neolego Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 -Preface- The other day me and my close friends were hanging out, chatting. When one of the guys, jokingly, referred to me as "Mr. White" (my last name for the slow people reading ). Then, I quickly answered, *in best Keanu Voice "My name is neo!" This led to a couple of laughs. Then, one of the guys said, "Huh...I don't get it". This began a Discussion on The Matrix and we found out that he never seen it. I informed him that it's one of those movies that, if you are a guy, you have to see in life. So, then we took that topic and ran, and begin to talk about what other movies would fit into that catagory. In essence, what are the movies that, as a guy, are Must See titles. -Topic- So, I went home and started working on a list of movies that I thought were "Must See" for guys. There are no guidlines, it can be action packed, or dramatic, or hilarious. In the end, the only criteria is that is a movie that any man on the face of the earth NEEDS to see. I am going to give you list that I have as of right now and I would like to ask for your assistance. If there is a movie that is not listed that you believe is a Guys movie, please reply with your ideas. 300 Alien Any Given Sunday Apocalypse Now Apollo 13 Armageddon Army of Darkness Backdraft Bad Boys Bandits Batman Begins Behind Enemy Lines Black Hawk Down Blade Blade Runner Bloodsport Blues Brothers Braveheart Caddyshack Cars Catch Me If You Can Con Air Conspirisy Theory Dances with Wolves Daredevil Days of Thunder Deep Blue Sea Die Hard Dirty Harry Enemy of the State Face/Off Field of Dreams Fight Club Firewall For The Love of the Game Friday Night Lights Galaxy Quest Ghost Rider Ghostbusters Gladiator Gone in 60 Seconds Happy Gilmore Hidalgo I, Robot Independence Day Indiana Jones Jack Ryan James Bond Jason Bourne Jaws Jurassic Park King Arthur King Kong Lethal Weapon Lonesome Dove Lord of the Rings Maverick Men In Black Minority Report Mission: Impossible Mr & Mrs Smith Nacho Libre National Treasure Nepolean Dynamite Ocean's Payback Pirates of the Caribbean Pitch Black/Riddick Point Break Preditor Ranson Remember the Titans Road Warrior Robin Hood: Prince of Theives Robocop Rocky Ronin Rush Hour Sahara Saving Private Ryan Smokey and the Bandit Snakes on a Plane Speed Star Wars Starship Troopers Stealth T2 Tango & Cash The 13th Warrior The Day After Tomorrow The Deer Hunter The Fifth Element The Fugitive The Godfather The Hitchhicker's Guide The Hurricane The Incredibles The Island The Italian Job The Last Samurai The Matrix The Mummy The One The Patriot The Perfect Storm The Prestige The Replacements The Rock The Rundown The Shawshank Redemption The Waterboy Three Kings TMNT Tombstone Top Gun Transformers Troy True Lies U-571 Unforgiven Universal Soldier War of the Worlds We Were Soldiers Wild Hogs X-Men Young Guns neo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBT! Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 NO star wars love? I'll have a think about other stuff that's missing... T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke314pi Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Nice list! The only ones I can think of to add are The Shawshank Redemption and The Fifth Element. Now I have some movies I suddenly need to see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 SAW? And defo need to add Star Wars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattallica Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 i hadnt even finished reading the story of the listing before i noticed no "Blues brothers", "Animal house" and "Apocalypse now" then a quick scan and no "Scarface" i think there are many more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neolego Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 Awesome, that's why I posted the list. You'd be suprised how many movies slip through when you are just running on your brain alone. Ok, so far, we are adding -Star Wars -Blues Brothers -Apocalypse Now -The Fifth Element -The Shawshank Redemption I will not add SAW or most horror movies because I can't say that any of them seem like must see movies to me. They have their nitch, but there are very few horror movies that warrant a repeat view for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 I will not add SAW or most horror movies because I can't say that any of them seem like must see movies to me. They have their nitch, but there are very few horror movies that warrant a repeat view for me. Even The Silence of the Lambs? How about South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsomedevil Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Flash Gordon anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrobotC Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 hell yeah for fight club absolutly best best movie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_X Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 um,CARS?why do you need to see that? how about CRANK that movie owns! and the dark crystal edward scissor hansds the holy grail die hard 1-4 ferris bulers dayoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Serenity,Lawrence of Arabia,Zulu,Goodfellas,Sin City,Clockwork Orange(I need Minimate Droogs),The Shining,One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest,Airplane,Silent Running,Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence,The Great Escape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vash Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 this is a list of must see guy movies right? true romance (find this movie watch this movie it is the ultimate guys movie) pulp fiction kill bill volume 1 & 2 millers crossing reservoir dogs four rooms desperado oldboy 28 days later event horizon raging bull bubba ho-tep jackie brown american psycho dog day afternoon rocky I and II heat the big lebowski the good, the bad, and the ugly blazing saddles young frankenstien american history x unleashed clerks carlito's way escape from new york ill add more later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbpanizzi Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Full Metal Jacket The Crow The Conans Donnie Darko Snatch Swingers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Steel Magnolias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Fatal Attraction. Basic Instinct. You know. Real cautionary tales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Fatal Attraction. Not much of a film...... until you meet her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekker 42 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 If you are an American guy or girl or naything you must see Citizen Kane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antacost Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Stripes and The Jerk seem to be missing from the list... As do the Bourne movies. Those are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neolego Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 I have the Bourne movies listed under "Jason Bourne" as they are some of the greatest action movies of all time. Clearly better than Die Hard, Mission Impossible, and Rush Hour put together . I would agree that Citizen Kane is one of the greatest movies of all time, but it doesn't belong on the Man list. I'm looking for movies with Balls to the wall action, or slapstick funny, or Out of the world explosive. Something that will keep you on the edge of your seat, an adrinaline rush type of movie. I would not classify Citizen Kane as any of that, though it is one of the greatest, ever! Thank you guys for all the sugguesttions. I will be adding quite a few from those that have mentioned.......although I do have to say, I'm not sure Steel Magnolia's is gonna make it . Maybe you should come over this weekend Ivan, we are having a Movie night Sunday........it might be good for you . neo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 But have you actually seen Steel Magnolias? It's a great movie about six hard-drinkin', hard-rockin', hard-partyin' Southern chicks who are all hotter than a billy goat in a pepper patch! They're not all equally hot, some are better than others to be sure. But you wouldn't turn any of them away because they got sharp knees or nothin'. The movie starts out with all the girls in some beauty shop comparing sexual conquests. The stories get lewder and more obscene as they progress. It was like they were competing for the most erotic story. Then suddenly one of the girls faints and has to be taken to the hospital. I thought that was an odd turn, but hey, I'm no filmmaker. It turns out the girl who fainted doesn't have any money or insurance, and she needs some super special brain surgery to survive. So the rest of the girls get together and plan out ways to raise money. First they all get jobs in the local bar, where they can call the shots and use their female attributes to drive the patrons crazy. You know, twirling liquor bottles and dancing on bar stools and such. Unfortunately, poor investments and unwise business decisions outweighed all the incoming titillation money and they were unable raise the capital they needed. The friend's condition was worsening so they had to turn to less conventional means... a calendar! They hired a flamboyantly homosexual photographer to take strategically obscured nude photographs of the girls. But when the film was developed at the local drug store, the helpless clerk mixed it up with the film from a Russian secret agent. You can guess what happened, they ended up with a calendar of nuclear energy plant photos. Understandably, these did not sell well, but they did arouse the suspicion of the federal authorities who arrived in black helicopters. With a lot of flirting and giggling they were cleared of all espionage charges. But those charges should have been the least of their fears. While the girls received the spy's photos, the KGB received all their naughty calendar photos. At first the Russians didn't know what to make of them. "Is this what Americans do in their nuclear facilities?" "That doesn't look like a radiation suit to me." "Oh my, what is she doing with that depleted uranium rod?" And so on. Further investigation was clearly necessary, so they sent a team of six hunky secret agents to find out what was going on. Somehow the girls found out the Russians were coming, so they all hopped on their Harleys and start riding west. They make it through two states before the Russians caught up and huge firefight ensued. The girls' shotguns were no match for the Russian uzis and rocket launchers and the rolling battle came to a halt in a shopping mall parking lot. The girls made it in to the nearest clothing store and used mannequin limbs and display racks to disarm the Russians. Eventually it's all hand-to-hand combat except the Asian girl (Oh, didn't I tell you? One of the friends is Asian.) knows kung-fu and she's jump-kicking and hiiiiya'ing all over the place. Something explodes and the whole mall caught on fire. They fight they're way through the flames to the Bath and Body Works store. They then strip down to their skivvies and apply large amounts of lotion to each other for protection from the harmful UV rays being emitted by the fire. After about twenty minutes of lotion application someone notices the propane store across the way. They decide that fire and propane make a bad combination and they start running (in slow motion) toward the food court where they encounter... a group of ninjas! I won't go any further because I don't want to spoil the ending for anyone. But it's a great movie and definitely well worth a rental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vash Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 :blink: :blink: that would have been much more enjoyable than the way i remember it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBT! Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 that would have been much more enjoyable than the way i remember it... You didn't see the 'unrated' editors cut then? T. p.s. how are we missing 'Kelly's heroes' from the list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Donster Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Not to mention The Dirty Dozen and Green Berets. Let me take a look at my movies Neo and I'll get back to you with my list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheul Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 You have "King Arthur" rather than "Excalibur"? Insanity. I donno about Robin Hood: Prince of thieves either, but compiling a list like this isn’t easy. Hats off to ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marquis de Carabas Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 there are a few questionable as purely "GUY" movies. buuuuuut -40 year old virgin, totally a guy movie -grandma's boy, a nerd guy's movie -versus, it's a japanese film, absurd and awesome. CHECK IT OUT. -smokin' aces. explosions and death and comedy. see it if you haven't. -hot fuzz. funny as hell, people die, good times are had. I will think of more later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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