LGM Movie & Television Association

[lordluvr]

'bout time somebody called it. It couldn't have been THAT difficult.

At first, I just thought you were blurting out a quote.  It didn't occur to me that you wanted someone to name the movie.

[sjonathan02]

At first, I just thought you were blurting out a quote.  It didn't occur to me that you wanted someone to name the movie.

Why would one blurt out a quote only to have noone cite the movie reference?



Again, some movies on your list LL, I would've put on mine, but they can also be classified in different genres. (i.e. Apocalypse Now, war & action film)

[J31]

This is really hard for me, so I'm naming 10.  Another 20 could also make it to my top ten, so I'm just naming any 10 (in no particular order):

1-3 Any of the Lord of the Ring movies
6. Ben-Hur

Man - LORD of the Rings - 
So what are we defining as Action?

Lord of the Rings is like an Adventure movie right?

I could be wrong......... WHAT SAY YE FELLOW ASSOCIATES?

[sjonathan02]

Man - LORD of the Rings - 
So what are we defining as Action?

Lord of the Rings is like an Adventure movie right?

I could be wrong......... WHAT SAY YE FELLOW ASSOCIATES?

Nah, LOTR can stay in the category. I'm cool with that.

[J31]

Nah, LOTR can stay in the category. I'm cool with that.

Cool

[lordluvr]

I think there's a fine line because often action and adventure is often merged as one category- Action/adventure.

[jlewis]

LOTR is also listed as fantasy.  But I think action  is a kind of superset ( regardless of the other genre).

I also look at Alien as Horror ( but then I'm gonna put BladeII on my list so go figure)

But I agree with J31

Specifically:
300
Blade II

then I go t to add
Terminator II
MI 2 
Matrix  ( Part 2 didn't do it for me till they got on the freeway, part 3 ..... )
SpiderMan 2
Blade Runner ( could be considered sci-fi)
Saving Private Ryan (somebody else mentioned it  but its worth a repeat)
Ronin
Bourne Identity ( I'm picky about my hand to hand combat scenes, and in Supremacy.... they did too many cut away shots for my personal liking.  But in part I,   he handled business like he was supposed to).


I would really like to see somebody do a serious treatment of any of the Remo Williams  books.  That movie that they did back in the day was horrible, but dude ( in the books ) was really of the chain .  So was Chuin.

I would also like to see a serious treatment of the Splinter Cell  RPG's on the big screen.


Jlewis

[sjonathan02]

LOTR is also listed as fantasy.  But I think action  is a kind of superset ( regardless of the other genre).

I also look at Alien as Horror ( but then I'm gonna put BladeII on my list so go figure)

But I agree with J31

Specifically:
300
Blade II

then I go t to add
Terminator II
MI 2 
Matrix  ( Part 2 didn't do it for me till they got on the freeway, part 3 ..... )
SpiderMan 2
Blade Runner ( could be considered sci-fi)
Saving Private Ryan (somebody else mentioned it  but its worth a repeat)
Ronin
Bourne Identity ( I'm picky about my hand to hand combat scenes, and in Supremacy.... they did too many cut away shots for my personal liking.  But in part I,   he handled business like he was supposed to).


I would really like to see somebody do a serious treatment of any of the Remo Williams  books.  That movie that they did back in the day was horrible, but dude ( in the books ) was really of the chain .  So was Chuin.

I would also like to see a serious treatment of the Splinter Cell  RPG's on the big screen.


Jlewis

It's called, "Mission Impossible" or "James Bond". The television version would be '24' or 'Splinter Cell' that comes on showtime.

[jlewis]

Mission Impossible was a re-make  of a tv show


James Bond is a differnet set of books  and  military skillsets.

24 maybe  ( but they need to put a bigscreen budget behind it)

Splinter Cell ( I don't have  premium stations like showtime, hbo, cinemax or anything like that so I can' t really comment)

Let me be more specific.   Take John clark from  "sum of all fears".  Do a movie about his assignments, training , character development, team members, etc.  I guess "The Recruit" with collin Farrel comes close,  but Jon Clark's background was special ops  military from day one ( at least with what they tell  you in the books.... most of his stuff is still classified).


Jlewis

[sjonathan02]

Mission Impossible was a re-make  of a tv show


James Bond is a differnet set of books  and  military skillsets.

24 maybe  ( but they need to put a bigscreen budget behind it)

Splinter Cell ( I don't have  premium stations like showtime, hbo, cinemax or anything like that so I can' t really comment)

Let me be more specific.   Take John clark from  "sum of all fears".  Do a movie about his assignments, training , character development, team members, etc.  I guess "The Recruit" with collin Farrel comes close,  but Jon Clark's background was special ops  military from day one ( at least with what they tell  you in the books.... most of his stuff is still classified).


Jlewis

Would you have Liev Schreiber (played 'John Clark' in 'sum of all fears') reprise his role? Because I KNOW you don't know actors names:

[jlewis]

Heck Naw.....  I just using sum of all fears as a template, because in the books  John Clark was the business  ( I do read a little).


I would use the dude that played the primary training officer  in G.I. Jane


Jlewis

[sjonathan02]

Heck Naw.....  I just using sum of all fears as a template, because in the books  John Clark was the business  ( I do read a little).


I would use the dude that played the primary training officer  in G.I. Jane


Jlewis

Viggo Mortensen. He was also in that movie, 'A History of Violence'

[jlewis]

Viggo Mortensen. He was also in that movie, 'A History of Violence'

Yep thats him.

I saw that movie too.   Isn't that the one where he was this hit man ( but he was living this mild mannered lifestyle currently).

He kills some cats in a bar or diner ,  and then the mafia comes looking for him after his face was on tv.   His son thought he was weak, but he turns out to be this  "former" cold blooded type killer.

He handled his buisiness in that one as well

Jlewis

[sjonathan02]

Yep thats him.

I saw that movie too.   Isn't that the one where he was this hit man ( but he was living this mild mannered lifestyle currently).

He kills some cats in a bar or diner ,  and then the mafia comes looking for him after his face was on tv.   His son thought he was weak, but he turns out to be this  "former" cold blooded type killer.

He handled his buisiness in that one as well

Jlewis

You hit it on the head, doc. It was a pretty good movie. Tell you what else, 'sum of all fears' is an underrated movie, IMHO.

[J31]

So HOW IS IT THE NOT A SINGLE CHARLES BRONSON MOVIE GOT IN THE MIX??

[sjonathan02]

So HOW IS IT THE NOT A SINGLE CHARLES BRONSON MOVIE GOT IN THE MIX??

I ALWAYS thought Charles Bronson was a poor man's Clint Eastwood.

[J31]

I ALWAYS thought Charles Bronson was a poor man's Clint Eastwood.

BUT CHARLES WAS DOING HIS ' DEATH WISH THING LONG BEFORE cLINT??

[sjonathan02]

BUT CHARLES WAS DOING HIS ' DEATH WISH THING LONG BEFORE cLINT??

Let me be transparent. I've never seen a 'Death Wish' movie. I HAVE seen at least ONE Dirty Harry film. Clear it up for you?

[J31]

Let me be transparent. I've never seen a 'Death Wish' movie. I HAVE seen at least ONE Dirty Harry film. Clear it up for you?

AHHH!!!!!

[jlewis]

Aren't they on like Death Wish 22


the villian is  got a corner on the market for iron supplements  in the old folks home.  Charles comes in and hits him over the head with an orthopedic walker, swoops the leading lady out of her wheelchair and they go to the front room and watch "The Price is Right" while sharing a banana.

I'll wait for the video.


Jlewis