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

lol I mean I like how you skipped over all the stuff that mentioned how human sacrifice was rare and not generally practiced unlike the aztecs

well mel didn't make it up - there's historical evidence for that being part of the aztec ritual, and also evidence for the aztec practicing it much more widely than the mayans. it was just convenient for mel to ascribe the aztec ritual to the mayans, why, it looks flashy and lets us know what disgusting savages the mayans were.

lol I mean I like how you skipped over all the stuff that mentioned how human sacrifice was rare and not generally practiced unlike the aztecs

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sfw if it was RARE, it happened, much like he portrayed it, movies are often about RARE EVENTS HOW OFTEN DO HOLY GRAILS GET DISCOVERED AND STOLEN BY NAZIS?!??!

The traditional view is that the Mayans were far less prolific in sacrificing people than their neighbours. Bancroft notes: "An event which in Mexico would be the death-signal to a hecatomb of human victims would in Yucatan be celebrated by the death of a spotted dog."(p. 704) But mounting archeological evidence has for many decades now supported the chroniclers' contention that human sacrifice was far from unknown in Maya society.[12][13] The city of Chichen Itza, the main focus of Maya regional power from the Late Classical period, appears to have also been a major focus of human sacrifice. There are two natural sink holes, or cenotes, at the site of the city, which would have provided a plentiful supply of potable water. The largest of these, Cenote Sagrado (also known as the Well of Sacrifice), was where many victims were cast as an offering to the rain god Chaac. A 2007 study of remains taken from this cenote found that they had wounds consistent with human sacrifice.[14]

Chaaci

guys, guys, it's just a chase movie

The traditional view is that the Mayans were far less prolific in sacrificing people than their neighbours. Bancroft notes: "An event which in Mexico would be the death-signal to a hecatomb of human victims would in Yucatan be celebrated by the death of a spotted dog."(p. 704) But mounting archeological evidence has for many decades now supported the chroniclers' contention that human sacrifice was far from unknown in Maya society.[12][13] The city of Chichen Itza, the main focus of Maya regional power from the Late Classical period, appears to have also been a major focus of human sacrifice. There are two natural sink holes, or cenotes, at the site of the city, which would have provided a plentiful supply of potable water. The largest of these, Cenote Sagrado (also known as the Well of Sacrifice), was where many victims were cast as an offering to the rain god Chaac. A 2007 study of remains taken from this cenote found that they had wounds consistent with human sacrifice.[14] They also threw them off the temple a lot.

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come on, how would you get dead bodies off a temple?

man, wise up

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Chaaci

Jooani loves that dude

djp <3

throughout my youth and young adulthood i have found myself often in situations where i either say to myself 'yippy kay yay motherfucker' or 'game over, man!'. top 2 otm.

man, I dunno why you would throw dead bodies into your one supply of potable water. what if they had herpes?!?

Yeah, I can't really get into badly-researched action movies. It's really lazy and it takes me right out of the movie. Like, I read that Giger did a semester abroad on LV-426, so I feel like his designs are probably pretty historically accurate. Which, in turn, informed some sick action.

everyone has herpes iirc

badly researched action movies = c'mon dude, those are usually the BEST action movies!

researched action movies = too well regarded to be thought of as action movies, get stolen by hipsters and analysed to death

Oh, so now we're belatedly talking about "Apocalypto?" I was totally expecting to hate it when I saw it, for all the obvious reasons, but I didn't hate it. Nor did I find it racist. I did find it a lot like "First Blood."

first blood...with aztecs*!

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I have decided I will a) watch this movie and b) never mention it again

hey I mean I liked the part where the blood squirted out of the guy's braincase just as much as everybody else, I'm just pointing out the racial politics are pretty suspect

The Mayans are the only people I'm racist against. My Aztec buddy says they can't drive.

hahaha

great poll Omar, this has been one of the best ILX poll threads imo. Worthy winner too

Man I reallly regret not voting in this poll, but it has inspired me to revisit alot of stuff I hadn't thought about for a long time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4N66sWvZiQ

75 APOCALYPTO
74 INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
73 GOLDFINGER
72 VANISHING POINT
71 DIRTY HARRY
69 (TIE) THE HURT LOCKER
69 (TIE) DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE
67 (TIE) CON AIR
67 (TIE) BRANDED TO KILL
66 ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13
65 SIN CITY
64 INFERNAL AFFAIRS
62 (TIE) DEMOLITION MAN
62 (TIE) TAKEN
61 MAD MAX
60 JAWS
59 THE FUGITIVE
58 CASINO ROYALE
57 COLLATERAL
56 THE INCREDIBLES
55 ENTER THE DRAGON
53 (TIE) MIAMI VICE
53 (TIE) KUNG FU HUSTLE
52 GET CARTER
51 AKIRA
50 LA FEMME NIKITA
49 DISTRICT 9
48 TOTAL RECALL
47 THE WILD BUNCH
46 THE GREAT ESCAPE
45 COMMANDO
44 THE KILLER
43 THE FIFTH ELEMENT
42 SPEED
41 BULLITT
40 YOJIMBO
39 LE SAMOURAI
38 DAWN OF THE DEAD
37 TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.
36 THE MATRIX
35 INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
34 CRANK
33 THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
32 THE BOURNE IDENTITY
31 THE WARRIORS
30 THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
29 THE BOURNE SUPREMACY
28 ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
27 BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
26 THE DARK KNIGHT
25 PREDATOR
24 POINT BREAK
23 BATTLE ROYALE
22 THE THING
21 KILL BILL VOL. 1
20 POINT BLANK
19 THE TERMINATOR
17 NORTH BY NORTHWEST
17 STARSHIP TROOPERS
16 THE ROAD WARRIOR
15 THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
14 THE FRENCH CONNECTION
13 THE SEVEN SAMURAI
12 ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
11 HARD BOILED
10 BLADE RUNNER
9 LÉON: THE PROFESSIONAL
8 HEAT
7 RONIN
6 CHILDREN OF MEN
5 ROBOCOP
4 TERMAINTOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
3 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
2 ALIENS
1 DIE HARD

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I've seen 56 of these, incl the top 21.

Go and watch The Thing stat!

I think i've seen 69 of the top 77. Looking forward to watching Ronin and To Live & Die In LA.

Want to revisit a few of the ones on my ballot as well - Dobermann, The Seventh Curse, Asoka, etc.

ha! the inception thing had me fooled (and upset).

how many people voted?

35 or 45 I think

Good poll, ta Omar.

Body-swap comedies should be the next poll, btw.

BIG ftw

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093418/ obv

Blade Runner ftw (they have memories from other, different bodied people!)

moon

ok maybe not strictly a comedy tuomas, don't start

Anyway, BIG is a promenent but controversial member of the body-swap canon, as no bodies are swapped, but the film still relies on the identity mechanics that make body-swap comedies the most vibrant modern artform. It would be fun to watch a Lynchian, existential horror version of Freaky Friday. More Kafka, less Disney.

"It would be fun to watch a Lynchian, existential horror version of Freaky Friday. More Kafka, less Disney."

you mean like The Fly?

Yeah, I suppose so! But even just two humans swapping would be genuinely terrifying, I imagine.

uh Lynch has done that

Dead Ringers?

Well, his characters transform but...oh, why am I even defending this.

Sorry. btw, I do genuinely love body-swap comedies. Here's IMDB's list http://www.imdb.com/keyword/body-swap/?title_type=feature

The best body-swap movies were all made before 1942 (/Morbs)

Yeah LOL Lost Highway

how did these polls work? how many films was one supposed to list???