[quote=“Crazy Kenneth”]
Mad Max didn’t get an oscar either, but it rules.
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Mad Max is a better film than all the Rambo films. Not trying to make the Rambo films out to be shit or anything, but Mad Max is in a whole other league of awesomeness.
But I do agree with you. I’ve never bought into the “style over substance” argument. It’s bullshit. Just look at De Palma, he’s unashamedly a formalist who often couldn’t really give a shit about the story or developing characters. (No one take this the wrong way. I am not saying that De Palma’s films have no story or don’t have good characters. But De Palma is usually less concerned with the logistics of the story than he is with the technique of the film. He isn’t a humanist director like Kurosawa.)
[quote=“Crazy Kenneth”]
The third one was a great adventure/action movie, also well made.
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There was nothing adventurous about it. He just killed a lot of people.
I was actually having an argument with someone the other day about the new Rambo. He said it was shit and there was no story. I said: “Honestly, if there had been a story - I would have been disappointed.” 