"Guy Movies"

[Q Classic]

as mentioned in the movie "Sleepless in Seattle", a classic Guy film is "the Dirty Dozen".

i mean, i cried at the end of the film, but then again, who doesn't?

[Drake Tungsten]

Or maybe I'm thinking of "Soul Man".

If I had a nickel for every time that's happened to me...

[Drake Tungsten]

i mean, i cried at the end of the film, but then again, who doesn't?

Monsters. And gays.

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Arrian
No, it ended with the silly "we're not gonna protest" bit, where Droz sets the whole school on James Andrews ("enjoy the meal"). I think that's the guy's name. David Spade's character. Well, actually it ends with Droz & his chicky walking off to get some coffee, but that's not important right now.

-Arrian

That's right. My bad.

I do believe that was the role David Spade was born to play. He was very believable in it.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Arrian


My main criticism with the battle scenes was them showing essentially the same clip over and over, just with a different unit - marching up into battle. Not actual fighting, mind you. Just the marching, with a caption like "12th Mass Infantry" or somesuch.

Look, as a Civil War history buff, I can appreciate the coolness of knowing the order of battle for a given battle in the war, but it's NOT something that should go into the movie, ya know?

-Arrian

Ok, if you're only quarrel is with the marching part of the battle scenes, I might be able to agree with you -- say, like 87.53% agreeement.

[Arrian]

"You remember this guy, he skippered Hitler's catamaran during the war."

Jeremy Piven was pretty good as Droz, too.

-Arrian

[-Jrabbit]

Originally posted by Arrian
Bull Durham is definitely a guy movie.

"I believe in the ****, the *****... "

Arrian/Tuberski --
I think we agree on Bull Durham, just not on the definition of "Guy Movies." Apparently Poly's standards aren't as stringent as some other places in that regard.
Which is cool...

[Arrian]

Originally posted by MrFun


Ok, if you're only quarrel is with the marching part of the battle scenes, I might be able to agree with you -- say, like 87.53% agreeement.

That was my primary issue with the battle scenes. My primary issue with the movie in general is the number & length of speeches by main characters... soliloquies, really. The acting, for the most part, was awful - they were so busy trying to seem earnest, heavy-hearted, devout and brave that they forgot "believeable."

It was awful. :shudders:

-Arrian

[Imran Siddiqui]

Dirty Harry
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Caddyshack
Major League

[Arrian]

Caddyshack
Major League

:smacks self:

I can't believe I left those out.

Does History of the World, Part I qualify? Or is that just a good movie, not a guy movie?

-Arrian

[Imran Siddiqui]

I think anything Mel Brooks is a guy movie .

[Arrian]

Excellent. Then add HotW, P1 and Spaceballs to the aforementioned Blazing Saddles.

Hmm, thinking of wacky stuff... Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, anyone?

-Arrian

[Imran Siddiqui]

Also Beverly Hills Cop series and the Lethal Weapon series. I do have to mention 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World' - a classic war film where the only women in the entire movie are the prostitutes off the shore .

[Imran Siddiqui]

And before I forget: Anything Monty Python.

[Drake Tungsten]

Monty Python is for geeks, not guys.