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.

I recently watched TrollHunter. It was entertaining

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1740707/

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?

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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!

Watched it this week. Great film although perhaps 15-30 mins longer than it should be.

God bless America
Filth

tomkerton – Member
razorrazoo – spot on! Enjoy the film! You’re so cool!

Not sure whether that’s sarcasm or not, I’ll take it as not 8)

the teaboy – Member
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

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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

The Departed? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/

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 modern films 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.