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One more vote left. 3-way tie coming in?
Shit I thought it would end now
We don't have a tie. One non-member voted (though he participates so much he should just join up and be a member)
One more vote left. 3-way tie coming in?
Nope, westerns are westerns and samurai movies are martial arts movies by classical genre definition. Of course there are war adventure movies (Kelly's Heroes), adventure westerns (Jeremiah Johnson) and adventure martial arts movies (Fantasy Mission Force) etc.Now that the pool has run out I can do my top 5 list! Adventure is a rather nebolous, often overlapping subject. Arem't most action and western movies adventures by default? So I'm not counting stuff like Seven Samuraij, Good Bad Ugly here. But here goes.
I admit! It is actually is even better than my weirdo TOP-5'er Fantasy Mission Force. I just have longer history with the Jackie Chan movie, so I went with that.4. She (1982 one of my all time favorite B-movies)
) The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
) Romancing the Stone
5) Princess Bride
HM: Clash of the Titans (the original not the godawful remake), African Queen,
Tarzan and His Mate
Fantasy Mission Force
“Shut up! We don’t want to hear about your imaginary friends, and how you have movie discussions with Cher’s dog.
adventure westerns (Jeremiah Johnson)
All the people who wanted to watch Siegfried are right now feeling like
All the people who wanted to watch Siegfried are right now feeling like
And I'm honestly not a big Buster Keaton fan and find The General to be the dullest and most overrated of all of his films.
I love Fritz Lang and was really hoping that that'd win.
Duller than his talkie career?
My personal favorite is his is Three Ages. Some of the jokes like when the loveplay turns into a genuine wrestling match is just hilarious.
How high do you rank him on your GOAT's list?
I'm inclined to squeeze him in there in the top 3 with Kubrick and... Kurusawa, I suppose. While someone like Hitchcock might have had more "great films" and a more consistent career, for all his mastery I'm not sure he ever reached the best levels of Fury, Siegfried or Metropolis. Though Hitchi is a contender for the pedestal as well, of course.
I'll probably have to wait until I get my home-internet back to respond to yours and @sickc0d3r Stalker stuff. But just heads up, the situation appears so grevious that jei could be forced to take next Wensday's nominations as well. So it'll take a while.
First is the coherent one and superior in jungle creepiness. Second one is by far the grandest, most adventurous and action filled Tarzan movie ever. Production code took the series into a lot more wholesome direction and then later it went for just whatever. O'Sullivan is one of the pre-code goddesses for sure, but got her wings clipped by the censorship.Personally, I think the first Tarzan film in that series is the best. Mate is its only competition though. Maureen O'Sullivan is just a gem of a woman. I can think of no other actress who so spiritedly projects loveliness like she does. The series really suffered when she left (and boy that was a series that got weird fast, messing with continuity in every installation).
For me Fantasy Mission Force was the first encounter with the macabre and often surreal Asian war time adventure movies (Golden Queen’s Commandos, Heroes Shed No Tears, Riders of the Doomed Kingdom...). As we're in the subject, I also think it's the only Chan movie that captures the spirit of Keaton's wilder movies (visit to the ghost house for example) and not just copies the stunt work.I've seen that movie yet all I remember is thinking it was meh.
That’s why Jeremiah Johnson is so great movie IMO. A man tries to get away from everything and ends up with a family and a personal war with Indians. One of the few adventure movies I can think of that truly has the spirit of Jack London books, which for me best define the whole wilderness adventure sub genre.I think Jeremiah Johnson is one of the best Westerns of all time btw.
Strange adventure though. Mostly he just meanders around aimlessly and runs into things.
I love Fritz Lang and was really hoping that that'd win. And I'm honestly not a big Buster Keaton fan and find The General to be the dullest and most overrated of all of his films.
Don't worry, though, @Yotsuya. I won't be a buzzkill next week. With any luck, The General will have grown on me...
For me Keaton is the greatest silent comedian and one of the greatest film makers of silent era in general.
Also I thought 2.5 hours would be too much for most who might not be that familiar with silent movies and didn't think Nibelungen would get any traction at all. Happy to see that it almost got nominated!
Huh. Well I didn't know this was a thing but then again I haven't been in the Berry a lot (Sherdog a lot for that matter either). I've seen a good chunk of that list but I'm a film guy so that's abnormal. I guess I just assumed a Sherdog movie club would be can-level just like general posting acumen of the site but now that I see I was wrong, it's more like regional promotion's champ or no. 1 contender with a solid amateur background.
Although I can't believe you guys willingly watched The Room
Team Chaplin ride or die
I could have! Call me Ming the Merciful.You could've gone the all epic silent Lang route and nominated the two-part three-hour Spider films, the two-part four-hour Die Niebelungen films, the five-hour Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler, and the two-and-a-half hour Metropolis.
I haven't actually seen the room but after seeing the franco flick parodying it i wouldn't be against it. I forgot the name but that movie was suprisingly excellent. Franco does some trash but every now and then i love him like in pineapple express.