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Gotta disagree with #2 and #1. They're not guy movies. Interesting list anyway.
11 guy movies and why they suck
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11 guy movies and why they suck
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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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"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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Heh, i've seen them all.
I only really agree with Top Gun.
Crap list.
I only really agree with Top Gun.
Crap list.
But if you're all about the destination, then take a fucking flight.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
Full of the heavens and time.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
Full of the heavens and time.
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It wasn’t until Scent of a Woman that moviegoers finally broke the code on Al Pacino’s thespian technique: first he talks quietly. Then he SCREAMS AT THE TOP OF HIS GODDAMN LUNGS and gesticulates wildly. We’ve seen this acting method used by plenty of homeless people, but to date, we haven’t given any of them an Oscar for it.
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Wow, I haven't even see half of them.
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Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
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I'm just a dandelion
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God-damn-it, Cail!
You're going to get me fired.
I've been on that site all morning and laughing my ass off.
Stupendous Man just killed me:
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Stupendous Man just killed me:
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I read CRACKED magazine a lot in the early '80s (thought it was even funnier than MAD); it just never occurred to me that they had a website.
I've seen 6 of the films on the list. The criteria for "guy" movies seems vague, so I'm just ignoring that part of it.
Top Gun: I agree about the Val Kilmer/Tom Cruise thing -- the "action" is between them, not between Cruise and McGillis. But overall, this is one '80s flick I can live without.
Blade: I only recently caught this movie during some late night channel surfing. My friends had been raving about Blade when it first came out, saying that "if you loved The Matrix, you'll love Blade." Okay, Blade is a good action flick - the climactic battle is pretty exciting! - but it's not much more than that.
The Terminator: I love this movie so I'm willfully deaf to any criticism of it.
Okay, okay, I'll concede that the visual and makeup effects aren't entirely convincing, but that's why Cameron redid the whole thing in the form of the megabudget, megacolossal T2 (which I love even more than the original.) And okay, time travel stories generally make my head hurt, but less so with the Terminator films.
Platoon: I'd rank it as the dirtiest Vietnam movie I've ever watched. It's as close a taste of the Vietnam experience I would want as a moviegoer without being completely turned off. Well, maybe I have been turned off, because I haven't had any desire to sit through Platoon again. On the other hand, I have no trouble re-watching Full Metal Jacket or Apocalypse Now - maybe because they are more "artistic" films?
The Shining: love this film, love crazy Jack Nicholson, love Kubrick's kind of filmmaking. People call it slow, I call it hypnotic.
The Exorcist: I understand the CRACKED staff's opinion that this movie looks more "ridiculous" with the passing years, but The Exorcist is more than just about Linda Blair (or her demonic self) vomiting her lunch. In terms of sheer gore factor, sure, this film would rank pretty low. But for me, the main about the Exorcist is its creep factor. It lets the viewer's imagination do a lot of the work, and that's scary enough.
I've seen 6 of the films on the list. The criteria for "guy" movies seems vague, so I'm just ignoring that part of it.
Top Gun: I agree about the Val Kilmer/Tom Cruise thing -- the "action" is between them, not between Cruise and McGillis. But overall, this is one '80s flick I can live without.
Blade: I only recently caught this movie during some late night channel surfing. My friends had been raving about Blade when it first came out, saying that "if you loved The Matrix, you'll love Blade." Okay, Blade is a good action flick - the climactic battle is pretty exciting! - but it's not much more than that.
The Terminator: I love this movie so I'm willfully deaf to any criticism of it.
Okay, okay, I'll concede that the visual and makeup effects aren't entirely convincing, but that's why Cameron redid the whole thing in the form of the megabudget, megacolossal T2 (which I love even more than the original.) And okay, time travel stories generally make my head hurt, but less so with the Terminator films.Platoon: I'd rank it as the dirtiest Vietnam movie I've ever watched. It's as close a taste of the Vietnam experience I would want as a moviegoer without being completely turned off. Well, maybe I have been turned off, because I haven't had any desire to sit through Platoon again. On the other hand, I have no trouble re-watching Full Metal Jacket or Apocalypse Now - maybe because they are more "artistic" films?
The Shining: love this film, love crazy Jack Nicholson, love Kubrick's kind of filmmaking. People call it slow, I call it hypnotic.
The Exorcist: I understand the CRACKED staff's opinion that this movie looks more "ridiculous" with the passing years, but The Exorcist is more than just about Linda Blair (or her demonic self) vomiting her lunch. In terms of sheer gore factor, sure, this film would rank pretty low. But for me, the main about the Exorcist is its creep factor. It lets the viewer's imagination do a lot of the work, and that's scary enough.
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Matrixman wrote:Geez, CJ, first it was Day of the Jackal, and now The Exorcist. Leave me alone with my feeble movie adaptations!
The daft thing about the Exorcist is, as I recall, it was written as a film but no-one would buy it, so the author bloke (whose name eludes me) turned it into a novel. The novel was so successful, the studios chased him to turn it into a film. So he ended up selling them the script they originally turned down, and making much more money than he'd asked for the first time. William Blatty.
It is a great book.
It is a great book.
"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
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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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"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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I've only seen him in a few movies, but he was outstanding in "Rough Riders", a TV movie from about 10 years ago where he played Teddy Roosevelt. He had that TR role down to a tee; you don't even recognize Tom B.dlbpharmd wrote:I agree, Berenger is very underrated.Marvin wrote:Pffft! Platoon is a great movie. Berenger should've got an Oscar for that.
Cowboy: Why you doin' this, Doc?
Doc Holliday: Because Wyatt Earp is my friend.
Cowboy: Friend? Hell, I got lots of friends.
Doc Holliday: ... I don't.
Doc Holliday: Because Wyatt Earp is my friend.
Cowboy: Friend? Hell, I got lots of friends.
Doc Holliday: ... I don't.
I couldn't agree more. "Rough Riders" is a great war movie, Berenger gives a splendid performance. The depiction of the battle of San Juan Hill is heart wrenching.Kil Tyme wrote:I've only seen him in a few movies, but he was outstanding in "Rough Riders", a TV movie from about 10 years ago where he played Teddy Roosevelt. He had that TR role down to a tee; you don't even recognize Tom B.dlbpharmd wrote:I agree, Berenger is very underrated.Marvin wrote:Pffft! Platoon is a great movie. Berenger should've got an Oscar for that.
Berenger's another one of those actors who's really good but has a knack of picking lousy movies.
"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
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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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"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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