True Lies

Overheal · 01-02-2008 10:06PM #1

Right I need to settle a debate here.

Theres 2 camps of people here in the room: People that think True Lies was an honest, serious take on an action movie. The rest of us think that it was a complete pisstake. The vote is completely split: so I launch a poll!

IMO the worst action movie ever.

AlmightyCushion · 01-02-2008 10:11PM

What? It's a typical arnie action film. Mindless carnage and destruction, check your brain at the door type stuff.

KTRIC · 01-02-2008 10:11PM

Am I missing something ??? Where's the poll ? :rolleyes:

Ruu_Old · 01-02-2008 10:12PM

Let off some steam, Bennett!

aidan_dunne · 01-02-2008 10:15PM

Jamie Lee Curtis' stripping routine, though...... WOW! :eek: And still looking good for her age.

Senna · 01-02-2008 10:33PM

To arnie it was a proper action film, but to everyone else it was just a pisstake (not that thats a bad thing)

Tobias Greeshman · 01-02-2008 11:20PM

Yeah it was more serious than you're average p***-take action movie, but certainly not anything you'd call serious hard-core action movie.

Did one good guy even get killed in it?

Pepe LeFrits · 01-02-2008 11:23PM

Bill Paxton = Legend

MOH · 01-02-2008 11:26PM

Huh? It's a piss take! It's brilliant!

Oddly , had the same conversation with my gf last night (night before?) about Mr & Mrs Smith. Watched a bit of it, she half remembered it from the cinema, said it was a bit far-fetched. It pretty much the same thing, only with Angelina for eye candy instead of Jamie Lee Curtis (great though she does look for her age)

AlmightyCushion · 01-02-2008 11:28PM

silas wrote: »

Yeah it was more serious than you're average p***-take action movie, but certainly not anything you'd call serious hard-core action movie.

Did one good guy even get killed in it?

Yeah a load of people did towards the end. One of them was even fired from a missle. "You're fired". Comedic genius.

Capt'n Midnight · 01-02-2008 11:36PM

Overheal wrote: »

so I launch a poll!

IMO the worst action movie ever.

Poll ?

Have you seen last action hero ?

Naos · 01-02-2008 11:40PM

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Yeah a load of people did towards the end. One of them was even fired from a missle. "You're fired". Comedic genius.

He was a bad guy.

AlmightyCushion · 01-02-2008 11:51PM

Naos wrote: »

He was a bad guy.

I missed the good part in that sentence.

Manic Moran · 01-02-2008 11:51PM

I thought it was an action film (Of the "bring a glass jar to hold your brain in as you watch it" variety) which took a swipe at spy movies as it was doing it.

NTM

randylonghorn · 02-02-2008 12:21AM

Senna wrote: »

To arnie it was a proper action film, but to everyone else it was just a pisstake (not that thats a bad thing)

To arnie he's a proper Governor, but to everyone else he's just a pisstake

dresden8 · 02-02-2008 12:37AM

You may have forgotten that at the time this movie was supposed to be the death of the bond movie. Arnie out Bonded Bond.

At the time the Bond movies were getting increasingly silly culminating in the invisible car ****e.

One reason why Daniel Craig is worth every penny and more they are paying him, he took Bond back to character driven high espionage, assasination and ridin'.

dresden8 · 02-02-2008 12:39AM

Oh and good writing and direction might have had something to do with it.

Naos · 02-02-2008 12:44AM

I know it was a remake of the first bond, but I loved how Bond(Craig) was so sloppy and brutish (Bursting through a wall during Parkour scene).

Bond being too polished is just boring.

Manic Moran · 02-02-2008 12:45AM

To arnie he's a proper Governor, but to everyone else he's just a pisstake

Actually, he's one of the most popular politicians in the US right now.

You won't find many politician at any level, State or Federal, with a better than 60% approval rating.

NTM

randylonghorn · 02-02-2008 12:58AM

There's an (Italian?) ex-pornstar who did much better than that in her time.

Agamemnon · 02-02-2008 01:00AM

randylonghorn wrote: »

There's an (Italian?) ex-pornstar who did much better than that in her time.

Pics or it didn't happen.

Senna · 02-02-2008 01:06AM

agamemnon wrote: »

Pics or it didn't happen.

Her on the Job
http://images.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/36353000/jpg/_36353096_pornstar300.jpg&imgrefurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1874380.stm&h=180&w=300&sz=18&hl=en&start=29&um=1&tbnid=zN15FaNskgGFpM:&tbnh=70&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3DIlona%2BStaller%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicciolina

Red Hand · 02-02-2008 01:08AM

Manic Moran wrote: »

Actually, he's one of the most popular politicians in the US right now.

You won't find many politician at any level, State or Federal, with a better than 60% approval rating.

NTM

Yep, he's a pretty smart guy. Marrying into the Kennedys etc... California had a 40 billion debt before he came on board.

It was an excellant film that engaged many people with both the Arab and used car saleman worlds in an intelligent, inclusive manner.;)

Overheal · 02-02-2008 01:40AM

I tried to setup a poll.... but then i was drunk. Seriously though i cant add a poll? wheres my polling options dammit.

Ruu_Old · 02-02-2008 01:44AM

Get bribe one of the AH mods to add the poll for you.

Agamemnon · 02-02-2008 01:45AM

Senna wrote: »

Her on the Job
http://images.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/36353000/jpg/_36353096_pornstar300.jpg&imgrefurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1874380.stm&h=180&w=300&sz=18&hl=en&start=29&um=1&tbnid=zN15FaNskgGFpM:&tbnh=70&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3DIlona%2BStaller%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicciolina

Cheers, Senna. I had a look on Google Images and now I wish we had politicians like her.

Overheal wrote: »

I tried to setup a poll.... but then i was drunk.

I'm drunk too. High five, booze buddy! .o/

Creature · 02-02-2008 01:57AM

It's a great film you just don't know what you're talking about. Bill Paxton, a nuke going off, a Harrier jet, Tia Carrere and Jamie-Lee curtis' strip scene. What more could you want.

Definitely one of Schwarzenegger's better films.

Capt'n Midnight · 02-02-2008 02:35AM

Creature wrote:

Tia Carrere

still can't believe Lucy Liu got charlies angles instead of her

And you are forgetting Art Malik

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