...his ass off.

This is probably my favorite clip of him giving a very moving monologue.



Then there's the speech to his son on the street:



Oscar worthy? Perhaps not...although you could make an argument for the Rambo one, but the guy has some acting chops.

Beyond all his meathead action flicks and dumb buddy comedy stuff, he's occasionally shown he has halfway decent acting chops in a few roles/scenes.

His turn as the washed-up small town sheriff battling NYPD corruption in Cop Land is another good example. Arguably his best performance.

He most certainly can act, and First Blood is an underrated movie. He himself admits he got caught up in the action flick culture of the 80s, but you can see him settle down in his later Rocky sequels.

His performance in Cop Land did for him the same thing Burt Reynolds performance did for him in Deliverance. Gave them both some legitimacy as a serious actor.

I agree that Cop Land was his best role. Hollywood isn’t real fond of him because Cop Land should have netted more roles of this nature, drama of sorts. Just like normal, he got screwed.

I’m a fan of Sly. First Blood is in my top 10 of favorite (not the best I would rate) films. I still like Demolition Man, and the Rocky Films (not #5, it was shit) are legendary. Someone insults Balboa in front of me and my friends, you’ll get your ass beat.

I’m enjoying Tulsa King. I’m glad he is working, and found a good role that fits him. Love the mob angle.

He was very good in Cop Land, holding his own with guys like DeNiro, Ray Liotta, Harvey Keitel. But otherwise, I've never been a big fan of his. and of course, the man is a scumbag when it comes to the 2A.

Only 5 posts until politics are thrown in.

I think we're getting better!

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Originally posted by oddball:
I've never been a big fan of his. and of course, the man is a scumbag when it comes to the 2A.

You have to table it though, sincerely. If we wrote off everyone we didn’t agree with politically, there would almost be no one left. Films would go the way of the dodo. He actually completely detests the woke bs, same as Elon, and Trump. He also thinks Gen Z are a bunch of snowflake pussies. So for me, cut the man some slack. And let’s have a thread about the work they did we really like and save politics for the lounge, not the lair.

I get tired of people that can’t, or more likely won’t, let politics go.

I believe this is likely one of the biggest reasons we can’t get along in this nation. Because if we must virtue signal this hard in our own groups, imagine how impossible it is to communicate outside of it.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
Oscar worthy? Perhaps not...although you could make an argument for the Rambo one, but the guy has some acting chops.

Stallone was Academy Award nominated Best Actor for Rocky and Best Supporting Actor for Creed.

I like a bunch of his acting

I once watched an interview with him about his love of the craft. He loves Shakespeare.

Interviewer: Have you tried doing some Shakespeare?
Stallone: With this voice?

He has never been a bad actor. His speech impediment doesn't help the negative impression, nor did some of the roles he chose (Over the Top and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!, anyone?) at a time when he could have had his pick of them.

Edmond, political content in an apolitical thread.

"I don't talk to anybody, sometimes for a day, sometimes for a week. I can't get it out of my mind."

As a teenager watching First Blood back when it came out, the action meant more. Back then I never really understood what he was saying in that monologuen at the end with Trautman. But as I got older his words started to really hit home.

It's too easy to dismiss the movie as merely action. The acting in that scene is gut wrenching, underrated, and though the movie wasn't one to be in contention for an Oscar, Stallone's performance in that scene is Oscar caliber.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Edmond, political content in an apolitical thread.

My bad, I knew better.

Now I don't know if he wrote this dialogue here but it's a great one.

"To beat me, he's gonna have to kill me. And to kill me, he's gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me. And to do that, he's gotta be willing to die himself. I don't know if he's ready to do that. I don't know..."

Adrian's body language during this sequence was incredible.

My problem with Stallone, and I do agree he is a good actor, is that I simply can’t not see “STALLONE” in everything he does. If not Stallone I see Rocky or Rambo. Not his fault just what I see. Now I like a ton of his stuff but I rarely if ever see his character in them but the caricature that is Sly Stallone.

Kind of the same thing with me and Sean Penn. I always see SEAN PENN even when he is doing an amazing job in an amazing role.

I actually like him in Tulsa King too.

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Originally posted by IntrepidTraveler:
I actually like him in Tulsa King too.

Agreed. Aside from all the action flicks in which he's mostly type-cast, this one fits him for what he really is. An old east-coast Italian guy.