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!
(Excerpt) Read more at mensjournal.com ...
Your guess is as good as mine! Are we allowed to comment on guy movies? :-)
How's about the original "Night of the Living Dead", and even the original "Tremors"...
It makes me look fat.
For an actual drama that I'd consider a good guy movie, watch Tender Mercies with Robert Duvall
Geez, and I was afraid I'D come off sounding gay.
Actually, I probably should have FReepmailed this comment, but it didn't occurr to me until after I hit post.
Owl_Eagle
”Guns Before Butter.”
Odd, no dramas like Rear Window or Casablanca and no Cary Grant movies.
And where is Cape Fear and the Hitcher {scariest thing I ever saw} and The Stepfather {really spooky}
I kind of thought they should have stopped at LW#1 while they were ahead.
Blues Brothers....
glad you added that one.
On a mission for God.
I would put "The Wild Bunch" in the Top 10. Make "The Magnificent Seven" and "The Seven Samurai" tied for #10.
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail (rare to find a chick that likes this) "
Are you kidding? That's a great movie!!!
However, they did forget Death Wish (starring Charles Bronson)
I assume you meant to include me, too?!!
I love Fight Club, and it's very guy, hard to get much more guy-centric than a theme of "throw out your LL Bean catalog, drink something strong, get in a fight".
Band of Brothers
Patton
We Were Soldiers
Red Dawn
sheesh
They took the bar, the #^#@@# bar!!!!!
Oh, we can ncomment if only to rile them up. I have always loved war movies excepting for the VN war variety. I didn't like Apocolypse or Good Morniing VN except for the music.
Three Movies should have made the list, two of them in the top 10.
Blackhawk Down
The Professionals
Hellboy
Won't argue - Dune's out
"Band of Brothers"
"Saving Private Ryan"
"The Battle of Britain"
"Patton"
"The Longest Day"
Regards, Ivan
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