My promised retort to Joe:
Joe invited me to see Beowulf yesterday but I declined. He tried to convince me that I’d like it despite “I don’t like anything manly.” It’s true I disliked Kill Bill and Sin City and 300, but that has more to do with style over substance and very little to do with manliness. Although I should point out that any film with a man yelling out who or what he is (“I! AM! BEOWULF!” or “THIS! IS! SPARTA!”) is probably trying to be a little TOO manly. Give me the quiet machismo of Clint Eastwood over the grandstanding oiled down bluster of King Leonidas any day. I probably will see Beowulf some day, but not on opening weekend.
THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING
Here’s some manly films I love:
Miller’s Crossing
No Country for Old Men
Conan the Barbarian
12 Angry Men
Casablanca
Aliens
Pulp Fiction
Glengarry Glen Ross
The Thing
Wasango (Volcano High)
Blood Simple
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Bourne Identity
Cool Hand Luke
Snatch
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Terminator & T2
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Army of Darkness
Gladiator
The Four Musketeers
The Limey
Stalag 17
Leon (The Professional)
Coldblooded
Also, don’t confuse manliness with misogyny. I’m looking at you, Frank Miller.
Coldblooded with jason Priestley? That movie was awsome!
manliness. good quality. and nothing proves to be more manly than to abuse and harass the bard in your freeport campaign.
(reads over list)
Apparently you like manliness, but only if it’s being put in its place a lot.
You forgot ‘Priscilla: Queen of the Desert.’
May I also suggest Humphrey Bogart and all of his ‘film noir’ colleagues. All manly and happy to keep quiet about it.
PLUS getting beat up, put in your place, and ENDURING nonetheless is what makes a real movie man. And a real one for that matter.
Joe: If that’s true, it’s just as true of womanliness.
If by misogyny you mean barely hidden man-love then I agree with your diagnosis, doctor.