Stein on Stallone

Did Joel Stein see the same "Rambo" print I did?
Stein is the often hilarious reporter for Time magazine as well as other outlets - some of his humor columns rank among the funniest pieces I've ever read.

He also serves as a straight up reporter, elbowing his funny bone in when topics allow.

His latest piece for Time on Sylvester Stallone was a different kind of funny.

Both Stein and his subject, apparently, insist the new "Rambo" feature is anti-war in nature. But the first half of the film depicts Burmese soldiers as the lowest of the low, and a group which can't be reasoned with. The second part of the film has Rambo and pals blasting them into tiny, unidentifiable pieces, while some peace-loving hostages appear to embrace Rambo's methodology in the final reel.

Seems anything but anti-war to me. Then again, there was so much carnage on screen who knows what Stallone was really trying to say. Or grunt.