Greatest guy flicks

[--Pete]

Hi,

In no particular order, and only a partial list:

Kill Bill 1 (but not 2)
All the Bruce Lee films (and I wish he'd lived for fifty more)
Rocky 1, 2, and 4 (3 and, especially 5 were, IMO, piss poor)
Anything by Ahnold that does not involve twins, pregnancy, or kindergarten. And, yes, that includes that funny strongman piece where they dubbed his voice in falsetto :)
Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns (especially the' holy' trio) and all his Dirty Harry films. As well as a long list of his other work.
Die Hard 1, 2 and 3.
13th Warrior
Alien, Aliens, but not their sequels
Matrix (wish the brothers had known when to stop)
Apocalypse Now
Big Red One
Lethal Weapon
Mad Max and Road Warrior, but Thunderdome was too artsy for me
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Sean Connery as James Bond (the only Bond that half the guys in the audience didn't feel they could take on and *win*)
Guns of Naverone
Sink the Bismark
The Longest Day
A Bridge Too Far
Thunder Road
Cool Hand Luke
The Great Escape
The Hustler

OK, starting to suffer from strained memory. And I think I left out all the 'everybody' and 'chick' flicks I've also enjoyed ;)

--Pete

[Occhidiangela]

Guy films?
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Hmmm, since no one mentioned Debbie Does Dallas 2 and Taboo, and the old favorite Deep Throat, I will. Hey, those are films made expressly for guys. :P

On a less sarcastic note, Tell the Spartans and 48 Hours are good guy films of different genres.

Occhi

[jahcs]

Most of the ones that have been mentioned plus:

Desperado (guns, Salma Hayek, gratuitous use of guns, gratuitous use of Salma Hayek)
Robocop
The Rock
Patton
Bullitt
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Tombstone
Heat (well, the end anyway. ;) )
Porky's
Animal House

Species wasn't too good but Natasha Henstridge...

Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Natural Born Killers (not the extended cut)
The Crow
Dark City
...Not sure if these movies fall more into the 'Cult Favorites' category.

edit: PCU

[Doc]

Hell YEAH anything with Steve McQueen.

[Doc]

And Natural Born Killers is an awesome film. But only the fully uncut and unedited film the way it was meant to be shown, with the proper ending.

[Wyrm]

A couple more I thought of that haven't been mentioned yet.

Roadhouse
Universal Soldier

There's also the John Wayne movies like The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, El Dorado, Rooster Cogburn, etc..

[bigeyedbug]

Blazing Saddles. Pretty much any Mel Brooks movie, actually. Well, out of the ones that are fit for human consumption at all.

Boyz n the Hood.

It's probably been mentioned already, but Blade Runner.

[jahcs]

For some you-can't-take-it-seriously-campy-wholesale-slaughter action Starship Troopers fits the bill.

[whathuh]

My wife LOVES Sin City, which is totally out of character for her, as she dislikes violence and gore.

She giggles fiendishly when the child rapist gets his nuts torn off. And then has his head smashed in to a greasy spot on the floor.

Just when I think that I understand the creature known as woman, I am proven wrong.
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I just saw that movie for free at the campus cinema, and my god it was the wierdest movie I have ever seen, save those incredibly stupid sci-fi channel movies that come on at 2:00 AM. You know if you see that sci-fi channel sign in the bottom right corner, it's bad.

Now I'm not sayin Sin City was bad, about a 3.5/5 in my book, but definately not one of my favorites. It fits perfectly into the "guy" movie though. Nudity and so much blood it's sickening, who could ask for more?

[whathuh]

Hell YEAH anything with Steve McQueen.
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If that's the guy in The Great Escape, the HELL YEAH!

[Gurnsey]

If that's the guy in The Great Escape, the HELL YEAH!
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He was the 'token cool American' in the Great Escape.

On a tangent, has anyone else seen the Eddie Izzard bit on the Great Escape? Hilarious.

"..and for those of you who don't know, it goes Poland, Czeckoslovakia, India, Egypt, the Hanging Garderns of Bablyon, and then Switzerland."

[Ashock]

He was the 'token cool American' in the Great Escape.

On a tangent, has anyone else seen the Eddie Izzard bit on the Great Escape?  Hilarious.

"..and for those of you who don't know, it goes Poland, Czeckoslovakia, India, Egypt, the Hanging Garderns of Bablyon, and then Switzerland."
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Token cool American? He was one of two central characters in the whole movie. That's hardly a token.



-A

[Jim]

Hi,

Why NOT Kill Bill 2 ??? :w00t:

[Jim]

Hi,

My DVD Movie List: [not including 54 on the hard drive]

I purchased a DvD recorder with a 100gb hard drive last month, so I'm recording all my favorites from cable Again! I had about 300 on VHS :wub:


***DVD MOVIE LIST***


0025 2 Days in the Valley
0004 3 Musketeers
0048 29th Street

0040 A Stranger Among Us
0029 A Time to Kill
0032 A Walk in the Clouds
0005 Absolute Power
0020 Alamo (the) 2004
0035 Alexander the Great (doc)
0049 Alien vs Predator

0046 Being There
0016 Beyond Borders
0006 Big Chill the
0038 Big Fish
0055 Black Rain
0028 Bronx Tale
0049 Brother from Another Planet
0043 Butchers Wife (the)

0039 Clearning (the)
0003 Cobra
0010 Code of Silence
0016 Cold Mountain
0039 Collateral
0007 Con Air
0008 Connie & Carla
0026 Contact
0003 Cop Land
0056 Copycat

0010 Dark Blue
0027 Dave
0054 Dead Poets Society
0047 Devil's Own
0053 Diary of a Hitman
0051 Dirty Harry
0043 Down Periscope
0021 Dream Team
0041 Driving Miss Daisy

0031 Face / Off
0052 Fall of the Roman Empire
0022 Fargo
0007 Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
0039 Firm (the)
0003 First Blood
0045 French Kiss

0036 G I Jane
0043 Going in Style
0033 GoodBye Girl (the)
0028 GoodFellas
0024 Grosse Pointe Blank

0047 Hanover Street
0053 Hard to Kill
0038 Hearts in Atlantis
0006 Hero (Hoffman)
0002 Hildalgo
0012 Hildegarde

0029 Incident in a Small Town
0041 In - Laws (the) 2004
0045 In the Cut
0031 It Could Happen to You

0009 Jersey Girl
0045 Joe & the Volcano

0051 Kellys Heros
0015 Kill Bill
0015 Kill Bill 2
0056 Kiss the Girls

0023 Last Samurai (the)
0014 Last Man Standing
0023 Last of the Dog Men
0023 Last of the Mohicans
0050 Lawrance of Arabia
0009 Laws of Attraction
0054 Legend of 1900 (the)
0055 Live from Baghdad

0032 Matrix Reloaded
0032 Matrix Revulation
0030 Meet Joe Black
0033 Miracle on 34th St.
0042 Moonstruck
0041 Mr Wrong
0048 Muse (the)
0043 My Favorite Year
0044 Mystic River

0010 Narc
0025 No Escape

0002 Open Range
0053 Out for Justice
0051 Outlaw Josey Wales (the)

0007 Passanger 57
0047 Patriot Games
0009 Paycheck
0024 Peacemaker
0004 Pirates of the Caribbean
0031 Phenomenon
0038 Places in the Heart
0034 Platoon Leader
0048 Pontiac Moon
0049 Predator

0002 Quick & the Dead
0040 Quigley Down Under
0052 Quo Vadis

0042 Rainman
0022 Red Corner
0053 Replacement Killers
0037 Resident Evil Apocalypse
0012 Richer or Poorer
0008 Romy & Michaels HS Reunion
0005 Rookie (the)
0001 Rounders
0029 Runaway Jury

0027 Scent of a Women
0046 Searching for Bobby Fisher
0021 Second Hand Lions
0025 Soldier
0027 Somethings Gotta Give
0036 Sniper
0036 Sniper 2
0055 Star Chamber (the)
0044 State of Grace
0001 Stu Unger story

0056 Taking Lives
0014 Tears of the Sun
0054 Things Change
0011 Topsy Turvy
0050 Tora *Tora* Tora
0011 Touch
0012 Trial & Error
0035 Troy
0005 True Lies
0030 Truely Madly Deeply

0042 Up Close & Personal

0037 Van Helsing

0006 Wag the Dog
0034 Walking Dead
0044 We're no Angels
0020 White Buffalo
0004 Wild Bill
0028 Wise Girls
0040 With Honors
0021 Working Girl

0041 Zelig

[Ashock]

Hi,

Why NOT Kill Bill 2 ???  :w00t:
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Because it was an even bigger abomination that KB1 (sorry, Pete :whistling: )


-A

[Any1]

The Crow
Dark City

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Two great choices, I'd forgotten all about. Cheers. :D

[Gurnsey]

Token cool American? He was one of two central characters in the whole movie. That's hardly a token.
-A
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Sorry, 'token American' related to the aftmentioned Eddie Izzard bit...

[jahcs]

0026   Contact
0041   Driving Miss Daisy
0045   French Kiss
0031   It Could Happen to You
0033   Miracle on 34th St.
0042   Moonstruck
0008   Romy & Michaels HS Reunion
0027   Somethings Gotta Give
0011   Topsy Turvy
0030   Truely Madly Deeply
0021   Working Girl
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I realise you probably just included all your movies for completeness but
These Are DEFINITELY NOT Guy Movies!
Some of your other selections probably aren't either but these are the ones I spotted at first glance - even allowing for some possible Father/son movies.

EDIT: I will add there are some very good movies on your list and a few I haven't thought about for years. I may need to take a quick trip to the video store... :)

[Doc]

I realise you probably just included all your movies for completeness but
These Are DEFINITELY NOT Guy Movies!
Some of your other selections probably aren't either but these are the ones I spotted at first glance - even allowing for some possible Father/son movies.
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Riding Miss Daisy was a good movie for a guys night out.

[kandrathe]

Because it was an even bigger abomination that KB1 (sorry, Pete :whistling: )
-A
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First in order to appreciate "guy films" you must adopt the proper frame of mind. Step aside from your inner connoisseur, and look deeply within for that slavering id driven monkey, send the womenfolk off to the stores, order a Meat-Lovers pizza, and crack open a brewskie.

Film quality is secondary to the MAN fulfilling quest for lots of action, fight scenes and explosions, little dialogue (one liners are ok), car chases, while surrounded by pouty gorgeous vulnerable women.

If your wife and/or girlfriend reads this board, then I understand your "position". ::wink:: ::wink::

P.S. It might also be guy movie conditioning, which begins at a very young age. I had to leave for work this morning, but I would have rather stayed home and finished watching GODZILLA VS MECHAGODZILLA with my son.