John 2,032 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Inspired by recent conversations on the board, I thought I'd make this thread to get your opinions as to what your favorite action movie is. My vote goes to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Perfectly cast with an excellent, endlessly quotable script; it's not just one of the best action movies ever, it's one of the best movies of all time, period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,358 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 I have yet to grow tired of Casino Royale. Oomoog the Ecstatic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,516 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 First thing that comes to mind is ALIENS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 The Man from Earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Jaws The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 The Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Mad Max: Fury Road! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Remains of the Day Glóin the Dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 What is your favorite action novel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,345 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Kung Fury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,355 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I can't name an absolute favorite but here are a few that I like: - Kill Bill Vol.1 - The Raid 1 & 2 - Terminator 2 - The Matrix - The Bourne Identity - 300 - Dredd - Sin City - Watchmen - The Wages Of Fear Some of them might not be even genuine action movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,558 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Such a broad term; needs specification. I would personally weed out science fiction, fantasy, war films or other genres that certainly have action sequences in them, but that aren't really action movies per se. They have other genre traits that weigh more. So I'd pick movies like THE ROCK, The BOURNE films (especially the first), THE FRENCH CONNECTION and so on. Interestingly, within my definition of 'action movies', John Williams has never scored one in his life, even if he's scored his fair share of action sequences. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,973 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Yeah, when I think "action movie" I don't really think "Raiders of the Lost Ark". That's much more of an adventure film. When I'm thinking "action movie" I'm usually thinking more about Die Hard and its ilk. Maybe it'll also be my movie of choice for "favourite action film" but I'm not quite sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,603 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 If you mean "action" as in violence, I haven't got one. If you mean "action" as in an awful lot going on, then it's probably 1941. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 6 hours ago, Chen G. said: Yeah, when I think "action movie" I don't really think "Raiders of the Lost Ark". That's much more of an adventure film. How typical of you to think friggin’ RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK is not an action movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,973 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 You know what I mean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 Just now, Chen G. said: You know what I mean! Obviously not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Action-Adventure Something like Die Hard or Lethal Weapon are more pure action. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,558 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 7 hours ago, Chen G. said: Yeah, when I think "action movie" I don't really think "Raiders of the Lost Ark". That's much more of an adventure film. Indeed. I've never considered RAIDERS an 'action movie'. 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,229 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 The General TheUlyssesian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,355 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Richard said: If you mean "action" as in an awful lot going on ... I thought an action film is a movie where the action is the main attraction. How many haven't said that the reason why Aliens worked so well because James Cameron took a different course and changed the sequel into an action movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Raiders of the Lost Ark is absolutely an action film. There is more action in Raiders than in Die Hard. TOD is full of action. The Least Crusade is full of action. They are all full of adventure too. John and The Illustrious Jerry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I don't consider either an action film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Predator. There's great actions scenes in many films though, although I'd probably call a lot of those 'action adventure movies'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 10 hours ago, Alexcremers said: I can't name an absolute favorite but here are a few that I like: - Kill Bill Vol.1 - The Raid 1 & 2 - Terminator 2 - The Matrix - The Bourne Identity - 300 - Dredd - Sin City - Watchmen - The Wages Of Fear Some of them might not be even genuine action movies. It's actually very hard to define a film that is purely an action movie. Take 300 for example. It is kinda billed as an action movie. Surprisingly - there is only about 22 minutes of action in the film - a fifth of its length. There is actually a lot more drama and speechifying than people expect. And the first big action scene does not occur until almost 45 minutes into the film. -- The only candidate I can think of which kinda qualifies as a pure action movie is Mad Max Fury Road. -- I thought of some John Ford (the best director of action scenes ever though not necessarily the best action director ever) and he has some magnificent films like The Searchers and Stagecoach and they have action scenes but I don't know if they qualify as action movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Stefancos said: I don't consider either an action film. Yet you consider Total Recall an action film though it has far less action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 An action movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,118 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 The Post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,366 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I always thought of Waterworld as a great action movie. Everyone seems to have it out for it, but not me! Oomoog the Ecstatic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 10 hours ago, Thor said: Such a broad term; needs specification. I would personally weed out science fiction, fantasy, war films or other genres that certainly have action sequences in them, but that aren't really action movies per se. They have other genre traits that weigh more. So I'd pick movies like THE ROCK, The BOURNE films (especially the first), THE FRENCH CONNECTION and so on. Interestingly, within my definition of 'action movies', John Williams has never scored one in his life, even if he's scored his fair share of action sequences. Minority Report isn’t an action film? The Lost World? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,118 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 North by Northwest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Wizard of Oz Tons of action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,645 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 A tie between The Last Crusade and The Temple of Doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 First Alex calls Watchmen a sci-fi film, now he's calling it an action film? What's next!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I'm not sure the point of just calling a film 'action,' as many of them have several genres mixed in degrees, though perhaps some are more action-based than others. Action-adventure are just two genres mixed right, so action sci-fi has bits of both. Total Recall, Aliens, The Matrix, maybe Bladerunner to a degree. I think we need endless genres, like how last.fm you can look up every song by descriptors or listen to a playlist by keywords, like 'happy' or 'goofy' or 'elephants.' The Departed is a comedy, a crime film, a drama, an action of sorts. The Dark Knight is drama and action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 Blade Runner, an action film? Hehehe... Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,355 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, Jay said: First Alex calls Watchmen a sci-fi film, now he's calling it an action film? What's next!? Haven't you learned anything from Chen's posts? Chen G. and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,118 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 The Tolkien guy who cannot give anything a break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,558 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Koray Savas said: Minority Report isn’t an action film? The Lost World? No, not within the parameters I choose to use. Sci fi and adventure weigh more in those cases, action being a secondary property. And that's the most important thing. You can't measure it by the amount of action sequences, which some seem to do here. There are other, more important elements that propel the narrative. But it's a troublesome genre, probably because it's so wide and so many films include action sequences. People have been writing books on this forever, with all kinds of different parameters and definitions in play. And most films are a combination of genres anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, Thor said: People have been writing books on this forever, with all kinds of different parameters and definitions in play. Wow, give me some of these books. I want to waste my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,558 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Yes, acquiring knowledge is such a waste of time. Oomoog the Ecstatic and TheUlyssesian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I'm partly kidding, didn't mean offense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John 2,032 Posted May 13, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2019 15 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: The Tolkien guy who cannot give anything a break. Who are we Tolkien about here? Jurassic Shark, Quintus and Oomoog the Ecstatic 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,973 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Jurassic Shark said: The Tolkien guy I haven't talked about Tolkien on these boards in ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Quintus 5,399 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 He must have been tolkien the piss. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Quintus said: He must have been tolkien the piss. That’s the type of pun I’m Tolkien about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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