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

it's sorta too bad that willem dafoe never got to play lux interior

antoine fuqua who did training day did shooter too with markie mark. i liked that one a lot. i need to watch brooklyn's finest. his last crime movie. he did king arthur, didn't see that either. but i did see the replacement killers. he also directed tears of the sun. speaking of bruce willis.

Mr Veg was just telling me last night how he was surprised by how much he liked Tears of The Sun. He said it's obviously been sprayed over as a massive vanity project, and rewritten a few times, but the movie itself was surprisingly good.

been meaning to see Brooklyn's Finest for a while.

did you see shooter?

what i remember about shooter was it being very loud, like the sound design was pretty spectacular. that and levon helm.

levon helm is in Shooter? !!!!

I never saw it.

Mr Veg was just telling me last night how he was surprised by how much he liked Tears of The Sun. He said it's obviously been sprayed over as a massive vanity project, and rewritten a few times, but the movie itself was surprisingly good.

I like your mister! I actually voted for it, in fact, for reasons that have nothing to do with Monica Bellucci, thank you much. I'm a complete sucker for this kind film, in fact.

you should definitely watch shooter. very entertaining.

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maybe you would like

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it may not have Blade Runner's relentless explosions and gunplay but

Misread 'explosions' as 'eyespoons' for some reason. Made me think I watched the wrong Blade Runner.

shooter snuck in on the very bottom of my ballot. v entertaining movie.

OK so I watched Where Eagles Dare last night, on the strength of this thread

It appears to mainly be the story of a set of backpacks, and how those backpacks get onto a mountain and then off it again

QT's borrowings from it, for Inglourious Basterds, are clear

What really blew me away though as far as later influence goes is the helicopter landing in the castle, near the beginning of the movie -- it is EXACTLY like Star Wars! The way it regally approaches and deliberately settles into the massive courtyard, the way the stormtroopers rush out into serried ranks to solemnly greet it - it is TOTALLY the same thing as when the imperial shuttles or whatever dock into the star destroyers.

love where eagles dare, clint is v much prototype mcclane in it

yes - everything is either baffling or annoying to him, usually both

Here's that helicopter scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOFzswp9LEs#t=2m10s

Is anyone particularly bothered by the order the last five come in as? I'd be happy with any of them in any order, I think. Okay, I'd be a little surprised if Robocop comes 1st (and I'm still halfway havering on whether it might actually not make it), but apart from that...

i'm assuming there'll be at least one fucking ridiculous pick in the top 5 and i will be sad if Die Hard doesn't win but beyond that no

sleepy hollow #1

nothing wd fucking surprise me at this point

kind of sad i didn't vote SH tbh

wish i'd voted M tbh, pretty sure it's an action movie

i will be sad if Die Hard doesn't win

Likewise.

Not dissing Die Hard, but why? Is it the least hyphenated (if you consider the others as the heights of space-horror-, dystopian-social-commentary-, period-adventure- and, er, very-big-action)? Or just a fondness for the tightness and location-based formalism - here are the towers, here is the heist, here is the cop, go? Or do you think that it's just a better movie than, say, Raiders?

towers

it's a better movie and it is the platonic ideal of the action movie

altho i'm more than a little heartbroke that Midnight Run isn't gonna place

well I personally find Raiders a bit dull so def. yes I think it is a better movie.

Die Hard is the definition of awesome action movie. Plus, it is totally hyphenated (best christmas movie ever made, for one.)

hyphenation & purism & execution

FYI it's not better than Gremlins.

look i can't be bothered to rustle up the Snoop shaking his head gif right now

FYI it's not better than Gremlins.

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Why is "remove bookmark" broken

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Because your imaginary friend keeps re-adding the bookmark while you sleep?

a) It is not better than Gremlins as a Christmas film!
b) It is not better than Gremlins.

I have love for Gremlins. It made me a Phoebe Cates fan 4LYFE (I was too young to see Fast Times until a few years later). Still, Die Hard is Die Hard and Gremlins isn't.

Mrs. Deagle vs. bumbling FBI Agents fight

Ha, that helicopter in Where Eagles Dare is nothing like anything that the Luftwaffe would have had. Looks like a Bell or something?

"Die Hard" is the apex of action movies, and awesome for myriad reasons (cast, script, direction). And unlike "Raiders" (though it pains me to say this, since "Raiders" is perfect, too) is not an homage.

"Die Hard" plot keywords on IMDB:

Terrorist
Hostage
Christmas
Christmas Eve
Vault
Christmas Party
Robbery
Driving Backwards
Exploding Helicopter
Terrorism
Computer Cracker
Faked Accent
Skyscraper
Die Hard Scenario
Rogue Cop
Shot In The Chest
One Day
Camera Shot Of Feet
Japanese Businessman
Estranged Wife
Reference To Gary Cooper
Beretta
Blockbuster
Helicopter
Shot In The Forehead
Action Hero
Stupid Victim
One Liner
Weapon
Maiden Name
Shot In The Head
Power Saw
C4 Explosives
Media Coverage
Murder
Power Outage
Blood
Soliloquy
Reference To Beethoven's Ninth
Unsubtitled Foreign Language
Pistol Whip
Exploding Car
Los Angeles California
Pregnant Woman
Reference To Roy Rogers
One Night
Villain Not Really Dead Cliche
Captive
Heist
California
Imperative In Title
Shot In The Arm
Body Landing On A Car
Greed
Gun
Reporter
Machine Gun
Shot In The Knee
Tough Guy
Neck Breaking
First Part
Kicked In The Face
Teddy Bear
Santa Claus Costume
Shot In The Leg
Quick Draw
Negotiator
Shoot
Unlikely Hero
Cigarette Smoking
Walking On Broken Glass
Christmas Tree
Hand To Hand Combat
Car Accident
Death
Shot To Death
Martial Arts
Writing In Blood
Karate
Rocket Launcher
Monologue
U.S. Treasury
Disaster
Elevator Shaft
False Name
One Against Many
Air Vent
Hacker
Rescue Mission
Claustrophobia
First Of Series
Blood Spatter
Corpse
Woman Punching A Man
Fist Fight
Wisecrack Humor
Bearer Bonds
Fire Hose Used As Rope
Police
Battle Of Wits
One Man Army
Escape
Reference To Grace Kelly
Explosion
Against The Odds
Cameraman
Beating
Revenge
FBI Agent
Brawl
Falling From Height
Criminal
Television
Showdown
Vendetta
Junk Food
Blood On Shirt
Death Of Brother
Free Fall
Bare Feet
Falling Down Stairs
Fragments Of Glass
Suspense
Rescue
Black Comedy
Caught Having Sex
Hanged Man
Talking To Self
Marriage Problems
Elevator
Violence
Character Repeating Someone Else's Dialogue
Walkie Talkie
Hip Hop Music
Barefoot
Swiss Watch
German Stereotype
Estranged Couple
Rolex Watch
Karate Chop
Loose Cannon
Hero
Famous Line
Evil Man
Cult Favorite
Outrunning Explosion
Glass
Part Of Series
Limousine
Stockholm Syndrome
Los Angeles Police Department
Stuffed Animal
Shooting Out A Window
Gunslinger
Comic Relief
Race Against Time
Female Nudity
Stealing From A Dead Body
Reference To John Wayne
Based On Novel
Based On Book

(sorry)

Looks like a Bell or something?

apparently this is the case

Missing "Gravity movie".

why am I not remembering the Female Nudity in Die Hard.

The end credits run over a freeze frame of Bonnie Bedelia spread eagle, IIRC.

He passes a pin-up in the hall, kisses his hand and smacks it to the poster.

Also Bonnie Bedelia spread eagle.

Rolex Watch

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