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Well…it’s been almost a year since Shug’s pivotal article of more than a year ago! Since it is Oscar time, I thought that we should give it a re-visit. Any changes you would make? Additions? Subtractions? Thoughts? To recap (with my brief editorial), and in no particular order:


1)“Conan The Barbarian” (“Arnuld”; enough said)


2)“Full Metal Jacket”(“Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard, but I am fair! There is no racial bigotry here! I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops or greasers. Here you are all equally worthless! And my orders are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to serve in my beloved Corps! Do you maggots understand that?) NOT EXACTLY “Sergeant Carter…”


3)“Wild Things”(Pouty Neve Campbell; enough said…)


4)“American Beauty”(Weird…“Pulp Fiction” weird…)


5)“Die Hard 1” (“It’s A Wonderful Life” on Steroids…)


6)“The Rock” (Sean Connery as a badass…enough said…)


7)“Fight Club” (Pitt sure is loved on THIS Forum!)


8)“BraveHeart”(A LOT of ass-kickin’ in kilts…)


9)“Silverado” (Cool…but I PROBABLY would go with “The Unforgiven”, “The Outlaw Josey Wales” or “Tombstone”)


10)“Gladiator” (Russell Crowe; fighting; swords; chariots…Testosterone…)


I think at least honorable mentions (if not actually on the list) should go to “Glory”, “Saving Private Ryan” “Alien” and Aliens” and the most recent “Black Hawk Down”. (“The Lord of The Rings” was cool…but the Hobbits blew it…!)


Take it away, guys!

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You forgot Reservoir Dogs. The ‘lets get a taco’ part where Mr White & Mr Orange are talking cracks me up every time.

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By the way…the article is “The Top Ten TESTOSTERONE Movies of All Time” (So…no wussie stuff, guys…)


By the way…I forgot “The Bridges of Madison County” and “Hope Floats”…(just kidding…!!!)

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Hey what about “Clockwork Orange”? Oh yeah, you forgot “Pulp Fiction”.

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The Predator. Great story, great supporting cast,action,suspense,comedy(jesse:I aint got time to bleed).

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Platoon, Apocalypse Now (not the shitty redux one,) I’d go with the last twenty minutes of Unforgiven as well. Some of John Wayne’s movies are cool just for the fact he doesn’t take shit from anyone and will pop them in the face. I would put Snow Dogs at number one though.

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American Pie 1 and 2. its about trying to get laid, getting laid, hanging with your boys talking about getting laid. and hot chicks get naked. if they had a deadlift competition in the movie, it would be the highest testosterone movie ever.

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I am called by many who know Ko and I, a WALKING Encyclopedia
of movie trivia. Well, Ko admits this, too. So, Mufasa, you’ve started something here. And God help you…The cinema is a true blue passion for me. I LOVE movies! I’ll start my “mini” list (because I can go on and on with this topic) - I can easily list 100-movies here. Easily.

I'll start with my favorite all-time flick: Lawrence of Arabia. First of all it's probably the SEXIEST movie ever made. And don't deny this, T-Men: You guys would die to be able to make the type of entrance that Omar Shariff makes in this movie. Classic. And it'll impress the chicks when they see you have this DVD in your collection! Oh, and GREAT DVD, too.

Bullitt: It has STEVE MCQUEEN. The studliest actor - probably of all time (okay, okay, up there with Jack Nicholson). And one of the BEST car chase scenes EVERY committed to celluloid.

Long Good Friday: Yeah, The Godfather is a kewl picture about the mafia and family. However, this picture SHOWED what it took to be the top "spaghetti" in the Mafia. Including the meat hooks. Yep, I said Meat Hooks. Check this one out. Best Mafia flick EVER.

Reservoir Dogs: It took two pitchers of beer for me to be able to sit through this flick. And I loved every minute of it. Let's hope Quentin's next, Kill Bill, is as much fun.

Enter The Dragon: Bruce Lee and superspeed fighting skills. And John Saxon when he was a stud. Oh, and "The Chinese Hercules", Bolo Yeung. The DVD is exceptional.

Die Hard: Actually my favorite Christmas Movie. And it is. I put this one on as I'm sipping my spiked egg nog. Yum. Certainly a much better film than "It's a Wonderful Life".

The Usual Suspects: The script and twisting plot is absolutely brilliant.

Excalibur: Yeah, there's Gladiator - but it wasn't even in the same stratosphere as this movie. The ending battle scene is brutal and bloody. You can get the DVD for like, 10 bucks and that's what I call a STEAL.

Airplane: don't you guys have a sense of humor? STILL the funniest movie ever.

Seven Sumarai: Kurosawa's classic that inspired The Magnificent Seven.

Phantasm: You mentioned Alien - it was released during the summer of 1979, about the same time of this movie. THIS movie messed me up for months after seeing it! Yes, Alien is one of my faves, but this one is creepier.

Predator: THE quitessential Arnold. Conan put him on the map. This movie solidified his status as Action Star. John McTiernan (Die Hard, Hunt for Red October), directed. Jan DeBont, I believe, was cinematographer - he went on to direct a li'l action flick called SPEED. Too bad Mr. McTiernan directed the recent bomb, Rollerball. tsk tsk.

Near Dark: one of the best, coolly stylized Vampire flicks. Came out in 1988. Bill Paxton as a crazed vamp? Check it out.

When They Were Kings: documentary about the Ali vs. Foreman fight, nicknamed "Rumble in the Jungle". Goddamn great flick. If you like boxing (like I do), THIS movie is a must-see.

Big Trouble in Little China: John Carpenter!! The DVD is GREAT! With a John Carpenter and Kurt Russell commentary. Such a cool little movie and some decent fight scenes. This movie was the first to combine Western and Eastern themes (like, Kung Fu). It was .

EVERY T-Man/Woman must have a John Woo movie. Y'know BEFORE he came to H-town (Hollywood). Hard Boiled and The Killers. Shoot 'em out blood baths in a hospital or a church? Got 'em. Chow Yun Fat firing double pistols as he's sliding down stairs? Got it. Goddamn great opening scene in a tea house, resplendent with caged birds and Chinese gangsters? Got it.

I'm gonna stop it here. I could have gone the usual route and chose Terminator,Conan, or what, Fight Club? Fight Club? I won't get into THAT
discussion. So I didn't list the obvious. But if any of you guys are interested, I can certainly provide a list of Foriegn movies that wouldn't damage your fine "T-Man Sensibilities" while still impressing the chicks. Ahhhh, movies. Love 'em.

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Ooops, sorry, forgot to put in the tag to “stop” the bold type. And I wanted to add, for War pics: "Kelly’s Heroes.

And it's okay for a chick to comment on this one, right? he he he *giggling demurely*

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Pat…you are just simply AWESOME, girl!!!


(Ko knows what he’s got, doesn’t he?..If not…SMACK the boy a time or two to remind him!!!)…

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All the Dirty Harry movies… (“Go ahead, make my day”) And “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.”

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Mufasa: I like to think he knows - and sometimes we do spend some of your gym time smacking each other. he he he.

But I also think I'm a pretty lucky gal.

I wanted to add: Sam Raimi. ANY of his "Evil Dead" flicks and The Quick and the Dead. One of the underappreciated westerns. It's like Sam thought to himself: "y'know I wanna make this kick ass western, with a woman in the lead - she'll be like Clint in them spaghetti westerns. AND I wanna experiment with just about EVERY wild camera angle possible..." And he did it. Crazy movie. And it also stars Russell Crowe in his first H-Town appearance.

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Most of my favorite movies are form HK or Japan. So here is my top ten action movies you have never probably seen.

  1. Hard-Boiled. Basically Die Hard 1,2 and 3 in the same movie.

  2. Ghost in the Shell. One of the most intricate plot and great graphics.

  3. Bullet in the Head. John Woo’s masterpiece of frienship, war and loyality.

  4. The Untold Story. Has to be seen to be beilived… watch the chopsticks.

  5. City on Fire. Chow Yun-Fat. Also this the movie that QR copied for Resevior Dogs.

  6. Akira. One of the classics of Anime.

  7. Fist of fury. One of Jet Li’s finest. Loose remake of Bruce Lee’s movie of similar name.

  8. Iron Monkey. This one was just rereleased here not too long ago.

  9. Happy Again. Wong Kai-War fabled look at violence and strugle of humanity.

  10. F^3 or Frantic Frustrated and Female. One women quest to reach the big O.

Flame away

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The top T-movies would have to include Any Given Sunday as well as the Patriot (the one with Mel Gibson)

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great list patricia, i’ll make sure i check out lawrence of arabia
here’s my list in no particular order:
my quintessential arnold trio:
conan the barbarian
predator
the running man-very underrated and funny too with another great performance by jessie the body
the program (my favorite sports movie)
on the waterfront (a test movie from back in the day)
the first three bond movies with sean connery were great, before the series got too cute
the shaft-the original version with richard roundtree
enter the dragon-best martial arts movie ever period
testosterone tv shows
the a-team-everything about that show was manly
and the incredible hulk-who dosen’t want superhuman strength when they’re angry

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LOL. Patricia, I JUST watched “Kelly’s Heroes” last night (for at least the 20th time) on DVD. Great flick. Anyone ever seen Woody Allen’s “What’s Up Tiger Lily”? Not exactly a T-Movie, but quite possibly the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. I would have to include “The Limey” in my list, as well as “Excalibur”, “Heartbreak Ridge”, and “Army of Darkness” (THE movie for one-liners). Comedies would include “Raising Arizona” and “Cannonball Run”.

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How about PATTON? George C. Scott standing tall in front of that huge American flag. This at a time when it was not too cool to be unashamedly pro American (1970).

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Black Hawk Down. That’s my top ten list right there. Number eleven would have to be Saving Private Ryan.

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Predator, Broken Arrow, Event Horizon, American Psycho

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Blues Brothers. Car chases in the shopping mall, plowing through a building just for the sake of it, piles and piles of police cars, Illionis Nazis (‘I hate Illinois Nazis’). Senseless destruction wherever you look. I love it.