Vince Pinto Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 OK Guys, One of my favourite things are good "Guy" Movies (or series of movies), and I'd like to propose my nominees for the all-time Top 10 (in no particular order): 01. The Godfather series 02. The Dirty Harry series 03. The Patriot 04. Dumb 'n' Dumber 05. Road Trip 06. 12 Angry Men (the original with Henry Fonda) 07. The Lethal Weapon series 08. The Bodyguard 09. In The Line of Fire 10. Legends of the Fall The Die Hard series could've been a contender until Bruce Willis refers to a Glock 17 as "a Glock 7, a ceramic gun, made in Germany, which can totally escape detection in an airport X-ray". Yuk. Anyway, I know I've missed a whole bunch of other great "guy" movies, but let's see how it pans out. By the way, our lovely ladies such as Shooter Grrl and Sig Lady are welcome to contribute but, if "Thelma & Louise" or similar "Girly" movies are nominated, you will be spanked, but not in a fun way. Bwa-ha-ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Boit Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Heat Saving Private Ryan BlackHawk down Dirty Harry (all) Guetapen (not sure if it's the title but the one with Mr and Miss Basinger originally with Steve Mcqueen ). Ok, the last is not really a 'good guy" story, but the shotgun fight is cool ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 I must say that, even if I did watch each of the Die Hard movies, I'm no big fan of Bruce Willis , at least from a competitive point of view: an average D-class IPSC shooter could have easily put him "out of business" by shooting a lesser number of rounds in a more accurate way. Looks like the "spray and pray" tactic got a tremendous hold in movies: if you don't have a shootout with swarms of bullets flying all over, it is not going to be "realistic". BTW, I always wondered "where the He@# are those bulets going to end?" My personal preference goes to western movies, such as Sergio Leone's ones: 1. Once upon a time in the west. 2. A fistful of Dynamite (my preferred sentence ever: "Duck you sucker"). 3. For a few dollars more. I could add a few Sci-Fi movies, such as: 4. The Terminator series. 5. Total recall. 6. Bladerunner ("I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..."). For the ladies here, I could suggest the Alien serie, in which Sigourney Weaver (where else did I hear this name? ) plays a wonderful role. P.S. Da ya'll think I wouldn't have mentioned Star Wars saga? Star Wars, Star Wars, Star Wars, Star Wars (always number one). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Cool Hand Luke Great Escape Magnificent Seven Bullit Hombre The Professionals Dirty Harry Patton The Dirty Dozen Tombstone Just a partial list, I will do some research and edit this list later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter Grrl Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Around here, if what's playing on the TV is any indication, it's gotta be Patton Star Wars Dirty Dozen The Great Escape The Bridge over the River Kwai National Lampoon - ANY OF THEM (barf!) No matter what day or what time, HE can always find ONE of these movies to watch!!!!! It's so bad, I can name that movie with the first word spoken, FROM THE OTHER ROOM All time best NOT chick flicks Twister Shrek Princess Bride Monsters, Inc. Dark Crystal (see Unka Vinny - No Thelma anywhere!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 What, no one listed : The Usual Suspects Ronin Rambo (only part 1) The Professional Heat Scarface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Reservoir Dogs Tombstone The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Full Metal Jacket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Only 10? OK here's mine. The original Gone in 60 Seconds, not the lame-o remake even if it did have a nicer Mustang. Silverado Tombstone The Patriot Saving Private Ryan Blackhawk Down Terminator Raising Arizona Ronin Christine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Guetapen (not sure if it's the title but the one with Mr and Miss Basinger originally with Steve Mcqueen ). I actually like both versions of the movie, to a minor extent. Neither will ever qualify as great entertainment IMHO. In some ways, I prefer the 1994 remake to the 1972 original. I think Kim Basinger made a much better Carol McCoy than Ali McGraw. She was tough and sexy - and had great taste in handguns. Ali McGraw's Carol just struck me as vapid. David Madsen was a great Rudy Travis; I liked him in that role better than Al Lettieri as Rudy Butler in the original. (Why the last name change is beyond me.) Madsen was born to play sleazy, amoral psychos. And Jennifer Tilly was immensely better as slutty Fran Carvey than Sally Struthers was as Fran Clinton. (I can figure out why they changed that one.) I've admired Jennifer Tilly as an actress ever since I first saw her on Hill Street Blues years ago. The only way, really, in which the original movie was much better than the remake was that Steve McQueen made an absolutely great Doc McCoy, whereas Alec Baldwin just came across as this whiny little punk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 mine are: Tombstone Terminator 2 The Patriot Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels Alien-Aliens Snatch Predator Saving Private Ryan Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (those aren't pillows!!) Heat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Can't believe my eyes ! Shooter Grrl is an adept of the Force !?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Boit Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Where was my head ! I forgot to name Ronin and Usual suspects And so Full Metal Jacket and its nice little song : " m-i-c-k-e-y- mouse mickey mouse mickey mouse ..... " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LINKLESS Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 The Wild Bunch The Eiger Sanction The Anderson Tapes Where Eagles Dare The Guns of Navarone Diamonds are Forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 I forgot Goodfellas! And I will second or third or whatever the votes for, Cool Hand Luke Predator and Saving Private Ryan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 In particular order: Terminator II Ghost Dog Vanishing Point (SGM) Runaway Train (SGM) Clearcut (SGM) Thief Bullit Boondock Saints Trinity is Still My Name Outlaw Josey Whales Rustler's Rapsody (Okay, I know that's eleven.) A few more - Swingers The Big Lebowsky The Way of the Gun Blade Runner Unforgiven Heat Top Secret be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George D Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Bladerunner The Outlaw Josey Wales In the Line of Fire Predator Tombstone Last of the Mohicans Cool Hand Luke Hombre One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest The Ghost and the Darkness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old shooter Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Braveheart (Saigon, Shit) Apocolypse Now Any "Girl in Prison" movie The Getaway (with Steve McQueen) and 5 movies already mentioned... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THS Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 My HoserCam home video of the Black Creek 4 classifier, Summer Blast, and Quantico monthly. Sunday I create the sequel Saint Charles with a Shotgun side match! How Cool. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecutts Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 The evil dead series, of course the culmination in Army of Darkness is a cult classic. Rubin and Ed. Peewee’s Big Adventure Black belt Jones Thursday And a bunch that have already been mentioned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3quartertime Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Am I the only one that dug the ' Young Gun' movies. There's just something about " Regulators, Mount up!!!" That gets me going. Guess I always wanted to be that bastard Billy. What about 'Bram Stoker's Dracula', pure power without fear. Tell me that isn't the shjt. This one is for all the wanna be's. Forrest Gump. If there is a man that doesn't want to be Forrest then you really wouldn't understand. ( Thanks Alice C. ) How many men earn the congressional metal of honor. How many love a woman so much that they would give it away. Forrest, you rock!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasag93 Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Tombstone(dont think I saw that listed) Road Warrior(DID EVERYONE FORGET THAT ONE?????) Gladiator North Dallas Forty Smokey and the Bandit( Jacky Gleason is great) Platoon Tora Tora Tora and my number one all time favorite guy flic......Saving Private Ryan. TXAG PS... forgot Conan the Barbarrian. Arnold kicks A$$., Jeremia Johnson also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikiDale Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 In addition to many already listed, The Shootist Heartbreak Ridge The Man Who Would be King Yojimbo/A Fistfull of Dollars/Last Man Standing (same story, three different directors-periods) HaraKiri The Challenge (re-released as The Sword of the Ninja) The Wrath of Khan Treasure of the Sierra Madre Red Headed Stranger Death Wish We may need a poll to confirm The Outlaw Josey Wales as the the number one film..... I did not list it because so many of you beat me to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 The Wild Bunch The Man Who Would Be King (Kipling, of course!) The Great Escape Dirty Harry Series (alla' dem') The Spaghetti Westerns w/ Clint (Fistfull of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More & The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly) The Godfather Series (1 & 2 Only) Predator (I) Road Warrior Terminator (I) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Pinto Posted July 19, 2003 Author Share Posted July 19, 2003 Oh man. What was I thinking??? Way too many awesome movies to reduce it to just a Top 10. There are so many great movies here, I think I'm gonna be a big customer for Blockbuster over the next few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nesbitt Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Anybody notice how most of the movies listed are OLD. Have they made any good movies lately? Bill Nesbitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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