SOMEONE'S WEEPING, ALL RIGHT...

I envision a moment sometime this weekend when I can just sit down and jot a few notes a la Larry King about things coming up, things on my mind, brief thoughts on recently seen movies, whatever. But until then, I cannot let the Friday that brings us a brand-new chapter in the improbably continuing saga of John Rambo pass without noting the pull quote in the movie’s ad (seen in the Los Angeles Times this morning) from Harry Knowles.


For years my favorite blurb has been from Rex Reed, who shouted from the movie pages about the star of Saturday Night Fever, “John Travolta is so intense, he burns a small hole in the screen.” Well, Knowles’ bizarre quip re Rambo makes Reed’s assessment look downright subtle by comparison. Harry wants us to see Rambo. He really wants us to see it:

“When the film knocks it up to that final gear, Jesus will weep-- and you will cheer!”

Christ, it’s even poetry! Can anyone think of anything they’ve seen that can approach or top that?

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