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re: M/TV Board Best Action Movie of All-Time TOURNAMENT - NOMINATION ROUND
Posted on 1/23/23 at 1:37 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
Posted on 1/23/23 at 1:37 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
quote:
I think you should exclude westerns, also. That's it's own genre.
Well wouldn't that be excluding Die Hard? Or would that be excluding Christmas movies?
Point being Action is an overreaching genre across the spectrum.
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Posted on 1/23/23 at 1:46 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
The dark knight
Blade runner
No country for old men
Mad max fury road
Top gun maverick
The good the bad and the ugly
The departed
Blade runner
No country for old men
Mad max fury road
Top gun maverick
The good the bad and the ugly
The departed
Posted on 1/23/23 at 1:51 pm to Hoodie
Terminator
Terminator 2
Predator
Rambo First Blood
Gladiator
The Matrix
John Wick
The Professional
The Bourne Identity
Mad Max Fury Road
Reign Of Fire
Hot Fuzz
Kingsman
300
28 Days Later
Jurassic Park
The Mummy
Terminator 2
Predator
Rambo First Blood
Gladiator
The Matrix
John Wick
The Professional
The Bourne Identity
Mad Max Fury Road
Reign Of Fire
Hot Fuzz
Kingsman
300
28 Days Later
Jurassic Park
The Mummy
Posted on 1/23/23 at 1:55 pm to iwyLSUiwy
quote:
Let me know if you think we should exclude super-hero movies as that could be a separate tournament to be held at a later date
Yes.
My nominations:
Die Hard
Inception
Hanna
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Kill Bill
The Matrix
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish Version)
300
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Man from Uncle
Predator
Posted on 1/23/23 at 1:55 pm to iwyLSUiwy
I have intentionally excluded all "Action Films" in which the "action" is all either CGI or cartoonish (e.g. 300, Sin City, the Kill Bill films, the John Wick films and the Matrix films).
Seven Samurai (1954)
Spartacus (1960)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Bullitt (1968)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Magnum Force (1973)
Mad Max (1979)
Escape From New York (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
First Blood (Rambo I) (1982)
Commando (1985)
Aliens (1986)
The Rock (1986)
Predator (1987)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Die Hard (1988)
La Femme Nikita (1990)
Point Break (1991)
Léon: The Professional (1994)
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Air Force One (1997)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Gladiator (2000)
Crank (2006)
Taken (2008)
Hanna (2011)
Olympus, London & Angel Have Fallen (2013-19)
EDIT:
A lot of people have forgotten older films.
To the extent that things like the John Wick and Kill Bill films are included, they should enter the voting as a unit (e.g. all 3 Wick films or both Kill Bill films as one entry), because they just tell one long story and are indistinguishable from one another.
My vote is to exclude Super Hero Films, as they are their own category.
Seven Samurai (1954)
Spartacus (1960)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Bullitt (1968)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Magnum Force (1973)
Mad Max (1979)
Escape From New York (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
First Blood (Rambo I) (1982)
Commando (1985)
Aliens (1986)
The Rock (1986)
Predator (1987)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Die Hard (1988)
La Femme Nikita (1990)
Point Break (1991)
Léon: The Professional (1994)
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Air Force One (1997)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Gladiator (2000)
Crank (2006)
Taken (2008)
Hanna (2011)
Olympus, London & Angel Have Fallen (2013-19)
EDIT:
A lot of people have forgotten older films.
To the extent that things like the John Wick and Kill Bill films are included, they should enter the voting as a unit (e.g. all 3 Wick films or both Kill Bill films as one entry), because they just tell one long story and are indistinguishable from one another.
My vote is to exclude Super Hero Films, as they are their own category.
This post was edited on 1/25/23 at 9:11 am
Posted on 1/23/23 at 1:56 pm to AggieHank86
quote:
Hanna (2011)
Glad to see another fan. Underrated IMO.
Posted on 1/23/23 at 1:59 pm to BluegrassBelle
The Raid
The Raid 2
The Raid 2
Posted on 1/23/23 at 2:05 pm to BluegrassBelle
quote:Back Atcha
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish Version)
I did not include it because I don't see it as and "Action Film," but outstanding nonetheless. Noomi Rapace does not get nearly the credit that she deserves as an actress.
This post was edited on 1/23/23 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 1/23/23 at 2:19 pm to iwyLSUiwy
Zulu
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Posted on 1/23/23 at 2:19 pm to AggieHank86
You look at that list and there's no denying those are all action movies. The Professional slipped my mind, I'll probably need to add that to mine. Never really considered the Kill Bill films as cartoonish though. Over the top at times obviously, but it is just a modern samurai movie. I'd have a hard time not putting The Matrix on a action movie list, even if it's not traditional.
Posted on 1/23/23 at 2:19 pm to iwyLSUiwy
The Raid
The Raid 2
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Max Max Fury Road
Die Hard
Aliens
Matrix
Terminator 2
John Wick
The Raid 2
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Max Max Fury Road
Die Hard
Aliens
Matrix
Terminator 2
John Wick
This post was edited on 1/23/23 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 1/23/23 at 2:23 pm to Carson123987
John Wick
John Wick 2
John Wick 3
John Wick 2
John Wick 3
Posted on 1/23/23 at 2:24 pm to iwyLSUiwy
Last of the Mohicans
Die Hard
Braveheart
Ben Hur(1959)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Terminator 2
Aliens
Gladiator
The Mummy(Brendan Frazier)
7 Samurai
Zulu
Clash of the Titans(1981)
Hell or High Water
Poseidon Adventure(1972)
Live and Let Die
Bourne Legacy
Man from Nowhere(Korean)
Clear and Present Danger
Taken
Hunger Games
Divergent
Die Hard
Braveheart
Ben Hur(1959)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Terminator 2
Aliens
Gladiator
The Mummy(Brendan Frazier)
7 Samurai
Zulu
Clash of the Titans(1981)
Hell or High Water
Poseidon Adventure(1972)
Live and Let Die
Bourne Legacy
Man from Nowhere(Korean)
Clear and Present Danger
Taken
Hunger Games
Divergent
This post was edited on 1/23/23 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 1/23/23 at 2:25 pm to iwyLSUiwy
Predator
Dark Horse: Extraction
If you haven’t watched Extraction, highly recommend
Dark Horse: Extraction
If you haven’t watched Extraction, highly recommend
Posted on 1/23/23 at 2:27 pm to Zephyrius
quote:Almost include this one, because it has a few OUTSTANDING action sequences, but (in the end) they are just action sequences spliced into a period drama film.
Ben Hur(1959)
Posted on 1/23/23 at 2:33 pm to iwyLSUiwy
Equilibrium always gets me pumped!
Posted on 1/23/23 at 2:42 pm to SoFla Tideroller
I probably need to add Zulu to my list... I watch it every time its on TCM but its been awhile. I probably saw it on Amazon or Netflix the last time I watched it but I don't think its streaming on those currently.
Posted on 1/23/23 at 2:45 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:
Point being Action is an overreaching genre across the spectrum.
Which is why excluding super hero films doesn't make any sense other than some posters just don't like them.
Maybe there needs to be some prerequisites for being included. Like having at least two explosions, one extended chase scene, etc.
This post was edited on 1/23/23 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 1/23/23 at 2:50 pm to AggieHank86
quote:
Almost include this one, because it has a few OUTSTANDING action sequences, but (in the end) they are just action sequences spliced into a period drama film.
Probably has as many action sequences as Raiders of the Lost Ark but Ben Hur is a 3 1/2 hour epic.
This post was edited on 1/23/23 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 1/23/23 at 2:54 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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