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Is there a better action movie than Raiders of the Lost Ark?

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Watching it with my 9 year old.  Had to do a bit of forcing, but he hasn't blinked since the gunfight scene in Abner's Nepal bar. 

Is there a better action movie?

28 minutes ago, dcbc said:

Watching it with my 9 year old.  Had to do a bit of forcing, but he hasn't blinked since the gunfight scene in Abner's Nepal bar. 

Is there a better action movie?

 

Should have just taken him to the theater tomorrow.  It's showing everywhere at 2 and 7

The Bourne movies are strong contenders.

 

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Watched Predator with my 13 yr old the other day. It was solid as usual. It might be a better pure action flick.

Raiders of the Lost Ark is a perfect movie. Die Hard is great too -- probably a perfect action movie -- but I think Raiders is a better movie regardless of genre.

1 hour ago, Buzzrock said:

Die Hard

Damn it, i was gonna say that.

Also had Die Hard immediately pop in my head. 

 

You dont buy into the theory that Indiana Jones had zero impact on the events and outcome of Raiders?

Not better than Raiders but the Fugitive was pretty damn good. 

I would put Raiders in a different category than Die Hard or Predator or The Terminator.

But yes it is perfect.

2 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

Die Hard

I rewatched Die Hard the other night and a few things really bothered me...

John McClane gets dropped off at Nakatomi Tower around 6:30PM or so. It's usually dark by 5:30 in the winter.

What bowl game is USC and Notre Dame playing on Christmas Eve?

WHO schedules a company party on Christmas Eve?!?! I don't care how much cocaine there is, that's just bad etiquette.

Just now, Eskimohorn said:

How does Indy travel in the submarine to the island?

There's always one......

1 hour ago, Eskimohorn said:

How does Indy travel in the submarine to the island?

Who said it submerged?

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On 6/16/2018 at 9:14 PM, dcbc said:

Watching it with my 9 year old.  Had to do a bit of forcing, but he hasn't blinked since the gunfight scene in Abner's Nepal bar. 

Is there a better action movie?

I'm so predictable.  I searched "Raiders" to see if anyone had started a thread because I wanted to post that Raiders of the Lost Ark is a "perfect" movie.  And I found this thread, which I started almost five years ago to say the basically same thing.  The actual report is that I'm watching ROTLA again after almost five years.

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20 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Terminator 2

Nah.  Not to diminish it or Die Hard too much.

28 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Terminator 2

This was going to be my answer...this and the original Terminator.  I like the evil Arnold better.

Perfect movie is Smokey and the Bandit. Raiders is close. 

i feel like i have a different definition of "action movie" than some of you. plenty of great films being listed, but several of them are not what i would call action flicks.

No. Best 3 movies. I like the 4th and I’m looking forward to the last one. 

The best movie ever made.

Story, screenplay, dialogue, cinematography, SCORE, and acting were all perfect. 

On 6/16/2018 at 11:00 PM, Murfdogg21 said:

Also had Die Hard immediately pop in my head. 

 

You dont buy into the theory that Indiana Jones had zero impact on the events and outcome of Raiders?

 No, Chuck Lorre was wrong.

Indy was chosen to relocate the Ark to another burial location. Ironically, having it lost in a wharehouse is probably a better way to keep it safe than in a desert. 

33 minutes ago, Brothahorn said:

Tears of the Sun.

Wow. What a fucking horrible movie.

4 hours ago, Parliament said:

Terminator 2

Terminator 2 cock blocked me 

4 hours ago, 83Horn said:

This was going to be my answer...this and the original Terminator.  I like the evil Arnold better.

terminator was a horror movie. 

These are all great movies but for pure action movie nothing compares to My Dinner with Andre.

The Outpost says come at me mofo.

11 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

Wow. What a fucking horrible movie.

I actually liked Tears of the Sun. Was it fantastic? nope but would watch again.

1 hour ago, nineliveslost said:

I actually liked Tears of the Sun. Was it fantastic? nope but would watch again.

I barely made it through the whole thing. 34% on RT.

The one thing I do remember is Monica Belluci basically saying she'd never work with Bruce Willis again, after she spent all her time on set telling him to fuck off and stop hitting on her.

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41 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said:

I barely made it through the whole thing. 34% on RT.

The one thing I do remember is Monica Belluci basically saying she'd never work with Bruce Willis again, after she spent all her time on set telling him to fuck off and stop hitting on her.

Bruce has no memory of that.

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Harrison Ford should have an award named after him or some shut. 

Dude is in the most iconic everyday films... 

15 hours ago, DeepEastTexas said:

 No, Chuck Lorre was wrong.

Indy was chosen to relocate the Ark to another burial location. Ironically, having it lost in a wharehouse is probably a better way to keep it safe than in a desert. 

 

One thing is certain, however, and that is the fact that Indiana Jones is without question the worst archaeologist that ever lived.

2 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

...saying she'd never work with Bruce Willis again, after she spent all her time on set telling him to fuck off and stop hitting on her.

What's his Surly handle?

Agree with others that Raiders of the Lost Ark is in a different category than Die Hard, Terminator, etc. I also think everyone is sleeping on the best action movie - Aliens. The cast, the music, the pacing - it's all perfect. Nothing tops it for me.

Tell me this: What movie has more iconic set prices that T2?

Escape from the mall

Chased by a tow truck

Escape from the mental hospital

Blowing up Cyberdyne 

Highway chase

Fight in the steel mill

 

2 hours ago, Parliament said:

Tell me this: What movie has more iconic set prices that T2?

Escape from the mall

Chased by a tow truck

Escape from the mental hospital

Blowing up Cyberdyne 

Highway chase

Fight in the steel mill

 

 

Tow truck and steel mill might be iconic.  

 

 

 

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