no Bourne kicks the transporters ASS!!
hands down.
Best action films
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I agree with Ez: Bullit, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Getaway...McQueen's too cool for school...but action-wise he's the granddaddy...
Take the Money and Run had some very good action sequences...
Here's you trivia question--what's the movie with Linda Hamilton way back when she was hot, before she got buff and looked like a skeleton, with, maybe Robert Wagner? The car that jumps between the buildings is one of the most memorable action scenes I can remember (that was, like, the original jump of it's type). Maybe the movie's not that memorable...but, for the time, I thought it was pretty good.
Take the Money and Run had some very good action sequences...
Here's you trivia question--what's the movie with Linda Hamilton way back when she was hot, before she got buff and looked like a skeleton, with, maybe Robert Wagner? The car that jumps between the buildings is one of the most memorable action scenes I can remember (that was, like, the original jump of it's type). Maybe the movie's not that memorable...but, for the time, I thought it was pretty good.
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fall far and well Pilots!
Dude, that's Black Moon Rising, and that's a badass film.
McQueen was no doubt the king of cool and one of the earliest action stars. I loved the train chase in The Hunter, as well as the car chase through the corn field.
The Bourne movies were OK, the first Transporter was pretty good, though it was awfully derivative.
McQueen was no doubt the king of cool and one of the earliest action stars. I loved the train chase in The Hunter, as well as the car chase through the corn field.
The Bourne movies were OK, the first Transporter was pretty good, though it was awfully derivative.
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Well, I watched Die Hard 2 tonight. First time since I saw it in the theater. A few thoughts...
-Renny Harlan is no John McTiernan. Maybe it's Jan de Bont's work as DP on the first film. Maybe it's that Renny just hasn't made a decent action film (other than The Long Kiss Goodnight). I dunno, but DH2 looks pedestrian, DH loos awesome.
-The action sequences are flat. Which is a damn shame, 'cause the Skyway Annex shootout could've been great. Instead, we get goofy slo-mo, and John McClane rolling around like Martin Riggs.
-The exposition in DH comes out of people's mouths as they're doing something. The exposition in DH2 takes forever to come out, and slows the film down.
-Bill Sadler did a fantastic job as Col. Stuart. He's arguably the best thing in the picture. The scene where he talks the plane into crashing is great.
-Were in not for Die Hard, Die Hard 2 would've been fantastic (even with Renny's sloppy direction).
I really hope McTiernan steps up for #5.
-Renny Harlan is no John McTiernan. Maybe it's Jan de Bont's work as DP on the first film. Maybe it's that Renny just hasn't made a decent action film (other than The Long Kiss Goodnight). I dunno, but DH2 looks pedestrian, DH loos awesome.
-The action sequences are flat. Which is a damn shame, 'cause the Skyway Annex shootout could've been great. Instead, we get goofy slo-mo, and John McClane rolling around like Martin Riggs.
-The exposition in DH comes out of people's mouths as they're doing something. The exposition in DH2 takes forever to come out, and slows the film down.
-Bill Sadler did a fantastic job as Col. Stuart. He's arguably the best thing in the picture. The scene where he talks the plane into crashing is great.
-Were in not for Die Hard, Die Hard 2 would've been fantastic (even with Renny's sloppy direction).
I really hope McTiernan steps up for #5.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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