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Most satisfying revenge movie

Started by walkerp, January 11, 2008, 05:19:25 PM

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#30
January 14, 2008, 12:41:32 PM
The Limey

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#31
January 14, 2008, 01:31:16 PM
Quote from: joewolzBut seriously folks, probably The Count of Monte Cristo, which is also my favorite revenge novel.
Ooh, yeah!  'Cause he doesn't just whack ass, he also ends up having the best revenge -- living well.

And a nice house.
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#32
January 14, 2008, 05:58:48 PM
Uwe Boll's entire career has been a drawn out revenge parable against good taste.
 

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#33
January 14, 2008, 08:48:50 PM
Quote from: walkerpSo what about straight-up Yeeehaw Fuck yeah! revenge endings where the nasty, cruel bad guy gets terminated in a totally satisfying way?

Not a revenge movie, but one of the best revenge sequences that I've ever seen in a movie occurs near the middle of the mediocre movie The Peacemaker.  
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The George Clooney character has just gotten through meeting with a nice friend of his who winds up being murdered by the bad guys in front of him.  The sequence starts out with his character looking like he's trying to escape as he rams his car into the bad guys but I soon realized, as he purposely drives over the crushed in top of one of the bad guy cars, "He's not trying to escape.  He's trying to kill them all!"
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#34
January 15, 2008, 12:19:00 AM
WELL!  I WAS going to state a few movies that are particular good revenge movies, covering most aspects of revenge....

However, David R.  Took most of them!

So, I'll vote fora movie about the sea taking its revenge on the land of planet Earth!

WATCH JAWS BACKWARDS!

Then, it becomes the story of a shark that spits up so many people that they clutter the beach....

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#35
January 27, 2008, 03:24:20 AM
Just saw Apocalypto and have to add it to this list.  I approached with a skeptical eye, but was very glad to find myself sucked into an exciting action-adventure flick with an extended chase scene and a very satisfying revenge plot.
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January 27, 2008, 06:31:18 AM
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#37
January 27, 2008, 07:00:47 AM
"My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die"


yeah, so Inigo's story is only part of The Princess Bride but it's pyar belter!

Consonant Dude

#38
January 28, 2008, 03:37:10 PM
So many awesome choices already listed.

Here's one I didn't see so far: Man On Fire. Most of the last half is revenge porn.
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walkerp

#39
January 28, 2008, 06:31:29 PM
Gotta put First Blood on the list.  Just saw that last night and boy was it entertaining.  It kind of morphs politically from far left libertarian to far right libertarian about halfway through the movie.  I love it when he knocks the guy off the elevator!
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#40
January 29, 2008, 12:47:04 PM
Quote from: walkerpGotta put First Blood on the list.  Just saw that last night and boy was it entertaining.  It kind of morphs politically from far left libertarian to far right libertarian about halfway through the movie.  I love it when he knocks the guy off the elevator!

That is extremely, extremely weird.

I just saw the movie last night too.

And remarked to my friends that there was a sort of political shift from left to right (except I saw it near the end).
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#41
January 29, 2008, 01:08:50 PM
Get Carter

The Limey

Mad Max

All classic revenge movies.
 

walkerp

#42
January 29, 2008, 05:18:36 PM
Quote from: Consonant DudeAnd remarked to my friends that there was a sort of political shift from left to right (except I saw it near the end).

Oh cool, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this.  I'm not exactly sure where the shift happens.  At first, he's one lone drifter against the man.  The sheriff warns him about his long hair (although also about his flag at the same time, which I found confusing).  The sherrif and his men are shown as petty fascist against the just want to be free and comfortable-in-nature Rambo.

But then after he kicks their asses the first time, Colonel Trautmann shows up.  Is he supposed to be a good guy?  Big military looking benevolently down upon the flawed small-town constabulary?  And then at the end, Sly does his "baby-killer" monologue and is then led away into the seemingly benevolent hands of Ft. Bragg military brass.

I know this is pushing things, but you could see Rambo as the transition from the Carter 70s to the Reagan 80s.  And that was sealed in the sequel (which I have yet to see).
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January 29, 2008, 08:33:16 PM
Quote from: walkerpOh cool, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this.  I'm not exactly sure where the shift happens.  At first, he's one lone drifter against the man.  The sheriff warns him about his long hair (although also about his flag at the same time, which I found confusing).  The sherrif and his men are shown as petty fascist against the just want to be free and comfortable-in-nature Rambo.

Yup. The big bad conservative small town.

Quote from: walkerpBut then after he kicks their asses the first time, Colonel Trautmann shows up.  Is he supposed to be a good guy?  Big military looking benevolently down upon the flawed small-town constabulary?  And then at the end, Sly does his "baby-killer" monologue and is then led away into the seemingly benevolent hands of Ft. Bragg military brass.

I think that's part of the (involuntary) genius of the movie. Or at least why it defined a genre, sort of. Things get ambivalent there. On second thoughts, could the colonel be a "righter than right" figure? Telling all these law-abiding meanies that they aren't disciplined enough and "special" enough to get Rambo?

Is he some sort of "cool army guy" that doesn't fit the norm of the standard cliche officer and "understands" Rambo's free spirit nature?

In my viewing, only Rambo's final monologue struck me as a subtext shift. BUt now that you mention it, there might be more to it than that.  

I think it's kinda cool that a popcorn action movie can have that sort of impact.

From what I have heard, the book the movie was based on was a lot different. I wonder if it has a different political subtext?

Quote from: walkerpI know this is pushing things, but you could see Rambo as the transition from the Carter 70s to the Reagan 80s.  And that was sealed in the sequel (which I have yet to see).

I'm unfortunately not too familiar with history and politics. It's something that has fascinated me lately but I don't even know where to start. Frankly, I'm not totally sure what a libertarian is :(

So you haven't seen the two 80s sequels? You aren't missing much, IMHO. But the latest that's just coming out seems enough over the top for me to go see it in theater with a bunch of guys as comedy.

The part II and III are definitly on the right side of the spectrum from what I recall. But what I didn't like is that they are just weaker movies with a weaker cast of characters and more standard plots.
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