deserve better reviews than it mainly got. I hope this helped, on its 20th anniversary (and btw, did you see any of the three Crocodile Dundee movies, as they and Rambo will always have a linkage for me because of these weekend showings).

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It's not a bad action movie... it may still be my least favorite of the franchise but I like it. I certainly don't think it's as bad as some people act and better than its rating would indicate. I love the scale of it though, it has it's issues but it's by no means horrible.

no wonder this stupid site has graded inception at 4th place !!!!

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I think one of the things that hurt it was that by the time it came out, Rambo was such a buzz word, an utterly iconic eighties character, that in a way no movie could quite measure up. It's a perfectly adequate eighties action movie, more convincing and exciting than a lot of them.

It's not my favourite, but what I do like is the enduring friendship with Trautman and the fact the Colonel gets to be more in on the action.

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