Dead Ringers?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
Well, his characters transform but...oh, why am I even defending this.
― windborne grey frogs (dowd), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:25 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry. btw, I do genuinely love body-swap comedies. Here's IMDB's list http://www.imdb.com/keyword/body-swap/?title_type=feature
― windborne grey frogs (dowd), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:27 (twelve years ago) link
The best body-swap movies were all made before 1942 (/Morbs)
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah LOL Lost Highway
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
how did these polls work? how many films was one supposed to list???
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
we were asked to submit a ballot of 50 films, assigning 50 points to the film we liked the most and 1 point to the film we liked the least of those
films were then ranked based on how many points they got out of all ballots
― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
so wait basically our top film gets 50 pts, 2nd gets 49, etc.?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:24 (twelve years ago) link
yes.
Nominations thread: TOP 100 ACTION FILMS OF ALL TIME NOMINATIONS AND DISCUSSION THREAD
Voting thread: BEST ACTION FILMS OF ALL TIME VOTING THREAD (VOTING CLOSES FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10)
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
amateurist, if you had voted, how would the results have changed?
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:35 (twelve years ago) link
OK I didn't vote in this because I wasn't following ILX when the ballots were due. But here are some of my favorite action movies, in roughly descending order, more or less OTOH. I limited myself to one film per director. Left off some films that I don't really consider "action movies": A History of Violence, Blade Runner… Also, I barely even thought about European action cinema (which I know only a little), and probably didn't include enough Japanese films…. Etc. etc.
1. The Blade (Tsui)2. Once upon a Time in the West (Leone)3. Objective, Burma! (Walsh)4. Police Story (Chan)5. Heat (Mann)6. Boiling Point (Kitano)7. Die Hard (McTiernan)8. The New One-Armed Swordsman (Cheh)9. The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah)10. RoboCop (Verhoeven)
11. Scarface (Hawks)12. The Road Warrior (Miller)13. A Better Tomorrow (Woo)14. Play Dirty (DeToth)15. A Touch of Zen (Hu)16. Assault on Precinct 13 (Carpenter)17. Seven Samurai (Kurosawa)18. The Longest Nite (To)19. The Driver (Hill)20. Jaws (Spielberg)
21. Legendary Weapons of China (Law)22. Dirty Harry (Siegel)23. Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (Yuen)24. Ulzana's Raid (Aldrich)25. On Dangerous Ground (Ray)26. Children of Men (Cuarón)27. Crazy Thunder Road (Ishii)28. Across 110th Street (Shear)29. Sorcerer (Friedkin)30. Graveyard of Honor (Fukasaku)
31. Forty Guns (Fuller)32. Ronin (Frankenheimer)33. Zulu (Endfield)34. Killer Constable (Kwei)36. City on Fire (Lam)37. Blueprint for Murder (Okamoto)38. Navajo Joe (Corbucci)39. Yes, Madam! (Yuen)40. The Limey (Soderbergh)
41. Task Force (Leung)42. Dark of the Sun (Cardiff)43. The Great Duel (Kudo)44. Get Carter (Hodges)45. Rolling Thunder (Flynn)46. Rock 'n' Roll Cop (Wong)47. The Four Feathers (Korda)48. Darker Than Amber (Clouse)49. I Spit on Your Grave (Zarchi)50. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Tsukamoto)
Special prize: L'Argent (Bresson)
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:36 (twelve years ago) link
i wasn't sure whether to put T2 on since i haven't seen it in 20 years.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:39 (twelve years ago) link
actually maybe THE BIRDS should be on there
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
oh well
adding 45 points to HEAT'S tally would not have placed it ahead of CoM
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:41 (twelve years ago) link
actually maybe INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS too
do overs
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
Con Air - 50Die Hard - 49Dirty Harry - 48Kill Bill Volume 1 - 47Master of the Flying Guillotine (One-Armed Boxer 2) - 46Midnight Run - 45Hard Target - 44Starship Troopers - 43Ong-Bak - 42Robocop - 41For a Few Dollars More - 40Under Siege - 39Magnum Force - 38Die Hard with a Vengeance - 37Sonatine - 36One-Armed Boxer - 35Conan the Barbarian - 34Aliens - 33Die Hard 2 - 32Hard to Kill - 31Machete - 30North by Northwest - 29The Terminator - 28The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - 27Leon: The Professional - 26Rush Hour - 25Lethal Weapon - 24Hard Boiled - 23The Bourne Identity - 22Mad Max - 21Enter the Dragon - 20From Russia with Love - 19Running Scared (1986) - 18The Enforcer - 17The French Connection - 16The Hidden - 15Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - 14You Only Live Twice - 13The Seven Samurai - 12The Dirty Dozen - 11Death Wish 3 - 10The Getaway - 9Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx - 8Dead Heat - 7Get Carter - 6Strike Commando 2 - 5The Running Man - 4Death Race 2000 - 3Red Sun - 2Extreme Prejudice - 1
― contreatable logorrhea (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:43 (twelve years ago) link
50 the killer49 independence day48 starship troopers47 hard boiled46 aliens45 the fifth element44 terminator 243 children of men42 hero41 minority report40 return of the jedi39 the matrix 38 robocop37 top gun36 GI Joe: The Movie (animated) 35 the fast and the furious: tokyo drift34 election (johnnie to)33 a better tomorrow32 Akira31 le samourai30 miami vice29 for a few dollars more28 mission: impossible27 demolition man26 three kings25 total recall24 the bournes (8 points each, maybe?)23 Commando22 under siege21 crouching tiger hidden dragon20 ronin19 street fighter (animated)18 infernal affairs17 face/off16 ghost in the shell15 appleseed (2004)14 thomas crown affair13 goldeneye12 Kill Bill Volume 1 (Tarantino, 2003)11 to live and die in l.a.10 the untouchables9 steamboy (2004)8 terminator7 city hunter6 north by northwest5 Die Hard4 the good, the bad and the ugly3 War of the Worlds2 Speed1 d-war
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
sick list amt, givin me some viewin ideas
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:48 (twelve years ago) link
Just saw a preview for a tv show where Ashley Judd plays Liam Neeson's character from Taken. I expect it to be amazing/terrible.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:49 (twelve years ago) link
<3 her but that sounds awful
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
some youtubez for some of the less well-known films on my list:
killer constablehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Kz7aixrFI (check out those swords!)
boiling pointhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMow8XsAVt4best. trailer. ever. that's a well-known film critic getting his ass shot at :55 btw. i love this movie so much. not for all tastes.
crazy thunder roadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edkgd45wtkAhigh water mark of japanese biker-punk cinema.
task forcehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDMw66ChElIcantopop cheesiness + explosions + swordfighting + people diving w/ guns in slo-mo + romance
longest nitehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Zbr3970Dgthis is from johnnie to's late-1990s period that culminated w/ the mission (the film that helped introduce him to festival-type audiences rather than just HK genre-film fans). he was on fire around this time (see also: lifeline, hero never dies, running out of time).
navajo joehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGcK_qyL9Ugburt reynolds without a moustache! an ennio morricone score that prominently features people literally screaming! lots of zooms! i rest my case. django is pretty good too.
the great duelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLYsXkZHlwIcheck that shit out.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
OK.. major LOLs: when you watch the demonstration video for facebook's timeline feature, it begins with the opening bars of the main theme from "assault on precinct 13."
i shit y'all not.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 02:26 (twelve years ago) link
ulzana's raidhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXw4qsJjR9kthis movie is fucking brutal.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 02:40 (twelve years ago) link
warning: that scene is kind of disturbing.
speaking of disturbing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uROMTzJsfOI
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
def some good films on your list amst, gonne see if i can track those on your list that i haven't seen. also, kind of surprised that i've seen all but one of the movies that placed in the top 75 (branded to kill).
― Jibe, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
ulzana's raid is a vicious flick
― omar little, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
aaaaand not a fucking "action film."
Terminator 2's "I am keeler robot who awnly shewts to vound" makes it the ideal Obamafan action crapper.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
there it is
― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
literal stfus
― catbus otm (gbx), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
itt Arnold Schwarzenegger talks like Zsa Zsa Gabor
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:12 (twelve years ago) link
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, February 21, 2012 7:48 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'd say this is otm, and could be extended to thread in general
― catbus otm (gbx), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:12 (twelve years ago) link
Ahnold "I vant to be alone" Schwarnegger
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
oh typing, why did you leave me
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
I do hope you've volunteered all your spare time to the station for the next 12 days, Morbs, because this thread was actually fun today without you flinging feces everywhere.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:17 (twelve years ago) link
cool
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/cxTBi.gif
l-r: dude thinkin baout die hard, morbsy
― catbus otm (gbx), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:21 (twelve years ago) link
So I didn't follow any of this as it came out and I totally forgot to vote, aka figured I didn't know enough of the action canon to really make a competent ballot. But BRAVO to omar, this is a great list and an even-better to-do list. I haven't seen the overwhelming majority of this list. Think I'm going to start with Big Trouble in Little China.
Also, I got blurbed in a couple of the countdown entries! That makes me feel real special. ^_^ ^_^ ^_^
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
at least you guys can take comfort that I have absolutely nothing bad to say about your #1 choice.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
*applause*
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:33 (twelve years ago) link
....cuz yeah, never seen it, never will.
best body-swap comedy is All of Me.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:34 (twelve years ago) link
wait, I'm confused: that's never stopped you before Morbs.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
:p
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
have a good Lent and watch all of Tarkovsky!
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
we will; we won't!
― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:41 (twelve years ago) link
1 d-war
― flagp∞st (dayo), Tuesday, February 21, 2012 8:47 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i saw this in the theater & own it on dvd
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:42 (twelve years ago) link
it's pretty fun isn't it?
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
Kinda want to see Ulzana's Raid now.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
ulzana's raid is a western, but like some of the other westerns on my list it has a lot -- a LOT -- of "action" and violence.
i mean obvs i could make a list of 50 great westerns and most of them would have many scenes of violence. so it's a bit arbitrary. who cares really.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:47 (twelve years ago) link