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This is pretty self-explanatory.
Vote on the movie you think is the most badass.
If you choose other, please state what movie you're thinking of.

If you want THE most badass movie why'd you make the poll multiple choice?

Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. By a long shot.
Oh, and Once Upon A Time In Mexico.

badass? movie? do those two words really go together?

From Dusk Till Dawn. The first one; the sequels suck.

Out of those options, I'll say Fight Club.

Escape From LA and Pulp Fiction.

Voted For All Because I Could






I nominate this one

http://ffmedia.ign.com/filmforce/image/article/720/720905/spider-man-3-20060725011611388.jpg

A poll about badassness that doesn't include Shaft or a Steve McQueen movie?

Harumph. Harumph, I say...

on the list I always had a thing for fight club though its hardly bad ass, I also don't know how 300 got on there typo maybe?

I think The Goonies was pretty bad ass especially when I watched it about 10 years after it came out :D

Evil Dead II
Army of Darkness
The Good, the bad, the ugly

What, no Matrix? :eek: :(

And where, pray tell me, is Braveheart?

The Matrix.

:cool:

Not sure, so, like with any multi-choice poll, I voted all the options, incliding ones that conflict with others.

For some reason, "Equilibrium" isn't even on the list...

A poll about badassness that doesn't include Shaft or a Steve McQueen movie?

Harumph. Harumph, I say...

indeed, steve mcqueen is sorely lacking from this poll. he's still a pussy actor, but as actors come, he was certainly badass.

Where, pray tell, is "Love Actually"?

Where, pray tell, is "Love Actually"?

In the same place as "Braveheart" I hope.

A poll about badassness that doesn't include Shaft or a Steve McQueen movie?

Harumph. Harumph, I say...

The real question is "which Steve McQueen movie is the most badass?"

Voted For All Because I Could






I nominate this one

http://ffmedia.ign.com/filmforce/image/article/720/720905/spider-man-3-20060725011611388.jpg

I'm goin to see that tommorrow

The real question is "which Steve McQueen movie is the most badass?"

That is a good question...My choice wouldn't be the popular one due to personal biases...(Le Mans...does the movie have a plot? Who knows...)

And where, pray tell me, is Braveheart?

Eh.. any discussion about Braveheart ends with a bunch of English appearing out of nowhere to harp on the inaccuracies and denounce Mel Gibson for his pattern of portraying them as barbaric. Cool movie, though. :p

The real question is "which Steve McQueen movie is the most badass?"

Either "Hell is for Heroes" or "The Getaway."

One, long, word....

"KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!"

Dirty Dozen

What, no Matrix? :eek: :(
He said 'Badass', not 'Suckass'

Dirty Harry deserves a mention.
As does pretty much any of Beat Takashi's movies. Violent Cop, Sonatine, HanaBi, Brother,...

Snakes on a Plane!

Silent Rage.

So far, I'm underwhelmed.

Haven't seen most of these. I'll add a few to the list:

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. This one had a major chase/fight scene on motorcycles - using SWORDS. You don't get more badass than that.

Lord of the Rings: No explanation needed.

-points for lack of Trainspotting, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch.

+points for Boondock Saints, just a great movie.

Assuming 'Badass' means 'testosterone charged gore-fest with secksing between violence' I suppose 300 takes the cake.
You left out Rambo though. Tsk tsk.

He said 'Badass', not 'Suckass'

Dirty Harry deserves a mention.
As does pretty much any of Beat Takashi's movies. Violent Cop, Sonatine, HanaBi, Brother,...

I was only referring to the first Matrix, you know! :( :mad:

I'll say the recent remake of Dawn of the Dead

Sprinting Zombies, FTW!

Lord of the Rings
Excalibur
The original The Wicker Man

The Story of Ricky
Master of the Flying Guillotine
Five Deadly Venoms
Beach of the War Gods
Thai Warrior: Ong-Bak
Any Bruce Lee movie esp. Return of the Dragon (the one where Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris fight)
First two Terminators
Commando
Robocop
Shaun of the Dead
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Jurassic Park 1+2
Delta Force 1+2
Big Trouble in Little China

Mad Max.

Out of the movies listed in the poll, I voted for 300. Otherwise, if Band of Brothers was a movie, I'd vote for it. There's another movie I'd rather vote for, but I'm rather biased towards it, so I'll try not to nominate it.









Ugh, I lied, Serenity.

I'm silly. It's clearly Badasssssss! (http://imdb.com/title/tt0367790/). I mean, it's in the title.

My vote goes for Serenity.
Or Aliens...
Or The first Matrix film...
Or ...........

Once Upon a Time in the West or Soldier Blue

Any John Wayne movie. Pick one.

Aliens.

'Ripley, me and my team of ultimate badasses will protect you. We got nukes, we got knives, pointy sticks!'
'Shut up, Hudson!'

:D

Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)

This is pretty self-explanatory.
Vote on the movie you think is the most badass.
If you choose other, please state what movie you're thinking of.

I seriously have not seen any one of the movies on this poll, therefor I'm not qualified to vote on it. In my opinion Terminator 2: Judgement Day ("Bad to the Bone..."), our anyone of those movies that involve defeating the Devil ( example Ghost Rider).

Oh, yeah and Die Hard.

A poll about badassness that doesn't include Shaft or a Steve McQueen movie?

Harumph. Harumph, I say...

Shaft? (whocka whocka rowrrg...) Isn't that a bit 70s camp now? :p

Mine would be Fight Club, or off the list, Full Metal Jacket.

desperado

You guys still don't know your classics.

Seven Samurai.

The Wild Bunch.

For some reason, "Equilibrium" isn't even on the list...

Probably because it is one of the worst movies ever made, and about as "badass" as a pink Barbie toy convertible.

On that list, pulp fiction hands down.

As for 300? Watching a video game being played where a bunch of homo-porn man-meats kill goons in masks and fight a 8-ft tall trannie who sounds like darth vader is not my idea of "badass."

Probably because it is one of the worst movies ever made, and about as "badass" as a pink Barbie toy convertible.


In as much as every movie must be one of the 'worst movies', I guess.

I really hoped you were not serious, but then...



On that list, pulp fiction hands down.


Since you picked that (hell, it's not even the best Tarantino movie... maybe not even top three) over "V for Vendetta" and "Boondock Saints", I guess I'm just going to have to reconcile myself to not having the same 'appreciation' for films you might have.


I don't see what's so often hated about "Equilibrium". As far as I can tell, it's biggest sin is coming out in the shadow of the Matrix films, whilst being made on a budget that wouldn't quite have made the famous 'motorbike chase scene' in that series.

Where the fuck is Die Hard?

:mad:

Where the fuck is Die Hard?

:mad:

Wal Mart?

Wal Mart?
We don't have those :eek:

We don't have those :eek:

No? They also own ASDA, you know....

My votes are:
1. 300
2. Once Upon A Time In Mexico
3. Rambo Series
4. Die Hard Series
5. Mad Max Series
6. Starship Troopers (the original)
7. Boondock Saints
8. Escape From LA
9. Lethal Weapon Series
10. Tombstone

In as much as every movie must be one of the 'worst movies', I guess.

I really hoped you were not serious, but then...




Since you picked that (hell, it's not even the best Tarantino movie... maybe not even top three) over "V for Vendetta" and "Boondock Saints", I guess I'm just going to have to reconcile myself to not having the same 'appreciation' for films you might have.


I don't see what's so often hated about "Equilibrium". As far as I can tell, it's biggest sin is coming out in the shadow of the Matrix films, whilst being made on a budget that wouldn't quite have made the famous 'motorbike chase scene' in that series.


Equilibrium is not only a deeply unintelligent movie, but it is poorly made, wasting whatever resources were dumped into it.

Pulp fiction is a movie with real staying power, that has affected the popular culture, and has extraordinary dialogue and characters.

V for Vendetta and boondock saints are novelty movies, each one has its own shtick, neither are truly serious or artistic films. More people may get shot in those movies, and they aren't bad movies, but they aren't great films either, and aren't the work of a genius like Tarantino.

No? They also own ASDA, you know....
But ASDA isn't wal mart. It's associated dairies.

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As for 300? Watching a video game being played where a bunch of homo-porn man-meats kill goons in masks and fight a 8-ft tall trannie who sounds like darth vader is not my idea of "badass."

You see... that movie is badass because the Ass Kickery starts from scene one.... and does not end... until the credits begin to role... thats why it is badass.

But ASDA isn't wal mart. It's associated dairies.

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"ASDA is Wal-Mart's largest overseas subsidiary, accounting for almost half of the company's international sales. As of January 2006, there were 21 ASDA/Wal-Mart Supercentres, 243 ASDA superstores, 37 ASDA supermarkets (including town centres), five ASDA Living stores, 10 George clothing stores and 24 depots (distribution centres). ASDA has 150,000 employees, who it refers to as "colleagues" (90,000 part-time, 60,000 full-time). The company is also engaged in property development through its subsidiary company, Gazeley Properties Limited."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asda_Walmart

Goddamnit...

Equilibrium is not only a deeply unintelligent movie... poorly made... Pulp fiction is a movie with real staying power... affected the popular culture... extraordinary dialogue... novelty movies... neither are truly serious(?) or artistic(?) films... great films...work of a genius like Tarantino.

I apologise.

I hadn't realised this was the 'depth' of analysis we were going to engage in, nor the level of hero-worship.

I have nothing to discuss on this level. Withdrawn.

V for Vendetta????? Honestly now, while it was a good movie, it is no where near the badassocity (yes, I made that up) to be on the list with these other movies. First off they turn the badass psycho anarchist V into this chivalrous swachbuckler, and then they get etremely heavy handed with their "political message." they essentially turned what was a thought provoking commentary on Thatcherite England into this pussed-up "Its set in England, but we're talking about Bush, but we're not really talking about Bush cause its in England, but its really about Bush, cause we don't like Bush." JUST COME OUT AND SAY IT. We get you don't like his policies and his agnda and thats fine, but just come out and say it. V for Vendetta is not nearly as intelligent or revolutionary as the wachowski Brothers think it is.


Ranting aside, I voted for 300

And where, pray tell me, is Braveheart?

Yeah-Thats at the top of "badass". And while we're at it, "The Patriot" was up there too.

"The Good,The Bad and the Ugly" comes to mind. As well as the other man with no name series. And "The Outlaw Josie Wales".

The Last of The Mohicans
Conan
Terminator
The Bounty
Die Hard
Blade Runner

You see... that movie is badass because the Ass Kickery starts from scene one.... and does not end... until the credits begin to role... thats why it is badass.

Sort of like lots of video games... I expect different and better from movies.

I knew I was forgetting something important.. Blade Runner FTW! Thanks Carniverous

Mad Max.

Oh-yeah. I'm sorry I missed that one.

Sort of like lots of video games... I expect different and better from movies.

Yeah but unlike video games I didn't have to waste any effort in playing it, making it to a lasy American like myself very happy about the fact that I could use 2 hands to eat my popcorn instead of having someone else do it (because you know, I'm so lasy that I have to have a minion feed me my popcorn while I use both hands to play a video game).

I liked it, they made no pretense about it being about anything other than fighting, fucking, fighting, and killing lots and lots of shit, unlike most other movies about the same thing. Have you ever read the graphic novel the movie was based off of? Its about fighting, fucking, fighting, and kiling lots of shit.

The real point I'm trying to make is nobody cares about why you don't like something, they probably in all honesty don't care that you don't like it.

Sanjuro!

This is pretty self-explanatory.
Vote on the movie you think is the most badass.
If you choose other, please state what movie you're thinking of.

Casino Royale.

For some reason, "Equilibrium" isn't even on the list...

I KNOW!!!!!

Of those on the list, V for Vendetta without any doubt.

Yeah but unlike video games I didn't have to waste any effort in playing it, .

Forcing oneself to sit through "300" takes a lot more effort than playing video games!

I knew I was forgetting something important.. Blade Runner FTW! Thanks Carniverous

But who's the bigger badass, Deckard or Batty? :)

Has anyone mentioned Terminator? Does it get more badaas, than when he pulls up in front of the house, he parks on the toy in the gutter?

Has anyone mentioned Terminator? Does it get more badaas, than when he pulls up in front of the house, he parks on the toy in the gutter?

Come with me if you want to live.

Fight Club, natch.

Hard Boiled.