Posted on 02/23/2005 1:58:48 PM PST by pissant
Man cannot live by Cameron Diaz alone. Sometimes we need big guns, fast cars, dumb jokes, and huge explosions. You got a problem with that?
Culturally, guys often get the short end of the stick. Most books are bought by women, the music industry caters to teenagers, and when was the last time an art museum had an exhibit on nitro-burning funny cars? But the movies have always been good to us. The first feature film, 1904's The Great Train Robbery, was full of trains, guns, and chases -- guy friendly from start to finish. And Hollywood has been in our corner ever since.
But what makes a great guy film, and how did Men's Journal pick the best of all time? At first there were no hard and fast restrictions; we just knew one when we saw one. But over time basic criteria emerged. Violence trumps sex, war beats peace, and you better have a very good reason to oppose anything with Steve McQueen in it.
We believe that a true guy movie is a movie only a guy can love. A crucial distinction. Pop one into the DVD player and your wife or girlfriend should run screaming from the room. We frown upon films that are too serious or sensitive. The Deer Hunter got KO'd despite lengthy elk hunting and torture scenes because Meryl Streep was in it. Sure, she's a great actress, but rules are rules: no films with Meryl Streep. (snip)
1 DIRTY HARRY 1972
2 THE GODFATHER 1972
3 SCARFACE 1983
4 DIE HARD 1988
5 THE TERMINATOR 1984
6 THE ROAD WARRIOR 1981
7 THE DIRTY DOZEN 1967
8 THE MATRIX 1999
9 CADDYSHACK 1980
10 ROCKY 1976
Click link to see the other 40!
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Napolean Dynamite will go down as a sleeper.
How about Raising Arizona. Was it a guyflick?
Oh, now I remember!
Monty Python & Benny Hill are tops when it comes to comedy. Women will never understand!
There's nothing wrong with being a tomwoman, some guys just don't have the patience for the Donna Reid thing, and we deserve to have somebody too. I like having a woman that enjoys beer, scotch and hockey, and thinks "romantic comedy" is just another way to say "bad movie".
I liked Pale Rider, but I liked Outlaw Josie Wales even more!
I loved Raising Arizona.
All Coen brothers movies are wonderful.
What is Hellboy about?
Self-explainatory. Based on a comic book. A boy from hell doing good. Not very good.
I don't know about guyflick, but Raising Arizona sure was pure Arizona, I swear I've met all those people.
I'd say yes, only because it's the only movie I ever walked out of.
Of course I was only 13 at the time, so maybe I'd appreciate it more now.
I sure as heck can ... co-starring Danny Glover, case closed.
Well, I do love the old Doris Day/Rock Hudson movies,,,those werre fabulous.
Gale: Alright you hayseeds it's a stickup! Everybody freeze. Everybody down on the ground.
Hayseed: Well, which is it Young Feller? You want I should freeze or get down on the ground? I mean to say, if'n I freeze I can't rightly drop. And if'n I drop, I'm gonna be in motion. Y'see...
Gale: Shut up!
Hayseed: Ok then.
Those were different, they actually had plot and stuff, even I can get into some of them. The modern era though just suck.
'is that the flick with Charlton Heston as the last guy left on earth?'
That was 'The Omega Man'.
why did you walk out of Raising Arizona? Was it too slow?
sir, you've got a panty on your head.
reminds me of abu ghareeb.
1. True Romance [written by Tarrantino,starring C.Slater]
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. CaddyShack
4. Goodfellas
5. Desperate Journey [WWII film with Reagan, Erol Flynn]
That's enough for now
wart hog from hell.
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