IIRC the rapey stuff in Hollow Man was intended to be awful
not that that makes the movie any better, it is pretty bad
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, it was intended to be awful and it totally was.
― getting good with gulags (beachville), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
huge misfire that movie
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
last action hero (surely top 5 ilx contender)
Would be surprised if it placed at all and gobsmacked it it made top 5.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
No complaints, omar. I didn't even notice. Thx for all yr good works!
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
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#45
COMMANDO
Mark L. Lester1985United States(253 points, 10 votes)
Arnie escaping from the plane that's just taken off is probably the best thing he ever did in any of his films
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski)
Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last? I lied.
(How awesome that line sounded when I was ten)
― My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)
last time i saw commando, i realised that there's zero sense of a knowing wink when he delivers this line. it's soooo cold. it's like he forgot he wasn't the t-800 for that scene.
― gnarly sceptre
Lines uttered by Arnold Schwarzenegger (as John Matrix) in "Commando"
― omar little, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
remember when he cuts off the guy's forehead? that was like an all-time childhood moment for me
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
sweet still!
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
it is.
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
mctiernan- die hards, 13th warrior, predator, hunt for red october, last action hero (surely top 5 ilx contender)and the dark horses thos crown remake and true lies
True Lies Jimmy Cameron.
When I was little, I once watched Commando for, like, the 200th time, and actually counted all the dead bodies. This was after I read in the Guinness book that "Red Dawn" was allegedly the most violent film of all time, and I was all, no fucking way, I'm counting the bodies in Commando!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
"Where's Sully?""I let him go."
― White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLix4QPL3tY
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
I should have rated Great Escape higher. STEVE MCQUEEN OH DANG
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't watch Hollow Man (although I thought I might...eventually), largely because I don't think I've ever heard anyone say anything good about it.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
shit it was cameron to, i knew that ffs
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
commando seems low
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
"Hollow Man" is total shit. It really hammered the nail in his coffin, Black Book or no. Remember when he was going to make a Crusades movie with Arnold? And a Jesus movie? Those would have been awesome.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
it's actually #s 45 - 32
xp
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
i hate true lies too. that movie offended me and i'm a fan of cannibal holocaust.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
haven't seen commando in a really long time, but i i feel like it was on every other day or smth when i was a kid so i've seen bits and pieces more often than the entire film in one go. i have this image of a guy shooting a bazooka behind him instead of in front, but i'm nvr sure it's actually from this movie.
― Jibe, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
Commando got 47pt from me, the essence of vhs cusp-of-adolescence near-incoherent maniac violence for me.
― woof, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
kinda curious if T1/T2 are gonna get hit w/ vote splitting, not even sure I'm clear on what ilx opine of T2 is
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
xp Yes, it is, but it's Rae Dawn Chong rather than a guy.
― woof, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
which has the gag where he tears the guy's arm off and hits him over the head with it
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
c/r if it's commando or predator
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#44
THE KILLER
John Wooo1989Hong Kong(259 points, 8 votes, 1 first place)
I absolutely LOVED The Killer. Granted its impact is blunted a little by movies that came out after it with the same "cops and criminals are only separated by motive" motif, but even so, there was so much to like about it.
― San Te
not very googleable as far as comments go.
John Woo -- "The Killer" and other works
― omar little, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
I can't afford to have my heart broek too many times in this life.
L, you know they're only movies, right?
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
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FYI y'all could also be talking about Showgirls. Verhoven really should take rape out of his satirical tool belt. Should be a pretty high standard for putting that shit up on the screen. Love Robocop and Starship Troopers, but seriously, fuck a Verhoven.
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
remember when everyone loved john woo? seems like so long ago now.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
the killer was my #1
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
lol "pretty high standard" itt
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
xp to woof, one gis later: ummm ya, my bad. i guess it's been a really long time since i saw it :)
― Jibe, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
the rapey stuff in Showgirls is mostly surreal and nonsensical from what I remember, like it was bussed in from a completely different movie
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
The rape in Showgirls is horrific and played absolutely straight, it's a total whiplash of tonality. No idea how anybody could get satire out of that.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
i'm also not a big face/off fan! everyone loves that movie. everyone on earth. it was better than broken arrow, but i still didn't dig it. face/off will do good in this poll. its such a fave for people.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
I've seen the Killer twice on the big screen /braggin
haha please tell me "John Wooo" was a wonderful accident
― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
dammit, seeing hk fare such as the killer is making me feel like time & tide won't show up. i mean i can try and convince myself tons of ppl voted for t&t, but i feel like the killer/john woo stuff is better known/liked here.
― Jibe, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
remember when HK cinema started to be a thing in the US among film nerd circles, and that realization that there was a whole other universe of action movies out there that nobody you knew had seen?
that kind of revelation is the one thing i kinda miss about pre-internet culture
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't seen most of these 80s/90s shoot-em-up movies with large-muscled men in them. Never seen any Terminator, only watched Predator for the 1st time last year (didn't care for). And my viewing is all in the last 10 years, so the childhood-era stuff doesn't have any totemic value for me. I probably love the HK stuff more than any other form.
― one little aioli (Laurel), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
lol, wooo
― omar little, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
The Return of the WOOO!
― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
DJ WOOO kid
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
McTiernan = those 3 and Hunt for Red October (and Last Action Hero!).
Cameron = Aliens and Terminator/T2. Interested to see if Avatar / True Lies / Titanic / Abyss place - I wouldn't be surprised if any of them do or don't.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
Actually iirc the rape in Showgirls is central to the resolution of the plot: Nomi refuses to go along with the club's plan to pay her friend to be quiet about it, kicks the rapist in the balls repeatedly, and leaves Las Vegas, end of movie. It's like the one thing in the entire movie that Nomi isn't cynical about.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
^^^yes definitely. hit me hard at the time.
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/fifthel.jpg
#43
THE FIFTH ELEMENT
Luc Besson1997United States/France(265 points, 10 votes)
I think it's funny, colorful, visually interesting, full of fun cartoonish characters and details, good with its action bits ... I suppose the ending is a bit cornball, but I'd say all that's really missing is painting Bjork blue to play the diva. It kinda reminds me of those "You Are an Intergalactic Spy" puzzle books I was talking about on some other thread a while back.
Am I missing some narrative issues here, or are people projecting some strange expectations onto this? E.g., speculating that the humor may be "unintentional" seems really off -- this spends like half of its time being a comedy! I mean, the monks are practically Three-Stooging it throughout!
― nabisco
well nabisco a bunch of things I don't like about it have already been cited as other people's favorite so I dunno how productive its gonna be for me to say that I have never enjoyed Bruce Willis's smug-but-lovable-asshole routine in anything ever, or that I find Chris Tucker's emasculated-black-man-freak character just gross, or that the dialogue is all by and large totally laughable ("Me Leloo - supreme being!"), or that Gary Oldman as a sci-fi southern gentleman is unconvincing (what's the point of making him southern, again?), or that the plot's central theme of "love saving the universe" doesn't interest me in any way....
In a larger sense, maybe its that I like my sci-fi films to have some content that reflects on the present in some unusual or illuminating way. This one is just empty - a lot of eye candy and self-conscious dialogue about how ridiculous all the eye candy is and that's pretty much it.
― Shakey Mo Collier
Mull - tee - pass
― zaxxon25
hahaha omg I'd forgotten about the WAR montage. This movie fucking rules.
― Curt1s Stephens
The Fifth Element
― omar little, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
mool tee pass
― max, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
leeloo dallas, multipass! still smth we say quite often with my friends
― Jibe, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
i always liked how clearly the moebius designs came through in 5E.
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link