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I'm sat watching Total Recall atm, and i reckon that it was Arnies finest hour, with Running Man and Predator a close second. Anyone else have any thoughts?
In reply to crustypunkuk: Possibly Pumping Iron.
In reply to crustypunkuk: conan
In reply to Pekkie:
Terminator is one of my fave films of all times, and Arnie is perfect as the eponymous protagonist, but did he actually act in the film?
Terminator is one of my fave films of all times, and Arnie is perfect as the eponymous protagonist, but did he actually act in the film?
In reply to Removed User:
Hehe.
Hehe.
In reply to crustypunkuk:
His role as Coriolanus in the 1959 RSC production is surely his finest hour.......sorry, goy Arnie mixed up with Olivier there..easy mistake as i'm sure you'll agree!
Drop you a PM re Sunday.
Cheers
His role as Coriolanus in the 1959 RSC production is surely his finest hour.......sorry, goy Arnie mixed up with Olivier there..easy mistake as i'm sure you'll agree!
Drop you a PM re Sunday.
Cheers
In reply to crustypunkuk: Kindergaten Cop...
Seriously, I thought he was good in both the first and second Terminator and in Predator.
"GET TO THE CHOPPER"
Seriously, I thought he was good in both the first and second Terminator and in Predator.
"GET TO THE CHOPPER"
In reply to Nath93:
EETS NAAdA TOOMAH!
EETS NAAdA TOOMAH!
In reply to crustypunkuk:
The Last Action Hero. MASSIVELY misunderstood.
In terms of Arnie actually trying to act in a halfway-intelligent film (as these things go), I would agree with Total Recall but also throw a late entry into the mix - The Sixth Day, very underrated.
Interestingly neither Total Recall nor The Sixth Day particularly needed a musclebound action hero in the lead role, but they somehow worked as Arnie vehicles.
Those citing The Terminator are missing the point of the OP. It is an excellent film, but hardly Arnie's finest hour! He's given very little to do, and is rather wooden in it. He's a lot better in the first sequel, as he has material to play with.
OP I'll disagree with Predator. It is a decent film, and way better than Commando, but I think Commando works better for Arnie as it has a humourous sense of its own silliness, and Arnie plays with that quite visibly. Predator suffers from trying to shovel in some Arnie wisecracks which are pretty inappropriate (notably in the opening assault scene "Knock knock" and "Stick around"...and later with the pointless "you are one ugly motherfukcer" - just doesn't work as well as the classic "I lied" in Commando)
The Last Action Hero. MASSIVELY misunderstood.
In terms of Arnie actually trying to act in a halfway-intelligent film (as these things go), I would agree with Total Recall but also throw a late entry into the mix - The Sixth Day, very underrated.
Interestingly neither Total Recall nor The Sixth Day particularly needed a musclebound action hero in the lead role, but they somehow worked as Arnie vehicles.
Those citing The Terminator are missing the point of the OP. It is an excellent film, but hardly Arnie's finest hour! He's given very little to do, and is rather wooden in it. He's a lot better in the first sequel, as he has material to play with.
OP I'll disagree with Predator. It is a decent film, and way better than Commando, but I think Commando works better for Arnie as it has a humourous sense of its own silliness, and Arnie plays with that quite visibly. Predator suffers from trying to shovel in some Arnie wisecracks which are pretty inappropriate (notably in the opening assault scene "Knock knock" and "Stick around"...and later with the pointless "you are one ugly motherfukcer" - just doesn't work as well as the classic "I lied" in Commando)
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Bollocks to all that.
True Lies wins it easily (I still think The Last Action Hero is a better film, given that it doesn't have a central section centred on the deliberate psychological torture of the hero's wife instigated and performed by the hero...but Arnie is great in True Lies!)
Bollocks to all that.
True Lies wins it easily (I still think The Last Action Hero is a better film, given that it doesn't have a central section centred on the deliberate psychological torture of the hero's wife instigated and performed by the hero...but Arnie is great in True Lies!)
In reply to crustypunkuk:
Ok, i'll lay it on the table, mine is the early 80 "Raw Deal" run close by....no pun intend, "The Runnig Man".
His second best is governor of California!
Ok, i'll lay it on the table, mine is the early 80 "Raw Deal" run close by....no pun intend, "The Runnig Man".
His second best is governor of California!
In reply to Blue Straggler:
I must admit to liking some of his later films, where he tried to 'act' such as end of days, but i agree that the roles could've been filled by A.N Other and had a similar/greater impact.
Total Recall/Running Man/ Predator are still the best though!
I must admit to liking some of his later films, where he tried to 'act' such as end of days, but i agree that the roles could've been filled by A.N Other and had a similar/greater impact.
Total Recall/Running Man/ Predator are still the best though!
In reply to crustypunkuk:
The Running Man is appalling, as is End of Days (and don't get me wrong, I love Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, the fact that Miriam Margoyles is one of only two women to have thrown Arnie across a room on screen, and the fact that Arnie's character has the ludicrous name "Jericho Kane")
I just remembered Twins, he was in fact very good in that.
I have never seen Junior or Kindergarten Cop, and would like to keep things that way.
Your argument about "A.N. Other" doesn't work. Total Recall and The Terminator would arguably have been better with A. N. Other (logically, in The Terminator, there is no good reason that the cyborgs developed by SkyNet have big fleshy biceps, as their strength comes from the robotic skeleton - remember that Lance Henrikson was in the running for The Terminator role and may have made more sense in the role...and Arnie had already done Conan so his effect on 80s cinema was assured somewhat anyway)
The Running Man is appalling, as is End of Days (and don't get me wrong, I love Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, the fact that Miriam Margoyles is one of only two women to have thrown Arnie across a room on screen, and the fact that Arnie's character has the ludicrous name "Jericho Kane")
I just remembered Twins, he was in fact very good in that.
I have never seen Junior or Kindergarten Cop, and would like to keep things that way.
Your argument about "A.N. Other" doesn't work. Total Recall and The Terminator would arguably have been better with A. N. Other (logically, in The Terminator, there is no good reason that the cyborgs developed by SkyNet have big fleshy biceps, as their strength comes from the robotic skeleton - remember that Lance Henrikson was in the running for The Terminator role and may have made more sense in the role...and Arnie had already done Conan so his effect on 80s cinema was assured somewhat anyway)
In reply to Fly Fifer:
Never seen Raw Deal (not early, it is from 1987 so comes after Conan, Terminator and Commando, and is from the same year as Predator, not sure if Predator came before it though).
What is good about it? It sounds rubbish aside from the fact that Kathryn Harrold is the female lead.
Never seen Raw Deal (not early, it is from 1987 so comes after Conan, Terminator and Commando, and is from the same year as Predator, not sure if Predator came before it though).
What is good about it? It sounds rubbish aside from the fact that Kathryn Harrold is the female lead.
In reply to Blue Straggler: It came before predator, but the production was appaling. Predator is good and the film only reached the box office as "Amercent" film managed to bring on board funding from American Entertainment LLP. Now the rest is history as they say.
I don't know about films, but he sparked off the idea for my favourite route name: Conan the Librarian!
In reply to crustypunkuk:
predator is my favourite .on the dvd there is a great section on how the film was made ..probably better than the film actually .arnie lost about 2 stone from the beginning of the film till the end.
some great quotes too .one in particular was when arnie threw a machete at a baddie and came out with a typical arnie quip of "stick around"!
pure class.
undoubtably one of the finest actors in the history of film .shakespeare awaits surely.
"Romeo ,Romeo ...get to the chopperrr !"
predator is my favourite .on the dvd there is a great section on how the film was made ..probably better than the film actually .arnie lost about 2 stone from the beginning of the film till the end.
some great quotes too .one in particular was when arnie threw a machete at a baddie and came out with a typical arnie quip of "stick around"!
pure class.
undoubtably one of the finest actors in the history of film .shakespeare awaits surely.
"Romeo ,Romeo ...get to the chopperrr !"
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Yeah! True Lies is ace.
But so are lots of the others
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> Bollocks to all that.
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> Bollocks to all that.
Yeah! True Lies is ace.
But so are lots of the others
In reply to crustypunkuk: In terms of "acting" id say True Lies and Terminator 1 and 2. True lies because it actually gave him some half decent lines and he carried the role off pretty well. For the terminators, while his didn speak much he was a convincing cybernetic organism. Properly scary in the first on (lets remember when it was made) and the second on he managed to pull of a similar charatar with a little warmth.
That said he's still a crap actor compared to most, and being able to act like a cybernetic organism isnt the most demanding role.
Predator and terminator are probably his best films for me, but most of the films he did were pretty watchable, I can think of one I really didnt like.
That said he's still a crap actor compared to most, and being able to act like a cybernetic organism isnt the most demanding role.
Predator and terminator are probably his best films for me, but most of the films he did were pretty watchable, I can think of one I really didnt like.
In reply to colina:
You are forgetting his Hamlet sequence in The Last Action Hero
"To be, or not to be....
NOT to be"
(throws flaming axe at bad guys)
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> undoubtably one of the finest actors in the history of film .shakespeare awaits surely.
You are forgetting his Hamlet sequence in The Last Action Hero
"To be, or not to be....
NOT to be"
(throws flaming axe at bad guys)
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Yeah quite a lot of fun in a self aware sort of way, not sure why it gets such a bad rap.
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> The Last Action Hero. MASSIVELY misunderstood.
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> The Last Action Hero. MASSIVELY misunderstood.
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Yeah quite a lot of fun in a self aware sort of way, not sure why it gets such a bad rap.
In reply to crustypunkuk:
His best line must surely be in Conan 2 when he's being ministered to by the princess......
P. "Does nothing ever hurt you Conan?
C, "only pain".
priceless.
I also enjoyed his performance in 2012 as governor of california suddenly getting swept away in a catastrophe seconds after reassuring the populace that all is well.
His best line must surely be in Conan 2 when he's being ministered to by the princess......
P. "Does nothing ever hurt you Conan?
C, "only pain".
priceless.
I also enjoyed his performance in 2012 as governor of california suddenly getting swept away in a catastrophe seconds after reassuring the populace that all is well.
In reply to crustypunkuk:
you know,its very strange; no one has mentioned "Jingle all the way" yet...
you know,its very strange; no one has mentioned "Jingle all the way" yet...
In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:
No it isn't
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> you know,its very strange;
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> you know,its very strange;
No it isn't
In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:
Nothing to see here, move along now.
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> you know,its very strange; no one has mentioned "Jingle all the way" yet...
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> you know,its very strange; no one has mentioned "Jingle all the way" yet...
Nothing to see here, move along now.
In reply to crustypunkuk: it HAS to be Hercules in new York (or central park) very early film in which he us Greek hero Hercules & he gets transported in time to modern day new York, the scene in which he wrestles a bear (well a bloke in a very bad bear suit) is an all time cinematic classic!!
In reply to skarabrae:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065832/
wow. 2.9/10 rating. on 10000-odd votes. that's quite an... impressive... rating
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065832/
wow. 2.9/10 rating. on 10000-odd votes. that's quite an... impressive... rating
In reply to crustypunkuk: Yes love Arnie and Running Man comes near the top.There was the fairly bad Red Heat - the scene where he lets loose with a machine gun is just amusing! No one like him these days....
In reply to MHutch: Got to be True lies, the only Arnie film that makes me laugh out loud.
In reply to crustypunkuk:
What's with all you people and violent films?
Has nobody else seen the classic Twins or Kindergarten Cop?
And the uber-classic Jingle all the way.
That Arnie is a versatile actor.
(withdraws toungue from cheek)
What's with all you people and violent films?
Has nobody else seen the classic Twins or Kindergarten Cop?
And the uber-classic Jingle all the way.
That Arnie is a versatile actor.
(withdraws toungue from cheek)
In reply to crustypunkuk:
No mention of Red Sonia?
I like True Lies, Conan the Barbarian and Predator - and Commando for the whole silliness of it
No mention of Red Sonia?
I like True Lies, Conan the Barbarian and Predator - and Commando for the whole silliness of it
In reply to crustypunkuk: Has to be Terminator 2 for me. Ron Fawcett was famously obsessed with the original Terminator having seen it whilst climbing in the states.
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In reply to crustypunkuk:
Terminator 2, 1, Predator, Commando all in first place at a tie.
/end of thread.
Terminator 2, 1, Predator, Commando all in first place at a tie.
/end of thread.
In reply to Blue Straggler:
When I saw the thread title, Total Recall immediately came to mind - and I'm sticking with that. True Lies is a super film but I'd forgotten Arnie was even in it - how can you remember anyone other than Jamie Lee .
Terminator - he may have been wooden but it's such a memorable role.
Kindergarten Cop - You may be pleasantly surprised. It really isn't that bad. I may have a copy on DVD somewhere so if I do I'll stick it in my rucksack for the next time I bump into you at a wall .
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> The Running Man is appalling, as is End of Days (and don't get me wrong, I love Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, the fact that Miriam Margoyles is one of only two women to have thrown Arnie across a room on screen, and the fact that Arnie's character has the ludicrous name "Jericho Kane")
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> I just remembered Twins, he was in fact very good in that.
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> I have never seen Junior or Kindergarten Cop, and would like to keep things that way.
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> Your argument about "A.N. Other" doesn't work. Total Recall and The Terminator would arguably have been better with A. N. Other (logically, in The Terminator, there is no good reason that the cyborgs developed by SkyNet have big fleshy biceps, as their strength comes from the robotic skeleton - remember that Lance Henrikson was in the running for The Terminator role and may have made more sense in the role...and Arnie had already done Conan so his effect on 80s cinema was assured somewhat anyway)
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> The Running Man is appalling, as is End of Days (and don't get me wrong, I love Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, the fact that Miriam Margoyles is one of only two women to have thrown Arnie across a room on screen, and the fact that Arnie's character has the ludicrous name "Jericho Kane")
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> I just remembered Twins, he was in fact very good in that.
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> I have never seen Junior or Kindergarten Cop, and would like to keep things that way.
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> Your argument about "A.N. Other" doesn't work. Total Recall and The Terminator would arguably have been better with A. N. Other (logically, in The Terminator, there is no good reason that the cyborgs developed by SkyNet have big fleshy biceps, as their strength comes from the robotic skeleton - remember that Lance Henrikson was in the running for The Terminator role and may have made more sense in the role...and Arnie had already done Conan so his effect on 80s cinema was assured somewhat anyway)
When I saw the thread title, Total Recall immediately came to mind - and I'm sticking with that. True Lies is a super film but I'd forgotten Arnie was even in it - how can you remember anyone other than Jamie Lee .
Terminator - he may have been wooden but it's such a memorable role.
Kindergarten Cop - You may be pleasantly surprised. It really isn't that bad. I may have a copy on DVD somewhere so if I do I'll stick it in my rucksack for the next time I bump into you at a wall .
In reply to crustypunkuk: Good to see UKC Mods think of Arnie as cultural.
In reply to Ava Adore:
I would be happy to see Kindergarten Cop as it has Penelope Ann Miller in it when she was about 30. I don't know why I made that comment above! I must have meant Jingle All The Way.
As for the fellow who said KG isn't violent, I HAVE seen the opening Arnie action scene from it and it was pretty violent!
I would be happy to see Kindergarten Cop as it has Penelope Ann Miller in it when she was about 30. I don't know why I made that comment above! I must have meant Jingle All The Way.
As for the fellow who said KG isn't violent, I HAVE seen the opening Arnie action scene from it and it was pretty violent!
In reply to crustypunkuk:
One of my ex's was obsessed with Arnie, I've not got 100s of Arnie quotes running round my head!
There is a Arnie flash soundboard floating around the interweb which alwys makes me smile.
Anyhows, End of Days is great, but I think True Lies is prob the best, well until I watch anyother one anyway.
One of my ex's was obsessed with Arnie, I've not got 100s of Arnie quotes running round my head!
There is a Arnie flash soundboard floating around the interweb which alwys makes me smile.
Anyhows, End of Days is great, but I think True Lies is prob the best, well until I watch anyother one anyway.
In reply to crustypunkuk: Almost forgot, Red Heat !
"Do you know Miranda ? Never heard of the bitch ! *WHACK*"
"Do you know Miranda ? Never heard of the bitch ! *WHACK*"
In reply to crustypunkuk:
My vote is Terminator.
Two incomparably great lines.
One is to the landlord who calls through the door that his room stinks.
The other is
"I'll be back".
I use them both virtually every day ...
My vote is Terminator.
Two incomparably great lines.
One is to the landlord who calls through the door that his room stinks.
The other is
"I'll be back".
I use them both virtually every day ...
In reply to fire_munki:
Really? Seriously? I just didn't get it at all. The Sixth Day was way better (in terms of "later-period Arnold")
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> Anyhows, End of Days is great
> Anyhows, End of Days is great
Really? Seriously? I just didn't get it at all. The Sixth Day was way better (in terms of "later-period Arnold")
In reply to crustypunkuk: I'm looking forward to the sequel to Twins... & no it's not called Triplets... :0)
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