Aughts Action Movie Nostalgia Thread

[Joe Molotov]

Fast 6 has opened my eyes, brehs. 80's nostalgia is played out. You seen one action movie full of 70 year old steroid abusers, you seen 'em all. 90's nostalgia? Meh, all the best 90's action movies were just running on Arnold & Sly's 80's fumes. You want real 90's? 3 Ninjas Kick Back Again and Thunder in Paradise, that was the 90's. All the 90's really had going for a was a good economy, a lack of wars, and an unblown up WTC. Let's get nostalgic for the 00's, man. A sleek, glossy, CG fueled decade, when the entire cast of Predator became governors, Jason Statham, Vin Diesel, The Rock, and somehow Matt Damon became action stars, and Wesley Snipes wasn't in jail yet.

First on the agenda:

[Momo]

Best thread.

[Vizzys]

welcome to the xander zone

[chronovore]

A sleek, glossy, CG fueled decade, when the entire cast of Predator became governors, Jason Statham, Vin Diesel, The Rock, and somehow Matt Damon became action stars, and Wesley Snipes wasn't in jail (...)

[Joe Molotov]

welcome to the xander zone

 

Watched xXx tonight. I saw it in the theater back in 2002 and about the only thing I remembered was Vin Diesel ramping off a bridge in a Corvette and the Rammstein concert. I'd forgotten that it was supposed to be "James Bond XXXtreme!" It opens with the stuffy british agent getting killed, then it's like "Time for a new breed of secret agent, XXXander Cage! He plays Playstation and has a popular Youtube channel!" He's still got an M, a Q that makes him gadgets, a Bond Girl, a Bond Car with flamethrowers and rocket launchers, and a Bond Villain with a doomsday device, though. Still, it's way better than Die Another Day, that's for sure. It's not Fast 5 good or anything, but it's alright.

"Bitches, come!"

[Polari]

[chronovore]

Rundown suuuuuuuucked. Sorry.

[Polari]

I have to say that by having Point Break and Cliffhanger, the 90s wins though. The latter half of that decade was pretty great too, with Speed, Con Air, The Rock and Face/Off.

[cool breeze]

Just the other day I watched Mission Impossible 2.  The incoherent plot and ridiculous kicks make it the metal gear movie that never was.  Cruise literally flash kicks a dude as doves fly around him.

and I first watched xXx in theaters, too.  my favorite line is "stop thinking police and start thinking playstation!"

[Joe Molotov]

[Himu]

00's was horrible for hollywood action flicks. What are you smoking Joe? I think the best Hollywood action movie of the aughts was Kill Bill 1.

[Joe Molotov]

00's was horrible for hollywood action flicks. What are you smoking Joe? I think the best Hollywood action movie of the aughts was Kill Bill 1.

This thread may possibly be slightly tongue-in-cheek.  I'm just trying to get some conversation going here. Talking about 80 and 90's action movies is boring because we've all done that before. With the 00's, you gotta dig down deep to find that gold (or lack thereof). It makes it more interesting.

[Himu]

Very true.

[Polari]

Man Crank really was kinda fucked up.

Statham and The Rock owned this decade.

[Himu]

Crank 2 sucked though.

[Momo]

00's was horrible for hollywood action flicks. What are you smoking Joe? I think the best Hollywood action movie of the aughts was Kill Bill 1.

[Polari]

Crank 2 sucked though.

Yah like super terrible. One of the most disappointing sequels I've ever seen. First one was so boss though.

[Himu]

Thought I was the only one. I wish I never watched Crank 2. What the fuck.

[hampster]

Gladiator was 2000

I also liked Steven Seagal's cheesy direct to dvd stuff at the end of the decade

[Joe Molotov]

Crank 2 sucked though.

No way, Crank 2 was so ridiculous, it was amazing. The ending was stupid awesome

[Rahxephon91]

Taken is from this decade so it's a pretty awesome decade.

So is IP man if we count martial arts movies.

What else was awesome from this decade? The Marine, Cowboy Bebop The movie, The Shitty Matrix Sequels(still had some good action scenes), SHOOT EM UP!, Rambo, The Transporter movies, Punisher Warzone maybe?, The District B13 MOVIES(I mean the sequel is pretty over the top), Gamer(which is still the best representation of the internet), Merantau(the raid 0 basically), Redbelt, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Battle Royale(hey I like it) and I'm sure some other stuff like Ong Back was good, I don't know never saw it.

Point is, this decade was pretty awesome. Fuck Gun Kata with Equilibrium! is from the 00s.

[Polari]

I forgot about The Punisher films. Both of those were great.

[The Sceneman]

Speed Racer. That is all.

[Great Rumbler]

Rundown suuuuuuuucked. Sorry.

Nope.



And let us not forget:











And most of the rest of the movie sucked, but:

[The Sceneman]

no love for Bourne? the revival of superhero movies?

no, we're talking ACTION movies

[Himu]

MUTE THE VOLUME ON THE LAST BOND CLIP

[Huff]

[Himu]

DOES BATTLE ROYALE COUNT



THESE ARE GOOD COOKIES

I can't find the gun fight between the school girls.

[Himu]

WORD. FOREIGN ACTION WUXIA FOR LIFE.

[Himu]

JADEN SMITH > RALPH MACHIO

ACTUAL GOOD FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY > YOUR SHITTY 80'S NOSTALGIA

ASIANS AND BLACKS BE BRINGING IT

The most BEAUTIFUL fight scene I've ever seen.



Fucking Jet Li wuxia omg

[Himu]

LET'S GET REAL. Tony Jaa's uncut fight scene is the best fight scene of the 00's.

[Himu]

god damn the 00s might be one of the best eras for action movies ever

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Only because we have asian cinema

[cool breeze]

Bond busting through the wall during that Casino Royale chase still cracks me up

also, more people need to check out Undisputed 3.

[Himu]

Undisputed 3 is the most underrated Hollywood action flick of the 00's.

[Great Rumbler]

JADEN SMITH > RALPH MACHIO

ACTUAL GOOD FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY > YOUR SHITTY 80'S NOSTALGIA

ASIANS AND BLACKS BE BRINGING IT

The most BEAUTIFUL fight scene I've ever seen.

[chronovore]

Let's not forget Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Green Destiny) (2000). The movie was wonderful. I spent most of it realizing how easily it could be adapted to a Star Wars story, awkward politics and all, and how much better it would have been than the SW Prequels. Just magnificent.

Bless your heart, GR, for bringing up Bourne. The series which not only made spy movies exciting again, but inspired the reinvention of Bond which allowed for Casino Royale.

And I know we're not doing superheros, but Blade II needs mentioning for introducing Del Toro to the mainstream.

Japan managed to turn out both Versus and Battle Royale.

Himuro was a better poster than Hermuro, right? Or am I imagining it?

It's not your imagination. Ms. Himumu is much more fond of stating hir opinions as indisputable facts, is quicker to label others and call names, and much faster to take umbrage when the same is done to hir, even in retaliation. I was willing to blame the hormones for a while, then I re-flipped hir bozo-bit and put hir on Ignore again: PLONK.

[Himu]

JADEN SMITH > RALPH MACHIO

ACTUAL GOOD FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY > YOUR SHITTY 80'S NOSTALGIA

ASIANS AND BLACKS BE BRINGING IT

The most BEAUTIFUL fight scene I've ever seen.

The Hero water fight is beautiful not the Karate Kid clip.

[Himu]

Himuro was a better poster than Hermuro, right? Or am I imagining it?

It's not your imagination. Ms. Himumu is much more fond of stating hir opinions as indisputable facts, is quicker to label others and call names, and much faster to take umbrage when the same is done to hir, even in retaliation. I was willing to blame the hormones for a while, then I re-flipped hir bozo-bit and put hir on Ignore again: PLONK.

Guys.

Read that post.

Then read this post chrono made.

http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=40143.msg1691869#msg1691869

WELP. It embodies everything described in his own post. I didn't even provoke, I made a statement and Chrono goes on immediate offensive for no reason. He's not only a passive aggressive wimp, he's also a hypocrite.

[Cerveza mas fina]

The 90's had Terminator 2 AND the Matrix.

[Great Rumbler]

JADEN SMITH > RALPH MACHIO

ACTUAL GOOD FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY > YOUR SHITTY 80'S NOSTALGIA

ASIANS AND BLACKS BE BRINGING IT

The most BEAUTIFUL fight scene I've ever seen.

The Hero water fight is beautiful not the Karate Kid clip.

Thank goodness, because that Karate Kid 2010 fight is a choppy, boring mess.

[Phoenix Dark]

Himuro hasn't changed, he's just exposed the sexism of The Bore. When a guy posts it's all fun and games. When a girl posts, you guys get all defensive posting snarky retorts as your dicks get hard under the table.

Himuro

[Mandark]

Five years ago, if you had told me PD would be simping Himuro...  actually, I wouldn't have been that surprised.

[Himu]

Himuro hasn't changed, he's just exposed the sexism of The Bore. When a guy posts it's all fun and games. When a girl posts, you guys get all defensive posting snarky retorts as your dicks get hard under the table.

Himuro

[Himu]

I don't know! I can't decide!

[Mandark]

I've found that (5) poor taste tends to rustle the most jimmies online.

Playing SC2, I've been called a distinguished black, effete, Semitic, and mentally impaired fellow.  That's all easy to shrug off, but if someone told me at the end of a game that The Wire was a shit show and I was shit for liking it, I'd report his ass to Blizzard.

[Himu]

I've found that (5) poor taste tends to rustle the most jimmies online.

Playing SC2, I've been called a distinguished black, effete, Semitic, and mentally impaired fellow.  That's all easy to shrug off, but if someone told me at the end of a game that The Wire was a shit show and I was shit for liking it, I'd report his ass to Blizzard.

I agree with this verbatim

[Phoenix Dark]

I've found that (5) poor taste tends to rustle the most jimmies online.

Playing SC2, I've been called a distinguished black, effete, Semitic, and mentally impaired fellow.  That's all easy to shrug off, but if someone told me at the end of a game that The Wire was a shit show and I was shit for liking it, I'd report his ass to Blizzard.

Must  have been playing as Protoss. No one rages at zerg bro

[Steve Contra]

I've found that (5) poor taste tends to rustle the most jimmies online.

Playing SC2, I've been called a distinguished black, effete, Semitic, and mentally impaired fellow.  That's all easy to shrug off, but if someone told me at the end of a game that The Wire was a shit show and I was shit for liking it, I'd report his ass to Blizzard.

Himu likes FFXII.

Am I doing it right?

[Himu]

I've found that (5) poor taste tends to rustle the most jimmies online.

Playing SC2, I've been called a distinguished black, effete, Semitic, and mentally impaired fellow.  That's all easy to shrug off, but if someone told me at the end of a game that The Wire was a shit show and I was shit for liking it, I'd report his ass to Blizzard.

Himu likes FFXII.

Am I doing it right?

 

[Madrun Badrun]

The 90's had Terminator 2 AND the Matrix.

and Hard Boiled.

[Positive Touch]

the crono/himu beef is hands down the worst one on the bore

[Phoenix Dark]

There hasn't been a good Bore beef since BlackStallion and MAF. I chuckle about it each time I go to Staples.

[chronovore]

the crono/himu beef is hands down the worst one on the bore

I'm done with it. No one else seems interested or willing to call Himumu on hir bullshit (except for The Business; thanks, boo), and if it's stinking up the place, I'm doubly done.

S/He's on Ignore, and my outlook is again placid. Pretty sure I'm on hir Ignore list as well, so it's likely over until one of us is foolishly optimistic enough to lift the ban.