Not your favorite or his best but the first film of his that you watched.
He was my third favorite action hero growing up. After JCVD & Arnie.
My first film(s) of his were the Rambo trilogy. It used to be shown every Friday on a local channel. And boy did I love 'em
Never get tired of watching them. No matter how many times I saw them, I wanted more
Rocky and Cliffhanger
shareRocky
And to this day, it’s my favourite film and one of the greatest love stories ever told.
Second was Oscar and I absolutely love that one too. Incredibly funny, I never knew he could be that funny!
Compared to other Action stars of the era, Stallone had better comedic timing & delivery in my opinion.
Either Rocky or Cliffhanger.
sharein the cinema Cliffhanger (thinking about it i havent seen many SS films in cinema - Cliffhanger, Copland, Expendables 1, Escape Plan, Expendables 3. idk why didnt see EX2 at cinema, or Demolition Man, The Specialist, Judge Dredd, and Rambo 4 for that matter. and I recall I was desperate to see Rambo II but was just too young to sneak into a 15)
but first Stallone film i ever watched (on tv) mustve been Rocky II sometime in the early/mid 80s (and then Rocky IV in early/mid 90s), i didnt see any of the Rambos until i bought or rented them on vhs in the 90s (then the same with the likes of Demolition Man, Specialist, Dredd, Daylight, Get Carter, DTox, Rambo 4/5)
Rocky.
shareCan't say for sure but I think it was 'Over the Top (1987)'.
shareOne of my friend's dad had that on VHS. I haven't seen it since (in it's entirety) but kid me freaking loved that movie
shareKID ME DID TOO...ADULT ME BOUGHT IS ON BLU RAY RECENTLY...STILL LOVE IT!
shareWhat kind of a sap buys movies? Get it on PirateBay and burn it to a Bluray disc yourself if you want a physical copy.
shareThat's how I saw it too; My dad took me to one of his friend's house and his friend put it on for me and his kids. We loved it. I arm wrestled my dad afterwards. He won.
shareThat's honestly how I discovered a lot of films growing up. Between the ages of 8-11
My friend's dad would bring a new VHS tape on a lot of nights. We were neighbours across the hall.
That's how I discovered the films of JCVD & became my favorite action hero
Yeah, we would rent movies all the time. I loved JCVD and Steven Seagal movies as a kid. I watched Bloodsport and Above the Law when I was 8/9 years old. I watched Above the Law so many times as a kid, that I could recite the entire script from memory and act out all the scenes.
shareI loved kickboxer as a kid, I never could kick a tree down, tried a few times tho.
shareYes, I tried kicking trees using my shins too. It didn't end well for my shins.
I did have some luck with the splits though, I was able to do the side split like Van Damme when I was 9/10 after a lot of practice. And movies like Bloodsport and Kickboxer inspired me to get into martial arts for a couple of years (Kyokushin karate).
Speaking of shins and Kyokushin, here is someone from the same school I went to, breaking a baseball bat with his shin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR0L6Fno2Do
First Blood. I remember it like it was yesterday.
shareRocky. When I was really little, I thought that the Rocky films were actual true stories, and that Rocky was playing himself in the role. I honestly thought that Rocky was the Heavyweight Champion of the World. I didn't find out that he wasn't until Rocky III. I said to my dad "Who is Rocky fighting? He beats everybody." My dad laughed and said "He's not the champion, that's just a movie." So, I found out in 1982, at the age of 6, that Rocky wasn't the real-World Heavyweight Champion.
shareBack then, My friends & I actually called Stallone "Rambo". Like it was actually his name or something. lol
Also also, I actually never got to experience the Rocky films growing up. Not even a single one.
I only caught them on tv one night, in my late teens.