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

is ravenous considered a british movie? man, i love that thing. okay, brits are good to go as far as low-budget horror/action goes. i notice nobody mentions guy ritchie. i don't know if i've ever seen one of his movies from beginning to end. just caught parts of them on cable.

i don't know if i would vote in TWO comedy polls. maybe just one big one. obviously i would have no problem coming up with 50 great comedies that i love. they would all involve zombies. just kidding.

ravenous is a good movie. i rented that back in 2000 or so, my roommate mocked me for renting it. the next day i came home and she was like, "oh, that movie? i saw it sitting on top of the VCR and got tempted. it is surprisingly awesome."

guy ritchie isn't so bad, really.

I like guy ritchie - lock stock and snatch are good fun. I haven't seen rocknrolla

i enjoyed the red riding movies, i mean i wouldnt necessarily recommend them and theyre not very good but theyre kinda, i dunno. if youre ever in the mood for that kind of thing they hit the spot.

Dead Man's Shoes a decent but patchy descendant of Get Carter but as per above that's maybe pushing 'action' a bit too far.

Red Riding is the only worthwhile thing I've seen Andrew Garfield in.

yeah, Dead Man Shoes is closer to horror than action. It's great though

Red Riding is the only worthwhile thing I've seen Andrew Garfield in.

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, February 18, 2012 12:58 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what a strange thing to say

why?

Guy Ritchie is appalling! But only someone who lives in this grim island of ours would understand..

i love jeffrey jones in ravenous, cracking walnuts with his bare hands

antonia bird who did ravenous did that movie *face* with robert carlyle. i think i remember liking that one? its been awhile. she should do more action movies.

why?

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, February 18, 2012 1:14 PM (58 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i can't figure out if its a backhanded compliment to the red riding series, a dis of the social network, or a meditation on andrew garfield

a dis of Andrew Garfield, who's a cute kid.

his voice is my text message alert sound, you know

(him angrily yelling "MARK!!!" in the social network)

anyone want to come over and eat adult brownies and watch westerns tomorrow? i can't hardly wait.

like... porn brownies?

my kids can't leave town fast enough!

yes, they are laced with porn.

*raises hand* I would like to do that

seconded!

god I would so do that

The suggestion earlier involving a pile of coke, nine packs of cigarettes, and a week off is now tantalizing to me. I think those days are past, for me, but goddamn.

i would so be in for that, scott, if not for the matter of 3000 miles of ocean, etc

right?

i had a cookie from the same, um, baker, and it was quite a cookie. almost psychedelic. i wasn't driving or anything. i don't really "do" you know "drugs" anymore. but sometimes its fun to indulge a little in something as harmless as an innocent brownie. and watch netflix. children safely whisked away by my deranged parents who are constantly hopped up on prescription medicine.

the last time i ate a baked good like that i ended up stuffing $1000 down my pants and running home in a snowstorm

nice!

what was the last great u.k. action movie? that didn't involve james bond.

Attack The Block? (if we're calling John Carpenter "action")

xpost No amount of drugs ingested while watching "Commando" can possibly match the amount of drugs surely ingested making it.

http://dvdmedia.ign.com/dvd/image/RedHeat_pic4_1100292371.jpg

COCAINUM!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKAURFR2a2E

wow, ravenous. i haven't thought about that movie in a while, it's really good!

Ah - what's the name of the arnold doc that scene is from. I keep meaning to watch that and forgetting.

LOL Laurel I like how you added 9 packs of cigarettes to the week of films and debauchery. Coke is dumb and I just quit smoking (mostly) but I could sure do with a week off.

pumping iron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HJs4Ztm28Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuNylxOHbvI&feature=related

uh

Screenwriter Jeph Loeb states that the film was originally conceived as a vehicle for Gene Simmons (who passed on it), and later scripted with Nick Nolte in mind to play the lead as an out-of-condition former commando struggling with the demands of his mission. Walter Hill was originally involved in the development process.[4]

gene... simmons?

is there another gene simmons i dont know about

Well, he starred in Runaway.

I wonder what was in Alyssa's sandwiches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9zzHnRYxtc&feature=related

Saved you 90 minutes.

Simmons was also the villain in Never Too Young to Die

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvOvVtE4rgI

Oops, I forgot that we're trying to not include Youtube embeds here. Apologies.

TRANSPORTER 3 is on TV right now and normally i'd never decide to watch something like that but because of this thread I am-- noty as good as the first two but loooooooooool @ this chase scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1omNcm-OPo

also last nite i watched:

MAD MAX: i'd imagine this movie is a lot easier to appreciate if you first saw it in the 80's... i wasn't really feeling it at all, but i def appreciated the stunts and action and the way you could tell they were being as creative and pr0 as they could on a low budget

TAKEN: this movie is so fucking awesome. already know i'm going to be re-screening this a lot. if you like this movie please please please see HAYWIRE (feel this would have placed if it were a year or two old instead of a month or two old)