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Question for Schwarzenegger fans

  • 24-02-2012 2:41pm
    #1
    NedLowry
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭


    Can you recommend a film which features a great Arnie performance?


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Comments

  • #2
    Jimdagym
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭Jimdagym


    All of them.


  • #3
    bullvine
    Registered Users Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭bullvine


    Hes brilliant in all his movies but Predator is his best role!


  • #4
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    Last Action Hero

    Really


  • #5
    Skinfull
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,439 ✭✭✭Skinfull


    No, its gotta be Terminator. :cool:


  • #6
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,488 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    True Lies


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  • #7
    Col200sx
    Registered Users Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭Col200sx


    Total Recall - only watched it again recently and forgot how brilliant/terrible it is at the same time :D


  • #8
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,397 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    Commando. The way he delivers the line "Don't disturb my friend. He's dead tired" is amazing.


  • #9
    WHIP IT!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    Most of Arnie's films have that nostalgic almost comic quality to them that his fans love... but I believe he gives genuinely quality acting performances in the Terminator, T2 and, in my opinion his best film, Predator.

    I love most of his other films too, like Commando and Running Man etc but they have more of that pure one-line gold quality in them whereas in the three I mentioned above, he acts very well.


  • #10
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    Kindergarten Cop is a mixture of action und comedy.


  • #11
    maximoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,207 ✭✭✭maximoose


    T2

    Wunderbar.


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  • #12
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Jimdagym wrote: »
    All of them.

    Except the christmas one.

    And its worth pointing out, its not that his performance was bad, its just a crap movie.


  • #13
    MJ23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,039 ✭✭✭MJ23


    Predator and T2. Whatever you do, do not waste 2 hours of your life watching Batman and Robin.


  • #14
    norrie rugger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,656 ✭✭✭norrie rugger


    I generally blank Batman and Robin from my memory, when I ever think of Arnold


  • #15
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    he should of got an Oscar nomination for terminator 2


  • #16
    JaMarcus Hustle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,929 ✭✭✭JaMarcus Hustle


    ricero wrote: »
    he should of got an Oscar nomination for terminator 2

    Thought it was a bit of a robotic performance myself.


  • #17
    Nervous Wreck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,115 ✭✭✭✭Nervous Wreck


    I am in no way kidding when I say Jingle All The Way.


  • #18
    astrofool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,884 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    norrie rugger wrote: »
    I generally blank Batman and Robin from my memory, when I ever think of Arnold

    To be fair, he did out act Clooney :)


  • #19
    Littlehorny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    He,s not a great actor by any stretch, agreed with other posters that T2 and Predator are his best films but he pushes himself in the film "End of Days" with our own Gabriel Byrne playing the devil. Most acting i would say Arnie done in any film.


  • #20
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Playing it straight: Predator & Terminator 2

    Playing it for laughs while shooting & punching the shìt out of everything and then finishing off with a pun-tastic quip: Everything

    Commando is the best for his one-liners:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8K87H3T1UU


  • #21
    Goldstein
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,551 ✭✭✭Goldstein


    Arnie doesn't need to act, he just shows up and is.

    Predator tops it for me I think, followed by both Terminators and Commando.


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  • #22
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Predator by a mile

    "vats duh mattuh Dillon? duh CIA got you pushing too many penceels?!"


  • #23
    FlashD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 865 ✭✭✭FlashD


    Predator is tops.

    No one delivered the one liner with as much chessy goodness as Arnie.

    Often imitated, never equaled.


  • #24
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    "EETS NOT A TOOMUHR!"


  • #25
    kitakyushu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,465 ✭✭✭kitakyushu


    Don't forget 'Raw Deal' if you want to see Ahhhnold ahhhcting.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypj3_1PKTkM&t=1m08s


  • #26
    Links234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    Col200sx wrote: »
    Total Recall - only watched it again recently and forgot how brilliant/terrible it is at the same time :D

    Total Recall is the best!

    It's got Ronnie Cox AND Michael Ironside!

    "See you at the party Richter!!" :D


  • #27
    brian_t
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,724 ✭✭✭brian_t


    Jimdagym wrote: »
    All of them.
    bullvine wrote: »
    Hes brilliant in all his movies but Predator is his best role!

    I love watching Arnold Schwarzenegger movies.

    But are we including Hercules in New York.
    I saw it once and wouldn't mind seeing it again but not for his acting performance.


  • #28
    nyarlothothep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,177 ✭✭✭nyarlothothep


    Links234 wrote: »
    Total Recall is the best!

    It's got Ronnie Cox AND Michael Ironside!

    "See you at the party Richter!!" :D

    Its just gets better and better with every passing year like an old fine wine. So many quotes, so many puns, so much cheesy acting, its almost too awesome.


  • #29
    Typhoon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 986 ✭✭✭Typhoon.


    Easily Pumping Iron :D

    its a must see


  • #30
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Links234 wrote: »
    Total Recall is the best!

    It's got Ronnie Cox AND Michael Ironside!

    "See you at the party Richter!!" :D

    I love Ronny Cox, he's so great at playing an absolute scumbag :D "I could blow the sh1t out of this place and be home in time for corn flakes!"

    they just dont write dialogue like that anymore :(


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  • #31
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    It doesn't exactly feature Arnold stretching his acting muscles (he plays a bodybuilder!), but Stay Hungry is a little-known gem.

    It's a seventies comedy drama directed by Bob Rafelson with a great cast that also includes Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Scatman Crothers and Robert Englund.

    Arnold's pretty natural in it, and it's rare to see him just playing a regular guy. It's occasionally on MGM Movies if you have the channel.


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