The #1 Sylvester Stallone Fan Site in the World!
Jeremy Richey posted his review of “Rambo” on his blog and a quote rang so true that I wanted to post it here:
“…if someone like Spielberg’s name was attached to this film exactly as it is, it would be greeted as a revisionist classic by the same critics who are currently trashing Stallone.”
You know he’s right. – Craig
SZoner, Gerald Chuah sent in the drawing above [one of over 40] that appears in his book In the Eye of the Tiger: Survival Principles from Sylvester Stallone’s Films. To learn more about the book, click HERE. – Craig
SZoner, Ghostrecon wrote in with the photo above from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to say that Rambo is huge there. He saw Rambo on opening night and loved it! – Craig
Anthony wanted SZoners to know about his French Rambo site! – Craig
As you can see from the above photo Sly did sign it as his daughter looked on.
Sly signing Dustin’s art was picked up by a couple of wire services!
Dustin sent in this close-up of Sly’s autograph! Congrats and thanks to Dustin for sharing this experience with us. Hopefully we’ll see more of Dustin’s art in the future. – Craig
Robo Boda is a big Sly fan from the Slovak Republic. He sent in some pics of his Stallone collection and said that his most valuable piece is his 12″ Rocky statue. You can see more photos of his collection at his webpage, www.sylvester-stallone.sk.
Thanks to Robo for sharing! – Craig
Peter Hartlaub in the January 20, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle takes a look at The Best and So-Bad-They’re-Good Sylvester Stallone Movies. – Craig
Michael Price for the January 21, 2008 Fort Worth Business Press says that “‘Rambo’ restores Stallone’s signature character to a near-original essence.” Here are a few excerpts:
* “The thing you gotta remember about Sly,” a lifelong pal and fellow actor named Joe Spinell (1936–1989) said of Stallone during the 1980s, “is that he ain’t who he plays. He’s an artist of calculating intelligence and good humor, and a lot of the violence that the audiences take at face-value in these Rambo pictures — that’s Sly’s satirical response to the excessive tastes of the marketplace.”
* Stallone invests the role with a realistic acceptance of the aging process, and with traces reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart in 1951’s The African Queen and Clint Eastwood in 1992’s Unforgiven…
You can read the full article HERE. – Craig
