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Which of the Austrian Oak's movies do you prefer over the others?

I say Conan the Barbarian. Swords, Arnie, James Earl Jones, and a kickass soundtrack, what else do you need?
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NeoGoomba wrote:Which of the Austrian Oak's movies do you prefer over the others?

I say Conan the Barbarian. Swords, Arnie, James Earl Jones, and a kickass soundtrack, what else do you need?
Half descent acting for one. Good production for another.

Best Arnie movie? Twins, or Kindergarden Cop.
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NeoGoomba wrote:Which of the Austrian Oak's movies do you prefer over the others?

I say Conan the Barbarian. Swords, Arnie, James Earl Jones, and a kickass soundtrack, what else do you need?
A decent set of knockers exposed for a good length of time?

If yesterday was my "Feeling Sad" day, today is my "Sex on the Mind" day. :twisted:

EDIT: Oh, by the way, I think "End of Days" has everything above (including the knockers :wink: ) except Jones.

As for my favorite Ah-nold movie... Well, Terminator and T2. I love that main song!
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T2, bar none.
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The Terminator flicks.
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Let's see.


Red Sonja? -- nope, although Arnold was pretty much the best actor in the film.

Junior? -- no way

The Villan? -- nope

Jingle All the Way? :oops:

Hercules in New York? -- nope

The Last Action Hero? -- nope great soundtrack though and I still love the Arnieized version of Hamlet :-)

Commando? -- :? Liked it a lot at the time. Now it's good to laugh through.

Conan: The Destroyer? nope Very much like some of the later Conan books but they shouldn't have ditched the R rating and someone needed to cast better. Grace Jones? :wtf:

Conan: The Barbarian? Very enjoyable but nope. Great score, really improves the movie.

The Sixth Day? -- nope Wanted to be Total Recall, had some neat stuff.

Collateral Damage? nope

End of Days -- Under rateda little if you ask me and yes there's a great non-gratuitous (according to the director) breast shot in that movie.

Raw Deal -- decent movie until they decide to just end it.

True Lies -- Very entertaining plus a nuke. :-D

Total Recall -- screws with your head and has lots of cool stuff. Hate the dummies at the end though. Sharon Stone before she hit it "big".

Twins -funny

Kindergarten Cop -- didn't hate it

Stay Hungry -- haven't seen it

Pumping Iron -- haven't see it either.

Predator -- One of my favorites. Arnold with a bad ass team and a cool alien as well. The Arnieizms seem a little shoe horned in to me now (stick around).

Terminator 2 -- Nearly the best although a little too much sap seeped in (thumbs up dude) but has many of Arnold's coolest moments.

Running Man -- Nothing really wrong with this one except it's sort of a let down from the book and has clearly been Arnieized.

Red Heat -- Somehow this one was boring to me. :?

Terminator -- I think this one was the best. It's a little low on budget, hence the long car chases, but there's no cheese, no lameness no PC crap.
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T1 & 2
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My fauvorites:

Terminator 1&2 - a killer robot. THE perfect part for Arnold :)

Predator - Liked it, but only because of the alien and Jessie Ventura with his Ma Belle...so I don;t really know if it counts

True Lies - I laughed my ass off while watching it for the first time

Last Action Hero - not as good as True Lies, but good enough
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Conan followed by T1 ten T2 and Predator
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I'm a huge Conan fan. I grew up reading Conan comic books and such, and for those reasons I'd go with Conan the Barbarian.

I remember when he did Terminator, I said "Oh no! He cut his hair, no more Conan movies!" (I was kinda young at the time).

But for shear entertainment value, I have to go with either Terminator 1 or Predator. Terminator 2 rocked too. However, compared to the first, its too hollywood, with its moralistic family values "you can't just kill people".... I hate when the sacrifice attempts at a realistic/human reaction to a situation for cliche heroics.

Here's hoping T3 brings Arnie back to basics! :)
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Terminator and Predator. With True Lies following.
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Twins, Predator, Terminator 1/2, True Lies, Last Action Hero. in approximately that order
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Conan, T1/2, Predator, True Lies, The Running Man, Last Action Hero.
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RogueIce wrote:If yesterday was my "Feeling Sad" day, today is my "Sex on the Mind" day. :twisted:
Guess we swapped, then. :(


I'd have to go with "End of Days," but that has nothing to do with Arnold. I'm just madly in lust with Gabriel Byrne.
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Terminator 2, followed by Predator

Kindergarten Cop and The Running Man were also quite good, even though I've only seen the last one on ABC and Sci-Fi...
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True Lies, just so funny and great at the same time
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The Termies and Predator
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True Lies was fucking fantastic. Jamie Lee Curtis's clevage, Tia Carerra, Tom Arnold and lots of guns being fired at ismalic extreemists. Also it had a young Faith the Vampire Slayer.
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Terminator films followed by predator and Junior.

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Rock on Terminator1&2 (and hopefully 3). Its the perfect film for him; I mean c'mon, Arnorld battles killer robots from the future. If that doesn't work, nothing will.
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Darth Garden Gnome wrote:Rock on Terminator1&2 (and hopefully 3). Its the perfect film for him; I mean c'mon, Arnorld battles killer robots from the future. If that doesn't work, nothing will.
Remember the parody on Mad tv it was hilarious.
"Forgive him father he`s a killer robot from the future" :mrgreen:
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I'd say Terminator and True Lies
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Montcalm wrote: Remember the parody on Mad tv it was hilarious.
"Forgive him father he`s a killer robot from the future" :mrgreen:
Anybody remember the parody from Saturday Night Live, "The Toonsinator" staring Toonsils the Driving Cat? .... "He's an advanced cybernetic cat from the future... but he's not a good driver". I almost wet myself watching Toonsils :)
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Zoink wrote:
Montcalm wrote: Remember the parody on Mad tv it was hilarious.
"Forgive him father he`s a killer robot from the future" :mrgreen:
Anybody remember the parody from Saturday Night Live, "The Toonsinator" staring Toonsils the Driving Cat? .... "He's an advanced cybernetic cat from the future... but he's not a good driver". I almost wet myself watching Toonsils :)
I think i missed that one.
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End of Days -- Under rateda little if you ask me and yes there's a great non-gratuitous (according to the director) breast shot in that movie.
It was extremely gratuitous (not to mention incestuous).
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