FullAuto Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Ah, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnie. Ahnold. Rubbish acting, the accent, retarded one-liners, the lot. Whether he's roaring "THERE IS NO BATHROOM!" at children (Kindergarten Cop), telling drug-dealing rebels to "Stick around." after impaling them with a thrown machete (Predator), shooting Sharon Stone and mumbling "Consider dat a divooouurce." (Total Recall), or just quipping "Let aof some steam, Bennett!" after stabbing a man with a pipe (Commando), he's made some absolute classics in his day. Although his last decent film (from a certain point of view, anyway) was probably End of Days or 6th Day, he has a decent back catalogue of work. Let me know your favourites, as I'm bound to have missed some, even though I grew up in the 80s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 True Lies. Even though it's 90's. Total Recall rocks, as does Predator. My memory sucks right now but I'm sure I'll remember some more later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 True Lies is a good one ("Hurry oouup, my hooarse is getting tiored."), and some of his best were made in the 90s (Terminator 2, er....Terminator 2). The accent is very underrated, it makes crappy one-liners hilarious. Any other actor would just make people wince, but 'cause it's Arnie it's funny. 6th Day, in particular, is loaded with them, with the Oscar going to Arnie dropping a severed thumb and saying "Aaam all tumbs toodaaay." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 - love the beginning and the shotgun reload later on There's also that scene when Sarah sees Arnie getting out the elevator. That was brilliant, but can't find it on Youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 True Lies just wasn't that great of a movie, it had a lot of good one-liners though which made up for it. My all-time favorite movie is Commando. It has to be. Tons of great one-liners in there and my favorite dialogue happens between Bennett and Arius: Bennett: I really love listening to your little pi$$-head soldiers trying to talk tough. They make me laugh. If Matrix was here, he'd laugh too.Arius: Mr. Bennett, my soldiers are patriots.Bennett: Your soldiers are nothing. Matrix and I can kill every single one of them[snaps fingers]Bennett: in the blink of an eye. Remember that.Arius: Are you trying to... frighten me?Bennett: I don't have to try. When Matrix finishes the job, he'll be back for his daughter. Now whether she's alive or dead doesn't matter. Then he'll be after you. Now the only thing between you and Matrix...[points to himself]Bennett: is me.Arius: It is you that is afraid, Mr. Bennett. YOU are afraid of Matrix.Bennett: Of course. I'm smart. But I have an edge; I have his daughter. :D If you want more quotes from this movie, just head on over to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) quotes page. Second favorite has got to be Predator. (If it bleeds, we can kill it). Lots of action, one-liners, and there is an alien in there too. Can't beat that. Then it's kind of hard to nail down favorites. Terminator has to be in there somewhere. The Running Man was also good. I actually liked Conan the Barbarian for some reason, maybe it was the stupid voice-over actor used so Arnie was easier to understand. Lots of laughs in that one. (The German version of the movie is even better). Raw Deal was a great movie too. Not too many one-liners in there, but the action was superb. So, there's a pattern developing here, all of Arnolds old stuff basically. (Well, Kindergarten Cop kinda falls short and so does Twins. Both are kinda a waste if you are looking for a lot of good quotes and action). End of Days wasn't too bad. A little hard to follow at times but it was ok. - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Red Heat. Arnie as a Russian police officer. Coupled with James Belushi, who apparently cannot believe what is going on (him starring in the film, presumably, not the events of it). Commando is so ridiculous it's great. I mean, who else would keep a garden shed full of automatic weapons? Arnie shouting "TCHENNY!", Claymore mines blowing up whole buildings, manic overacting by the Aussie playing Bennett. Made my childhood glow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Rubbish acting, the accent, retarded one-liners, the lot.HERESY!!! https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/Smiley/woodoo.gif Ok, ok, it does happen in his movies, he he he! Anyway, best IMO are Predator, T1 and T2. True lies is rubbish. Eraser is worst I have seen. "Can I call you Deb? Or even Debby?" FROM ARNOLD?!?! Just disgusting. Although still a lot better than Van Damme's Cyborg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Hercules in New York Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Heh, never seen this one. I guess I don't want to, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 It's his first movie. Even before he did the Conan movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 "See you at da party, Richter!" is something I've used for years, and no amount of blank looks has stopped me yet. Speaking of Total Recall, what do we reckon? Was it all in Quaid's mind? Or was it real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizmiaz Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Commando is my favourite, I guess. (Apart from all the great cheesiness. it got Rae Dawn Chong in it. ) Raw Deal is another highlight in his career. I've got fond memories of Hercules in NY. The first time that I saw it, we were 6-8 guys hysterically laughing on the floor. The is the highlight. But seriously, The Conan films are the only barbarian movies I can stand to watch, but the supporting cast in the first one is kinda jawdropping. And the first Terminator is still quite awesome. (Nasty rumours say the role as T-101 was specially written for Ahnold. He was born to play a robot. https://www.buddy-icons.info/img/smile/155.gif ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Oh... my... god... Ok ok, but this is at least fun for the whole family! By the way, have you guys noticed the new smileys?! Phenomenal!!! Must copy them into my collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 But seriously, The Conan films are the only barbarian movies I can stand to watch, but the supporting cast in the first one is kinda jawdropping. James Earl Jones is a bit of a rubbish baddie though. At the end, Arnie kills loads of bad guys. Jones broods. Arnie kills more bad guys. Jones leans forward. Arnie kills more bad guys. Jones turns into a snake. Arnie kills him. Bit underwhelming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 The man (Mr Jones) is nothing without a lightsaber. And the Green Cross Code man to wield said lightsaber on his behalf. Not that James Earl Jones wouldn't have had the figure for it mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 He was nails in Dr Strangelove though. Nuked the Commies. Arnie's never nuked anyone. Or has he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Well he's nearly been nuked himself by that Predator, but that's about it as far as I recall. Surprised nobody's mentioned Cactus Jack in this list (that's The Villain to you US folks). Arnie (as the Handsome Stranger no less!), KIRK DOUGLAS and some other names in there that I don't know. I vaguely recall Arnie having his own cheesy bit of music when he appears in a scene in that film too. I sadly never saw all of it for some reason, but Amazon customers are rating it extremely highly. Mr FullAuto - if you haven't seen it, find a copy, beer-up and widdle yourself to death. Do bear in mind what little of it I did see was many years ago so your widdleage may vary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 Well, that has jumped to the top of my must-see list. Copy ordered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 From memory, it's a "so cheesy it's good" sort of film. Don't hurt me if my memory's a little out as it may have been 10 years or so ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Arnie's never nuked anyone. Or has he?Well, he did use an exploding hydrogen power cell on the T-X in Terminator 3... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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