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post #251 of 266
11/1/11 at 9:31pm

Oh god that's a good pick! JLU isn't just my favorite cartoon ever, it's one of my favorite THINGS ever.

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post #252 of 266
11/1/11 at 9:52pm
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Oh god that's a good pick! JLU isn't just my favorite cartoon ever, it's one of my favorite THINGS ever.



If I were to write a comic book, It would be The Question as Fox Mulder on speed, because of JLU. Hell, JLU makes me want to be The Question when I'm a big boy. He's Batman without the mommy and daddy issues. RIP Dwayne McDuffie.

 

"I go through everybody's trash."

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post #253 of 266
11/1/11 at 11:07pm

158) Charlie's Angels

 

Oh yeah, it was dumb as hell and used the already dated bullet time to death, but there are few movies that are as fun and let girls kick ass while remaining feminine(One of the best laughs for me was the reveal of Lucy Liu dating an actor that does action movies) and sexy. And who would have thought Drew Barrymore could convincingly kick ass? McG and Josh Schwartz really should have done the new Charlie's Angels show.

 

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post #254 of 266
11/1/11 at 11:19pm

They probably could've had the sequel not bombed. 

 

I also really enjoyed the first movie.  Hey, it IS the movie that made me go, "Wow!  Sam Rockwell can dance!!!"

 

I also kinda enjoyed the 2nd movie too, actually.

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post #255 of 266
11/1/11 at 11:26pm

159) The Marine

 

Though not as charismatic as The Rock or Jason Statham, John Cena was convincingly tough in this surprisingly brisk thriller and Robert Patrick is great as the quipping villain.

 

 

160) Walking Tall

 

Again, not a great or good movie, but The Rock and Johnny Knoxville make a good team. Movie is hurt by not having a strong villain.

 

 

161) Shanghai Noon

 

 

Remember when Owen Wilson was cool? He made this passable but mediocre action comedy where they pull a Big Trouble in Little China and have his Westerner character be totally incompetent while the Chinese guy kicks ass. Lots of fun.

 

 

162) Harry Brown

 

This is the British version of Gran Torino, but a lot better. It's a hard crime movie and Caine is hard as fuck in it.


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post #256 of 266
11/2/11 at 12:05am

163. Dragon Tiger Gate (2006) dir. Wilson Yip

 

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Mystical Gangster Wuxia film. Hard to explain, but the fight scenes are amazing. The last one is a 10 minute epic.

 

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post #257 of 266
11/2/11 at 1:08am

164) Farscape

 

Aside from BSG and Firefly, the other great spaceship show of the decade. A great cast, a really neat and unique mythology and always satisfying.

 

 

 

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post #258 of 266
11/2/11 at 1:59am
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163. Dragon Tiger Gate (2006) dir. Wilson Yip

 

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Mystical Gangster Wuxia film. Hard to explain, but the fight scenes are amazing. The last one is a 10 minute epic.

 


Holy shit, Donnie Yen.  Goofy awesome.

 

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post #259 of 266
11/2/11 at 2:32am

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If I were to write a comic book, It would be The Question as Fox Mulder on speed, because of JLU. Hell, JLU makes me want to be The Question when I'm a big boy. He's Batman without the mommy and daddy issues. RIP Dwayne McDuffie.

 

"I go through everybody's trash."

"The plastic tips at the ends of shoelaces are called aglets. Their true purpose is sinister!"


Yeah, I was already a fan of Jeffrey Combs for "Re-Animator", but this and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (didn't catch up with it till 2008) really put put him over-the-top as one of my favourite actors. The Question was one of the greatest animated characters of all time. He was funny, intense, quirky in the best way, and played off the other characters beautifully. I loved everything he said because his dialog and Combs' performance were so pitch perfect and his interaction with The Huntress was priceless. More than anything else, he was what made the CADMUS arc the best serialized storyline I've ever seen on an animated series.  I'll never forget him throwing something through a window while softly singing Britney Spears-esque pop music. biggrin.gif

 

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post #260 of 266
11/2/11 at 3:04pm
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"The plastic tips at the ends of shoelaces are called aglets. Their true purpose is sinister!"


Yeah, I was already a fan of Jeffrey Combs for "Re-Animator", but this and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (didn't catch up with it till 2008) really put put him over-the-top as one of my favourite actors. The Question was one of the greatest animated characters of all time. He was funny, intense, quirky in the best way, and played off the other characters beautifully. I loved everything he said because his dialog and Combs' performance were so pitch perfect and his interaction with The Huntress was priceless. More than anything else, he was what made the CADMUS arc the best serialized storyline I've ever seen on an animated series.  I'll never forget him throwing something through a window while softly singing Britney Spears-esque pop music. biggrin.gif

 


Huntress: Wow. I never knew the Girl Scouts were responsible for the crop circle phenomenon.
The Question: Few people do. Few even think to ask the question.

 

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post #261 of 266
11/3/11 at 2:10am

JLU makes The Question cooler than Batman.

 

Even the CAR is better.

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post #262 of 266
11/4/11 at 12:21pm

So what's the deal, making other lists and never finishing this one?

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post #263 of 266
11/4/11 at 1:57pm

It kind of jumped the shark at WALKING TALL.

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post #264 of 266
11/4/11 at 2:11pm
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So what's the deal, making other lists and never finishing this one?


I'm certainly spent. I think a list of 160+ movies is a sufficient enough tally.

 

The 165 Best Action Films Of The 00's

 

1. Casino Royale  (dir. Martin Campbell, 2005)

2. Battle Royale [バトル・ロワイアル ]  (dir. Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)

3. Spiderman 2  (dir. Sam Raimi, 2004)

4. Master & Commander: The Far Side Of The World  (dir. Peter Weir, 2003)

5. Band Of Brothers  (TV Series, 2001)

 

6. Battlestar Galactica (TV Series, 2002-2009)

7. The Bourne Ultimatum  (dir. Paul Greengrass, 2007)

8. Man On Fire  (dir. Tony Scott, 2004)

9. X2: X-Men United  (dir. Bryan Singer, 2003)

10. Munich  (dir. Steven Spielberg, 2005)

 

11. Bad Boys II (dir. Michael Bay, 2003)

12. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (dir. Peter Jackson, 2002)

13. Mission: Impossible III  (dir. JJ Abrams, 2006)

14.Taken  (dir. Pierre Morrel, 2008)

15. Speed Racer  (dir. The Wachowskis, 2008)

 

16. The Incredibles (dir. Brad Bird, 2004)

17. KILL BILL Volume 1  (dir. Quentin Tarantino, 2003)

18. Punisher War Zone  (dir. Lexi Alexander, 2008)

19. Black Hawk Down (dir. Ridley Scott, 2001)

20. G.I. Joe Rise Of Cobra (dir. Stephen Sommers, 2009)

 

21. Crank  (dir. Neveldine & Taylor, 2006)

22. Gladiator  (dr. Ridley Scott, 2000)

23. Firefly / Serenity  (TV Series, 2002/ dir. Joss Whedon, 2005)

24. "24"  (TV Series, 2001-2010)

25. Batman Begins  (dir. Christopher Nolan, 2005)

 

26. Grindhouse  (dir. Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino, 2007)

27. District 13 [Banlieue 13]  (dir. Pierre Morrel, 2004)

28. Rambo  (dir. Sylvester Stallone, 2008)

29. Ninja Assassin  (dir. James McTeague, 2008)

30. Hot Fuzz  (dir. Edgar Wright, 2007)

 

31. Exiled [放‧逐]  (dir. Johnnie To, 2006)

32. 300  (dir. Zack Snyder, 2007)

33. Chocolate [ช็อคโกแลต]  (dir. Prachya Pinkaew, 2008)

34. Apocalypto  (dir. Mel Gibson, 2006)

35. Open Range  (dir. Kevin Costner, 2003)

 

36. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring  (dir. Peter Jackson, 2001)

37. The Bourne Supremacy  (dir. Paul Greengrass, 2004)

38. The Dark Knight  (dir. Christopher Nolan, 2008)

39. The Incredible Hulk  (dir. Louis Leterrier, 2008)

40. Hulk  (dir. Ang Lee, 2003)

 

41. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines  (dir. Jonathan Mostow, 2003)

42. Collateral  (dir. Michael Mann, 2004)

43. Quantum of Solace  (dir. Marc Forster, 2008)

44. Crank II: High Voltage  (dir. Neveldine & Taylor, 2009)

45. The Rundown  (dir. Peter Berg, 2003)

 

46. Hero [英雄]  (dir. Zhang Yimou, 2002)

47. The Way of The Gun  (dir. Christopher McQuarrie, 2000)

48. Torque  (dir. Joseph Kahn, 2004)

49. Equilibrium  (dir. Kurt Wimmer, 2002)

50. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [卧虎藏龙]  (dir. Ang Lee, 2000)

 

51. Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior [องค์บาก]  (dir. Prachya Pinkaew, 2003)

52. Azumi [あずみ]  (dir. Ryuhei Kitamura, 2003)

53. Rocky Balboa  (dir. Sylvester Stallone, 2006)

54. Doomsday  (dir. Neil Marshall, 2008)

55. House of Flying Daggers [十面埋伏]  (dir. Zhang Yimou, 2004)

 

56. Star Trek  (dir. JJ Abrams, 2009)

57. The Fast and the Furious  (dir. Rob Cohen, 2001)

58. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King  (dir. Peter Jackson, 2003)

59. Pineapple Express  (dir. David Gordon Green, 2008)

60. Children Of Men  (dir. Alfonso Cuaron, 2006)

 

61. Inglorious Basterds  (dir. Quentin Tarantino, 2009)

62. District 9  (dir. Neil Blomkamp, 2009)

63. Kung Fu Hustle [功夫]  (dir. Stephen Chow, 2004)

64. Star Wars: Clone Wars  (TV Series, 2003-2005)

65. Eastern Promises  (dir. David Cronenberg, 2007)

 

66. Oldboy [올드보이]  (dir. Chan-Wook Park, 2003)

67. The Good, the Bad, the Weird [좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈]  (dir. Jee-woon Kim, 2008)

68. Brotherhood of the Wolf [Le Pacte des loups]  (dir. Christophe Gans, 2001)

69. Mr. & Mrs. Smith  (dir. Doug Liman, 2005)

70. Beowulf  (dir. Robert Zemeckis, 2007)

 

71. Chuck  (TV Series, 2007-2012)

72. A Bittersweet Life [달콤한 인생]  (dir. Kim Ji-woon, 2005)

73. The Kingdom  (dir. Peter Berg, 2007)

74. The Last Samurai  (dir. Edward Zwick, 2003)

75. City of God  (dir. Fernando Meirelles, 2002)

 

76. The Unit  (TV Series, 2006-2009)

77. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift  (dir. Justin Lin, 2006)

78. The Bourne Identity  (dir. Doug Liman, 2002)

79. The Transporter  (dir. Louis Leterrier & Corey Yuen, 2002)

80. Minority Report  (dir. Steven Spielberg, 2002)

 

81. The Chronicles Of Riddick  (dir. David Twohy, 2004)

82. SPL: Sha Po Lang [杀破狼]  (dir. Wilson Yip, 2005)

83. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl  (dir. Gore Verbinski, 2003)

84. Iron Man  (dir. Jon Favreau, 2008)

85. Red Cliff  (dir. John Woo, 2008/2009)

 

86. The Shield  (TV Series 2002-2008)

87. Rome  (TV Series, 2005-2007)

88. Deadwood  (TV Series, 2004-2006)

89. Avatar  (dir. James Cameron, 2009

90. Redbelt  (dir. David Mamet, 2008)

 

91. Undisputed  (dir. Walter Hill, 2002)

92. Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War [태극기 휘날리며]  (dir. Je-gyu Kang, 2004)

93. Kingdom Of Heaven  (dir. Ridley Scott, 2005)

94. Blade II  (dir. Guillermo del Toro, 2002)

95. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army  (dir. Guillermo del Toro, 2008)

 

96. Kiss of The Dragon  (dir, Chris Nahon, 2001)

97. The Transporter 2  (dir. Louis Leterrier, 2005)

98. Enemy at the Gates  (dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud, 2001)

99. Wanted  (dir. Timur Bekmambetov, 2008)

100. Troy  (dir. Wolfgang Peterson, 2004)

 

101. 2 Fast 2 Furious  (dir. John Singleton, 2003)

102. Smokin' Aces  (dir. Joe Carnahan, 2006)

103. Spartan  (dir. David Mamet, 2004)

104. A Knight's Tale  (dir. Brian Helgeland, 2001)

105. Merantau  (dir. Gareth Evans, 2009)

 

106. So Close [夕阳天使]  (dir. Corey Yuen, 2002)

107. Running Scared  (dir. Wayne Kramer, 2006)

108. Fulltime Killer [全职杀手]  (dir. Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai, 2001)

109. Time and Tide [顺流逆流]  (dir. Tsui Hark, 2000)

110. Alias  (TV Series, 2001-2006)

 

111. Curse of the Golden Flower [满城尽带黄金甲]  (dir. Zhang Yimou, 2006)

112. Reign of Fire  (dir. Rob Cohen, 2002)

113. Alien VS Predator  (dir. Paul W.S. Anderson)  [*Dammit, JB...]

114. Death Race  (dir. Paul W.S. Anderson, 2008)   [..look what you did!]

115. Blood Diamond  (dir. Edward Zwick, 2006)

 

116. Wasabi  (dir. Gérard Krawczyk, 2001)

117. War of the Worlds  (dir. Steven Spielberg, 2005)

118. S.W.A.T.  (dir. Clark Johnson, 2003)

119. Fearless [霍元甲]  (dir. Ronny Yu, 2006)

120. xXx: State of the Union  (dir. Lee Tamahori, 2005)

 

121. Pitch Black  (dir. David Twohy, 2000)

122. A.I.  (dir. Steven Spielberg, 2001)

123. Shoot Em Up  (dir. Michael Davis, 2007)

124. Ip Man [叶问]  (dir. Wilson Yip, 2008)

125. Lost  (TV Series, 2004-2010)

 

126. Daybreak (TV Series, 2006)

127. Seraphim Falls  (dir. David Von Ancken, 2007)

128. KILL BILL Volume 2  (dir. Quentin Tarantino, 2004)

129. Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut  (dir. Zack Snyder, 2009)

130. Leverage  (TV Series, 2008- )

 

131. Kidnapped  (TV Series, 2006-2007)

132. Burn Notice  (2007- )

133. Gangs of New York  (dir. Martin Scorsese, 2002)

134. The Departed  (dir. Martin Scorsese, 2006)

135. Stardust  (dir. Matthew Vaughn, 2007)

 

136. Zatoichi  (dir. Takeshi Kitano, 2003)

137. Angel  (TV Series, 1999-2004)

138. DOA: Dead or Alive  (dir. Cory Yuen, 2006)

139. The Matrix Revolutions  (dir. The Wachowskis, 2003)

140. Unleashed [Danny the Dog]  (dir. Louis Letterier, 2005)

 

141. The Matrix Reloaded  (dir. The Wachowskis, 2003)

142. Sherlock Holmes  (dir. Guy Ritchie, 2009)

143. STAR WARS Episode 2: Attack Of The Clones / STAR WARS Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith  (dir. George Lucas, 2002/2005).

144. Sin City  (dir. Robert Rodriguez, 2005)

145. The Core  (dir. Jon Amiel, 2003)

 

146. Dog Soldiers  (dir. Neil Marshall, 2002)

147. 3:10 to Yuma  (dir. James Mangold, 2007)

148. Appaloosa  (dir. Ed Harris, 2008)

149. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow  (dir. Kerry Conran, 2004)

150. Wonder Woman (dir. Lauren Montgomery, 2009) [Animated]

 

151. The Princess Blade  (dir. Shinsuke Sato, 2001)

152. Versus [-ヴァーサス-]   (dir. Ryuhei Kitamura, 2000)

153. Valkyrie  (dir. Bryan Singer, 2008)

154. King Kong  (dir. Peter Jackson, 2005)

155. Gran Torino  (dir. Clint Eastwood, 2008)

 

156. Public Enemies  (dir. Michael Mann, 2009)

157. Justice League / Justice League Unlimited  (TV Series, 2001-2006) [Animated]

158. Charlie's Angels  (dir. McG, 2000)

159. The Marine  (dir, John Bonito, 2006)

160. Walking Tall  (dir. Kevin Bray, 2008)

 

161. Shanghai Noon  (dir. Tom Dey, 2000)

162. Harry Brown  (dir. Daniel Barber, 2009)

163. Dragon Tiger Gate [龍虎門]  (dir. Wilson Yip, 2006)

164. Mission: Impossible II  (dir. John Woo, 2000)

165. The Italian Job  (dir. F. Gary Gray, 2003)

 

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Edited by Art Decade - 11/5/11 at 12:15am
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post #265 of 266
11/5/11 at 12:10am

I can't believe nobody mentioned "The Italian Job". I don't think the 2000s were a very good period for action movies, but that was one of the select few I really liked. Very well-cast, with creative/exciting action sequences, nice dramatic or comedic arcs for a few of the characters, and the last performance by Edward Norton (1998-2003 Norton ruled so hard) that I really dug, even if he was just phoning it in because he was forced to make the movie by contract. "Mission Impossible II" could have earned a spot too. It's rather schlocky, but I enjoyed it on a campy level. Gotta love the John Woo clichés and Tom Cruise's ridiculous flowing hair in slow motion.

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post #266 of 266
11/5/11 at 8:20am

Speaking of JLU, I would love to see Amy Acker in The Huntress costume!

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