is Terminator 2 the greatest action movie of all time?
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kids/teens are annoying in real life. Kids/teens in are annoying in movies. Gaf does not like kids/teens and are not willing to admit that they used to be annoying little turds.
Anyway, T1 was a better movie, but not a better action movie.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
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Supercop.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Yes.
It is definitely the best action movie all time. Though it isn't the best movie with action in it - which is where I think people are getting confused.
Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOiEp5N9FXc
Also, Heat is overrated GARBAGE.
It is definitely the best action movie all time. Though it isn't the best movie with action in it - which is where I think people are getting confused.
Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOiEp5N9FXc
Also, Heat is overrated GARBAGE.
Glass Rebel
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Oh fuck, I retract my statement, it's actually Drunken Master 2
This. It's really hard to choose honestly.
I feel Robocop should get a mention as well. I mean that movie is f'n amazing.
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I think you are garbage, no?
aparisi2274
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Robocop should win just because it has the line "Bitches, leave!" in it!
Messypandas
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One of the top 26. Shame Cameron's made mostly shit since
BertramCooper
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He doesn't act like a real kid in T2. He acts like an experienced child actor who hasn't gained any sort of understanding of nuance. He shouts his lines the whole fucking movie.
Oh no you didn't.
It's similar to the difference between Alien and Aliens.
Zoramon089
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Heat was sooo boring. Only movie I've seen more boring was Once Upon a Time in the West
giancarlo123x
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My guy!
Gentleman Jack
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T2 waxes philsophical too frequently for it to be the movie I always come back to. I dislike the awful interchanges between Sarah/John, I hate John's one liners and the otherwise perfect epilogue at the end of T2 has lost ALL of its impact in the wake of every sequel that followed. I like action with lots of humor mixed in it, so I'm all about Die Hard 1/2, Commando, Big Trouble In Little China when I fish into the collections I swapped from VHS to DVD.
Heat has 1 action scene. Why is it mentioned in the same league as T2?
This is the worst post
Dave_6
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Exactly.
Escape Goat
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T2 was pretty close to perfection. It had a lot of heart and cool futuristic robot mayhem going on. And who didn't want to cry with the thumbs up?
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Here is the ranking. Dispute it if you must, but know only that you are disputing the truth.
1. T2
2. Predator
3. Die Hard
1. T2
2. Predator
3. Die Hard
Discotheque
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This post hurts my brain considering both would probably be in my top 10 movies of all time.
Oh and I don't really consider Heat or any Mann film an action movie so I wouldn't really discuss those.
Die Hard, Predator, Aliens, Lethal Weapon, Robocop, Hard Boiled/The Killer. These are the all time great action films.
vicissitudes
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Agreed. I haven't seen Die Hard but no way is Predator better than T2. Other movies mentioned such as The Matrix, Alien, and Raiders aren't even really Action films.
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Love T2 so probably yes. Is the BluRay any good?
I think of Heat as more of a drama with some fuck awesome action scenes sprinkled in.
I think of Heat as more of a drama with some fuck awesome action scenes sprinkled in.
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Still Michael Bay's only decent movie.
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Forgot to mention The Matrix and Terminator movies. They're pretty good too, but not as awesome as my list.
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Didnt we just have a terminator vs terminator 2 vs terminator 3 vs terminator salvation thread?
Anyways, yes OP. Terminator 2 is the greatest action movie of all time. Hands down. That movie will always hold an extremely special place in my heart. I'm pretty much obsessed with it.
Music, character development, special effects (DOESNT RELY ON CG! (RIP movies like this) ), setting, bad-assery, it's got it all.
RIP Stan Winston
Anyways, yes OP. Terminator 2 is the greatest action movie of all time. Hands down. That movie will always hold an extremely special place in my heart. I'm pretty much obsessed with it.
Music, character development, special effects (DOESNT RELY ON CG! (RIP movies like this) ), setting, bad-assery, it's got it all.
RIP Stan Winston
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This discussion would be more interesting if we narrowed the scope of 'greatest' to 'greatest of the late 80s/early 90s' since production values and budgets have skyrocketed. I hate seeing a 1991 film get compared to a 2005 film.
It's Arnold being on the good side.
The fuck?
SCULLIBUNDO
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A better question is who are the best action directors of all time? And I mean balls to the wall action.
1. James Cameron
2. John McTiernan
3. The Wachowskis
1. James Cameron
2. John McTiernan
3. The Wachowskis
Escape Goat
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A child actor who isn't completely insufferable.
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Also we had a greatest action movie vote thread a few months back but OP never got round to counting the votes. Saying that, I think Aliens would have won it:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=457957
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=457957
Wachowskis aren't even in the same league as the first two.
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