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I think the original Rocky is his best film, but I would have to go with Demolition Man as my personal favorite.

What?No ITALIAN STALLION?
Did any one vote for JUDGE DREDD?

"Rocky" is his best film but I went with "First Blood". Just enjoyed a bit more. A personal favorite of mine is "NightHawks". Filmed here in NYC and starts Billy Dee Williams and Rutger Hauer. Need I say more  :wink:

I also like most of his later films like Daylight, Cliffhanger and Judge Dredd. To bad action movies where getting passe at the time and he had to disappear for awhile. Only doing small parts here and there. Surprised he didn't do crappy comdies, Tv or direct to video action movies like so many action stars. He did that 3D kids film. Shark boy and lava girl I think it was called.

Thinking about it Bruce Willis was one of the very few action stars of the that stuck around well into 90s and 00s that didn't do any of the above things I mentioned but thats a different topic.

Rocky will always be his best work, but Rocky III has always been a guilty pleasure of mine.  I loves me some Clubber Lang, and suddenly Jewish Mickey.   :teddyr:

Stallone may have had a few decent performances, but I think my late father was right when he said that Stallone should have focused more on screenwriting as opposed to acting, because he wrote some pretty good stuff back in his day. 

I voted for First Blood. 
I can watch that movie over & over and never get tired of it.

You forgot to add "Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot!" and "The Lords of Flatbush".

Rocky will almost always be considered Sly's finest hour as an actor and a filmmaker, but I have a softer spot for First Blood (a remarkably nonviolent violent action film) and, as of late, F.I.S.T. (not exactly a classic, but definitely a unique film for Sly--and he worked it like crazy).

Demolition Man, of course, goes without saying.  Even if Wesley Snipes did totally steal the movie.  "The Schwarzenegger Library?"

As for Judge Dredd...oh, lord.  Apart from The Helmet Issue, and the fact that it jacked its ending entirely from Demolition Man, the first--oh, half-hour or so of the film was a promising, visually gorgeous, and admittedly slightly satirical action movie.  And then comes the transport crash, and the whole damn $120M+ thing wastes what good karma it had as it plows into a wall doing eighty.  (But damn, from a visual standpoint this was a hell of a film.  There are films now that don't have VFX that good--or, rather, that seamless.  And the awesome black Judge armor is still the baddest armor of that stripe I've ever seen in a film.)

Voted Copland. A very good drama i think, where he plays this pathetic character. He does this surprisingly well!

On the serious side, I'd choose Copland. Stallone was just excellent, and I find it's a pity he's not given as good material as that more often.

On the guilty pleasures category, I'd go with some of his later stuff, like Cliffhanger or even Detox. I'd love to see the uncut version of this one, it's one of those movies that are screaming for more running time.

I voted for Rocky, but I have to confess to never having seen any of the Rocky movies.  Nor any of the Rambo ones either.

I did like Demolition Man.

I voted FIRST BLOOD. 

I also enjoy CLIFFHANGER.  As completely implausible as it is, it's fun to watch.  Lithgow plays a good bad-guy.

I'll also not turn DEMOLITION MAN off if I happen to find it channel surfing.

Interestingly enough, I've never gotten into the Rocky movies.  There's no doubt ROCKY has made it's cultural mark, though.  I agree with the others who have said this is his BEST movie, but not MY personal favorite.

I voted for Rocky as his best. Two of my other favorites of his, though, are Assassins and Victory.

First Blood, a classic or Eye See You, one of the few current ones I believe he didn't get the golden raspberry for.

And yes, where is Italian Stallion? :tongueout:

Actually,I voted COPLAND as well.Iv'e seen FIRST BLOOD,but  never the others in the RAMBO series.Or any of the ROCKY pictures either. I enjoyed the trailer for RAMBU quite a bit,though! :tongueout:

Tough topic...I'll have to give the first nod to Rocky IV which I know isn't the best out of the series but my personal favorite.  First Blood a close second followed by Demolition Man.   I do recall enjoying Lock Up though. Night Hawks was a real good movie also.  

Had to go with First Blood, but Demolition Man was a hell of a lot of fun too.  And I've always had a soft spot for Cobra. 

Quote from: Mr. Briggs Inc. on January 04, 2007, 12:05:58 PM

And yes, where is Italian Stallion? :tongueout:

I guess that's what the "other" option is for.    :cheers: :cheers:

I'm going to have to go with Judge Dredd. All of his movies are predictable you know Rocky's going to win, you know in First Blood he'll be the hero. etc. Judge Dredd was predictable too, but you got to love Rob Schneider giving Sly crap. .... "I am da law."
Never been a really big Stallone fan, one of those people I could take or leave.

Quote from: Viktorcrayon on January 04, 2007, 03:56:11 AM
Voted Copland. A very good drama i think, where he plays this pathetic character. He does this surprisingly well!

The thing which is striking about his character is how he always tries to do the right thing, no matter the cost, for basically the entire movie.  He's one of the best good guy characters I've seen in a movie, I just really like him.  It's also probably Stallone's best performance since the original Rocky.

QuoteAll of his movies are predictable you know Rocky's going to win

Just an FYI...  Rocky loses.  More than once throughout the series.

Quote from: Jim H on January 07, 2007, 02:32:34 PM
Just an FYI...  Rocky loses.  More than once throughout the series.

Show how long it's been since I've seen a Rocky film, but doesn't he always win in the end?

I think that First Blood is his best 'serious action' movie.  His characterization of John Rambo and portrayal of the misfit war vet is excellent, and the overall movie is great.

But for sheer fun and frivolity, Demolition Man is just awesome!  I have the laserdisc (yes, laserdisc!) and the DVD, and I've watched it heaps of times.

I also really like Assassins, which is a fair move away from the typical shoot-em-down movie he made in the 80's.  The Specialist is one of my closet favourites.  It takes itself very seriously, isn't such a great movie, but it's a lot of fun.

I can't stand "Assassins", but that is mostly Antonio Banderas' fault. That's some of the worst acting I've ever seen on a Hollywood movie.

Come on... TANGO AND CASH!  A classic film if I say so myself.  What's better than the hilarious combination of Stallone and Russell?  It isn't Stallone and Banderas, or Stallone and Nielson, or even Stallone and T!

ROCKY is such an iconic character and Sylvester Stallone is so memorable as ROCKY. We could never imagine anyone else playing the part unless asked to. As much as I like the RAMBO character I think ROCKY is a much better character for the human spirit to identify with.  I voted for ROCKY I. Loved the ending of ROCKY II and the match with Thunderlips in ROCKY III.

ROCKY easily. Stallone's all-time best character no doubt. I also like DEMOLITION MAN and DEATH RACE 2000 quite a bit. Actually I have a soft spot for Stallone even in his bad movies and sometimes he'll still make me laugh. Still  STOP OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT is about as bad as it gets.