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

Yeah if max hadn't ordered me to come turn in a ballot I prob would have conveniently missed the cut-off because lazy.

LOOOOOOOL xp xp!

I voted once in something

Good results so far, voted for Die Hard 3 and Assault on Precinct 13.

I thought putting Temple of Doom in my ballot, but in the end left it out. All three 80s Indy movies are great, obviously, but they feel more like historical adventure than action to me. They have some great action scenes, but IMO for something to qualify as a proper "action movie", the main conflict in it should be resolved through physical action, and that isn't the case with Last Crusade, certainly not with Raiders of the Lost Ark. Temple of Doom is actually the most actiony of the three, which is why I considered voting for it.

i'm never confident enough in my opinions to vote in these things. also feel like i'm not familiar enough will all the noms to be a 'good voter'

oh shit i didnt realize this was happening

if raiders isnt an action movie, i'm handing in my fedora and quitting

do you remember that scene where that big ball rolled after indy? what would you call that?

yeah i had only seen like 1/3 of the films on the noms list at best, and havent seen a ton of legendary HK flicks. but thats okay! fuck foreign movies anyway

(xp to goole)

my list is pretty all-american but fuck it, if there's one thing hollywood did well in the last 35 years it was that

man wish tombot was around to have voted in this :-/

this is the first time i ever voted in a movie poll. i used to get kinda irrationally pissed at ilx movie talk. now i'm too old to care. time works magic.

should have badgered him out of retirement like u did me

this is the first time i ever voted in a movie poll. i used to get kinda irrationally pissed at ilx movie talk. now i'm too old to care. time works magic.

― scott seward, Monday, February 13, 2012 2:05 PM (7 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i feel like this poll is kind of a 'safe space'

on the other hand, ilx has gotten WAY more horror/action/etc friendly over time. much to dr. morbs' chagrin.

the era of the ilf crew ruining everything seems to be over

thank god.

i dont think i ended up including con-air on my list but if theres one thing to say about it (+ a lot of bruckheimer action films tho def not all) is how great the casting is. so stupid and trashy but why wouldnt you watch a movie with cage, buscemi, malkovich, colm meaney? dave chappelle? armaggedon is kinda like this too, makes up for a lot of failings w/ a killer cast

most movie threads are pretty dangerous still ime

heh one reason why i was into this poll is that i knew the film brigade would not be interested

at first i thought my ballot was kinda garbage but now im fine w/it - theres a bunch of stuff thatll show up where ill be like 'oh man why didnt vote for that' but who cares i really like all the movies i voted 4

yeah i spent like 20 minutes on my ballot just culling mostly. my top 10-15 is more or less "in order" but the rest was just kind of as i thought of stuff.

i pointedly left temple of doom off my ballot. if it had just been the first 20 minutes or so it mightve made it. or if no capshaw.

it was CONSPICUOUSLY absent from your ballot

do you remember that scene where that big ball rolled after indy? what would you call that?

You can have a movie with action scenes without it being an action movie. I know "action movie" is hard to define, but if you'd read my argument above, you'd at least see why I don't think RotLR or LC are ones.

this is the first time i ever voted in a movie poll. i used to get kinda irrationally pissed at ilx movie talk. now i'm too old to care. time works magic.

― scott seward, Monday, February 13, 2012 2:05 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I get irrationally intimidated by it. I hope one day to be too old to care too.

ToD would have definitely have been on mine. It's not the best IJ but it's my favorite.

i left temple of doom off because i already had SPOILER on my list. also temple of doom is my least favorite indy

lol no cusack?

You can have a movie with action scenes without it being an action movie. I know "action movie" is hard to define, but if you'd read my argument above, you'd at least see why I don't think RotLR or LC are ones.

― Tuomas, Monday, February 13, 2012 2:11 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think your definition is completely arbitrary. it's like saying a movie isn't a musical if the main conflict isnt resolved through song.

ToD in tons of Saturday morning matinee fun, except when she's screaming and whining.

Is tons.

wait how is the main conflict resolved in raiders if not through action

tuomas

smh

smh

s1ocki otm, LOTS of action movies are more about fx and thrill rides and monsters than violent conflict resolution

ya i would say god melting everyone is a pretty action-y move on His part

also temple of doom is my least favorite indy

behind Crystal Skulls???????????????

i just assume that's like saying jedi is my least fave star wars - the new ones arent even in the game

haha i forget that exists

i think your definition is completely arbitrary. it's like saying a movie isn't a musical if the main conflict isnt resolved through song.

I don't think these are comparable; in musicals the songs are storytelling vessels, in action movies the action is the story itself. You can take the plot of a musical, change all the music scenes to regular ones, and it'd still be the same basic plot. That's not the case with action movies, the story can't be told without the action.

this is the first time i ever voted in a movie poll. i used to get kinda irrationally pissed at ilx movie talk. now i'm too old to care. time works magic.

― scott seward, Monday, February 13, 2012 2:05 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark

the existence of the old movie polls used to really bug me for some reason. i hated 'ilx list culture' for a long time. now idgaf

IT'S TOO LATE TO CHANGE THE NOMINATIONS, STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW

XP

Indiana and Marion leave Cairo to escort the Ark to England on board a tramp steamer. The next morning, their boat is boarded by the Nazis, who once again steal the Ark and kidnap Marion. Indiana stows away on their U-boat and follows them to an isolated island in the Aegean Sea where Belloq plans to test the power of the Ark before presenting it to Hitler. Indiana reveals himself and threatens to destroy the Ark with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, but Belloq calls his bluff, knowing Indy cannot bear to eradicate an important historical artifact.
Indiana surrenders and is tied to a post with Marion as Belloq performs a ceremonial opening of the Ark, which appears to contain nothing but sand. Suddenly, spirits, which resemble the Old Testament description of seraphim, emerge from the Ark. Aware of the supernatural danger of looking at the opened Ark, Indiana warns Marion to close her eyes. The apparitions suddenly morph into demonic creatures, and lightning bolts begin flying out of the ark, gruesomely killing Belloq and the Nazis. The fires rise into the sky, then fall back down to Earth and the Ark closes with a crack of thunder.

^ yes, i can see how this movie is all resolved via quiet conversation and knowing looks

the action isn't the story tho.

I don't think these are comparable; in musicals the songs are storytelling vessels, in action movies the action is the story itself. You can take the plot of a musical, change all the music scenes to regular ones, and it'd still be the same basic plot. That's not the case with action movies, the story can't be told without the action.

It would not be a musical, though, which is the point being made.

oh tuomas. you've done it again.

if tuomas' definition is arbitrary, its no more arbitrary than your def

my definition is a movie that contains copious ass-kicking action and is cool

remaking action movies sans action would be an interesting enterprise

raiders ends up just being about a mildly successful archeological dig