EdgeOfForever wrote:
Grand Belial's Tea wrote:
AngelRipper16 wrote:
Grand Belial's Tea wrote:
AngelRipper16 wrote:
Watched "Pearl Harbor" yesterday. Good movie and well thought through. Not very big fan of Ben Affleck but he's ok. The Michael Bay/Jerry Bruckheimer team always make great action movies.
Oh my god. Watch Commando or Die Hard,
please.
Hehe, here we go again. So... you aren't any fan of the Bruckheimer films? Shame on you!

Yeah, I know the movies are a bit cliche, but I haven't seen much Action lately that can top "Armageddon" or "The Rock". The movie "Face/Off" is also a GREAT film, falling in the category "best action".
Haven't seen "Commando", but watched "Die Hard" a long time ago. Can't remember if it was good. The film number 4 was okay, nothing special (good action-packed scenes though).
Bruckheimer's a goddamn hack. Watch Commando, watch old-school action, not this newfangled, Aerosmith-soundtracked, shite.
I love The Rock and Face/Off, but seriously man, get a fucking clue.
Watching Pearl Harbor is like sucking your own dick, it feels good, but you're gonna feel like a dirty, dirty whore.
What you need to do is look for those films that don't make you feel like you've been skullfucked. Try something more mature like L.A Confidential. Or even a cheap thrill like Crank. Good action films don't have gay love-stories in them. They're made with passion, unlike Michael Bay films where every scene is strategically thought out to moisten up teenage girls and keep the kids with ADD in their seats.
Man, IMO you couldn't be more wrong. Yeah sure, they are easy in terms of story but they are entertaining. That's what it's all about. I like many kinds of action movies. I also have a thing for more complicated Thrillers ("The Prestige", "Number 23", "A Beautiful Mind") In many ways, I feel those kind of action movies like "The Rock", "Face/Off" or "Armageddon" have something epic in them, and it's just supposed to be entertaining. Today I feel many movie-makers try too hard in making a film interesting. M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening" is an excellent example in that case. Trying too hard, could have suceeded, but come off as unfocused and not well thought through. But out of recent action I liked "Shoot 'Em Up" and "Deja Vu" very well. Sometimes the more mature stories in a movie is not needed (for me). But that is not to say I don't enjoy other genres or films...
BTW, I don't think I would like to watch action movies with gay love-stories... So at least we have one thing in common.