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

the movie is undeniably radical, one of the greatest american action movies

― max

no ambiguity about what different environments are

Really don't know about this - there's a big difference between the dead corridors of the base, the gigeresque contours of the processing plant underside w/infestation, the breached secure space of the landing craft, and the disintegrating lair of the queen.

what i love so much about die hard besides everything else is the fact that its SUCH a christmas movie, in the way that every character is unconsciously singing christmas songs to themselves the whole time, the way everyone in real life does all holiday season long. such a great touch

fists with your toes

lol max

WELCOME TO THE PARTY, PAL

^ say this out loud to myself all the time

Alien has an all-white stasis room with people in white pajamas!

idk, I'd rather talk about DIE HARD now.

i watched die hard for the first time on xmas eve last year!!

Wait, what is Diehards?

i also love that the secret character arc of die hard is RVJ learning how to shoot people again

I bought a bluray of T2 for $5 at target, there's no reason not to own it

german for "the hard"

T/S: Paul Gleason in "The Breakfast Club" vs. Paul Gleason in "Die Hard."

Or: "Don't mess with the bull, young man, you'll get the horns" vs. "Oh, I hope that's not a hostage."

i love movies with multiple tiers of asshole authority figures

(see also robocop of course)

that was also something machete really got right imo

so lethal weapon got the shaft? wow

no shane black in the whole action flick poll? for shame

no inception?

instead of talking about the awesome movies that placed (die hard is awesome), i'm gonna take a second to bitch about awesome movies that didn't place:

WHERE THE FUCK IS TIME & TIDE ILX ?!?!

apart from that, great poll, awesome job omar (especially that little inception fakeout :D)

no shane black in the whole action flick poll? for shame

― TERMAINTOR 2 (some dude), Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:46 PM (50 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is pretty cray

well i guess shane black snuck in as an actor in the predator, but that doesn't count

kind of bummed not a single mission impossible movie placed

i guess we just hate tom cruise

ya thats weird

we do

MI1 was pretty high up on mine iirc

the rejection of the wooo

rejection of the depalma.

Still think it's funny that all three Bournes were clustered together towards the middle.

It is.

Also thank you Omar for doing this!

martial arts, samurai, and HK films generally under-represented but otherwise a colossal, epic poll -- thx omar!

lana del rey tried to warn us with her album bourne to tie

:D DIE HARD :D

I guess the poll isn't *as* pinko-commie as I thought, but Lethal Weapon/First Blood absence is v sad.

But Die Hard! Aliums! Raiders! Pretty good overall and this was the most ILX fun I've had in forever.

So...now that camp's over, we'll totally write to each other?

gonna post ballots here? you guys can laugh at all the horror movies i voted for.

I'm kind of shocked that kung fu films did so poorly

ooh yeah and THANK YOU OMAR WE LOVE YOU LIKE STEVEN SEAGAL LOVES ROBES

yippe ki yay, omar!

my dad watched so many steven seagal movies when i was a kid that i almost feel bad that i didn't throw dude a sympathy vote

*kicks gravel* *waves waves through dust cloud at friend in back of station wagon*

lana del rey tried to warn us with her album bourne to tie

― TERMAINTOR 2 (some dude), Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:54 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

simultaneous eyeroll/LOL. well done.

xpost: *runs after car crying*
"WOLVERINES!!"

lol xpost

A member of an elite paramilitary organization: "Eagle Scouts."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73yc0S6xvQQ

Besides, this thread taught me the awesomeness of TLADILA! How cool is that?

What an unforgettable summer...

my ballot

Seven Samurai - 50
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly - 49
The Last of the Mohicans - 48
Hard Boiled - 47
Yojimbo - 46
Leon: The Professional - 45
The Bourne Supremacy - 44
Once Upon A Time In The West - 43 (mistake)
Predator - 42
Heat - 41
The Pianist - 40 (mistake)
Terminator 2: Judgement Day - 39
RoboCop - 38
Bloodsport - 37
Lethal Weapon - 36
From Russia With Love - 35
Casino Royale (2005) - 34
Sanjuro - 33
District 9 - 32
The Hidden Fortress - 31
The Killer (1989) - 30
A Better Tomorrow (1986) - 29
They Live - 28 (cant believe this didnt make it)
To Live And Die In L.A. - 27
Escape From New York - 26
Zulu - 25
Big Trouble in Little China - 24
Blade (1998) - 23
Under Siege - 22 (should've gone with a different seagal)
The Fugitive - 21
The French Connection - 20
The Road Warrior - 19
Bullet in the Head - 18
Commando - 17
Conan the Barbarian - 16
The Dark Knight - 15
Die Hard - 14
Grosse Pointe Blank - 13
The Untouchables - 12
Mission: Impossible - 11
Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke) - 10
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - 9
North By Northwest - 8
Stagecoach - 7
Point Break - 6
Speed - 5
The General - 4
The Matrix - 3
Total Recall - 2
Where Eagles Dare - 1