Different decades.
Both were super popular during the mid-late 1980's, obviously, it goes without saying. It'd be super tough for me to pick a winner during that time. However, Arnold in the early 90's started his critical downturn in 1993 when he got absolutely hammered about Last Action Hero (A movie I absolutely love, one of my favorites). Stallone on the other hand, grabbed the 1990's by the balls and firmly took the mantle of king of action movies during this time. Demolition Man as pointed out, Cliffhanger, Assassins, even Judge Dredd was great IMO.
I think since 1994, Stallone has topped Arnold in quality. I think Arnie's hayday was absolutely the 1980's, I mean Conan The Barbarian is in my top 10 of all time across all genres. But, Stallone has proven to be a force all the way to the present day, Rocky, Creed, Expendables...the guy is a machine.
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scannerdarkly (1288)
8 months ago
That is a good argument to include consistency. But Schwarzeneggers prime in the spotlight way outshined Stallones prime in the spotlight. Schwarzenegger was the reason why action stars suddenly needed to be muscular to be taken seriously. Also True Lies was in 1994 a year after Last Action Hero and he was still considered a megastar. I think Arnolds downturn began with The 6th Day in 2000, Collateral 2002, and Terminator 3 in 2003 they all showed he didnt have that mega stardom anymore. His heyday was over after the 1999's End of Days.
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