Movies That Were Probably Made By a Spasm of Six Year-Olds on Acid: The Top 75 Action Films Poll Results Thread

o you terrible people are going to get 300 into this countdown arent you

god I hope so, that would be so lol

THIS. IS. SPARTA! *slo-mo* *music* *blood* *limbs*

it does at least have a load of action in it

so presumably won't place as high as ET

terminator 2 is basically et with more guns

So is Starman. Which should make it #1.

Oh, earlier when I said that The Fifth Element was the movie I was least excited about revisiting? Well, I actually liked that movie okay so my real answer is Sin City why because fuck that movie pretty much.

Most of the ones I haven't seen don't seem to be on instant view except for Le Femme Nikita. Should I watch that tonight or Election which, while I don't think it's placed yet, you guys seem to love?

― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, February 15, 2012 6:58 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

election & election 2

In retrospect, I should have voted for 300 and given it 50 points.

election, then marinate on it for a couple days w/a thousand yd stare b/c of the last five minutes, then election 2.

In retrospect, I should have voted for 300 Hobo with a Shotgun and given it 50 points.

fixed

shakey otm

Ha, I totally didn't vote for this poll, but mostly because I thought the nom list was too long. Too long, didn't vote. If there were a do-over, I would definitely do.

If I *had* voted all my votes would be for Mad Max, fyi

those weren't shown in theaters, Matt Fucking Asstrong

^still going!

like a Terminator

btw morbs: 5 movies pre-1971 today

ok, you got me. I never thought I'd see Kurosawa and Melville keeping company with John McTiernan and hallowed Commando auteur Mark L. Lester.

*breaks into heaving sobs*

Matt Fucking Asstrong

i knew you guys would be drawn to that one

like a moth to the flame, so drawn is the fucking to the asstrong

i like my ass like i like my coffee

hot, black and percolatin'?

2 out of 3 ain't bad

morbs what should the 74-39 best action films of all time look like

i am really happy with the results so far. like i didnt vote for speed because its been so long since ive seen it that i feel everything i remember about it comes from sitcom parodies of it rather than the movie itself but even if speed 2 made this list id be like 'yep, thats got a boat chase p sweet' i just cant hate any of these movies

i am torn by h4a's comments on steve mcqueen. i can see his institutional cool coming across as lame but i mean:
http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LRG/27/2785/9IRTD00Z/posters/steve-mcqueen-bullitt.jpg

those weren't shown in theaters, Matt Fucking Asstrong

― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, February 16, 2012 1:15 AM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

u know commercials are shown in theaters right?

sorry I mean short commercial movies

lol pwned

fucking ahistorical shithead

gr80, "action film" is not a genre, but a marketing term.

but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZSTM3knaao

thanks for the history lesson, gramps.

glad you didn't vote!

meeeee too! stay tuned for the 75 Greatest Romantic Comedies Poll.

lol pwned & excelsior

i love the great escape, but i also like the getaway and the hunter and tom horn and the magnificent seven and hell is for heroes and the thomas crown affair and papillon and le mans as far as action-y mcqueen goes.

i just always really liked the guy. since i was little. in the same way i always liked burt lancaster. man, i should have written in the crimson pirate. always loved that too.

if we're mentioning the car chases in bullitt and french connection the the 7-ups deserves the same breath- caught it based on nominations thread talk over the weekend and wheeeew

i like the 7-ups better than bullit. as a movie. but not more than the french connection.

about right imo

hey this thread is moving way too fast if you have a job but

i couldn't bring myself to see spirit. despite my long boyhood love for eisner. just couldn't do it. sin city LOOKED cool. and that was about what it had going for it. and that's it.

loving Eisner should be what STOPS anyone from watching this amirite

meeeee too! stay tuned for the 75 Greatest Romantic Comedies Poll

really want this to happen tbh

i'm down

lets just make sure everyone knows romcom is a marketing term, not a genre

I would vote in this, a personal first

Return of the Jedi ftw

ahistorical romcoms

Think I'll have to check out a copy of Demolition Man; http://www.avclub.com/articles/demolition-man,69379/

Also if Ronin's not in the top 10 I will cry actual tears

no way ronin isn't in the top ten, i mean come on how many movies have such lovefest threads as this one does? it has a shot at top 5 and maybe even first place i'd say.

otm

It only it were any good.

romcom is a marketing term, not a genre

you're banned from it for using "romcom", TVhead