Recommend me a very manly movie
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Recommend me a very manly movie
Recommend me a very manly movie:
muscles, womanizing, sweat, taking charge, being a leader, etc.
Movies that epitomize manliness.
The only good one I can think of is "300".
Not so much blowing up stuff, and needless violence, but more a man, or men, being very traditionally "masculine"
Thanks.
(If it helps with your recommendations, I feel like I was raised outside of traditional manliness cultural norms in American society, so I am trying to watch the media my peers may have been exposed to)
Recommend me a very manly movie:
muscles, womanizing, sweat, taking charge, being a leader, etc.
Movies that epitomize manliness.
The only good one I can think of is "300".
Not so much blowing up stuff, and needless violence, but more a man, or men, being very traditionally "masculine"
Thanks.
(If it helps with your recommendations, I feel like I was raised outside of traditional manliness cultural norms in American society, so I am trying to watch the media my peers may have been exposed to)
Mad Max (the original, ignore the rest)
posted by pompomtom at 9:02 PM on October 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by pompomtom at 9:02 PM on October 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
Fight Club. Besides the fighting, there's discussion about how men are portrayed in media. Exaggerated, but realistic in some respects.
posted by Simon Barclay at 9:03 PM on October 2, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by Simon Barclay at 9:03 PM on October 2, 2011 [5 favorites]
Fight Club is a manly movie about what it means to be a man in a society where cultural norms have shifted so that previous manliness paradigms are no longer relevant, and how that makes it easier and harder to be manly.
posted by skewed at 9:03 PM on October 2, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by skewed at 9:03 PM on October 2, 2011 [3 favorites]
Crank, Shoot 'Em Up, and The Transporter.
Mad Max.
Sin City.
The Fifth Element.
Top Gun.
posted by Tomorrowful at 9:04 PM on October 2, 2011
Mad Max.
Sin City.
The Fifth Element.
Top Gun.
posted by Tomorrowful at 9:04 PM on October 2, 2011
Gladiator (and pretty much anything with Russell Crowe.)
Conan the Barbarian
127 Hours
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 9:04 PM on October 2, 2011
Conan the Barbarian
127 Hours
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 9:04 PM on October 2, 2011
Terminator 2.
Aliens- The Marine's are awesome even though Ripley wins the day.
The Maltese Falcon. Not so much muscles and sweat. But taking charge and womanizing? Bogey has it in spades!
Master and Commander on the Far Side of The World. Many stages of manhood depicted in that film.
posted by hot_monster at 9:06 PM on October 2, 2011
Aliens- The Marine's are awesome even though Ripley wins the day.
The Maltese Falcon. Not so much muscles and sweat. But taking charge and womanizing? Bogey has it in spades!
Master and Commander on the Far Side of The World. Many stages of manhood depicted in that film.
posted by hot_monster at 9:06 PM on October 2, 2011
Oh, and Avatar.
The Boondock Saints is pretty darn masculine, too.
posted by bz at 9:06 PM on October 2, 2011
The Boondock Saints is pretty darn masculine, too.
posted by bz at 9:06 PM on October 2, 2011
Die Hard movies, xXx, The Rock, Mission Impossible movies, The Usual Suspects, Rambo movies, Rocky movies ...
posted by Foci for Analysis at 9:06 PM on October 2, 2011
posted by Foci for Analysis at 9:06 PM on October 2, 2011
Echoing Rinku....7 Samurai
posted by hot_monster at 9:07 PM on October 2, 2011
posted by hot_monster at 9:07 PM on October 2, 2011
Shane.
posted by Clyde Mnestra at 9:08 PM on October 2, 2011
posted by Clyde Mnestra at 9:08 PM on October 2, 2011
Black Rain. Love it despite all the manly posturing.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 9:08 PM on October 2, 2011
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 9:08 PM on October 2, 2011
Probably a more realistic, higher fidelity portrayal: Glengarry Glen Ross
posted by bz at 9:09 PM on October 2, 2011
posted by bz at 9:09 PM on October 2, 2011
Glengarry Glen Ross is the most masculine movie ever made.
posted by mr_roboto at 9:13 PM on October 2, 2011
posted by mr_roboto at 9:13 PM on October 2, 2011
Every Michael Bay movie.
posted by empath at 9:13 PM on October 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by empath at 9:13 PM on October 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
Predator is about as manly a movie as you can get. Just look at the cast.
I mean, seriously, manly commando men are hunted by vicious yet oddly honorable alien in Central American jungle? Jessie "The Body" Ventura spitting out lines like "I ain't got time to bleed" around the world biggest wad of chewing tobacco? The sweet but weak Asian girl who is SPOILER saved by Ahnold in the end?
I think it's clear that Predator takes the manly cake here.
posted by Fister Roboto at 9:16 PM on October 2, 2011 [3 favorites]
I mean, seriously, manly commando men are hunted by vicious yet oddly honorable alien in Central American jungle? Jessie "The Body" Ventura spitting out lines like "I ain't got time to bleed" around the world biggest wad of chewing tobacco? The sweet but weak Asian girl who is SPOILER saved by Ahnold in the end?
I think it's clear that Predator takes the manly cake here.
posted by Fister Roboto at 9:16 PM on October 2, 2011 [3 favorites]
IIRC there's a list of movies in the Big Damn Book of Sheer Manliness. Lots of John Wayne.
posted by XMLicious at 9:21 PM on October 2, 2011
posted by XMLicious at 9:21 PM on October 2, 2011
Tears of the Sun.
posted by Sternmeyer at 9:22 PM on October 2, 2011
posted by Sternmeyer at 9:22 PM on October 2, 2011
Fister Roboto has a good point. Predator is hyper-manly and if you disagree it will punch you in the face.
Oh, also, not just any Michael Bay movie - the Transformers flicks are action-noise but not particularly MANLY - but Armageddon? That movie's so Manly it made me go through puberty all over again, just to make sure.
posted by Tomorrowful at 9:22 PM on October 2, 2011
Oh, also, not just any Michael Bay movie - the Transformers flicks are action-noise but not particularly MANLY - but Armageddon? That movie's so Manly it made me go through puberty all over again, just to make sure.
posted by Tomorrowful at 9:22 PM on October 2, 2011
Every Michael Bay movie.
I will see you, and raise you every Clint Eastwood movie (sans ape).
posted by Clyde Mnestra at 9:22 PM on October 2, 2011
I will see you, and raise you every Clint Eastwood movie (sans ape).
posted by Clyde Mnestra at 9:22 PM on October 2, 2011
What? No Cassavetes? I would say Husbands. Or Elaine May's Mikey and Nickey.
posted by MrMisterio at 9:33 PM on October 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by MrMisterio at 9:33 PM on October 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
Anything with Clark Gable, including Red Dust, Gone With The Wind, and especially, It Happened One Night.
posted by Ideefixe at 9:34 PM on October 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Ideefixe at 9:34 PM on October 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
Pat Garrett + Billy The Kid
Anything directed by Sam Peckinpah actually.
posted by philip-random at 9:34 PM on October 2, 2011
Anything directed by Sam Peckinpah actually.
posted by philip-random at 9:34 PM on October 2, 2011
War movies in general are all about being manly, but Patton, Zulu, The Dirty Dozen, Sink the Bismarck!, and Black Hawk Down come to mind.
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 9:39 PM on October 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 9:39 PM on October 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
Evil Dead 2 has everything a manly movie needs: A tough (if somewhat hapless) loner enduring/dishing out unbelievable amounts of physical violence, Three Stooges slapstick, and power tools.
posted by Strange Interlude at 9:42 PM on October 2, 2011
posted by Strange Interlude at 9:42 PM on October 2, 2011
Annie Hall
posted by KokuRyu at 9:51 PM on October 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by KokuRyu at 9:51 PM on October 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
Glengarry Glen Ross is the most masculine movie ever made.
No, it is third, behind Bullitt and Cool Hand Luke.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 9:52 PM on October 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
No, it is third, behind Bullitt and Cool Hand Luke.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 9:52 PM on October 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
Glen Garry Glen Ross
Patton
Bull Durham
5th Element
The Right Stuff
Ghost Dog
The Cooler
Almost anything with John Wayne in it.
No womanizing or sweat and muscles but IMO you can't get more manly than Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino
posted by HappyHippo at 9:57 PM on October 2, 2011
Patton
Bull Durham
5th Element
The Right Stuff
Ghost Dog
The Cooler
Almost anything with John Wayne in it.
No womanizing or sweat and muscles but IMO you can't get more manly than Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino
posted by HappyHippo at 9:57 PM on October 2, 2011
Romper Stomper.
It fits all your needs.
Plus, the manliest Nazi love scenes you'll ever see.
And lots of love triangle tension.
posted by Seamus at 10:03 PM on October 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
It fits all your needs.
Plus, the manliest Nazi love scenes you'll ever see.
And lots of love triangle tension.
posted by Seamus at 10:03 PM on October 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
The first half of Full Metal Jacket - turn it off after the "me so horny" scene.
posted by The Lamplighter at 10:12 PM on October 2, 2011
posted by The Lamplighter at 10:12 PM on October 2, 2011
I'm a chick, so I obviously don't know what it's like to be a "manly man." But I know lots of men and none of them resemble John McClane.
I think No Country for Old Men is a good one.
I Am Legend strikes me as manly in a good way, also The Pursuit of Happyness
The Outsiders and Stand By Me, might give you a bit of insight into how teenage boys respond to "traditional cultural norms" regarding manliness.
Fight Club is a good suggestion.
A History of Violence
posted by dchrssyr at 10:13 PM on October 2, 2011
I think No Country for Old Men is a good one.
I Am Legend strikes me as manly in a good way, also The Pursuit of Happyness
The Outsiders and Stand By Me, might give you a bit of insight into how teenage boys respond to "traditional cultural norms" regarding manliness.
Fight Club is a good suggestion.
A History of Violence
posted by dchrssyr at 10:13 PM on October 2, 2011
Manliest movies I know, by decade:
Tree of Life - (2011, Terrence Malick) - trailer
Southland Tales (2006, Richard Kelly - excerpt
The Iron Giant (1999, Brad Bird) - trailer
Chungking Express (1994, Wong Kar-Wai) - excerpt
Repo Man (1984, Alex Cox) - trailer
Last Tango in Paris (1972, Bernardo Bertolucci) - excerpt
Masculin, féminin (1966, Jean-Luc Godard) - trailer
Walkower (1965, Jerzy Skolimowski) - excerpt
Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock) - trailer
Casablanca (1942, Michael Curtiz) - trailer
L'Atalante (1934, Jean Vigo) - excerpt
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927, F. W. Murnau) - excerpt
and anything with William S. Hart in it.
posted by bubukaba at 10:16 PM on October 2, 2011
Tree of Life - (2011, Terrence Malick) - trailer
Southland Tales (2006, Richard Kelly - excerpt
The Iron Giant (1999, Brad Bird) - trailer
Chungking Express (1994, Wong Kar-Wai) - excerpt
Repo Man (1984, Alex Cox) - trailer
Last Tango in Paris (1972, Bernardo Bertolucci) - excerpt
Masculin, féminin (1966, Jean-Luc Godard) - trailer
Walkower (1965, Jerzy Skolimowski) - excerpt
Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock) - trailer
Casablanca (1942, Michael Curtiz) - trailer
L'Atalante (1934, Jean Vigo) - excerpt
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927, F. W. Murnau) - excerpt
and anything with William S. Hart in it.
posted by bubukaba at 10:16 PM on October 2, 2011
Kurt Russell as anybody, but esp. see Big Trouble In Little China and Escape from New York.
posted by tumid dahlia at 10:22 PM on October 2, 2011
posted by tumid dahlia at 10:22 PM on October 2, 2011
Here are some of the classics
1. The Great Escape
2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
3. Dirty Harry
4. The Endless Summer
5. Bull Durham
6. The Apartment
7. The Shootist
8. Hoosiers
9. Last of the Mohicans
10. The Bicycle Thief
11. Field of Dreams
12. North by Northwest
13. The Outsiders
14. First Blood (Rambo)
15. The Manchurian Candidate
posted by raymorphic at 10:52 PM on October 2, 2011
1. The Great Escape
2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
3. Dirty Harry
4. The Endless Summer
5. Bull Durham
6. The Apartment
7. The Shootist
8. Hoosiers
9. Last of the Mohicans
10. The Bicycle Thief
11. Field of Dreams
12. North by Northwest
13. The Outsiders
14. First Blood (Rambo)
15. The Manchurian Candidate
posted by raymorphic at 10:52 PM on October 2, 2011
Casablanca obviously isn't a "manly man" movie, but I think Rick Blaine is as good a representation of manly ideals as any other movie character.
posted by auto-correct at 11:11 PM on October 2, 2011
posted by auto-correct at 11:11 PM on October 2, 2011
How about Hot Fuzz? It's so manly that it originally had a love interest for the main character, but she was written out and most of her lines were given to the main character's partner (they're cops)… verbatim.
posted by DoctorFedora at 12:11 AM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by DoctorFedora at 12:11 AM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
Fistful of Dollars fits the bill; the Man with No Name is capable, cunning and moral. An excellent model of manhood.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is good too, for the same reasons, but we get to compare Blondie's masculinity with Angel Eyes's and Tuco's.
posted by Barry B. Palindromer at 12:24 AM on October 3, 2011
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is good too, for the same reasons, but we get to compare Blondie's masculinity with Angel Eyes's and Tuco's.
posted by Barry B. Palindromer at 12:24 AM on October 3, 2011
Yes on the Eastwood-Leone movies, Die Hard, Predator, and Cool Hand Luke. What about Indiana Jones, esp Raiders? Slapshot? Bull Durham?
Along with Maltese Falcon, lots of film noir fits the bill, like Out of the Past, This Gun for Hire, and the original Narrow Margin.
But I can't go with Field of Dreams or Iron Giant. How can they be manly if they make you cry at the end (well, hypothetically...)?
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 1:15 AM on October 3, 2011
Along with Maltese Falcon, lots of film noir fits the bill, like Out of the Past, This Gun for Hire, and the original Narrow Margin.
But I can't go with Field of Dreams or Iron Giant. How can they be manly if they make you cry at the end (well, hypothetically...)?
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 1:15 AM on October 3, 2011
One name, and one name only: Steve McQueen. He makes all those other actors look like the girly men they are. Buy a copy of Bullit, put it on repeat, and feel your testosterone rise.
Then, once your chest hair is getting thicker, start working through Luc Besson's movies, along with Romper Stomper, the early Clint Eastwood films, the Transporter series, and Snatch.
Add in a side dose of the classic blaxploitation films like Shaft and Penitentiary, and the modern films inspired by them like Pulp Fiction, and I think you will be as inculcated into the cult of manliness as it is possible to be.
posted by Forktine at 5:21 AM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
Then, once your chest hair is getting thicker, start working through Luc Besson's movies, along with Romper Stomper, the early Clint Eastwood films, the Transporter series, and Snatch.
Add in a side dose of the classic blaxploitation films like Shaft and Penitentiary, and the modern films inspired by them like Pulp Fiction, and I think you will be as inculcated into the cult of manliness as it is possible to be.
posted by Forktine at 5:21 AM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
The Quiet Man. Not a lot of action by modern standards, but very much about manliness.
posted by jefftang at 6:04 AM on October 3, 2011
posted by jefftang at 6:04 AM on October 3, 2011
muscles, womanizing, sweat, taking charge, being a leader, etc.
Black Dynamite
posted by cali59 at 6:07 AM on October 3, 2011
Black Dynamite
posted by cali59 at 6:07 AM on October 3, 2011
The Astronaut Farmer
posted by elle.jeezy at 6:08 AM on October 3, 2011
posted by elle.jeezy at 6:08 AM on October 3, 2011
Yes, every movie mentioned before, but then you'll need to see Le Magnifique, with Jean Paul Belmondo
posted by ouke at 6:17 AM on October 3, 2011
posted by ouke at 6:17 AM on October 3, 2011
I feel like I was raised outside of traditional manliness cultural norms in American society
FWIW, I went to Art School and learned/adopted an essentially feminist view of the world and relationships. Immediately post-school, I lived in Russia where I was repeatedly the most feminist guy in a room full of women and had to question everything I'd learned.
You should watch two movies in succession
1. Punch-Drunk Love
2. Fight Club
Punch-Drunk Love is a movie that critiques demands on manhood. Note that every woman in Barry's life demands something different of him, and that he is unable to satisfy any of them. Well, save for one. Barry Egan is a socially impaired post-patriarchal everyman. (SPOILERS, DO NOT READ BEFORE WATCHING). Trust me, watch this movie and watch how Barry becomes manly.
Then Fight Club, watch for what Marla asks for, watch for the loss and formation of male identity (HIS NAME WAS ROBERT PAULSEN), and watch knowing that it, too, is a meta-critique of manhood and modern life turned up to 11, with incredible displays of machismo. Watch how Tyler becomes more healthy as Norton's character degrades, watch the un-empathetic response, the abs, the brutality.
posted by fake at 6:19 AM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
FWIW, I went to Art School and learned/adopted an essentially feminist view of the world and relationships. Immediately post-school, I lived in Russia where I was repeatedly the most feminist guy in a room full of women and had to question everything I'd learned.
You should watch two movies in succession
1. Punch-Drunk Love
2. Fight Club
Punch-Drunk Love is a movie that critiques demands on manhood. Note that every woman in Barry's life demands something different of him, and that he is unable to satisfy any of them. Well, save for one. Barry Egan is a socially impaired post-patriarchal everyman. (SPOILERS, DO NOT READ BEFORE WATCHING). Trust me, watch this movie and watch how Barry becomes manly.
Then Fight Club, watch for what Marla asks for, watch for the loss and formation of male identity (HIS NAME WAS ROBERT PAULSEN), and watch knowing that it, too, is a meta-critique of manhood and modern life turned up to 11, with incredible displays of machismo. Watch how Tyler becomes more healthy as Norton's character degrades, watch the un-empathetic response, the abs, the brutality.
posted by fake at 6:19 AM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
Deliverance is great, it fills in the missing part of 300
posted by KokuRyu at 7:03 AM on October 3, 2011
posted by KokuRyu at 7:03 AM on October 3, 2011
The Great Escape and Apocalypse Now are more than manly enough for your needs.
posted by arcticseal at 7:34 AM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by arcticseal at 7:34 AM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
Whenever I think of "manly movies", I think Lee Marvin in The Dirty Dozen, George C. Scott in Patton, Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity, Chartlon Heston in Planet of the Apes, Gary Cooper in High Noon, and Jimmy Cagney and John Wayne in just about anything.
Hollywood sure doesn't make 'em like they used to. Nowadays we get Seth Rogen or Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell doing the man-child thing. far as I'm concerned, the only manly man working in Hollywood these days is Denzel Washington.
posted by magstheaxe at 7:52 AM on October 3, 2011
Hollywood sure doesn't make 'em like they used to. Nowadays we get Seth Rogen or Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell doing the man-child thing. far as I'm concerned, the only manly man working in Hollywood these days is Denzel Washington.
posted by magstheaxe at 7:52 AM on October 3, 2011
Can't possibly understand how people are recommending Mad Max, and saying to skip the rest?
The Road Warrior is the manliest movie that exists. Maybe after Die Hard.
posted by Sphinx at 8:06 AM on October 3, 2011
The Road Warrior is the manliest movie that exists. Maybe after Die Hard.
posted by Sphinx at 8:06 AM on October 3, 2011
Taxi Driver is an accurate portrayal of the psychological needs responsible for wanting to feel manly.
posted by KokuRyu at 8:08 AM on October 3, 2011
posted by KokuRyu at 8:08 AM on October 3, 2011
Steel Magnolias
posted by bz at 8:13 AM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by bz at 8:13 AM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
Take a look at Last Of The Dogmen - There's some definite growth and possibly a few tears, but Tom Berenger as an old-school, horseback-in-the-Oxbow bounty hunter with his dog and a crapload of emotional baggage - pretty manly...
posted by pupdog at 8:26 AM on October 3, 2011
posted by pupdog at 8:26 AM on October 3, 2011
Tombstone with Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer. The line, "You gonna do something or just stand there and bleed?" says it all.
posted by inviolable at 9:04 AM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by inviolable at 9:04 AM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
It seems like every guy ever looooved Stand By Me as a kid.
posted by thebazilist at 9:22 AM on October 3, 2011
posted by thebazilist at 9:22 AM on October 3, 2011
Lonely are the Brave
1962 - Kirk Douglas.
This is ostensibly a cowboy movie, but is in reality an anarchist screed about the Individual against Society and the State. Jack Burns is a Man's Man.
All he wants is to live free and help those he loves.
Based on The Brave Cowboy by Ed Abbey, Douglas pretty much forced the studio to make it.
He claimed it was his favorite movie he ever made, and I can see why.
They made some changes from the book.
Jack's buddy in the book is in jail because he is a conscientious objector to the draft. In the movie they had to change his offense to the more forgivable (by 1962 standards) smuggling of undocumented immigrants. I don't think that would fly today.
An excellent manly movie.
posted by Seamus at 9:26 AM on October 3, 2011
1962 - Kirk Douglas.
This is ostensibly a cowboy movie, but is in reality an anarchist screed about the Individual against Society and the State. Jack Burns is a Man's Man.
All he wants is to live free and help those he loves.
Based on The Brave Cowboy by Ed Abbey, Douglas pretty much forced the studio to make it.
He claimed it was his favorite movie he ever made, and I can see why.
They made some changes from the book.
Jack's buddy in the book is in jail because he is a conscientious objector to the draft. In the movie they had to change his offense to the more forgivable (by 1962 standards) smuggling of undocumented immigrants. I don't think that would fly today.
An excellent manly movie.
posted by Seamus at 9:26 AM on October 3, 2011
Fight Club is not about men being manly. It's about boys pretending to be manly and failing at it.
The manliest man in all of cinema is Atticus Finch.
posted by jbickers at 9:41 AM on October 3, 2011 [5 favorites]
The manliest man in all of cinema is Atticus Finch.
posted by jbickers at 9:41 AM on October 3, 2011 [5 favorites]
Flight of the Phoenix (the original, of course) and Lawrence of Arabia are movie so manly, the very few women in them have no speaking roles.
posted by Rash at 9:48 AM on October 3, 2011
posted by Rash at 9:48 AM on October 3, 2011
Ghandi
posted by KokuRyu at 9:50 AM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by KokuRyu at 9:50 AM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
Not a film, but Kyle Chandler plays football coach Eric Taylor in the TV series Friday Night Lights as man with a traditional masculine approach, minus the womanizing, muscles (he is fit, though) and the 1940’s manly man way of relating to women.
His reactions to conflict, the way he handles disagreements, the way he takes charge and is a leader are all masculine. He is confident, direct, secure, not rattled easily, does not feel the need to justify himself, et cetera. I could not find a clip on You Tube but there is an excellent scene in the first season that demonstrates all of this.
Taylor has taken his daughter to a hamburger joint for some take-out. While they are waiting for their order, a former player, who is bigger and more muscular than Taylor, is sitting at a table and makes some disparaging remarks about Taylor’s coaching abilities. Taylor makes a disarming remark to him and continues talking to his daughter. The former player continues running his mouth.
Taylor walks over to him, leans down and gets in his face and says something like, “I am asking you to respect the fact I am in here with my fourteen year old daughter and save your opinions for another time.”
You do not get the impression that Taylor would have had a fist fight with the guy if his daughter was not there (which suggests anger management issues rather than being masculine). . .but, he is intense and not happy and that comes through loud and clear.
The guy keeps running his mouth, so Taylor returns to the counter, picks up their order, reassures his daughter and escorts her out of the restaurant and all the while the guy keeps making comments. Taylor keeps moving with his daughter, while making eye contact with the guy and saying, “Alright” in a tone that again conveys he is not happy, he might like to continue this discussion some other time but that he is exercising self-control and doing the right thing in leaving.
posted by mlis at 10:33 AM on October 3, 2011
His reactions to conflict, the way he handles disagreements, the way he takes charge and is a leader are all masculine. He is confident, direct, secure, not rattled easily, does not feel the need to justify himself, et cetera. I could not find a clip on You Tube but there is an excellent scene in the first season that demonstrates all of this.
Taylor has taken his daughter to a hamburger joint for some take-out. While they are waiting for their order, a former player, who is bigger and more muscular than Taylor, is sitting at a table and makes some disparaging remarks about Taylor’s coaching abilities. Taylor makes a disarming remark to him and continues talking to his daughter. The former player continues running his mouth.
Taylor walks over to him, leans down and gets in his face and says something like, “I am asking you to respect the fact I am in here with my fourteen year old daughter and save your opinions for another time.”
You do not get the impression that Taylor would have had a fist fight with the guy if his daughter was not there (which suggests anger management issues rather than being masculine). . .but, he is intense and not happy and that comes through loud and clear.
The guy keeps running his mouth, so Taylor returns to the counter, picks up their order, reassures his daughter and escorts her out of the restaurant and all the while the guy keeps making comments. Taylor keeps moving with his daughter, while making eye contact with the guy and saying, “Alright” in a tone that again conveys he is not happy, he might like to continue this discussion some other time but that he is exercising self-control and doing the right thing in leaving.
posted by mlis at 10:33 AM on October 3, 2011
Jeremiah Johnson
posted by OmieWise at 10:42 AM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by OmieWise at 10:42 AM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
There Will Be Blood
The Wild Bunch
The Wild One
Spartacus
Paths of Glory
Raging Bull
The Searchers
Second, magstheaxe on High Noon
Apollo 13 for a brainier manliness.
posted by chrisulonic at 10:54 AM on October 3, 2011
The Wild Bunch
The Wild One
Spartacus
Paths of Glory
Raging Bull
The Searchers
Second, magstheaxe on High Noon
Apollo 13 for a brainier manliness.
posted by chrisulonic at 10:54 AM on October 3, 2011
Can't believe no one has mentioned Once Upon a Time in the West yet!
posted by speicus at 11:44 AM on October 3, 2011
posted by speicus at 11:44 AM on October 3, 2011
"A one handed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.": Bad Day At Black Rock
Yes for Luc Besson - buy also Leon and The Big Blue
And other than Cool Hand Luke - many other prison movies: Papillon, The Shawshank Redemption, Brubaker, Escape from Alcatraz
Some others: 12 Angry Men, Ice Cold in Alex, Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy, 12 O Clock High, Touching the Void
posted by rongorongo at 11:57 AM on October 3, 2011
Yes for Luc Besson - buy also Leon and The Big Blue
And other than Cool Hand Luke - many other prison movies: Papillon, The Shawshank Redemption, Brubaker, Escape from Alcatraz
Some others: 12 Angry Men, Ice Cold in Alex, Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy, 12 O Clock High, Touching the Void
posted by rongorongo at 11:57 AM on October 3, 2011
Doom (which is also much better than it has any business being, considering how silly it is). They bothered to learn how to move like actual Marines and handle weapons and all that. Plus Mr. The Rock, can't go wrong.
posted by biscotti at 1:28 PM on October 3, 2011
posted by biscotti at 1:28 PM on October 3, 2011
George Segal was the epitome of manly in The Bridge at Remagen which was on tv the other day.
posted by arcticseal at 4:10 PM on October 3, 2011
posted by arcticseal at 4:10 PM on October 3, 2011
The Bourne movies
L.A. Confidential
Ronin
The Seven Samurai
Taxi Driver
Glen Gary Glen Ross
posted by storybored at 7:44 PM on October 3, 2011
L.A. Confidential
Ronin
The Seven Samurai
Taxi Driver
Glen Gary Glen Ross
posted by storybored at 7:44 PM on October 3, 2011
The manliest scene in motion picture history is the "Danny Boy" scene in Millers Crossing.
posted by kirkaracha at 8:43 PM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by kirkaracha at 8:43 PM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
Can't believe no one has mentioned Once Upon a Time in the West yet!
Well, guys do tend to have short attention spans...
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 11:25 PM on October 3, 2011
Well, guys do tend to have short attention spans...
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 11:25 PM on October 3, 2011
Flash Gordon
Stroker Ace
The World's Fastest Indian
Road House
How has no one mentioned any James Bond movies?
I was going to nth a bunch already listed, but in the category of "Movies About Men Being Men," it's more like there are actors that you generally can't go wrong with, rather than specific movies:
Robert Redford
Paul Newman
Steve McQueen
Clint Eastwood
Samuel L. Jackson
Aronold Schwarzenegger
Mel Gibson
Sean Connery
Charlie Sheen
Sylvester Stallone
Burt Reynolds
Bruce Willis
Chuck Norris
I think "able to easily picture smoking a cigar" has to be a top criteria for making that list of actors.
Also there are a couple shows that come to mind; Band of Brothers, Deadwood (the Seth Bullock and Wild Bill Hickock characters especially), and Sons of Anarchy.
posted by Demogorgon at 3:00 PM on October 4, 2011
Stroker Ace
The World's Fastest Indian
Road House
How has no one mentioned any James Bond movies?
I was going to nth a bunch already listed, but in the category of "Movies About Men Being Men," it's more like there are actors that you generally can't go wrong with, rather than specific movies:
Robert Redford
Paul Newman
Steve McQueen
Clint Eastwood
Samuel L. Jackson
Aronold Schwarzenegger
Mel Gibson
Sean Connery
Charlie Sheen
Sylvester Stallone
Burt Reynolds
Bruce Willis
Chuck Norris
I think "able to easily picture smoking a cigar" has to be a top criteria for making that list of actors.
Also there are a couple shows that come to mind; Band of Brothers, Deadwood (the Seth Bullock and Wild Bill Hickock characters especially), and Sons of Anarchy.
posted by Demogorgon at 3:00 PM on October 4, 2011
The New Zealand All Blacks
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 9:02 PM on October 4, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 9:02 PM on October 4, 2011 [1 favorite]
Lots of good suggestions, but my vote goes to Marlon Brando's performance in "A Streetcar Named Desire."
posted by soonertbone at 7:11 AM on October 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by soonertbone at 7:11 AM on October 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
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posted by Garm at 9:01 PM on October 2, 2011