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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Too many ladies would be upset at the latter and I can't afford the former until my younger boy is finished with college.
ZULU and THE GREAT ESCAPE.
OOOh.....Charles Bronson. Good one! And don't forget that other Bronson movie, The Magnificent Seven.
Other movies not seen on the list include Force 10 From Navarone and Bullitt.Steve Mc Queen is another excellent actor!
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Love Casablanca. IMO the perfect movie.
Although guys and girls view it very differently. Guys see the war, Nazis and espionage. Girls see a tragic love story.
Never saw Zulu, but the Great Escape is good guy fare, no doubt.
Well...ha!! I never thought about it like that. I guess I hang around a different breed of chicks........
Shoot! I clicked on the X and got nuthin'!Which one was it?
I'd love to see "The Petrified Forest" again,with a very young (and totally tough!) Bogie in it. Really old movie.
"Guys see the war, Nazis and espionage. Girls see a tragic love story".
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Guys see a very HOT Ingrid too!
My husband really liked the African Queen:)
Becky
African Queen is a great movie. ALmost all Bogie Movies are.
I see a vast quantity of brilliant dry humor.
Maria Conchita Alonzo never looked better than in that movie. She was hot back in the day.
Raising Arizona was an absolute riot!
I also liked Fargo.
She was hot in those days. In the last few years, she was in some B movie in which she was naked. She wasn't quite as hot as before.
Oh my God I was thinking of that one too! Bogie & Bacall-talk about a hot love match!! She was a wee lass of 16 at the time that movie was made.Bogie lost his heart immediately.
"...You know how to whistle,don'tcha, Steve?...Just put your lips together.....And blow." They were sooo great together.
I've got "OUATITW" on DVD. Henry Fonda was evil in that movie. Definitely should be on the list. Claudia Cardinelli (sp) rowr..rowr!!
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