psychomania. that's what they played late at night on t.v. all the time when i was a kid.
― scott seward, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Vanishing point was my number one pick!
Are you sure Omar got your ballot? He didn't include # of #1 votes in the results info.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes, if at the same time u do not breathe through your mouth/nose
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
it was your #3, AP!
― omar little, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
surprised that temple of doom placed so low... also surprised to find myself voting it so high on my ballot. i guess when you have an opening like that the rest of the movie could have feature garfield and i would have voted it high
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
― omar little, Monday, February 13, 2012 11:13 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
everyone h8s temple of doom is my understanding
And that one, yes!
― Mark G, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
#71
DIRTY HARRY
Don Siegel1971United States(165 points, 7 votes)
I have decided I need to see about adopting Inspector Callahan's no-cursing policy of dry sarcasm and cruel disregard for vanity as opposed to my usual sailorstyle shit fuck piss ass bitch banter (starting with muttering "swell" and "marvelous" when receiving, uh, new information).
― El Tomboto
Robinson couldn't fire a gun without screwing his eyes shut and flinching, so they had to stop filming and send him off to a shooting range for a couple of days. Even after that you can still see him blinking whenever he fires. His performance is excellent though, just the simple bit where he's walking across the rooftop tearing up the piece of newspaper does so much to establish that the character is evil.
― snoball
the first "dirty harry" at least is fantastic. i love that shot where the camera just flies back when harry finally confronts scorpio on the football field.
― J.D.
― omar little, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
― lag∞n, Monday, February 13, 2012 11:14 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
maybe i was the only one to vote for it
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
i went to the same school as andrew robinson! for a year. they had a framed picture of him in the school library. he's awesome. now and then.
― scott seward, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
o damn, its startin already! temple of doom i havent seen since i was a p small kid, but it was real scary to me back then...
i voted for two bond movies, but goldfinger wasnt one of them, but it's a good'un
you're picking great shots for the pics!
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
i had to check to make sure i didn't vote for all of the first three indiana jones movies but nope no temple, i can breathe easy
― some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha this is so OTM
sorry for not voting ;_;
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
it never clicked with me until now, but looking at that dirty harry pic its clear that harry callahan is the most badass sweater vest-wearer in cinema history
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ha! Just went back and reviewed my list. Wild Bunch & Seven Samurai got top billing, so my votes are less cracked out than I remember.
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
suddenly Santorum makes sense
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
#69 (TIE)
THE HURT LOCKER
Kathryn Bigelow2009United States(167 points, 8 votes)
There were a bunch of times that Bigelow's choices in Hurt Locker had me muttering to myself "100% pure adrenaline" or other quotes from Point Break. Especially the drinking scenes. She loves to shoot scenes of dudes hangin' out.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic)
lemme just say that all other merits aside there are some really stunning shots in this pic
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.)
Finally saw the Hurt Locker, which I really liked.
I do wonder if Jeremy Renner's character ended up leaving his family again because the way his wife cleaned mushrooms was beyond the pale. Who soaks them in a tub of water?
― ô_o (Nicole)
kathryn bigelow
― omar little, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
finally, someone running away from an explosion
― am0n, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
not my bigelow of choice, but def a dope, tight little movie. also, a really cool title
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
I voted Raiders and left out Temple. I found myself selecting the best and only voting for one of any series.
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
hurt locker is one of those movies that i think of as not very good but also the rare intersection of oscar bait and ilx bait
― some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
i cant pick only one when it comes to like indiana jones and og star wars cuz when they are literally the best-directed action movies of all time it would be silly to just pick a token choice
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
I agree with you, slocki. In retrospect it was a weird choice.
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
are you saying you voted for jedi and crystal skulls?
― some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
is it really oscar bait? i still find its win kinda mystifying, only past winner i'd really compare it to is like The French Connection (or i guess Platoon)
the irl guy who it was based off of is apparently even more unhinged in reality, and is really notorious in the EOD community
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
― some dude, Monday, February 13, 2012 10:33 AM (6 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
obv I voted for phantom menace
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
― some dude, Monday, February 13, 2012 11:33 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i did vote for jedi! (but rather lower on the list)i didnt vote for crystal skulls though, it's not as bad as the star wars prequels but not nearly the level of the others. i'm not saying you HAVE to vote for ALL of them, but there's no reason not to vote for more than one in a series if multiple entries are dope
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i guess it's not fair to call any oscar winner an oscar bait although there are some ways that i think it's reasonable to call it that
― some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
there is a reason! to make room for other flicks!
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
hurt locker is SO not oscar bait
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
oscar bait is like, expensive studio bought & paid for shit like "chocolat"
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i feel you s1ocks -- i meant to vote for all three o.g. SW movies but somehow i left out SW itself
― some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
go away, baitin'
― am0n, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE
John McTiernan1995United States(167 points, 6 votes)
Die Hard With A Vengeance is a blast. It's too damn long and episodic - they clearly hadn't worked out how to end the thing - but it's got too many classic Die Hard lines to be discounted. OK, it was a weird move for the series to become a chase all around town instead of a confined-space thing, but there are other ways in which it fits into the lineage - mainly the great fake-out by the bad guy. And possibly my favorite line ever by John McClane, over a truck CB: Attention! Attention! Nils is dead! I repeat, Nils is dead, fuck-head!
― Doctor Casino
did you guys know Die Hard With A Vengeance is kind of an amazing, amazing movie?
― TOMBOT
the "annoying criminal mastermind" thing is the only reason that Die Hard With A Vengeance was even remotely watchable
― bernard snowy
― omar little, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
i struggled with the jedi question but i still think it, like temple of doom, has some pretty all-time stuff in it
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha of all the movies i'd cite as archetypical oscar bait i wouldn't have gone for 'that chick flick about the chocolaterie'
― some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/03/04/PK146052.DTL&ao=all
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
juliette binoche, judi dench, general faux-foreignness, miramax...
but you can pretend i said 'the shipping news' or any other lasse hallstrom movie instead haha
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Still bothered (from a realism standpoint and just because it didn't fit into the narrative) by the scene in The Hurt Locker where an EOD team turns into a sniper team.
Bummed I didn't vote - would have voted for the first three Indy movies and all three Bournes no doubt.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
thing about hurt locker is, when the movie showed at toronto the year before it came out, they weren't even sure it was gonna get a theatrical release!
DHWAV is really cool, didnt vote for it but its a strong movie
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, it definitely faced a lot of commercial resistance for, y'know, not being much of an action movie (xpost)
― some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah hurt locker is a small and mean Man Movie, a very atypical BP winner imo
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Star Wars is great, but it didn't make my top 50. I think mostly due to going to the theatre to see the re-release of New Hope and being all fuck it I give up on this fucker.
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
true (shameless name-droppy story): after the first tiff press screening i went to the film's publicist office to try and book an interview with k-bigs and she was standing there in the hotel suite getting her hair done up by her pr rep. i told her i'd just been to the screening and she really nervously, charmingly, interrogated me on how it went.. "do you think people liked it??"
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, February 13, 2012 11:39 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
you know whats weird is that i didnt vote for any spielberg even though i consider him the greatest action director probably ever to live
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
that is weird!
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
not even ALWAYS?
:D
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
plz and thank you
― catbus otm (gbx), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 01:05 (11 months ago) Permalink
omg
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 04:24 (11 months ago) Permalink
he made the cup. he made the cup. he had to have the cup made.
― goole, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 04:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
the part before the climax where crockett & tubbs fistbump exactly when the drums of nu-metal in the air tonight kick in
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 23 February 2013 02:34 (3 months ago) Permalink
h4a otm
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 23 February 2013 02:35 (3 months ago) Permalink
that cup ever happen elvis
― zero dark (s1ocki), Saturday, 23 February 2013 03:10 (3 months ago) Permalink
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 23 February 2013 03:18 (3 months ago) Permalink
I'D RATHER BE RONIN
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 23 February 2013 03:19 (3 months ago) Permalink
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1189136/watch-action-hero-films-and-legal-dramas-chongqing-mayor-advises-judges
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 12:39 (2 months ago) Permalink
justice is a ride
― No, not sinister (Austerity Ponies), Friday, 15 March 2013 17:59 (2 months ago) Permalink
i still lol @ the anger over the 'inception' "placement"
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 15 March 2013 19:17 (2 months ago) Permalink
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 15 March 2013 19:20 (2 months ago) Permalink
"rockin' good times!"
― goole, Friday, 15 March 2013 19:38 (2 months ago) Permalink