I know there is already a post on the blog but I want to see what you guys have to say.
Tags: Movies
Permalink Reply by Jack Bauer on I get that you don't like it. You've still been pretty vague. What specifically do you find unmanly about it? Is it just that anything you don't like is inherently unmanly?
Strikes me as a weird line-in-the-sand. Braveheart would be on almost any "manly movies" list. I just don't get your assessment that there is "no chance" it should be included.
JB
Permalink Reply by StaggerLee on I have in mind many movies that are great action movies but, upon reflection, felt they were too over the top to be genuine reflections of manliness; too unrealistic. For my top five, then, I'd go with The Great Escape, The Cowboys, The Thirteenth Warrior, The Devils Brigade, and Sabrina, my controversial entry.
Permalink Reply by Matthew DeMent on I Know there was a blanket statement for the Duke, but i would like to point out 3 that I personally think qualify as man's man movies.
1: The Sands of Iwo Jima (Sgt. Stryker is an Icon. What a lot of men strive to be as a military man.)
2: The Searchers (Ethan Edwards is a hard man who finds redemption.)
3: The Quiet Man (Sean Thornton Is a man who struggles with his past and how he fits into the world. Finding balance between who he was and who he wants to be.)
Just 3 that stood out to me.
Permalink Reply by Harry P Flashman on Good call on "Shackleton". Great TV...
Permalink Reply by swmnguy on "Shackleton" was great. I'd never heard of him. Now I've read a few books and my admiration for the guy only increases. He had his flaws, but man. To get into such a disaster and get all his guys out alive--amazing.
Permalink Reply by Mr Robert C. Irwin on A bridge too far
Permalink Reply by Jeffre Pawlack on Favorite manly movies
Gettysburg
It's a Wonderful Life
Master and Commander
Kingdom of Heaven
Last Samurai
A Good Year
Patton
Saving Private Ryan
Apollo 13
Forrest Gump
Permalink Reply by Nicholas Flatoff on Just finished the last Band of Brothers episode last night. Pretty manly, but everything's manly about WWII (even the women).
Otherwise there's Delicatessen, which is manly in a completely different way. Some might think that's a stretch, but I have my reasons.
Permalink Reply by Daniel G. on So many...Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, Braveheart, Kingdom of Heaven, Tombstone, Open Range, The Untouchables......
Permalink Reply by Ruben Cardenas on Ben-ur, Life Is Beautiful (especially when you take into account the persistence of the way he pursued the woman he'd marry and also his courage and humor and love for his wife and son), The Grey, and Batman Begins.
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