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Title: The best damn movie ever, period.
Post by: Bam-bam on December 28, 2014, 10:10:03 AM
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discuss.
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Post by: Mr.1derful on December 28, 2014, 10:13:24 AM
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discuss.

Good for its time, but Rambo First Blood Part II holds up much better.

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Post by: Erik C on December 28, 2014, 10:15:32 AM
Better than "Citizen Kane"? Really?
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Post by: bradistani on December 28, 2014, 10:17:37 AM
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discuss.

a camp classic. love it 8)
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Post by: Walter Sobchak on December 28, 2014, 10:17:51 AM
The Godfather.

End of discussion.
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Post by: Bam-bam on December 28, 2014, 10:20:10 AM
great movie to learn some old school deep family values

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Post by: Svengoolie on December 28, 2014, 10:27:42 AM
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/commando-john-matrix-hot-toys-902306/
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Post by: The Ugly on December 28, 2014, 10:28:47 AM
The Godfather.

End of discussion.

This. Or the sequel, both perfect.
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Post by: MAXX on December 28, 2014, 10:29:17 AM
Alyssa Milano was super hot in this movie






















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Title: Re: The best damn movie ever period.
Post by: Army of One on December 28, 2014, 10:30:59 AM
A thread every Commando lover needs to read

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=116540.0
Title: Re: The best damn movie ever period.
Post by: SF1900 on December 28, 2014, 10:31:34 AM
Definitely not the best movie ever lol. There are so many movies that are A LOT better.

This may be the best action movie ever, but thats even a stretch.
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Post by: Brixtonbulldog on December 28, 2014, 10:33:26 AM
A thread every Commando lover needs to read

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=116540.0

a bunch of slack-jawed f@&&ots in this place.

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Post by: The Ugly on December 28, 2014, 10:38:49 AM
Definitely not the best movie ever lol. There are so many movies that are A LOT better.

This may be the best action movie ever, but thats even a stretch.

HELL of a stretch. Just beyond Hubble's scope-type stretch. Not even Arnold's best action movie. T2, True Lies, c'mon.
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Post by: Rambone on December 28, 2014, 10:42:54 AM


The musical was better than the movie IMO
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Post by: hench on December 28, 2014, 10:44:43 AM
Commando is one of the most entertaining action movies ever but it's full of mistakes, predator is one of the best made sci-fi action thrillers of all time and still holds up today, there's a difference.
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Post by: SF1900 on December 28, 2014, 10:45:32 AM
HELL of a stretch. Just beyond Hubble's scope-type stretch.

lol.

Clearly its a good movie, but the best movie ever, even in terms of action, id say, "no."
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Post by: Alucard on December 28, 2014, 10:52:10 AM
Immortal action flick, Commando is an iconic movie with great soundtrack, one-liners and action, but not Arnold's best, not even close...
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Post by: bradistani on December 28, 2014, 10:55:00 AM
Immortal action flick, Commando is an iconic movie with great soundtrack, one-liners and action, but not Arnold's best, not even close...

PREDATOR is his best.

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Post by: JOHN MATRIX on December 28, 2014, 10:55:45 AM
Commando is the best movie OF ITS KIND ever made. Its unintentional hilarity can never be reproduced; it is a one of a kind gem. The only movie thats even close is Death Wish 3
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Post by: The Ugly on December 28, 2014, 10:58:14 AM
You fellas need to watch more movies.
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Post by: Alucard on December 28, 2014, 10:59:27 AM
PREDATOR is his best.


Yes, Predator is up there with T1 and T2, True Lies also, and the first Conan...
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Post by: JOHN MATRIX on December 28, 2014, 10:59:59 AM


The musical was better than the movie IMO

Lmao never seen that one
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Post by: Alucard on December 28, 2014, 11:07:11 AM
Commando is the best movie OF ITS KIND ever made. Its unintentional hilarity can never be reproduced; it is a one of a kind gem. The only movie thats even close is Death Wish 3
Love Death Wish 3, have it on DVD... Great Bronson with the Wildey Survivor in .475 Wildey Mag...
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Post by: JOHN MATRIX on December 28, 2014, 11:36:22 AM
Love Death Wish 3, have it on DVD... Great Bronson with the Wildey Survivor in .475 Wildey Mag...

And the mail-order rocket launcher  ;D
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Post by: Walter Sobchak on December 28, 2014, 11:55:17 AM
Love Death Wish 3, have it on DVD... Great Bronson with the Wildey Survivor in .475 Wildey Mag...

Always wondered what that gun would be like to shoot. Must kick like a mule.
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Post by: mazrim on December 28, 2014, 11:55:32 AM
The Godfather.

End of discussion.
Found them all very overrated.

Just all right, IMO.
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Post by: Walter Sobchak on December 28, 2014, 11:58:51 AM
Found them all very overrated.

Just all right, IMO.

Let me guess, your favorite movie is "Momma Mia" because your boyfriend told you it was?
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Post by: The Ugly on December 28, 2014, 11:59:10 AM
Found them all very overrated.

Just all right, IMO.

Huge red flag. Your favorite film, sir?
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Post by: andreisdaman on December 28, 2014, 12:00:37 PM
The Godfather.....two was fine as well....or Apocalypse Now...Goodfellas a close second...Casino was nice too
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Post by: Walter Sobchak on December 28, 2014, 12:06:07 PM
The Godfather.....two was fine as well....or Apocalypse Now...Goodfellas a close second...Casino was nice too

Godfather I and II
Terminator 2
Jaws
Field of Dreams
Predator
Big Lewbowski
Goodfellas
Anchorman I
Full Metal Jacket

All movies that I never pass up a chance to watch.
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Post by: The Ugly on December 28, 2014, 12:06:41 PM
The Godfather.....two was fine as well....or Apocalypse Now...Goodfellas a close second...Casino was nice too

We haven't agreed on much - ok, zero - but here, oddly enough, we're simpatico. Fantastic films, all.
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Post by: hench on December 28, 2014, 12:16:11 PM
Yea I've tried to watch the original but it never grabbed me, goodfellas, now that's a timeless gangster film.

 
Found them all very overrated.

Just all right, IMO.
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Post by: GraniteCityDon on December 28, 2014, 12:23:44 PM
Enter the Dragon for me. The fact it was completed was a near miracle, timeless masterpiece IMO.
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Post by: TheShape. on December 28, 2014, 12:24:03 PM
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Post by: K-1 on December 28, 2014, 12:38:02 PM
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Post by: kepler2008 on December 28, 2014, 12:55:58 PM
Das Boot (1981), best movie ever for me



Deliverance (1972) and The Descent (2005) aren't far away :



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Post by: flex933 on December 28, 2014, 12:59:50 PM
Cocainum
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Post by: bradistani on December 28, 2014, 01:45:24 PM
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ones eye can't help but be drawn to arnolds bi's :P

wicked film though. the predator itself is the best, most badass alien in all scifi films
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Post by: Thin Lizzy on December 28, 2014, 02:04:09 PM
The first "Rocky."
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Post by: Montague on December 28, 2014, 02:24:48 PM
A thread every Commando lover needs to read

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=116540.0


P.I.P., db2431.

We will never know another like him.
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Post by: MAXX on December 28, 2014, 02:27:29 PM
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Dat lean face

Arnold was pretty dry and shredded in this movie
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Post by: Montague on December 28, 2014, 02:35:12 PM
Dat lean face

Arnold was pretty dry and shredded in this movie


That's because he and much of the crew contracted malaria during filming.
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Post by: funk51 on December 28, 2014, 02:42:13 PM
(http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jan/Arnold.jpg)

discuss.
;D
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Post by: APE907 on December 28, 2014, 02:51:53 PM
Casino
Goodfellas
Wolf of Wall Street
The Departed
There Will Be Blood
Fargo

Off top of my head, in no particular order.
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Post by: BB on December 28, 2014, 02:56:46 PM
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There's the full film. I got to say if you just watch it as campy B grade stuff, it's one of my favorites. The introduction of him carrying the log, and the last 30 minute assault on the compound are primo for a mid 80's actioneer. I also like Rae Dawn Chong as the love interest, I didn't appreciate it when I was younger, but she was sexy enough to make it believable, and had enough of a comic girl next door charm to enjoy her on screen, without wishing they'd cut back to Arnold too much.

I think it's my fourth favorite Arnold film - 1) The Running Man, 2) Terminator 1, 3) Red Heat, 4) Commando, 5) then maybe Predator.
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Post by: Army of One on December 28, 2014, 02:59:23 PM

P.I.P., db2431.

We will never know another like him.

True, legendary phoshopper, video maker and wordsmith, born too early for his skills to have been fully appreciated here.
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Post by: Tapeworm on December 28, 2014, 03:17:24 PM
Better than "Citizen Kane"? Really?

Universally acknowledged as the greatest film ever made although I haven't seen it from start to end in a single sitting due to nodding off in front of it.  It's a riveting piece of cinematic art when I'm not falling asleep.
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Post by: TheShape. on December 28, 2014, 03:33:00 PM
Universally acknowledged as the greatest film ever made although I haven't seen it from start to end in a single sitting due to nodding off in front of it.  It's a riveting piece of cinematic art when I'm not falling asleep.
I liked it. But I'm biased as a movie lover. "Rosebud....."
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Post by: BIG AL MCKECHNIE on December 28, 2014, 03:34:22 PM
Universally acknowledged as the greatest film ever made although I haven't seen it from start to end in a single sitting due to nodding off in front of it.  It's a riveting piece of cinematic art when I'm not falling asleep.


I bought it last year and cannot watch it thru due to it being boring twaddle.
I'd go as far as to say it's PURE PISH!!!
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Post by: Army of One on December 28, 2014, 03:36:10 PM
While we are on this subject why does Raw Deal get overlooked? For entertainment its a great movie and the body count is stupidly high like Commando yet nobody ever mentions it
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Post by: BB on December 28, 2014, 03:40:08 PM
Universally acknowledged as the greatest film ever made although I haven't seen it from start to end in a single sitting due to nodding off in front of it.  It's a riveting piece of cinematic art when I'm not falling asleep.

Fucking truth right there. It's a beautifully shot snoozefest.

Touch of Evil is ten times the film Citizen Kane is.

Heck, this reading is better than Citizen Kane -

.
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Post by: Bevo on December 28, 2014, 03:42:34 PM
Casino
Goodfellas
Wolf of Wall Street
The Departed
There Will Be Blood
Fargo

Off top of my head, in no particular order.

The Departed is such a ripoff of the Asian film "infernal affairs"
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Post by: Tapeworm on December 28, 2014, 03:48:15 PM
Fucking truth right there. It's a beautifully shot snoozefest.

Touch of Evil is ten times the film Citizen Kane is.

Heck, this reading is better than Citizen Kane -

.

 ;D  "Get me a jury!"
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Post by: APE907 on December 28, 2014, 03:50:22 PM
Cannot speak to Asian flick "Internal Affairs"

For me, I like The Departed due to Boston location and Scorcese touch.  I'm from New England and have spent plenty of time in Boston which added to film's appeal.
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Post by: Megalodon on December 28, 2014, 04:27:49 PM
The Departed is such a ripoff of the Asian film "infernal affairs"

It was a remake. The Infernal Affairs writers were credited and paid.
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Post by: andreisdaman on December 28, 2014, 05:16:38 PM
Fucking truth right there. It's a beautifully shot snoozefest.

Touch of Evil is ten times the film Citizen Kane is.

Heck, this reading is better than Citizen Kane -

.

Touch of Evil is fucking awesome
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Post by: _bruce_ on December 28, 2014, 05:22:29 PM
Commando is laughable at best - even Raw Deal is better.
Rambo, especially part 1, was at least a real movie.
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Post by: Walter Sobchak on December 28, 2014, 05:32:17 PM
Casino
Goodfellas
Wolf of Wall Street
The Departed
There Will Be Blood
Fargo

Off top of my head, in no particular order.

Obvious Leonardo DiCaprio mancrush.
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Post by: maxkane69 on December 28, 2014, 05:41:01 PM
BEST MOVIE EVER !!!

PULP FICTION  8)

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Post by: Slapper on December 28, 2014, 05:42:23 PM
Escape from Alcatraz, Goodfellas, The Godfather.
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Post by: bradistani on December 28, 2014, 05:50:22 PM
BEST MOVIE EVER !!!

PULP FICTION  8)



i've always liked JACKIE BROWN much more.
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Post by: andreisdaman on December 28, 2014, 07:35:09 PM
i've always liked JACKIE BROWN much more.


same here...Jackie Brown was an absolute stroke of Genius
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Post by: Grape Ape on December 28, 2014, 08:35:14 PM
Someone mentioned Wolf of Wall St in a conversation about the best movies of all time.

I declare the entire thread invalid.
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Post by: Go 4 It on December 28, 2014, 08:54:59 PM
This
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Post by: Teutonic Knight on December 28, 2014, 09:06:04 PM
Wiggs would love 'Cobra Verde'  ;D
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Post by: The Ugly on December 28, 2014, 11:28:50 PM
Casino
Goodfellas
Wolf of Wall Street

The Departed
There Will Be Blood
Fargo

Off top of my head, in no particular order.

Scorsese fan, are ya?
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Post by: The Ugly on December 29, 2014, 12:05:23 AM
Universally acknowledged as the greatest film ever made although I haven't seen it from start to end in a single sitting due to nodding off in front of it.  It's a riveting piece of cinematic art when I'm not falling asleep.

F'n amazing film, as is Casablanca, The Third Man, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, White Heat, High Noon, a few Hitchcock flicks, and a shitload of other old school b&w classics. Ask Wes.

Modern best, just watch the entire Coen's catalogue. Their worst is 10X better than most directors' best: Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, The Man Who Wasn't There, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou? A Serious Man, Burn After Reading, No Country For Old Men, True Grit, Inside Llewyn Davis, and all their also rans = perfect, or damn close.

No better living filmmakers, without question.

Kubrick, Polanski, Scorsese, Jewison, Lumet, Friedkin, DePalma, Spielberg, Fincher, Tarantino, Nolan, Mann, Demme, Aranofsky, PT Anderson, Bennett Miller, John Hillcoat, Andrew Dominik, Sam Mendes, Eastwood (at times), et al. - these are the more recent masters. Coppola was a limited genius, four or five masterpieces but blew his wad pretty quick. Nothing special since Apocalypse or Dracula, it's been decades. Adding Brad Anderson as a personal fave, more hits than misses.

So stop with these silly second-rate Arnold moneygrabbers. They're dogshit, all things considered. Credit for his Cameron collaborations, though, quality efforts. The rest are retarded popcorn jerkoffs, deal with it.
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Post by: Tapeworm on December 29, 2014, 12:10:55 AM
F'n amazing film, as is Casablanca, The Third Man, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, White Heat, High Noon, a few Hitchcock flicks, and a shitload of other old school b&w classics. Ask Wes.

Modern best, just watch the entire Coens' catalogue. Their worst is 10X better than most directors' best: Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, The Man Who Wasn't There, Fargo, O Brother, Where Art Thou? A Serious Man, Burn After Reading, No Country For Old Men, True Grit, Inside Llewyn Davis, and all their also rans = perfect.

No better living filmmakers, without question.

Kubrick, Polanski, Scorsese, Jewison, Lumet, Friedkin, DePalma, Spielberg, Fincher, Nolan, Anderson, Bennett Miller, John Hillcoat, Dominik, Sam Mendes , Eastwood (at times) - these are the recent masters. Coppola was a limited genius, four or five masterpieces but blew his wad. Nothing special since Apocalypse or Dracula, been decades.

So stop with these silly second-rate Arnold money-grabbers. They're dogshit, all things considered. Credit for his Cameron collaborations, though, quality efforts. The rest are retarded popcorn jerkoffs, deal with it.

I didn't know those were all Coens.  Search criteria updated!
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Post by: sync pulse on December 29, 2014, 01:15:53 AM
Amadeus (original release cut, not director's cut)
Monkey Business
It's a Gift
The Beginning or the End?
Champagne for Caesar
Speedy
The General
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Post by: Royalty on December 29, 2014, 02:08:47 AM
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Bennett was the true star in Commando. Matrix was just a minor character.
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Post by: APE907 on December 29, 2014, 03:05:12 AM
Obvious Leonardo DiCaprio mancrush.

Guy is solid actor who works with my favorite director. Hated him during Titanic era but was proven wrong as his career progressed.
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Post by: APE907 on December 29, 2014, 03:06:35 AM
Scorsese fan, are ya?

Fanatic probably more accurate
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Post by: Alucard on December 29, 2014, 05:42:12 AM
Always wondered what that gun would be like to shoot. Must kick like a mule.
Friend of mine had it for a while, put many rounds through it (via recharge mostly, very rare to find)... Even though it's gas operated, just like the DE, it kicks more, i would say around a 6 inch .44 Mag revolver, maybe a bit bit more... The .475 Wildey Mag is more powerful than the .50 Action Express, but the Survivor's reliability is so so, the gas system is hard to adjust... In the end it's a super pricey unique piece to have in a collection, but in the magnum semi-auto world, the Desert Eagle is king and better, better design, more accurate, much more reliable (at least the older IMI marked ones, the new IWI/Kahr Arms ones seems worse from what i heard)...
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on December 29, 2014, 05:44:45 AM
Escape from Alcatraz

one of the best movie ever? No.

Shawshank is far better.
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Post by: Alucard on December 29, 2014, 05:59:55 AM

same here...Jackie Brown was an absolute stroke of Genius
Same here x2, prefer Jackie Brown over Pulp Fiction...
Guy is solid actor who works with my favorite director. Hated him during Titanic era but was proven wrong as his career progressed.
Di Caprio is one of the greatest actors alive, period... Lots of things changed since Titanic and his babyface days, and even then his acting was good... THE AVIATOR is a masterpiece, he's superb in it, one of the very best movies ever made, imo...
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Post by: Mr Anabolic on December 29, 2014, 06:02:11 AM
Any movie you leave on while channel surfing is a good movie.
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Post by: flex933 on December 29, 2014, 06:06:18 AM
Awesome movie
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Post by: andreisdaman on December 29, 2014, 06:16:52 AM
Same here x2, prefer Jackie Brown over Pulp Fiction...Di Caprio is one of the greatest actors alive, period... Lots of things changed since Titanic and his babyface days, and even then his acting was good... THE AVIATOR is a masterpiece, he's superb in it, one of the very best movies ever made, imo...

I gotta admit that DeCaprio was very very good in J. Edgar Hoover and Inception as well.....and wait...now that I think of it..he was also awesome in Django unchained
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Post by: SuperTed on December 29, 2014, 06:23:15 AM
(http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jan/Arnold.jpg)

discuss.

LOL. Predator wasn't even Arnie's best movie. T1 and T2 are clearly his standout films.
After that, it's a toss up between Conan, Total Recall and Predator.

I would put True Lies alongside Commando, Red Heat, Raw Deal etc as one of Arnie's enjoyable but less stellar movies.
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Post by: Grape Ape on December 29, 2014, 06:48:54 AM
Pretty sure the OP wasn't serious, fools.
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Post by: SuperTed on December 29, 2014, 06:53:56 AM
Pretty sure the OP wasn't serious, fools.

I just realized that the pic was from Commando. I honestly thought it was from Predator which is clearly the superior movie.
Commando was in the "so bad it's good" category. :D
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Post by: Ronnie Rep on December 29, 2014, 06:55:56 AM
I will give my top 3
The Godfather
One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest
Rocky
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Post by: SilverSpoon on December 29, 2014, 07:53:10 AM
A Clockwork Orange has to be mentioned.

Cinema Paradiso should get a mention.

Many others mentioned here are in my top 20 films of all time.
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Post by: Alucard on December 29, 2014, 07:55:07 AM
I gotta admit that DeCaprio was very very good in J. Edgar Hoover and Inception as well.....and wait...now that I think of it..he was also awesome in Django unchained
Exactly, basically he hasn't failed a single movie since ages, not that he ever failed one... Always top acting, in my opinion he's up there with Nicholson, Brando, young De Niro and few others...
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Post by: Tapeworm on December 29, 2014, 09:56:47 AM
A Clockwork Orange has to be mentioned.

Cinema Paradiso should get a mention.

Many others mentioned here are in my top 20 films of all time.

PIP Alfredo
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Post by: andreisdaman on December 29, 2014, 12:03:53 PM
Exactly, basically he hasn't failed a single movie since ages, not that he ever failed one... Always top acting, in my opinion he's up there with Nicholson, Brando, young De Niro and few others...

you make a good point....interm of box office and critical acclaim you can make the case that he is right up there with DeNiro and Brando....especially with his portrayal of J. Edgar which I thought was going to be a disaster and which turned out awesome......

and I didn't even see Wolf of Wall Street yet or Shutter Island..you see those?
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Post by: Alucard on December 29, 2014, 12:23:07 PM
you make a good point....interm of box office and critical acclaim you can make the case that he is right up there with DeNiro and Brando....especially with his portrayal of J. Edgar which I thought was going to be a disaster and which turned out awesome......

and I didn't even see Wolf of Wall Street yet or Shutter Island..you see those?
Shutter Island yes, intricated movie, top acting from Di Caprio of course... Wolf Of Wall Street no, for now... Did you see The Aviator?
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Post by: APE907 on December 29, 2014, 04:10:17 PM
you make a good point....interm of box office and critical acclaim you can make the case that he is right up there with DeNiro and Brando....especially with his portrayal of J. Edgar which I thought was going to be a disaster and which turned out awesome......

and I didn't even see Wolf of Wall Street yet or Shutter Island..you see those?

Make point to see both.

Shutter Island is unique and will keep you guessing until the end.

Wolf is worth watching for Jonah Hill portrayal of Dennis Azoff alone. He made the movie for me.  The soundtrack is also great per usual Scorcese.  Dicaprio wife in film maybe most facially perfect white chick I can think of.  Dicaprio acts as narrator and lead character in film.  It was panned by many due to feelings of hatred many felt for Dicaprio and Hill characters after first viewing IMO. 

To me measure of great movie is discussions it generates after seeing.....Wolf is movie that many have strong opinions about.  Love it or hate it you will talk about it later.
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Post by: The Ugly on December 29, 2014, 04:23:18 PM
Shutter Island yes, intricated movie, top acting from Di Caprio of course... Wolf Of Wall Street no, for now... Did you see The Aviator?

Shutter Island was great, but it was better when it was called The Ninth Configuration.
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Post by: Walter Sobchak on December 29, 2014, 04:38:37 PM
Awesome movie

Scarface is SO overrated.

Watch "Donnie Brasco" and you will realize how bad Heat, Scarface, and Scent of a Woman really are.
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Post by: The_Punisher on December 29, 2014, 04:44:52 PM
LOL. Predator wasn't even Arnie's best movie. T1 and T2 are clearly his standout films.
After that, it's a toss up between Conan, Total Recall and Predator.

I would put True Lies alongside Commando, Red Heat, Raw Deal etc as one of Arnie's enjoyable but less stellar movies.

Commando is the second best Poster of all his Movies behind Terminator
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Post by: The Ugly on December 29, 2014, 04:46:00 PM
Scarface is SO overrated.

Watch "Donnie Brasco" and you will realize how bad Heat, Scarface, and Scent of a Woman really are.

Buddy, I SO don't feel that when I watch DB. Scarface is amazing, Pacino at his best.
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Post by: Walter Sobchak on December 29, 2014, 04:53:54 PM
Buddy, I SO don't feel that when I watch DB. Scarface is amazing, Pacino at his best.

No, Pacino peaked with Godfather I and II.

Scarface and Heat are way too overacted for me.
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Post by: Grape Ape on December 29, 2014, 05:51:27 PM
Scarface is SO overrated.

Watch "Donnie Brasco" and you will realize how bad Heat, Scarface, and Scent of a Woman really are.

Donnie Brasco the book was good, but it's not like the movie put the movies above to shame.  Heat and Scarface were both very good in their own right.
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Post by: Grape Ape on December 29, 2014, 05:52:44 PM
To me measure of great movie is discussions it generates after seeing.....Wolf is movie that many have strong opinions about.  Love it or hate it you will talk about it later.

Showgirls garnered tons of discussion.

Wolf of Wall St. was OK.  Nothing spectacular, nothing original, but entertaining.   Read both books before I ever knew it would be a movie.  Not saying the books were that much better (even though that's usually the case).

Wolf of Wall Street was what it was  - good book, decent movie portrayal.
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Post by: BB on December 29, 2014, 06:02:13 PM
Pacino did a good job physically and manner wise with the Ruggerio, you can hear the real Ruggerio here -

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The voice is much different, but the flourishes, etc.... are all pretty good, film to real.


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Post by: The Ugly on December 29, 2014, 06:18:28 PM
No, Pacino peaked with Godfather I and II.

Scarface and Heat are way too overacted for me.

Have to disagree, sorry. Dog Day, Serpico, Scarface, And Justice, Carlito's Way, Insomnia, all as good as anything, IMO.
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Post by: Walter Sobchak on December 29, 2014, 06:38:07 PM
Have to disagree, sorry. Dog Day, Serpico, Scarface, And Justice, Carlito's Way, Insomnia, all as good as anything, IMO.

He's good in Carlito's Way, I meant to mention that one. He's maybe  slightly above average in Serpico.

Then he's horrible in so many others it offsets his mediocre stuff
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Post by: The Ugly on December 29, 2014, 06:48:13 PM
He's good in Carlito's Way, I meant to mention that one. He's maybe  slightly above average in Serpico.

Then he's horrible in so many others it offsets his mediocre stuff

Certainly not a Pacino fanboy; he's done a shitload of horrible later-year stuff, same as DeNiro, but I stand by the ones mentioned. Also, pretty damn good in Frankie and Johnny (and maybe Sea of Love, too?).

All the legends end up finishing horribly, guy: Ruth, Ali, Holmes, Brando, DeNiro, Pacino, etc., what are ya gonna do?

Exactly why I love Nicholson so much. Very few duds, went out on top.
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Post by: BB on December 29, 2014, 06:57:46 PM
On balance, I think Pacino holds up better than Deniro.
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Post by: The Ugly on December 29, 2014, 06:59:50 PM
On balance, I think Pacino holds up better than Deniro.

Think it's just because Bob'll do any damn script sent his way?
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Post by: James28 on December 29, 2014, 07:06:57 PM
No, Pacino peaked with Godfather I and II.

Scarface and Heat are way too overacted for me.

For me Glengarry Glen Ross was he stand out role. So fucking good in that. Couldn't even pick one hole
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Post by: BB on December 29, 2014, 07:12:41 PM
Think it's just because Bob'll do any damn script sent his way?

Yeah, but even more than that, even when it's a shitty film, and Pacino's doing his Pacino thing, it feels like he's at least trying. With a lot of the newer Deniro stuff, it seems like he's more interested in what craft services is serving up, than actually trying to milk anything good out of the script.
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Post by: The Ugly on December 29, 2014, 07:15:45 PM
For me Glengarry Glen Ross was he stand out role. So fucking good in that. Couldn't even pick one hole

Whoa, TOTALLY forgot GGR. Got nominated there. Absolutely perfect as Ricky Roma.

"Gimme a piece of gum, I'll show you how to chew it."
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Post by: Walter Sobchak on December 29, 2014, 07:16:52 PM
Yeah, but even more than that, even when it's a shitty film, and Pacino's doing his Pacino thing, it feels like he's at least trying. With a lot of the newer Deniro stuff, it seems like he's more interested in what craft services is serving up, than actually trying to milk anything good out of the script.

I thought DeNiro was really good in a support role in American Hustle.

What was that crap football movie Pacino did? Putrid.
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Post by: James28 on December 29, 2014, 07:24:26 PM
Whoa, TOTALLY forgot GGR. Got nominated there. Absolutely perfect as Tony Roma.

"Gimme a piece of gum, I'll show you how to chew it."

"You stupid fucking cunt, hey Williamson, I'm talking to you, shithead"

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Post by: James28 on December 29, 2014, 07:27:12 PM
Whoa, TOTALLY forgot GGR. Got nominated there. Absolutely perfect as Tony Roma.

"Gimme a piece of gum, I'll show you how to chew it."

The whole cast is awesome, just didn't like George Aaronow.
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Post by: Go 4 It on December 29, 2014, 07:29:23 PM
Over the Top!!  ;D
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Post by: Walter Sobchak on December 29, 2014, 07:41:15 PM
Over the Top!!  ;D

You don't get to vote, this thread is for straight men.
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Post by: Go 4 It on December 29, 2014, 07:51:11 PM
You don't get to vote, this thread is for straight men.
Calm down Walter
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Post by: Walter Sobchak on December 29, 2014, 08:10:30 PM
Calm down Walter

I'm calm Dude, calmer than you.
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Post by: The Ugly on December 30, 2014, 09:16:07 AM
The whole cast is awesome, just didn't like George Aaronow.

Ah, man, I loved them all.

"I meet Gestapo tactics. I meet Gestapo tactics. That's not right. No man has the right to..."

"Will you get out of here? Will you? I'm trying to run an office here. Now will you go to lunch? GO TO LUNCH! Will you go to lunch?!"

Perfect film. Easy ten for me.
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Post by: Alucard on December 30, 2014, 10:06:52 AM
No, Pacino peaked with Godfather I and II.

Scarface and Heat are way too overacted for me.
Agreed Walter about Pacino... De Niro also it seems that he doesn't even care anymore, didn't make a decent movie with decent acting since ages, as of today he's very overrated...
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Post by: Ron Harrigan on December 30, 2014, 10:13:37 AM
William Wyler's Ben-Hur. End of discussion.
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Post by: andreisdaman on December 30, 2014, 10:39:45 AM
William Wyler's Ben-Hur. End of discussion.

Ben Hur was good..I watched "The Greatest Story Ever Told" the other night and it was good as well.
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Post by: Ron Harrigan on December 30, 2014, 11:43:24 AM
Ben Hur was good..I watched "The Greatest Story Ever Told" the other night and it was good as well.

The Bridge On The River Kwai still sparkles after over half a century.
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Post by: Teutonic Knight on December 30, 2014, 12:19:54 PM
Any movies about 'Black Jeezzuuss' , with Milton as J.C. ???????

 ;D
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Post by: Teutonic Knight on December 30, 2014, 12:34:18 PM
Monsters (2010) Sy-Fi story aliens invasion on Rio Grande border  :)

If U like 'War of the Worlds" ?,then this is film 4 U.
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Post by: Royalty on December 30, 2014, 12:36:33 PM
I'm calm Dude, calmer than you.


Yeah, waving a f#ckin gun around?!?


Take. It. Easy. Man.
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Post by: Walter Sobchak on December 30, 2014, 01:54:50 PM

Yeah, waving a f#ckin gun around?!?


Take. It. Easy. Man.

Calmer than you are.
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Post by: The Ugly on December 30, 2014, 05:33:26 PM

Yeah, waving a f#ckin gun around?!?


Take. It. Easy. Man.

You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me.... Hell, I can get you a toe by three o'clock this afternoon, with nail polish. These fucking amateurs.
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Post by: Walter Sobchak on December 30, 2014, 05:56:29 PM
 I told that kraut a fucking thousand times that I don't roll on Shabbos!
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Post by: Parker on December 30, 2014, 06:50:14 PM
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Post by: andreisdaman on December 31, 2014, 02:05:33 PM
The Bridge On The River Kwai still sparkles after over half a century.

I've been dying to see that.....gotta check cable
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Post by: The Ugly on December 31, 2014, 07:41:57 PM
I've been dying to see that.....gotta check cable

Classic.
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Post by: RRKore on December 31, 2014, 08:10:45 PM
I'm gonna go with something a lot more recent than the other movies mentioned so far:

Guardians of the Galaxy

I was never a Marvel Comics kid, I just had a better time watching this movie than any I've seen in a long time.