"Guy" flicks

[clinthopson]

You know what I mean, it's those movies which are all-guy, with the ladies pretty much in the background. Guy movies have a basic requirement - testosterone has to be sprayed all over the screen (intellectual and artistic content not necessary):

The Dirty Dozen
Dirty Harry
The Magnificent Seven
The Great Escape
The Dawn Patrol
Gunga Din
The Longest Day
Guns of Navarone
Das Boat
Any Tom Clancy-based flick
Unforgiven

[Pete C]

I watched Is Paris Burning last night. The only female character of any depth (and none of the characters had much) was Leslie Caron, who appeared early in the film.

The Longest Day is aptly named.

Don't forget Das Boot. Or that great two-character film with Goodspeak and Dolan.

[Vince Kargatis]

Three big favorites (undoubtedly characterizable as "guy flicks", though not reducible to such):

Fight Club
Heat
This Is Spinal Tap

[lonely-at-the-top]

Originally Posted by clinthopson

it's those movies .. with the ladies pretty much in the background...... - testosterone has to be sprayed all over the screen

define: background please

how about ...beneath... ?

Deep Throat
Chatterbox
New Wave Hookers
Taboo

not that I would know any of those

[clinthopson]

Patton
Tora, Tora, Tora
The In-Laws (maybe the funniest of the guy genre)
Clint E's spaghetti westerns

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by clinthopson

The In-Laws (maybe the funniest of the guy genre)

I just saw that recently for the first time. It was great, and both Falk & Arkin were brilliant.

[ran]

Originally Posted by Pete C

I just saw that recently for the first time. It was great, and both Falk & Arkin were brilliant.

Bugs with beaks ?

The guacamole act of 19..

I heard somewhere that Andrew Bergman , ( So Fine and the Freshman ) wrote those 2 parts with Falk and Arkin in mind. If that's true he nailed it.

[GoodSpeak]

Originally Posted by Pete C

I watched Is Paris Burning last night. The only female character of any depth (and none of the characters had much) was Leslie Caron, who appeared early in the film.

The Longest Day is aptly named.

Don't forget Das Boot. Or that great two-character film with Goodspeak and Dolan.

Including cameo apperances of Pete

[stonemonkts]

Originally Posted by Vince Kargatis

Three big favorites (undoubtedly characterizable as "guy flicks", though not reducible to such):

Fight Club
Heat
This Is Spinal Tap

I agree on Fight Club although I suppose almost anything with Pitt awards it less than total guy flick status.

Heat is very much a love story (or several mini love stories combined) wrapped in a heist film. The relationship between Kilmer and his wife was superbly played, and even though the sequence with DeNiro and his new girlfriend slowed the film down some, to me Heat was the very first combo love story/buddy/heist film ever made (or at least, the first made well).

This Is Spinal Tap has universal appeal.

I respectfully submit your choices are a bit off.

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

Stalag 17
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
Full Metal Jacket

[Vince Kargatis]

Hm, stone, I stand behind my caveat (I expect you're looking for "reducible" selections?). I think all are rather obviously testosterone-loaded. I also fully expect that the fan bases of each are significantly male-dominated - that's certainly my experience in discussing them over the years.

[Pete C]

I wonder what the relative fan base between genders is for Cassavetes films.

[Robert de St. Loup]

The Wild Bunch
The Searchers
The Good, the Bad & The Ugly
Dr. Strangelove

[Vince Kargatis]

Originally Posted by Pete C

I wonder what the relative fan base between genders is for Cassavetes films.

I'll guess the answer is "polluted by small number statistics".

[Uli]

Originally Posted by Pete C

I wonder what the relative fan base between genders is for Cassavetes films.

The only other big fan of "Gloria" I have "met" here is patricia, iirc. In real live I think watching it with my wife numerous times mite be responsible for me liking it as much. Maybe Gloria is Cassavetes chick movie. otoh I have never met anybody who thinks like me that "Love streams" is his best and I have only seen it once.

[Dr Dave]

Originally Posted by Robert de St. Loup

The Wild Bunch
The Searchers
The Good, the Bad & The Ugly
Dr. Strangelove

Now we're getting somewhere. Except for Dr. Strangelove. Peter Sellers is just funny, not "guy" funny. And may I add the following testosterone-laced obscurity:

[GoodSpeak]

Anything James Bond.

[bruce massey]

All Kubick and Kurasawa.....

The Third Man-too hip for chicks

Snatch-Brad Pitt rocks-Stonemonks is way off on his presence in a movie

And then, Lock Stock and two smoking barrels

Bullitt, Pappillon, The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke.....

Stooges!

[gonzo]

the four ultimate guy flicks
diner
hangin with the homeboys
swingers
anything by tarantino

[Sergio Zamora]

Goodfellas

Reservoir Dogs

Bridge Over the River Kwai


Some non-conventional guy flicks:

The Shawshank Redemption (the guy equivalent of a chick flick)

Glengarry Glen Ross

Down By Law

[Robert de St. Loup]

Originally Posted by Dr Dave

Now we're getting somewhere. Except for Dr. Strangelove. Peter Sellers is just funny, not "guy" funny.

I beg to differ. Any movie where a guy rides an H-bomb to the ground while waving a cowboy hat is by definition a guy movie.

More:

All John Woo movies
Bad Lieutenant
Mean Streets
Gangs of New York

[patricia]

Originally Posted by stonemonkts

I agree on Fight Club although I suppose almost anything with Pitt awards it less than total guy flick status.

Heat is very much a love story (or several mini love stories combined) wrapped in a heist film. The relationship between Kilmer and his wife was superbly played, and even though the sequence with DeNiro and his new girlfriend slowed the film down some, to me Heat was the very first combo love story/buddy/heist film ever made (or at least, the first made well).

This Is Spinal Tap has universal appeal.

I respectfully submit your choices are a bit off.

Heat is indeed a love story as much as a heist flick.

Another heist/love story is a lesser-known one, Thief featuring James Caan and a superb cast, who are totally believable.

This is one of my favourites.

It's directed by Michael Mann, before he did "Heat" and the look and the attention to detail with regard to the plot [jewel thievery/safe-cracking] are really quite remarkable.

Lots of shoot-em-up and power-wielding macho scenes.

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by Uli

The only other big fan of "Gloria" I have "met" here is patricia, iirc. In real live I think watching it with my wife numerous times mite be responsible for me liking it as much. Maybe Gloria is Cassavetes chick movie.

Not my favorite, but I kind of liked the kid despite the seeming consensus that it's one of the worst performances in the history of cinema.

[Uli]

You just gotta love Gena Rowlands

[patricia]

Originally Posted by Pete C

Not my favorite, but I kind of liked the kid despite the seeming consensus that it's one of the worst performances in the history of cinema.

"Gloria is, I think, a good character study/hiest film and the kid in the original was well-cast.
This is another case in which the re-make is to be avoided like the plague.
The other, and certainly not the only one, is the re-make of "The Vanishing"


Gena Rowlands was perfect as Gloria.
Sharon Stone in the re-make..................not so much.

[clinthopson]

The best part of Heat is at the beginning when DeNiro and his boys blow everything up.

Now that's high octane testosterone.

The problem with Diner is that's there no gratuitous violence. There has to be some shootin', killin', explodin' to be a guy flick. Wild car chases are good so maybe Diner qualifies with the car stuff.

Kelly's Heroes is a crappy flick, but with very high level of hormones.

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by clinthopson

The problem with Diner is that's there no gratuitous violence.

No, the problem is it's sentimental claptrap.

[A. Kingstone]

Crank

Shoot 'em Up

[Robert de St. Loup]

I forgot The Hidden.

[lonely-at-the-top]

Apocalypse Now
Deer Hunter