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

scott otm

battle royale woulda been in my top five prob.

The Thing kind of a sci-fi horror joint, no? I mean, just b/c Kurt's in the thing and its Carpenter and all, so I get the kneejerk impulse. Plus it is aces on pretty much every level, but still!

any movie in which a helicopter chases a wolf is an action movie imo

if They Live doesnt rank on this list but The Thing does, im gonna be mondo pissed

xpost And then it blows up!

They Live is the perfect example of an action movie that's not really an action movie save the epic extended bit of action which is one of the greatest action bits of all time.

But Escape from NY is better.

If Jaws can place in this poll then so can The fucking Thing.

pretty sure The Fucking Thing is a wholly different movie

The fight between friends in They Live is so fucking awesome

Jaws, the list outlier that fucks everything up.

they live has chase scenes and shootouts! its way more of an action movie than The Thing, which mostly just has brief bursts of horror violence

watched robocop last night... I don't think it has aged well

so, so offtm

― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Friday, February 17, 2012 10:34 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

More relevant today than ever, probably.

― getting good with gulags (beachville), Friday, February 17, 2012 10:34 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

robocop to me is one of the "best-aged" scifi/action movies i can think of

― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Friday, February 17, 2012 10:34 AM

I dunno, the satirical touches are the most successful elements but everything else aesthetically hit me as kind of blah, had a hard time getting to the end frankly. back in the day it seemed like some slick thrill-a-minute rollercoaster.

flesh & blood, the movie he made before robocop, looks absolutely incredible, btw. great cinematography by jan de bont. prefer it to robocop any day of the week. hating on robocop is prolly a minority position anyway so...

battle royale: yessss
the thing: waht

Fuck yeah, Point Break. This will probably be the most relieved I will be to see a movie post that I didn't vote for.

hope you guys voted for alien and planet of the apes in the action adventure movie poll too

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Just had a look at the noms thread, and I didn't participate so I can't really say anything, but I'm sorta surprised Buckaroo Bonzai didn't get nommed. Not that I think I would get this high, but I could have seen it placing in the lower numbers.

dying @ kerry gif

if the thing is an action movie, so is The Third Man

I had a compelling urge to watch the beginning of the thing on youtube the other day, it was dope

what about scanners? there are chases and gun battles, they even crash a van into a record store! action!

tracer otm

when I watched 'the thing' I don't remember it being that tension driven ... it's basically kurt russell with a flamethrower, an alien that eats your head

Given the number of dudes of a certainage voting in this, it's hard for me to imagine Top Gun not placing. I remember thinking bleh, but that was after years of getting the vibe that it was the kind of movie assholes liked. Of course, that's probably true of First Blood, which I eventually saw and was all fuck yeah. Wait, that's probably true of most of these movies.

I would have strongly considered voting for Scanners, tbh

eXistenZ :D

I voted for Top Gun, more movies need jet dogfights

if a movie has a jet dogfight I will watch it why because target lock

My work has filters. Did someone post an awesome gif of some heads being scanned?

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I probably would have voted for this if I had remembered to tbh

I am pro target lock. Love dogfights, but Pearl Harbor. WOOF amiright?

Pearl Harbor is the WORST FUCKING MOVIE

The Thing could poll as a musical and it would still be awesome

Beardo Kurt is awesome, the practical effects are still killer, and I hope that one day they release the MacReady tape, revealing his drunken late night karaoke version of Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)

Have we made it this far without war movie=action movie? No war movies yet, right?

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hurt locker placed xp

Yeah, almost walked out of the theatre because Pearl harbor was so long, but instead I fell asleep. It was a little expensive for a nap.

you guys keep scaring me by arguing about movies that don't belong on teh list and i have to frantically scroll up to make sure Pearl Harbor or Gremlins didn't make the list

I dunno if the Thing really belongs here but tbh even if this were a romcom poll and it was inexplicably placing I would still say: TOO LOW

omg you saw Pearl Harbor in the theater

WHY

the Battle Royale movie is okay - I don't remember too much about it tbh, aside from Beat Takeshi - but DJP def OTM about the book, which is incredible.

xp

I rated The Thing at least halfway up my list. Don't understand the hate. Some people are just flat out wrong about some awesome movies.

I don't think anyone hates The Thing, they are just arguing it isn't an action movie

btw I have never seen it

omg you saw Pearl Harbor in the theater

WHY

― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Friday, February 17, 2012 10:31 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I blame my ex.

xps - I don't think anyone has said they hate it. I just think there is some question of whether or not it is an action movie.

I rated The Thing at least halfway up my list. Don't understand the hate. Some people are just flat out wrong about some awesome movies.

― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Friday, February 17, 2012 11:32 AM (39 seconds ago) Bookmark

get out

not hating on the thing, just don't get in what way it's an action movie.

lol xp

didn't vote for The Thing which i love, cos not action movie. ditto Battle Royale, which is closer to an action movie, but no.

maybe if they had guns and a long chase scene across the arctic tundra

WE NEED MORE RIGOUR ON THE NOMINATIONS THREADS TO HELP THE WEAK-WILLED AND CONTRARIANS