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Summary: First Blood is Heavy criticism on the Vietnam war
Review: The novel "First Blood" by David Morrel may be wrongly interpreted as just an "action/adventure" thriller without a brain, but that's far from the truth. The book does contains some elements of the adventure genre, but it presents us with a much bigger vison of life than just that. It is about Intolerance and justice. John Rambo, a vagant war veteran, is mistreated by a bunch of redneck cops in a small town in the US. Submitted to humiliation and torture, and being traumatized by the months (years?) he spent under torture by the vietnamese, the ex-green beret and war hero loses control, explodes in fury and hatred and fights back, starting a killing spree. He hides in the woods, builds traps, he uses the elements of the nature against his pursuiters. The climax hits when both him and his enemies are thrown in the woods, his element, were they have to play by his rules, and the animal within each one of them takes control. Then, violence erupts. The novel is very real and down-to-earth. It is quite different from the movie. It is not heroic at all. It is about being different and being thrown aside, it is about the indiference, hate and coldness that the United States gave to their war veterans. It is about intolerance and fear. It is about how the government destroyed the sanity of some kids to build killing machines out of them, and sent those killing machines to southeast Asia to a war they could not understand, didn't want to and, mainly, didn't HAVE to. To kill better. It is about how, when those kids came back home confused and tortured by the atrocities they had seen/commited, their country threw them in the gutter, pretending that they weren't there. Disposable heroes. It is not at all about madly killing faceless enemies, big guns and, explosions, and giant-brested babes waiting to be rescued. It is not about making toys and animated series for kids. It is about reality. Forget the movie adaptations, forget the distorted, pleasent and idiotic vison that Hollywood wants the world to have. The real thing is here. Read it.
Rating:
Summary: First Blood is Heavy criticism on the Vietnam war
Review: The novel "First Blood" by David Morrel may be wrongly interpreted as just an "action/adventure" thriller without a brain, but that's far from the truth. The book does contains some elements of the adventure genre, but it presents us with a much bigger vison of life than just that. It is about Intolerance and justice. John Rambo, a vagant war veteran, is mistreated by a bunch of redneck cops in a small town in the US. Submitted to humiliation and torture, and being traumatized by the months (years?) he spent under torture by the vietnamese, the ex-green beret and war hero loses control, explodes in fury and hatred and fights back, starting a killing spree. He hides in the woods, builds traps, he uses the elements of the nature against his pursuiters. The climax hits when both him and his enemies are thrown in the woods, his element, were they have to play by his rules, and the animal within each one of them takes control. Then, violence erupts. The novel is very real and down-to-earth. It is quite different from the movie. It is not heroic at all. It is about being different and being thrown aside, it is about the indiference, hate and coldness that the United States gave to their war veterans. It is about intolerance and fear. It is about how the government destroyed the sanity of some kids to build killing machines out of them, and sent those killing machines to southeast Asia to a war they could not understand, didn't want to and, mainly, didn't HAVE to. To kill better. It is about how, when those kids came back home confused and tortured by the atrocities they had seen/commited, their country threw them in the gutter, pretending that they weren't there. Disposable heroes. It is not at all about madly killing faceless enemies, big guns and, explosions, and giant-brested babes waiting to be rescued. It is not about making toys and animated series for kids. It is about reality. Forget the movie adaptations, forget the distorted, pleasent and idiotic vison that Hollywood wants the world to have. The real thing is here. Read it.
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Summary: Intense, fast paced action/adventure!!
Review: A personal war between two American military heroes is about to break out in the hills of rural Kentucky. David Morrell delivers a solid, intense, action/adventure. Morrell digs deep into the characters of John Rambo, a Vietnam veteran pushed to the edge by Wilfred Teasle, a Korean war veteran and now chief of police of Madison, Kentucky. Col. Sam Trautman joins the life and death struggle through the woods, hills, and caves as the body count rises. Make no mistake; this is a very different story from the film version starring Sly Stallone. A great fast read. Very entertaining with some great chase sequences and awesome ending.
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Summary: First Blood movie is not that bad...
Review: Adaptation is really quite different, but adds some other aspects. Both reading the book and watching the movie can together give a lot to you...
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Summary: Action Packed Book!
Review: After being a fan of the "Rambo" and "First Blood" movies I
finally got around to reading the book that these best selling movies were based on.In the book John Rambo is a drifter who is
arrested in a small town in Kentucky for vagrancy.After mistreat-
ment and abuse by the Deputies John mops up in the Sheriff's
Department deputies. The Sheriff,Teagle is determined to conquer
John Rambo.He has no idea that Rambo is a former Special Forces
officer.Rambo turns out to be Sheriff Teagle's worse nightmare.
He used his training to battle Sheriff Teagle and his forces in
the hills and caves of Kentucky.A book that you will not soon
forget.Read this book and you will have a greater appreciation of the Rambo movies.
Rating:
Summary: Action Packed Book!
Review: After being a fan of the "Rambo" and "First Blood" movies I
finally got around to reading the book that these best selling movies were based on.In the book John Rambo is a drifter who is
arrested in a small town in Kentucky for vagrancy.After mistreat-
ment and abuse by the Deputies John mops up in the Sheriff's
Department deputies. The Sheriff,Teagle is determined to conquer
John Rambo.He has no idea that Rambo is a former Special Forces
officer.Rambo turns out to be Sheriff Teagle's worse nightmare.
He used his training to battle Sheriff Teagle and his forces in
the hills and caves of Kentucky.A book that you will not soon
forget.Read this book and you will have a greater appreciation of the Rambo movies.
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Summary: Good, but I liked the movie more
Review: Although the novel does a better job of providing depth to the character of Rambo, and particularly of his nemesis Teasle, than the film does, the film's action is tighter and flows more smoothly. And I guess Stallone's Rambo was a more resonant image than "the kid" who brought the Vietnam war home. Nevertheless, this novel is quite a worthwhile read.
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Summary: Reality
Review: Although this is a good book, most of Morrell's later books are more exciting. The saddest aspect between the book and the movie is that one of Hollywood's biggest cowards is portraying a Special Forces soldier. Stallone, when he had the chance to actually be a real man, ran off to Europe. There is nothing psychotic about Rambo. He is simply fighting back against injustice. Upholding the Special Forces motto of "Free the Oppressed". Although the liberal image of Special Forces, ie Green Berets, is of a lunatic baby-killer, the real fact is that Special Forces soldiers have very few cases of psyochological problems. Less than the military in general and much less than the self induced stress created by mildless drones in the civilian sector.
Rating:
Summary: Reality
Review: Although this is a good book, most of Morrell's later books are more exciting. The saddest aspect between the book and the movie is that one of Hollywood's biggest cowards is portraying a Special Forces soldier. Stallone, when he had the chance to actually be a real man, ran off to Europe. There is nothing psychotic about Rambo. He is simply fighting back against injustice. Upholding the Special Forces motto of "Free the Oppressed". Although the liberal image of Special Forces, ie Green Berets, is of a lunatic baby-killer, the real fact is that Special Forces soldiers have very few cases of psyochological problems. Less than the military in general and much less than the self induced stress created by mildless drones in the civilian sector.
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Summary: Great book for a movie to based upon
Review: David Morrell wrote a page-turning high-impact (and often violent) thriller where Sheriff Teasle, an ex-Korean War Vet with the Distinguished Service Cross, going through a divorce meets up with a vagrant (or so he thought). Instead of letting Rambo jump amble on through the small Kentucky town by himself, Teasle takes it upon himself to forcably escort Rambo out of town, only to repeatedly see him back in town. He arrests Rambo for vagrancy and resisting arrest (a false charge) and proceeds to break him, or try to, only to end up in a manhunt in the hills of Kentucky and a battle of skill wits and pride against Rambo, an ex-Vietnam vet with the Medal of Honor who was trained by the best to be the best calculating and deadly killing machine that the war trained him to be.
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