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"male role-model" movies

spukeesanspukeesan Registered User regular
edited June 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
Been looking for some stereotypical male influence, and I figure the quickest and easiest place to find it is on DVD. Current list consists of:

Fight Club - Tyler Durden
Unforgiven - William Munny
Goldfinger - James Bond
Die Hard - John McClane
Clear and Present Danger - Jack Ryan
The Godfather/Godfather II - Vito Corleone

If you can't tell, my cinematic experience is woefully underdeveloped. Suggestions are highly appreciated.

edit:
Sesphoheme wrote: »
What do you consider... Good rolemodels?

http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?p=1872075#post1872075

He really should say "macho archetype" or something.

Yes, yes I should - carry on

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  • Xenocide GeekXenocide Geek Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    so, do you mean... "good" male role-models, like, people to model your life after?

    because man, you must live one fucking crazy (and awesome) life if you think those are "good" male role models! :O

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  • INeedNoSaltINeedNoSalt with blood on my teeth Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Man, Tyler Durden as a role model

    That would be the best kid ever

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  • The CatThe Cat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2007
    What kind of stunted trogolodyte are you trying to raise?

    Good Will Hunting
    most Denzel Washington Flicks
    joke option Major Payne :P

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  • aquabataquabat Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    It all comes down to John Maclane and Indiana Jones. Maybe a little Ferris Bueller

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  • spukeesanspukeesan Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Haha, Yeah I guess I should clarify - this is purely for entertainment purposes. I'm studying Russian literature and getting a little too deeply involved with the human condition, and I figure a good counterbalance would be some action/adventure flicks with strong lead characters and lots of testosterone. Read: the antithesis of Prince Myshkin, Raskolnikov, et al.

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  • aquabataquabat Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Definitely John Maclane then. Definitely.

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  • ZsetrekZsetrek Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Atticus Finch - To Kill a Mockingbird
    Coach Taylor - Friday Night Lights (TV series) - free online on the NBC website

    EDIT: Oh, nevermind.

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  • FeralFeral MEMETICHARIZARD interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Evil Dead 2.

    Such a good suggestion I'm going to lime myself.

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  • embrikembrik Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Rambo?

    Edit: Yes, Feral, if you hadn't done it, I would've. Also Army of Darkness.

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  • JaninJanin Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Predator
    Terminator 1 & 2
    Boondock Saints
    Man on Fire

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  • STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Lethal Weapon
    Tango & Cash (just a cheesy, goofy buddy-cop movie)
    The Matrix
    Speed

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  • RaereRaere Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    There's an obscure-ish movie that I saw a few years ago that's about a typical average guy being a role-model to a younger boy. About a Boy is the name. I dunno.

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  • McPutinMcPutin Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Try Once Upon A Time In The West.

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  • YodaTunaYodaTuna Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Hot Fuzz.

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  • KamiKami Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Honestly, I love George Clooney's Danny Ocean from the Ocean films.

    He seems out of his mind, but he always has complete control of every single situation, and is twenty steps ahead of everyone else. Also, in that same style, Brad Pitt's Rusty Ryan. Always has the right thing to say, always wears a perfect, razor-cut suit, and is quick on his feet.

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    McBain.

    Seriously, this is a real movie starring Christopher Walken.

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  • KamiKami Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    McBain.

    Seriously, this is a real movie starring Christopher Walken.

    Ahahahahah

    AHAHAHAHHAHAHA

    Butthorn.
    I hope we're talking about the same McBane.

    EDIT: We are not talking about the same McBane.

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Kami wrote: »
    McBain.

    Seriously, this is a real movie starring Christopher Walken.

    Ahahahahah

    AHAHAHAHHAHAHA

    Butthorn.
    I hope we're talking about the same McBane.

    EDIT: We are not talking about the same McBane.

    No.

    This McBain grabs some army buddies and takes over Colombia because the dictator killed his friend.

    Like 5 dudes take over an entire country.

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  • KamiKami Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Kami wrote: »
    McBain.

    Seriously, this is a real movie starring Christopher Walken.

    Ahahahahah

    AHAHAHAHHAHAHA

    Butthorn.
    I hope we're talking about the same McBane.

    EDIT: We are not talking about the same McBane.

    No.

    This McBain grabs some army buddies and takes over Colombia because the dictator killed his friend.

    Like 5 dudes take over an entire country.

    I was thinking of Bulletproof with Gary Busey, in which Busey pours unfiltered cigarette tobacco into his partner's mouth to wake him up from a nap.

    Then he sneaks up on the badguys, and says things like 'Bird season's over, butthorn'.

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  • spukeesanspukeesan Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Kami wrote: »
    McBain.

    Seriously, this is a real movie starring Christopher Walken.

    Ahahahahah

    AHAHAHAHHAHAHA

    Butthorn.
    I hope we're talking about the same McBane.

    EDIT: We are not talking about the same McBane.

    No.

    This McBain grabs some army buddies and takes over Colombia because the dictator killed his friend.

    Like 5 dudes take over an entire country.

    I have to admit, that sounds pretty damn close to exactly what I'm looking for :P

    Some of these I feel retarded for not having through of first. Evil Dead's Ash is the personification of machismo, and Indiana Jones is right up there with Die Hard as a necessary staple. Oceans 11 & 12, and Man on Fire make the list just for situational badassery. Thanks - keep throwing 'em out if you've got 'em

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Blind Fury.

    Rutger Hauer at his finest.

    Also, Escape from New York/LA, and Big Trouble in Little China for some Kurt Russell action.

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    How the fuck did I forget Charles Bronson in the Death Wish series?

    Also, Commando.

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  • FirstComradeStalinFirstComradeStalin Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Go old school with anything with Gregory Peck. Duel in the Sun, Gentleman's Agreement, Twelve O'Clock High. He is absolutely everything a man should be.

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  • KrizKriz Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    James Dean

    Steve McQueen

    Clint Eastwood

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  • SesphohemeSesphoheme Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Walking Tall.

    The Rocky Series.

    Triple X?

    What do you consider... Good rolemodels?

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  • ElectricTurtleElectricTurtle Seeress WARegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Sesphoheme wrote: »
    What do you consider... Good rolemodels?

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?p=1872075#post1872075

    He really should say "macho archetype" or something.

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  • SesphohemeSesphoheme Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Sesphoheme wrote: »
    What do you consider... Good rolemodels?

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?p=1872075#post1872075

    He really should say "macho archetype" or something.

    Oh, I see... well, I guess I must have missed that bit. Thanks for the clarification.

    In that case:

    I liked Leonard DiCaprio in Blood Diamond.
    The Rocketeer
    Daredevil
    The Mod Squad
    Die Hard
    Lethal Weapon
    Braveheart
    the Fifth Element
    The Rock
    Blade
    The Matrix
    Pirates of the Caribbean?
    Die Hard with a Vengeance
    Troy
    Black Hawk Down
    300
    Last Man Standing
    U-571

    haha. I may not be helping, just naming off a few of my absolute favorite action films...

    and I'm sorry but the wrath of Grindhouse, must be known in this thread.

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  • SliverSliver Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Straw Dogs - David Sumner

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  • BogdanichBogdanich Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Breakdown - the Kurt Russell character

    A Perfect World - Kevin Costner's character

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  • tony_importanttony_important Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Man, this should have been up here long ago...
    Raoul Duke (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) - as played by Johnny Depp

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  • JeffHJeffH Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    anything with kurt russell

    more specifically big trouble in little china and tombstone

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  • JeffHJeffH Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    McBain.

    Seriously, this is a real movie starring Christopher Walken.

    after this not turning up in searches on netflix and criticker, link? I'm hoping this isn't tongue in cheek

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  • ToldoToldo But actually, WeegianRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Man, Tyler Durden as a role model

    That would be the best kid ever

    Yeah, running inside to his mother screaming, 'YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN!'

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  • embrikembrik Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    JeffH wrote: »
    McBain.

    Seriously, this is a real movie starring Christopher Walken.

    after this not turning up in searches on netflix and criticker, link? I'm hoping this isn't tongue in cheek

    Nope, it would appear that it's real.
    Now I really want to see it. It has Walken AND Michael Ironside?!

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    I don't believe it - I'm on my THIRD PS3, and my FIRST XBOX360. What the heck?
  • RhinoRhino TheRhinLOL Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I heard that "The Unforgiven" with Client Eastwood is just a fucking classic.

    but I can't confirm that personally, it's from a third party source.
    Third party source is usually reliable.

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  • NimaNima Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    The prince in Princess Mononoke.
    tough *and* moral.

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  • Mai-KeroMai-Kero Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Lucky Number Slevin has some pretty hardcore moments.

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  • Black IceBlack Ice Charlotte, NCRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Commando.

    ENOUGH SAID!

    And I saw "About A Boy" as suggested. I really don't recommend this movie for a number of reasons. In terms of this topic? I don't see how it fits. In terms of bad movies? Well, when I saw it when I was 11, I thought it was terrible.

    P.S. - If you ever get into video games with male role-models, look no further than Metal Gear Solid 3. Within the first two hours of play you will see great things.

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  • setrajonassetrajonas Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    This thread has not enough North by Northwest

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  • PirateJonPirateJon Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Dirty fuckin Harry you heathens.

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