100 films that are just better when watched with your shirt off

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100. Repo Man

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 21:49 (twenty-two years ago)

99. Braveheart

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 21:49 (twenty-two years ago)

98. Point Break

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 21:49 (twenty-two years ago)

97. Apocalypse Now

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

96. Beau Travail (?)

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

95. An American Tail

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

94. Endless Summer

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

you need to start smoking the cheeba-cheeba pronto, adam

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

93. Dogtown and Z-Boys

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

92. Experiment In Terror

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:06 (twenty-two years ago)

my god, the american tail? i couldn't agree more.

92. Uncle Buck

― Towelette Pettatucci (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:06 (twenty-two years ago)

90. Barely Legal #47

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:08 (twenty-two years ago)

89: Top Gun

― rainy (rainy), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I've never done this, of course. that would be ridiculous.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

88. How to put on your new playtex training bra

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

of course not, because british men shrivel up a la the wicked witch if they take their shirt off.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Well it’s a god-given fact (that
You can’t go back)
It’s a god-given law that
You’re gonna lose your maw
It’s a god-given fact you gotta
Buy’em by the sack
It’s a god-given law that
You’re gonna get small
May be just another rap but
You’re running out of sap
Well you better take the rap
Dying under daddy’s cap
It’s at the top of the list
That you can’t get pissed
It’s rule #1 living right isn’t fun
Time-tested and true you
Gotta pooty poo-poo

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

!!!
I just watched Repo Man in my underwear yesterday!

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:32 (twenty-two years ago)

87. Road House

― Chris Marx, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:36 (twenty-two years ago)

86. The Last Boyscout

― jones (actual), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:37 (twenty-two years ago)

85. Trekkies

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:47 (twenty-two years ago)

84. UHF

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:48 (twenty-two years ago)

83. Battleship Potemkin

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:48 (twenty-two years ago)

82. any one starring Robby Benson

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:49 (twenty-two years ago)

81. Turk 182

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:49 (twenty-two years ago)

80. Where Eagles Dare

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:53 (twenty-two years ago)

79. Alive

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

78. A Fistful of Dynamite / Duck You Sucker!

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

77. Spartacus

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:55 (twenty-two years ago)

76. bad news bears
gotta have closepins on your nips though.

― brock (brock), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:56 (twenty-two years ago)

76. Guns of Navarrone

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:56 (twenty-two years ago)

75. The Muppets Take Manhattan

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:56 (twenty-two years ago)

73. ZULU, also you need to be drunk

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Re: Victor Mature

Applying for membership in the swank Los Angeles Country Club at the heighth of his fame, Mature was turned down and told that the golfing facility did not accept actors as members. His response: "I'm not an actor - and I've got 67 films to prove it!"

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:57 (twenty-two years ago)

74. Untouchabulls: The 1992 Chicago Bulls Championship Video Extravaganza

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:57 (twenty-two years ago)

nice one

― jones (actual), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:59 (twenty-two years ago)

i just tried taking my shirt off to see if this hockey game would be less boring, but no.

― jones (actual), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 23:01 (twenty-two years ago)

i skipped 74 cuz we got two 76.

71: robin hood: prince of thieves

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 23:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Did you wave the shirt around in the air after removing it? Cause that's more crucial than the actual removal.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 23:05 (twenty-two years ago)

ok i'm trying that now

aw yeah

― jones (actual), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 23:08 (twenty-two years ago)

70. Race With The Devil

― jones (actual), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 23:08 (twenty-two years ago)

69. Mary Poppins

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 23:09 (twenty-two years ago)

― rainy (rainy), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 23:11 (twenty-two years ago)

1. Bio-Dome

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 23:23 (twenty-two years ago)

You people are all getting unnecessary sweat on your furniture.

― Kim (Kim), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 23:33 (twenty-two years ago)

68. Super Troopers

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll be the judge of what sweat is and isn't necessary, thankyouverymuch.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:06 (twenty-two years ago)

That's fine. I just question your judgement.

― Kim (Kim), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:07 (twenty-two years ago)

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:09 (twenty-two years ago)

67. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 00:27 (twenty-two years ago)

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19. Ewoks

― Laura E (laurae55), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Is that a movie?

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes!

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Maybe your pants should be off for that one, too, Ewok-style.

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:39 (twenty-two years ago)

18. Caddyshack

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:42 (twenty-two years ago)

17. The English Patient

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:44 (twenty-two years ago)

16. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:45 (twenty-two years ago)

15. Better Off Dead

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:47 (twenty-two years ago)

14. Care Bears: The Movie

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:48 (twenty-two years ago)

13. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:50 (twenty-two years ago)

12. RED DAWN
xpost virginia woolf thats fucked up.

― brock (brock), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:51 (twenty-two years ago)

but you had no problem with care bears?

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:53 (twenty-two years ago)

11. Empire of the Sun

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:53 (twenty-two years ago)

10. The Long Hot Summer

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:53 (twenty-two years ago)

9. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:54 (twenty-two years ago)

that should be #1

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:56 (twenty-two years ago)

nah, #1 is reserved for Pokemon: The Movie

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:56 (twenty-two years ago)

8. American Movie

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:58 (twenty-two years ago)

7. The Age of the Innocence

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:58 (twenty-two years ago)

6. Birth of a Nation

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 03:03 (twenty-two years ago)

5. M

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 03:04 (twenty-two years ago)

4. Gone With the Wind

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 03:05 (twenty-two years ago)

3. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 03:05 (twenty-two years ago)

2. Citizen Kane

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 03:06 (twenty-two years ago)

1. The Decalogue

(alternately, Pokemon: The Movie, which is based on The Decalogue)

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 03:07 (twenty-two years ago)

0. Brideshead Revisited

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 04:13 (twenty-two years ago)

0 1/2. Some Kind of Monster (additional mullets are optional)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 12:17 (twenty-two years ago)

eight months pass...

(alternately, Pokemon: The Movie, which is based on The Decalogue)

WHAT?!

-1. Happiness

― Ian Riese-Moraine's all but an ark-lark! (Eastern Mantra), Friday, 3 June 2005 21:04 (twenty-one years ago)

-2. The Little Prince

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 3 June 2005 21:09 (twenty-one years ago)

-3. Excalibur

― g e o f f (gcannon), Friday, 3 June 2005 21:12 (twenty-one years ago)

-4. Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl

― Ian Riese-Moraine's all but an ark-lark! (Eastern Mantra), Friday, 3 June 2005 21:21 (twenty-one years ago)

-5. Spanking the Monkey

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 3 June 2005 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)

-6. never tried, but there's no way Lebowski isnt better with your shirt off.

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 3 June 2005 23:56 (twenty-one years ago)

-7. Convoy

― Rotgutt (Rotgutt), Saturday, 4 June 2005 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

-8 Leonard Nimoy's chest waxing for beginners.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Saturday, 4 June 2005 10:13 (twenty-one years ago)

excellent topic

― charltonlido (gareth), Saturday, 4 June 2005 10:47 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

what about if you tied a piece of black cloth around one bicep?

― terry lennox. (gareth), Thursday, 8 September 2005 12:52 (twenty-one years ago)

four months pass...

5 out of 5 stars Play it with your shirt off., July 9, 2005

Reviewer: B. Convery (US) - See all my reviews

That's what I've started doing. It's a game that drips testosterone from marble columns of Athens to (but not quenching) the infernals of Hades. There's not much happy in Krato's Ancient Greece. Well, strike that. Maybe Aries is happy because he's ripping Athens to shreds. Fires, thunderstorms, Aries' steel clanging, while the helpless humans fire arrows at the God of War unleashed. Pah! Human Arrows. It's like trying to put out Hades' flames by blowing bubbles.
There is so much amazing about God of War. First, I'll talk about thought. There's folly about. That's the theme of Greek Mythology, ALWAYS. Folly between the gods and "their human playthings". However, Greek gods are flawed just like the human pawns. For the gods of Olympus err clumbsiness then clean-up their mistakes after. What folly! God of War WORKS as Greek Mythology. I love the concept of "destroying a god" through Pandora's Box. Opening Pandora's Box, the colloquialism, is to unleash a maelstrom of unpredictable chaotic events. Is that what happens when a god is killed? Absolutely. This is what I mean regarding thought. There are philosphical gems that glisten in Ancient Greece.
Second, the gameplay and controls are extremely tight. You'll use every button on the contoller when battling. You'll use every move. Rolling/evasion, blocking, comboes that can rise to triple digit numbers (my highest is 124) are necessary to avoid becoming burger to Aries' black-hearted baddies. This said, tight controls are necessary, work perfect, creating some ridiculously fast paced/intense action.
Third, is balance. Now some friends say I smoke too much over drinking, but I understand balance is required. God of War balances action and puzzle solving, and not once do the scales dip to one side. Sure, the game gets difficult and frustrating the further you take Kratos, but never is there too much fighting, too much puzzle-solving, or too much drinking. Wah? The balance is great.
Did I mention level design? No? It's brilliant. Sometimes it reminds me of Prince of Persia:SOT and sometimes Tomb Raider. Environments are very fluid, from the details of statues and Greek architecture, to Kratos' ugly reflection on a highly polished floor? I'd hate to be the sap who keeps those Greek floors so spickitty span clean. I wonder what that dude makes an hour. Benefits are worth it, especially if you get to glimpse the Oracle of Athens in her sheer top. Huh? Great level design.
To add one more edge on Kratos already sharp blades, God of War has a wonderful soundtrack. The music is ambiant sometimes, orchestral at others. Should I say it again? Ok. Balanced soundtrack.
I'll wrap it up. My wife came down when I was playing and she said, "Honey, why do you have your shirt off?" I looked at her. My eyes were bloodshot but not from God of War. I replied, "Kratos doesn't wear a shirt. If he doesn't, I don't."

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― adamrl (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 22:58 (twenty years ago)

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― Kratos doesn't wear a shirt. If he doesn't, I don't. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 23:03 (twenty years ago)

9. Yojimbo.

Any samurai movie really ought to inspire you to remove your shirt after a few moments.

― Evanston Wade (EWW), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 00:03 (twenty years ago)

10. zardoz

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 00:09 (twenty years ago)

-11. Debbie does dallas

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 00:21 (twenty years ago)

12. Stir Crazy

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 00:25 (twenty years ago)

I was about to say Aliens but then I thought why on earth am I really thinking about this question seriously?

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 09:33 (twenty years ago)

adam, you never answered the black cloth around bicep question.

also, the end of a tiny rolled up cigarette, smoked with a grimace

― terry lennox. (gareth), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 09:34 (twenty years ago)

i just read through the whole thread to make sure nobody had chosen the film i wanted to nominate.

but they had!

18. Caddyshack

daaaamn yoooooou.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 10:10 (twenty years ago)

four years pass...

300 surely the essence of this, no?

― is breads of india still tite (admrl), Sunday, 18 July 2010 20:01 (sixteen years ago)

that's a film best acted in with your shirt off.

― Jarlrmai, Sunday, 18 July 2010 21:43 (sixteen years ago)

four months pass...

HAMM AFFLECK RENNER THE TOWN

― Tilda Swinton Wreck Up A Dread Dub (admrl), Saturday, 11 December 2010 16:49 (fifteen years ago)

Pix or it didn't happen.

― Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 11 December 2010 16:52 (fifteen years ago)

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