I don't think I saw anybody mention these two gems
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Anchorman
"I'm a man who discovered the wheel and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn. That's what kind of man I am. You're just a woman with a small brain. With a brain a third the size of us. It's science. "
Miller's Crossing
Braveheart
Resorvoir Dogs
Clockwork Orange
Smoky and the Bandit
Saving Private Ryan
Alien
I like this list, plus Rounders and Die Hard.
Brokeback Mountain (although it's great) doesn't really belong on a list of man's movies, but I will say this-- I'd rather watch what two cowboys do in a tent together than any movie where there's a scene with a bunch of guys in a locker room, or a frat house or a military barracks trying to figure out who's the most alpha of them all. Not trying to steal Tarrantino's Top Gun bit here, but that sh1t is gay.
Not trying to steal Tarrantino's Top Gun bit here, but that sh1t is gay.
Riiiiiight. But a bunch of women doing the same wouldn't be gay, correct? Top Gun is gay because it's men and you're a man. Considering the Top Gun characters only saw each other in the locker room or the class room (and that was under supervision) where else are they gonna fight for top dog?
Oh right, you're gonna throw the volleyball scene in as gay as well. What else do you expect in the Florida summer sun? Thick winter coats? Again, would you complain of the scene being gay if it was a a bunch of women in bikinis playing volleyball? I bet not. Director casts good looking guys and gives the women some eye candy to get them to pay to watch what is essentially a guy's film and it's suddenly gay, WTF?
And how about Daniel Craig emerging from the sea in Casino Royale? That was gay too, huh? But not if it was Halle Berry or Ursula Andress. Were you screaming with indignation when either of those women emerged with water dripping down their breasts? Your kind of over reaction to naked men on camera is the sort of knee-jerk reaction discussed in this thread.
Riiiiiight. But a bunch of women doing the same wouldn't be gay, correct?
I love how the silliest, tossed-off comment can elicit such an angry, defensive response. I would say it's hysterical, but that might be misconstrued as misogynistic..... Anyway, I'm not biting.
I left two movies off my best man's movie list:
Donnie Brasco (featuring one of the all-time great platonic male love affairs).
and David Fincher's homoerotic masterpiece, Fight Club.
All kidding aside, most of the movies mentioned in this thread have that unquantifiable re-watchablility ingredient that I wish I could figure out how to get into my stories.
Terminator 2 is a textbook example of how to handle a female protagonist in an action movie.
Not saying it's not still a "Man's Movie" but I think it has a lot to offer the ladies. It has a lot to offer everyone, because it is the greatest movie ever made.
Terminator 2 is a textbook example of how to handle a female protagonist in an action movie.
Not saying it's not still a "Man's Movie" but I think it has a lot to offer the ladies. It has a lot to offer everyone, because it is the greatest movie ever made.
Sure. Not as "Man's movie" as others but I guess there's something about Cameron's films that often have the guy vibe running through them. Probably partly due to the machines/vehicles/weapons porn in a lot of them.
The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch
Braveheart
Fight Club
The Last Detail
The Last Detail
The Last Detail
The Dirty Dozen
Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
Yojimbo
Reservoir Dogs
Scarface
Goodfellas
Mean Streets
The Great Escape
Rocky
Stalag 17
The Departed
Lock Stock and Smoking Barrel
First Blood
48 Hours
The Treasure of Sierra Madre
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
Top Gun
Once Upon A Time In America
Predator
Point Blank - just watched it recently and holy crap it's as homoerotic as Top Gun if not more.
The Seven Samurai
"I ask every producer I meet if they need TV specs they say yeah. They all want a 40 inch display that's 1080p and 120Hz. So, I quit my job at the West Hollywood Best Buy."
- Screenwriting Friend
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