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post #1 of 217
9/1/07 at 1:19am
Thread Starter 
Just what it says.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom where that henchman get's punched offscreen and slides on the ground to where the prisoner kids are standing, then the camera pans up to Indy standing in full badass mode.

Thief. James Caan walks into the office of a Mr Attaglia and demands that he be given the money that he's owed. Caan's presence in that scene is awesome.
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post #2 of 217
9/1/07 at 1:26am
Hardboiled. Mad Dog casually lights his cigarette off a burning car after the attack on the arms cache. This moment defines "badass" so well that my roomie and I now refer to it instead of actually saying "badass". It takes longer to say, but it's worth it to say what we really mean.
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post #3 of 217
9/1/07 at 1:29am
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Originally Posted by Bushipunk
Hardboiled. Mad Dog casually lights his cigarette off a burning car after the attack on the arms cache. This moment defines "badass" so well that my roomie and I now refer to it instead of actually saying "badass". It takes longer to say, but it's worth it to say what we really mean.
Oh hell yeah.

I had a number of badass moments ready to rave about, but that particular badass moment is putting all of mine to shame.

It is THAT badass.
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post #4 of 217
9/1/07 at 1:41am
MOONRAKER:

James Bond (in glorious Roger Moore format) is out pheasant-shooting with the villainous Hugo Drax, who wants Bond dead. Drax instructs one of his henchmen to climb a tree with a rifle and kill Bond during the hunt. The guy does so, and gets Bond in his sights. Seemingly oblivious, Bond takes aim at a flock of pheasants. Bond fires, but misses them.

Drax (smug, condescening): "You missed, Mr Bond."

(the sniper falls out of the tree, dead)

Bond: "Did I?"

Audience: *desperately high-fives each other while crying and shouting FUCK YEAH!*
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post #5 of 217
9/1/07 at 1:45am
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN:

James Bond (Roger Moore) is forced to fight a martial arts master to the death. During the ceremonial bow, Bond abruptly kicks the other guy in the face, knocking him unconscious. He then walks off.
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post #6 of 217
9/1/07 at 1:50am
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER:

James Bond (in virile Sean Connery format) tears off a hot woman's bikini top and starts strangling her with it.
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post #7 of 217
9/1/07 at 1:53am
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID:

Butch and Sundance are eating breakfast at an outdoor cafe. Their meal suddenly explodes in a hail of bullets, and they are forced to dive for cover.

Butch: "That does it, this place gets no more of my business!"
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post #8 of 217
9/1/07 at 1:54am
Clint Eastwood, at all times in Sergio Leone's "Man With No Name" trilogy.
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post #9 of 217
9/1/07 at 1:55am
HUSTLE & FLOW:

Djay getting rejected by Skinny Black at first, turns and lights up a cigarette, and proceeds to get his game together. That bass line that kicks in brought the house down when I first saw it here in Memphis. I'll honestly never forget it.
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post #10 of 217
9/1/07 at 1:59am
Oh, that McCartney...

Casino Royale - Bond Vs Dimitrios

In succession, Bond:

Fucks up Dimitrios' terrorist plot;
Beats him at cards;
Takes his car;
Fucks his lady;
Kills him;
Fucks up his (now posthumous) terrorist plot again.

Dimitrios might have received the most thorough shaming and ass-whooping of 21 Bond films.
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post #11 of 217
9/1/07 at 2:00am
I hear there's a movie where David Niven plays an RAF pilot whose plane gets shot to pieces and starts going down. Plummeting to certain death, he then calmly radios HQ and starts chatting up one of the girl radio operators. Then the film ends. I have no idea what this movie is, but this scene sounds like the most badass shit ever.

SPOILER!
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post #12 of 217
9/1/07 at 2:02am
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Originally Posted by Phil!
Oh, that McCartney...

Casino Royale - Bond Vs Dimitrios

In succession, Bond:

Fucks up Dimitrios' terrorist plot;
Beats him at cards;
Takes his car;
Fucks his lady;
Kills him;
Fucks up his (now posthumous) terrorist plot again.

Dimitrios might have received the most thorough shaming and ass-whooping of 21 Bond films.
Not to mention he literally, gratuitously, condescendingly slaps the face of Dimitrios' corpse after dumping the body. That poor guy got roasted.
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post #13 of 217
9/1/07 at 2:03am
This thread has tripled my post-count in the space of about 6
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post #14 of 217
9/1/07 at 2:04am
minutes.
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post #15 of 217
9/1/07 at 2:05am
Rushmore. Box of bees. Bubblegum.
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post #16 of 217
9/1/07 at 2:07am
I know some of you may not agree with this, especially considering the actor, but I love the scene from Punch Drunk Love after Sandler & Watson get t-bones by the truck. He looks over at her and sees the blood running down her face with those incredible eyes (I challenge anyone to name better eyes than Emily Watson), and just goes out and kicks the shit out of the guys in the truck with a crowbar. Badass.
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post #17 of 217
9/1/07 at 2:15am
The Street Fighter, barehanded cock removal.
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post #18 of 217
9/1/07 at 2:19am
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Originally Posted by Paul McCartney
Not to mention he literally, gratuitously, condescendingly slaps the face of Dimitrios' corpse after dumping the body. That poor guy got roasted.
Bond's always been a dirty fucker. Throwing the fan in the bathtub, stepping on Red Grant's neck, hanging your midget, FUCKING your lady - I'm just saying, in a thread about badass moments, Bond will be turning up a bit.
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post #19 of 217
9/1/07 at 2:22am
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Originally Posted by Phil!
Bond's always been a dirty fucker. Throwing the fan in the bathtub, stepping on Red Grant's neck, hanging your midget, FUCKING your lady - I'm just saying, in a thread about badass moments, Bond will be turning up a bit.
I'm honestly expecting a flood of Arnie moments.
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post #20 of 217
9/1/07 at 2:27am
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Originally Posted by englebert
I'm honestly expecting a flood of Arnie moments.
COLLATERAL DAMAGE

Arnold sensually bathes with his son.
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post #21 of 217
9/1/07 at 2:31am
"Friday the 13th, Part VI." Freshly resurrected, Jason stands at the foot of his own grave and puts on his hockey mask during a cataclysmic thunderstorm.

"Die Hard." John McClane picks broken bits of glass out of his feet, and during his conversation over a walkie-talkie with Powell, bets $20 that he'll make it.

"Dr. No." Sean Connery at the Baccarat table, cigarette dangling from his lips, tells Sylvia Trench his name, "Bond...James Bond."

"Predator." After the monster nukes himself, a helicopter sets down in the burnt out jungle to find Dutch standing there, fists on his hips, looking born again hard.

"Army of Darkness." Ash finishes blasting a Deadite into oblivion in the housewares department at S-Mart, takes a female employee in his arms and says, "Hail to the king, baby."
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post #22 of 217
9/1/07 at 2:37am
Thread Starter 
Jason Bourne walking into a convenience store, grabbing a bottle of vodka and a magazine, fires his gun, walks out and quickly beats up a cabdriver then takes off in his car, WHILE HE'S FUCKING DYING FROM A BULLET WOUND.

I'd also mention the infamous rolled up magazine weapon of death.

No doubt this thread will get flooded with Ah-nuld moments and moments from other iconic action stars but I was hoping to list scenes that aren't as obvious.
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post #23 of 217
9/1/07 at 2:51am
Clint Eastwood at the end of Unforgiven:

"All right, I'm coming out. Any man I see out there, I'm gonna shoot him. Any sumbitch takes a shot at me, I'm not only gonna kill him, but I'm gonna kill his wife, all his friends, and burn his damn house down."

Hopelessly outnumbered, he manages to cow everybody so badly that no one dares to take a shot at his back as he rides away. That's ultimate badass.
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post #24 of 217
9/1/07 at 2:56am
Honestly, I'd have to disagree on that one, Greg.

edit- Unless you were joking, of course. Sometimes it's hard to tell on these boards.
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post #25 of 217
9/1/07 at 2:59am
Albert Finney + Danny Boy + tommy gun
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post #26 of 217
9/1/07 at 3:00am
Charles Bronson at the beginning of Once Upon a Time in the West.

Harmonica: Did you bring a horse for me?
Snaky: Well... looks like we're...
Snaky: ...looks like we're shy one horse.
Harmonica: You brought two too many.

That is badass.
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post #27 of 217
9/1/07 at 3:08am
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Originally Posted by Bailey
Honestly, I'd have to disagree on that one, Greg.

edit- Unless you were joking, of course. Sometimes it's hard to tell on these boards.
I would never joke about the badassness of Clint Eastwood. And you are dead to me. And your wife is dead to me, and all your friends are dead to me. And I am burning your damn house down.

Seriously, what?
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post #28 of 217
9/1/07 at 3:10am
My favorite Baadassssssss! moment was when Melvin van Peebles had to wear an eyepatch to finish editing his movie, because he caught the herpes.
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post #29 of 217
9/1/07 at 3:11am
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Originally Posted by Greg David
Clint Eastwood at the end of Unforgiven:

"All right, I'm coming out. Any man I see out there, I'm gonna shoot him. Any sumbitch takes a shot at me, I'm not only gonna kill him, but I'm gonna kill his wife, all his friends, and burn his damn house down."

Hopelessly outnumbered, he manages to cow everybody so badly that no one dares to take a shot at his back as he rides away. That's ultimate badass.
You better BURY Ned right. You better not cut up nor outherwise harm no whore... Or i'll come back and kill every one of you sons of bitches.
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post #30 of 217
9/1/07 at 3:12am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul McCartney
COLLATERAL DAMAGE

Arnold sensually bathes with his son.
COMMANDO

Arnold feeds the deer.
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post #31 of 217
9/1/07 at 3:18am
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Originally Posted by Greg David
I would never joke about the badassness of Clint Eastwood. And you are dead to me. And your wife is dead to me, and all your friends are dead to me. And I am burning your damn house down.

Seriously, what?
Well, just that the scene wasn't badass at all. It was supposed to be kind of pathetic. It served its purpose... nobody took a potshot at him. But he wasn't striding out confidently. In fact I'd say he was scared, definitely vulnerable. The threats were those of a bully. Etc...
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post #32 of 217
9/1/07 at 3:23am
TOTAL RECALL

Arnold politely enquires what's in the 2-week package.
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post #33 of 217
9/1/07 at 3:29am
You guys have "lost it" in a sea of silliness lately.





(I would say a badass moment is Chuck Heston blowing up the planet in Beneath the Planet of the Apes. You can't top blowing up the planet).
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post #34 of 217
9/1/07 at 3:29am
TERMINATOR 2

Arnold unsuccessfully tries to learn how to smile from the help of friend John Connor.
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post #35 of 217
9/1/07 at 3:36am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew Collins

(I would say a badass moment is Chuck Heston blowing up the planet in Beneath the Planet of the Apes. You can't top blowing up the planet).
But he didn't really blow up the planet did he, he just lamented that the human race finally annihilated themselves, then again, I haven't seen it in a long time.
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post #36 of 217
9/1/07 at 3:40am
JINGLE ALL THE WAY

After missing his karate blue belt ceremony, Arnold spends quality time with his son and just pals around.
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post #37 of 217
9/1/07 at 3:41am
Police officer Marion Cobretti douses a suspect with gasoline, then removes match/toothpick from his mouth and lights him on fire saying, "You have the right to remain silent."
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post #38 of 217
9/1/07 at 3:42am
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Originally Posted by Dragon Ma
But he didn't really blow up the planet did he, he just lamented that the human race finally annihilated themselves, then again, I haven't seen it in a long time.
No. Beneath the Planet of the Apes. He destroys da earf.
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post #39 of 217
9/1/07 at 3:47am
Showdown in Little Tokyo.

Dolph Lundgren jumps over a car and makes Tia Carrere enjoy the sound of his orgasm.
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post #40 of 217
9/1/07 at 3:55am
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Originally Posted by Paul McCartney
MOONRAKER:

James Bond (in glorious Roger Moore format) is out pheasant-shooting with the villainous Hugo Drax, who wants Bond dead. Drax instructs one of his henchmen to climb a tree with a rifle and kill Bond during the hunt. The guy does so, and gets Bond in his sights. Seemingly oblivious, Bond takes aim at a flock of pheasants. Bond fires, but misses them.

Drax (smug, condescening): "You missed, Mr Bond."

(the sniper falls out of the tree, dead)

Bond: "Did I?"

Audience: *desperately high-fives each other while crying and shouting FUCK YEAH!*
Or Drax's assisstant getting chased and eaten by the dogs. That was a high point for me in the film, thought the cmtography somehow elevated into a decent creepy vibe for a few moments.
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post #41 of 217
9/1/07 at 4:04am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil!
No. Beneath the Planet of the Apes. He destroys da earf.
I figured that's what he meant.

Toshiro Mifune cutting through a gang of assassins in the snow in 'Sword of Doom'
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post #42 of 217
9/1/07 at 4:21am
Collateral- When Vincent gets that guy on the ground in the club. But that's not the moment. The moment is when he stomps on the guy without losing site of Max, looking straight forward.

And the last shot of that red band No Country For Old Men trailer.
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post #43 of 217
9/1/07 at 5:28am
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Originally Posted by Paul McCartney
I hear there's a movie where David Niven plays an RAF pilot whose plane gets shot to pieces and starts going down. Plummeting to certain death, he then calmly radios HQ and starts chatting up one of the girl radio operators. Then the film ends. I have no idea what this movie is, but this scene sounds like the most badass shit ever.

SPOILER!
You're talking about Stairway to Heaven, aka A Matter of Life and Death. Notes: (a) he's not the pilot, just the sole surviving crewman, and the plane is remaining aloft until it runs out of gas; (b) it's the beginning of the film, not the end; (c) the thrust of the sequence is more fatalistic resignation than thrilling heroism.

it is a truly awesome film though.

Back to badass. With all the Bond, how can you forget Brosnan in Goldeneye, calmly reloading his pistol while a bullet hits the wall inches above his head?
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post #44 of 217
9/1/07 at 5:51am
Chopper: The film is full of Bad Ass moments but for me the height of badassery is right at the beginning when he suffers multiple stabwounds from a fellow prison inmate and, just before Chopper retaliates and tops the guy who just spiked him, HE CALMLY PUTS AWAY THE CIGARETTE HE IS HAS BEEN WORKING ON SO HE CAN FINISH ROLLING IT LATER.
Thats the actions of a man who is completely and utterly confident that his Badassery eclipses all others.
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post #45 of 217
9/1/07 at 5:56am
Tom Sizemore staring down a mullet in 3 seconds flat.

George McFly nailing Biff. Its a great punch n spin moment.

Agreed on the streetfighter ripping cock.

I'd add Tony Jaa caring nought for his own survival in the pursuit of his nemesis (an elephant killing he-she) in Warrior King/Tom Yum Goong/The Protector by jumping thirty feet off a roof to kick her off a fucking helicopter.
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post #46 of 217
9/1/07 at 6:06am
Batman: Nicholsans Joker just standing in the middle of an empty street and goading the Batwing to take him out, then putting the Batwing down WITH ONE SHOT always struck me as a pretty fucking monumental act of Badassery, shitty aim from Keaton notwithstanding.
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post #47 of 217
9/1/07 at 7:18am
McQueen and Brynner driving the hearse in The Magnificent Seven: "You elected?" "No. I got nominated real good."

Arthur pulling himself down Mordred's lance to kill him in Excalibur.

Wang raising his eyebrows at Rain after their first exchange of sword blows in Big Trouble in Little China.

Aragorn calmly wading into the Uruk-hai on Amon Hen in Fellowship.

Vasquez and Drake posing with their gyro-mounted guns in Aliens.

And, of course, pretty much anything Leonidas does in 300.
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post #48 of 217
9/1/07 at 8:08am
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Originally Posted by Bailey
Well, just that the scene wasn't badass at all. It was supposed to be kind of pathetic. It served its purpose... nobody took a potshot at him. But he wasn't striding out confidently. In fact I'd say he was scared, definitely vulnerable. The threats were those of a bully. Etc...
It doesn't matter how he felt at the time. It worked because he's monstrously intimidating. If that's not badass, I don't know what is. Invulnerable heroes are boring.
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post #49 of 217
9/1/07 at 8:46am
Bruce Lee, patron of self-defense. Dude was badass just by being in a scene.

Clive Owen in Sin City. "You forgot to flush."

This one's TV related, and hopefully a few of you have seen or heard of it: Abarenbo Shogun. Ken Matsudaira, as the heroic Yoshimune, would wipe out about two dozen bad guys like they were nothing (Chuck Norris wishes he was as smooth a motherfucker as this guy in a fight scene), then tell his two ninja sidekicks to whack the chief baddie. Whenever he said "PUNISH HIM" to the ninjas, I swear I had a stiffie.
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post #50 of 217
9/1/07 at 10:06am
Ripley going mano a mano with the Queen Alien was a fucking righteous moment of sheer badassery.
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