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Most Underrated Action Movies..

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by bladeage, Jun 23, 2006.

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  1. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    The first club scene is killer. Good pick for underrated. I'd also pick Soldier with Kurt Russell.

    I can't believe some of the movies you all are posting for underrated. Die Hard? Pfffsha.
     
  2. arkoe

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    I unfortunately almost always end up watching this movie when it's on, mainly because it comes on when NOTHING else is on. I always hate myself during and after it as well, because it's truly a piece of crap.

    Now why couldn't you put the bunny back in the box.
     
  3. bladeage

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    that line is classic, and that movie 0wnz.
     
  4. Supermac34

    Supermac34 President, Von Wafer Fan Club

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    Is "They Live" considered action?

    It has one of the best one on one brawls in movie history in it.

    Was even parodied on South Park.
     
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    M_Cable, let me preface this by saying that you have my utmost respect. Your posts demonstrate reason, taste and clarity. But....."Independence Day" is one of the biggest piles of dung I've ever seen. I would rather be covered in bacon grease and fed to wolves high on angel dust than sit through that monstrosity again. That is all.
     
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    CLASSIC!!!!
    BUFORD PUSSER!!!!

    Rocket River
     
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    A small glimpse at the great action comedy of Exit Wounds.

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    Greatest line ever too.

    "I have come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And I'm all out of bubblegum."
     
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    When y'all show a poignant "Action Movie", I'll listen.

    Underrated?

    It's a damn action movie.....

    You want action?

    I just got mad at a woman, so I'm easily availablle.
     
  12. Vengeance

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    I've always thought this was pretty decent:
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  13. m_cable

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    So are you telling me that the scene where they bring down this advanced alien empire with a freaking computer virus didn't do it for you? :p
     
  14. bladeage

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    and master of the flying guillotine!! best martial arts movie ever.
     
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    You know, this thread got me thinking about Independence day, and I just realized that they didn't need to do the computer virus crap in order to defeat the aliens. The whole "Trojan Horse, nuke the mother ship from within" strategy makes a lot more sense all by itself. Blast the mother ship and it's completely logical that the alien shields would go down. It's totally plausible that the mother ship is the source of all of the smaller ships powers.

    Of course they probably did it the way they did so that Jeff Goldblum's character would be in the Trojan spaceship. Otherwise there's really no reason why he would have to be there.

    They could have saved that movie a whole lot of ridicule if the hollywood star system would loosen up.
     
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    To top off this flick, you have an alien from Earth Girls Are Easy doing in the Earth conquering aliens of Independence Day. Life is good... the circle is completed. ;)
     
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    ID4

    I hear people rag on this movie all the time but I thoroughly enjoyed it (although it could be because I was about 11 when it came out).
     
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    Team America. Maybe not underrated, but I thought it was a great action flick.

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    My favorite part of action movies is the buildup...because it creates everything the movie relies on later.

    It's why I love Die Hard so much.

    But as for ID4...I think the build up in it was really good. The sense of, "what is this?? what's going on?" Another movie that captured that really well was Signs. Another alien movie. But the buildup to the invasion through the eyes of this little family living on a farm while the world is going nuts around them was really good, i thought.
     
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    johnny utah in point break (if you can call it an action movie)
     

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