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I was flicking through the channels the other day waiting for the early NBA games to start while avoiding hopping on the treadmill when I stumped onto one of my favorite childhood movies from the 80s: Commando.
It was really the first movie that I remember recording on television and watching 50 to 75 times. It had action and “Who's the Boss” star Alyssa Milano, but most of all it had Arnold Schwarzenegger kicking ass and taking names.
I threw out to my follwers on Twitter if the flick deserved to be mentioned among the best of the decade. I was of course laughed at but it got me thinking - maybe Commando, as awesome as it was for me from age 7 to 10, might not even make my all-time Arnold Top 5 movie list.
I must not be the only one watching classic Schwarzenegger films because TMZ is leading me to believe Maria Shriver isn't ready to say "hasta la vista, baby" to her hubby even though he plowed and impregnated that ugly nanny.
OK, back on topic. Here are my Top 5 favorite Arnold movies:
No. 1 - Predator
There's no questioning this flick's place in history. It's the perfect combination of sci-fi and action jammed into 107 minutes.
It's wonderfully cast with Carl Weathers, Bill Duke and Jesse "The Body" Ventura playing strong supporting roles behind Schwarz’s lead character Dutch.
The movie's success spawned a series of disappointing sequels and branch offs, the worst of which was the sequel starring Danny Glover - who as it turns out, is definitely too old for this shit.
My favorite parts of Predator mostly include Bill Duke and Carl Weathers exchanging pleasantries - "You're ghosting us motherf*&ker!" - but there's no doubt which part is the best sequence in the move. The handshake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQxfbQ8WuI0&feature=related
No. 2 - Terminator
Although James Cameron does a helluva job with the sequel, I've got the original a notch above because we see Arnold in an unfamiliar role as the villain.
Seeing the Schwarz as the bad guy is pretty bad ass. The scene at the police station of him blowing apart all those cops... legendary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inkr6UG3I8k
No. 3 - Terminator 2 (Judgement Day)
Probably a better movie than the original but Arnold isn't as nearly as recklessly violent in this one. I don't want to see The Terminator high-fiving Eddie Furlong. I wanna see him driving a car through a f$%cking police station.
That's why there's no doubt this is the best part of Terminator 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RITE-FiW5Gg
No. 4 - Total Recall
There's an element of cheese in this movie but really it was another beautiful action/sci-fi combo. You've got Mars, Sharon Stone in her prime and three-boobed aliens. What more could a guy want?
Oh yeah, eyes popping out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpUVPvsIF5w
No. 5 - Commando
Whew. You made it, Matrix. It was down to you or Eraser – an underrated Arnold move, in my opinion. I already told you all the reasons I loved Commando. I'll leave you with one of Arnold's best lines ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_UXvGtWX_0
What do you guys think? Did I miss any from my list?
It was really the first movie that I remember recording on television and watching 50 to 75 times. It had action and “Who's the Boss” star Alyssa Milano, but most of all it had Arnold Schwarzenegger kicking ass and taking names.
I threw out to my follwers on Twitter if the flick deserved to be mentioned among the best of the decade. I was of course laughed at but it got me thinking - maybe Commando, as awesome as it was for me from age 7 to 10, might not even make my all-time Arnold Top 5 movie list.
I must not be the only one watching classic Schwarzenegger films because TMZ is leading me to believe Maria Shriver isn't ready to say "hasta la vista, baby" to her hubby even though he plowed and impregnated that ugly nanny.
OK, back on topic. Here are my Top 5 favorite Arnold movies:
No. 1 - Predator
There's no questioning this flick's place in history. It's the perfect combination of sci-fi and action jammed into 107 minutes.
It's wonderfully cast with Carl Weathers, Bill Duke and Jesse "The Body" Ventura playing strong supporting roles behind Schwarz’s lead character Dutch.
The movie's success spawned a series of disappointing sequels and branch offs, the worst of which was the sequel starring Danny Glover - who as it turns out, is definitely too old for this shit.
My favorite parts of Predator mostly include Bill Duke and Carl Weathers exchanging pleasantries - "You're ghosting us motherf*&ker!" - but there's no doubt which part is the best sequence in the move. The handshake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQxfbQ8WuI0&feature=related
No. 2 - Terminator
Although James Cameron does a helluva job with the sequel, I've got the original a notch above because we see Arnold in an unfamiliar role as the villain.
Seeing the Schwarz as the bad guy is pretty bad ass. The scene at the police station of him blowing apart all those cops... legendary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inkr6UG3I8k
No. 3 - Terminator 2 (Judgement Day)
Probably a better movie than the original but Arnold isn't as nearly as recklessly violent in this one. I don't want to see The Terminator high-fiving Eddie Furlong. I wanna see him driving a car through a f$%cking police station.
That's why there's no doubt this is the best part of Terminator 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RITE-FiW5Gg
No. 4 - Total Recall
There's an element of cheese in this movie but really it was another beautiful action/sci-fi combo. You've got Mars, Sharon Stone in her prime and three-boobed aliens. What more could a guy want?
Oh yeah, eyes popping out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpUVPvsIF5w
No. 5 - Commando
Whew. You made it, Matrix. It was down to you or Eraser – an underrated Arnold move, in my opinion. I already told you all the reasons I loved Commando. I'll leave you with one of Arnold's best lines ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_UXvGtWX_0
What do you guys think? Did I miss any from my list?
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