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04-29-2019, 08:07 AM
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Absolutely love Roadhouse. Such a fun, quotable movie. One of those films that instantly takes you back to great times.
Regarding Strong Male Leads, you could do a lot worse than watch Brawl on Cell Block 99. Just watched this last night and Vince Vaughn does a great job of portraying simultaneously someone you'd like to hang out with but should never under any circumstances fuck with. I haven't seen him act in much so was quite surprised at how vicious and bloody his character got (this has some of the most gratuitous shit you'll ever seen in a movie!). He has some great one-liners in it too.
It's got an old-fashioned 70's/80's vibe and feels totally at odds with wimpy modern 'hard-man' movies. The central character is old-fashioned, stoic and amiable until you increasingly become aware of the levels of violence he is capable of. Ridiculous, far-fetched but well executed and loads of fun.
EDIT: Just found out it was written by the same guy who wrote Bone Tomahawk and I'm not surprised one bit. Both films start slow before slowly escalating the violence to incredible levels.
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04-29-2019, 01:00 PM
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It's got an old-fashioned 70's/80's vibe and feels totally at odds with wimpy modern 'hard-man' movies.
Who are the "hard men" of today's movies? I can't name a single one.
I know there's another thread about Arnold, but to me that guy personifies success and no-limits thinking.
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04-30-2019, 05:45 PM
Many Eastwood films, like Dirty Harry, and the more recent Grand Torino, which several have already mentioned.
Fight Club, which is a classic, especially the character Tyler Durden.
The old Bond films, with Connery and Roger Moore also are pretty fantastic, especially given the overt misogyny which makes for some good un-PC laughs.
Liam Neeson, especially in Taken, which is quite a modern movie.
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05-01-2019, 04:20 PM
Sam Pekinpah and John Millius are two manly directors.
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05-01-2019, 04:34 PM
Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca.
Everything about him in that role was on point: his body language, voice tonality, aloofness, cockiness.
Plus his character ran a successful bar and had lead an interesting life (he was previously a soldier and gun runner).
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05-01-2019, 10:25 PM
Wind River
The Grey
Baby Driver
A History of Violence
No Country for Old Men
True Grit
Bone Tomahawk
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05-02-2019, 06:14 AM
I have a very contrarian view on movies:
They are globalist tool to spread their message and for population control. If you build your life around blue pill idealist propaganda you are deep in the matrix.
Look at Roosh's life on the other hand. Learned game, learned to build relationships if it didn't come natural to him due to his semitic roots, lived in unremarkable eastern euro cities banging loads of girls, having a good time and gaining wisdom.
No need to have some fake macho cowboy mindset for that...
Traditional masculinity is a trap at this point that will get you thrown to the wolves that are man hating feminists in the workplace and the divorce industry complex.
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05-02-2019, 08:59 AM
All movies made by, or staring, Mel Gibson.
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05-02-2019, 09:29 AM
Scent of a Woman - Al Pacino
I was once asked what I thought was the most alpha male movie by a woman and I told her this was.
She didn't believe me until it came on the TV shortly after that.
Women are good barometers of what makes a good alpha male in a movie. Obviously because they love alpha males.
Al Pacino is a blind USMC war vet, whose balls to the wall, zero fucks given attitude is a delight. Plus, his game is supreme.
Underlying this is his unconditional code of honour, and a touch of heartbreak/despair due to his disability/ptsd/lack of family that he never displays when not alone.
His mentorship and protection of a young beta, but generally decent, man gives him redemption in the end.
It's outstanding.
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05-17-2019, 12:55 PM
Chips (2017 Film) has a washed up motocross rider who wants to prove he still has it by becoming a highway patrol officer. He eventually proves himself at the end of the film by catching the criminal who turned out to be a dirty cop and getting a hot fellow officer named Eva Perez to make out with him while he touches her hot ass with both hands.
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05-17-2019, 01:58 PM
Layer Cake (Daniel Craig, ironically)