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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
it was your #3, AP!
― omar little, Monday, February 13, 2012 11:13 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post 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 (twelve years ago) link
suddenly Santorum makes sense
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
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#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 (twelve years ago) link
finally, someone running away from an explosion
― am0n, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
are you saying you voted for jedi and crystal skulls?
― some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
― 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 (twelve years ago) link
― 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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
there is a reason! to make room for other flicks!
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
hurt locker is SO not oscar bait
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
oscar bait is like, expensive studio bought & paid for shit like "chocolat"
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
go away, baitin'
― am0n, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/diehard3.jpg
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
yeah hurt locker is a small and mean Man Movie, a very atypical BP winner imo
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
― 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 (twelve years ago) link
that is weird!
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
not even ALWAYS?
lol
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
oh man, Die Hard With A Vengeance is such a great movie
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
^^^
― White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
'with a vengeance' probably the best action sequel suffix of all time, too
― some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
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#67 (TIE)
CON AIR
Simon West1997United States(170 points, 6 votes, 1 first place)
This movie is both awful and great, I would rather watch it than pretty much any other 90s action movie.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0
man 97 was a fantastic year for movies
this isnt even the best action classic to come out that year i mean
chapelle is pimp in this but then everyone is p much amazing
― "what a great post" - some (Lamp)
I like the part where Steve Buscemi, infamous child killer, wanders around for a few minutes in the desert, amid the ruins of an abandoned airport, and stumbles upon a pigtailed toddler playing innocently in her back yard.
― Heady Snobbin (Pillbox)
Let Us Civilly Discuss Con Air
― omar little, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
No, please? Because that movie involves Cage saying "Put the bunny down" like 8 times.
― one little aioli (Laurel), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
Although Cusack as the fast-talking city guy in the cream linen suit A+++.
Why yes, I did see this movie twice in the theater (for free) (in college), why do you ask?
con air's dreck but its fun. i like it because its one of those movies where the protagonists fists are registered as deadly weapons or whatever
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
every time Con Air is on TV my wife and i have the same argument about how she thinks it's hilarious and entertaining and i'm like nah this is just bad
― some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i think its real close to bad for me. i kinda view it similarly to The Rock, which also straddles the funbad line, but i think with more entertaining performances
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
oh fuck The Rock was not on my ballot! was it even nominated? for shame
― some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
I finally watched Red Dawn over the break (it's on Amazon Prime). Back when I was an actual spasming 6-year-old, I had seen tv commercials for the network premier of Red Dawn and gotten all worked up about it and my parents agreed to let me watch. But within the first few minutes when the teacher and all the students started getting killed, I was horrified and made them turn it off. This time around I made it all the way through! A very stupid movie, but kinda a blast.
― ☮️ (peace, man), Monday, 30 December 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
it’s so bananas but a deep favorite
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 December 2019 16:57 (four years ago) link
pour one out for William Friedkin #14 and #37 in our action poll, #1 in our uh hearts?or cars, maybe. https://imgur.com/dKJr4NVhttps://64.media.tumblr.com/848c880abe408d43287347f7fa586e82/tumblr_miwmsaYV5p1qg4blro1_500.gif
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 August 2023 23:46 (ten months ago) link