Tonight the wife is going to see a musical and the kids will be in bed about a picosecond after the door shuts behind her. So, what film should I watch?
Thinking of one of Dredd, RoboCop, Kelly’s Heroes, Close Encounters, A Bridge Too Far but I am open to suggestions.
No grumble as:
1) I am not a hairy palmed teenager
and
2) There is a guarantee that my boy will appear in the room just when things get interesting, much like the shop keeper from Mr Benn.
Dredd is pretty good providing you like that sort of thing, probably horrible if you don't.
Warrior
Air America. So bad it's really good.
Dredd is good
I watched Day of the Jackal the other day, 2.5hrs of brilliance.
Kill Bill1&2 for an all nighter
True Romance - a truly underrated movie also with one of the best scenes ever committed to film
Any of recent Bond movies?
The Raid - brilliant
Bond film... Hmmm... I've got all of them. Thunderball added to shortlist.
True Romance - a truly underrated movie also with one of the best scenes ever committed to film
Great movie, may have to dig this out for tonight. Which scene are you on about - the caravan scene?
The Raid
If you haven't seen it, jaw dropping fight scenes
To be honest though, when I get the chance of a free film choice I tend to re-watch a favourite film. I have to do this when I've got the place to myself as apparently we can't watch Jaws, or Die Hard, or Aliens, etc etc because we've "Already Seen Them"
When Harry Met Sally.
Bridget Jones Diary.
Gone with the Wind.
Bridesmaids.
Sleepless in Seattle.
I had a similar boy's night in recently. My shortlist included Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, Children of Men, Fargo/ O Brother Where Art Thou/ No Country For Old Men.
I ended up playing on eBay and had a go on the turbo in the garage.
Dredd's pretty good once it gets going, the exterior shots are a bit disappointing (alright: massively disappointing) to anyone who's been reading the comic for years. Mega City just wasn't that Mega. Fortunately the exterior stuff is just the beginning, most of the film is indoors.
Marvel's The Avengers is fun if you like superhero movies.
I've got the wolf of wall street lined up for my night in on my own.
+1 for True Romance. Another underrated Christian Slater movie - Very Bad Things. Cameron Diaz at her finest too. Very dark comedy, bloody hilarious
The Wicker Man?
always entertained by stuff like The Rock, Shooter as well.
+1 for Mogrims suggestions if you want a recent movie. I would add the last Batman movie if you have surround sound.
For a classic suggestion how about Lawrence of Arabia?
Visually stunning and old school acting.
razorrazoo - spot on! Enjoy the film! You're so cool!
For me it would be something like Pink Floyd at Pompeii, or Woodstock, with lots of the kind of music that Mrs BigJohn doesn't normally tolerate for more than 20 minutes at a a time.
Well that's the theory. In practice it would be xhamster.
Kill List you may need a shower after and the ending is bonkers but it is a dark and disturbing film that you need to see just the once.
Oh, and Battle Royale!
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Watched it this week. Great film although perhaps 15-30 mins longer than it should be.
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razorrazoo - spot on! Enjoy the film! You're so cool!
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Oh, and Battle Royale!
Quality.
Also may have to throw 13th Warrior into the ring, shouldn't work but just does.
Or what about something like Casino?
Battle Los Angeles.
Big, stupid, loud popcorn movie. Great FX work though. Great if you've got a decent sound system
Apocalypse Now? Just make sure you get good and wasted beforehand to get in the right frame of mind.
Action films are tough to choose though, so I appreciate the quandry you are in. Some of the later Jason Statham films are entertaining enough (lots of fights, etc) but Transporter is probably the most fun, certainly some of the best music.
Or, how about Fight Club?
True Romance is brilliant. But it seems to be wasting the opportunity for a bloke film as it's definitely swingable as a his'n'hers
from OP's original list I would describe only RoboCop as a "bloke movie"!
For me it would have to be all 80s. They have got the monopoly on bloke action films. Yes, there were a lot of terrible ones, but they had all the best ones too!
For me it would have to be RoboCop, Terminator, Predator then Die Hard. They are all genuinely great films I could watch forever and not got bored of! If I were drunk by that point then maybe Rambo 2. If I were REALLY drunk after that then Cobra.
I was disappointed by Dredd. I was close to thinking the Stallone version was better, as they actually tried to use some 2000AD storylines, they just tried to pack too many in.
Maybe Zombies Vs. Strippers?? Saw it in Tesco, may be entertaining?
If not that, Machete is a good "boys" film?
Olympus Has Fallen - its a bloke night therefore you want action, complete lack of believable plot and the only thinking related to which beer next.
Expected it to be crap and it was a bit, but thoroughly entertaining.
nbt +1 - Troll Hunter is amazing. 🙂
For my last such evening I watched The Place Beyond The Pines. I don't claim this to be especially suitable as a "bloke" movie, but I'd not have been allowed when she's at home.
Blackfish to bring you down, Fight Club to cheer you up
does mrsSpider ask things like 'is he the bad guy?' half way through? if so you may be better off with something like The Lives of Others or something plot driven rather than just noisy stuff
I'm in the same situation - I shall be taking the opportunity to watch True Lies* for the nth time tonight followed by The X Files.
*the greatest movie ever made.
Onve upon a time in America
All the President's Men
Jackie Brown.
I really REALLY want to watch True Romance now. In my top 5 films ever.
"you're so cool"
If this went over your head you should be ashamed to call yourself a True Romance fan 😉
Back to the OP, Olympus Has Fallen is hugely entertaining. It's a bit like Die Hard taking itself too seriously, but you will be constantly turning up the quiet bits and turning down the loud bits. I hate that about modern films.
True Lies*
*the greatest movie ever made.
"It's an espresso machine"
you will be constantly turning up the quiet bits and turning down the loud bits. I hate that about [s]modern films[/s] having neighbours.
FTFY.
Zilog has it, I reckon, 80s / early 90s action movies. I'd start with Escape From New York, main feature with Aliens (SE) and then probably fall into a beery snooze halfway through Highlander.
What you need young man, is really dark satirical black comedy with loads of (deserving) people being killed. And this is the finest in the genre…
Escape From New York
Great shout. In fact, a Kurt Russell marathon would be good.
Nymphomaniac 1 & 2
Pulp Fiction
Dusk til Dawn
Gorgeous (jackie chan)
Go old school for an on your own bloke movie night. Some De Niro perhaps? Taxi Driver, Raging Bull or Deer Hunter.
Al Pacino? Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon or Scarface.
Bit more modern, combining the two - Heat.
you will be constantly turning up the quiet bits and turning down the loud bits. I hate that about [s]modern films[/s] having [s]neighbours[/s] kids asleep upstairs
FTFY again
"you're so cool"If this went over your head you should be ashamed to call yourself a True Romance fan
And so the penny drops, to be fair I've not seen it for some time, mrs razoo is out tonight too and it looks like I'll be rushing through my tubeless conversion before settling down on the sofa with a beer and a pizza to re-educate myself.
Great shout. In fact, a Kurt Russell marathon would be good.
That's what Jack Burton always says.
Mrs razoo is out tonight too and it looks like I'll be rushing through my tubeless conversion
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White House Down is miles better than Olympus Has Fallen. It's not a complete spoof but doesn't take itself half as seriously. Top mindless action film IMO.
Of the above suggetions I'd go for Taxi Driver or The Deer Hunter.
On a similar recent occasion I watched Seven Samurai, unbelievable film, especially given that it was made in 1954. AT 3hrs 27mins though it's a long 'un!
Batman: Under The Red Hood.
Macho TailDrop.
Great shout. In fact, a Kurt Russell marathon would be good.
How could I have forgotten to recommend "Big Trouble in Little China"? That's just classic cinema in a single sitting.
Day of the Jackal, as above.
S'got guns, posh French tottage and an Alfa.
Machette
The Departed +1
Battle Royale +1
U-Turn
Oldboy
The Raid. It's like Dredd but better in every single way.
No Country For Old Men.
Paul or Ted. No need to feel guilty laughing out loud at all the bits you know you will get a "stare" over. Of the two Paul is by far the funnier.
Agree with the Whitehouse is down being better than Olympus has fallen. Neither is a good shout if you have little ones asleep upstairs and want the volume up a bit.
Ronin - possibly the best car chases ever.
Soul Plane or Hot Tub Time Machine for me.
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A much overlooked cops-n-robbers movie from the 90s - DeNiro, Pacino and directed by Michael Mann.
[Edit] rene59 beat me to it 😕
Yes I know it's a Tom Cruise film but I quite like Collateral.
Heat - De Niro and Pacino both at the same time. Sorted.
was going to suggest this until you mentioned your son may walk in - avoid!I've got the wolf of wall street lined up for my night in on my own.
Aliens vs Predator for a proper bloke film 🙂
Or The Untouchables, love that film.
Having recommended Olympus Has Fallen I now find myself home alone tonight as well!! 3 more days of free Netflix trial should sort that...
Sightseers - dark comedy
City of god
Update.
Went for Thunderball.
Was asleep before the Vulcan hit the water. 😕
+1 for True Romance. Another underrated Christian Slater movie - Very Bad Things. Cameron Diaz at her finest too. Very dark comedy, bloody hilarious
Very Bad Things has to be one of the most unpleasant films I have ever had the displeasure of watching. There is nothing redeemable about it whatsoever, other than looking at Diaz.
I usually like that sort of film, but not that one.
We've got Dead Man's Shoes for tonight. It came highly recommended.
Typically late to the party, but for me it has to be Get Carter.
Bourne-a-thon? Not including the fourth one, obviously.
Bloke movie? Shirley anything from the canon of work by Jason Statham ought to do it.
Otherwise, I'd be pulling out Kelly's Heroes, Where Eagles Dare or Guns of Navarone.
pew-pew-pew!
No one mention "The Italian Job"? Top car chase on one of the cable / satellite free channels.
Mean Streets. Scorsese De Niro Keitel
Anything with Faye Reagan or Stoya in.
Don't know if they did any 'art movies' together but that would probably be worth watching.
Rambo First Blood
(After that they just got plain silly)
Heat,
The gun fight in the street - first film we watched when the old man got a big plasma with surround sound. Stood in the middle of the room with the sound whacked right up, you could hear the empty bullet cases hitting the floor just behind you. Only ruined by my mother storming in telling us it was too loud !
Das boot has to be the best atmospheric film I have seen to date, and also rather good in it's own right, but based on a boys own night in I have just watched Statham in Humming bird, I thoroughly enjoyed it too!