# I recently saw the best movie ever! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929 "2010-06-04T14:50:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/21 "2010-06-04T15:55:26Z")
In addition to Point Break, I also recommend Next of Kin and Red Dawn. [Or you can wait until the release of what I imagine will be the greatest action movie ever made.](http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808411960/trailer) ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/22 "2010-06-04T15:57:46Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Jack Nicholson was in Starship Troopers?! Jack Nicholson’s amazing twin was. Michael Ironside. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/23 "2010-06-04T16:12:05Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Sorry, but _Starship Troopers_ was as good as it gets. Man - tough call. I readily acknowledge that ST has aliens, spaceships, and laser weapons, but I think RH has more/better fistfights, better tunes, and just those WONDERFUL 80s big hair, silky shirts and all. Also, I get the sense ST was intentionally done as a tounge-in-cheek spoof, whereas RH gives the laughable impression that it was tryiing to be sincere. Finally, ST - while a great flick, suffers because it was such a poor rendition of an awesome novel. RH’s camp stands on its own. Probably the best thing would be to add aliens to RH… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/24 "2010-06-04T16:39:31Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Man - tough call. I readily acknowledge that ST has aliens, spaceships, and laser weapons, but I think RH has more/better fistfights, better tunes, and just those WONDERFUL 80s big hair, silky shirts and all. Also, I get the sense ST was intentionally done as a tounge-in-cheek spoof, whereas RH gives the laughable impression that it was tryiing to be sincere. Finally, ST - while a great flick, suffers because it was such a poor rendition of an awesome novel. RH’s camp stands on its own. > > Probably the best thing would be to add aliens to RH… 😛 But the ST book was written by RH…😕 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/25 "2010-06-04T16:46:04Z")
It would be so deliciously close to RHPS! (Rocky Horror Picture Starhip Troopers?) ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/26 "2010-06-04T16:51:04Z")
Night of the Comet;) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/27 "2010-06-04T16:55:33Z")
“It’s the kind of place where they sweep up the eyeballs after closing time.” If you liked Roadhouse, be sure you check out the [Patrick Swayze Christmas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZyJCV_dyug) ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/28 "2010-06-04T17:02:16Z")
Road House features an acting tour de force from John Doe, clearly the coolest man alive. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/29 "2010-06-04T17:56:20Z")
Road House was great, but Point Break was awful. Dirty Dancing was good but it’s a chick flick so it won’t have the action. Seconding Red Dawn too. And heck, why not Outsiders while you’re at it? ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/30 "2010-06-04T18:33:49Z")
mmmmm… Sam Eliott \ ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/31 "2010-06-04T18:43:42Z")
Best Patrick Swayze line ever: “You ain’t seen trouble - but it’s a’comin’.” **Next of Kin** , I believe was the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/32 "2010-06-04T18:45:20Z")
Definitely check out the Rifftrax for this - it’s completely hilarious. Paraphrasing from memory: > [@](#): > > Barmaid: I can get you anything you need. > Mike-as-Swayze: Tire chains? Industrial diamonds? ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/33 "2010-06-04T19:27:19Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > [Or you can wait until the release of what I imagine will be the greatest action movie ever made.](http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808411960/trailer) Ummm…wow. Just…wow. Is there an action star NOT in that movie? That’s either going to be an action tour de force, or it’s going to suck more than Ishtar. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/34 "2010-06-04T20:03:52Z")
How could Ahnuld be in that? I thought he wasn’t doing any movies, even cameos, until he left office. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/35 "2010-06-04T20:06:04Z")
**The Remains of the Day**? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/36 "2010-06-04T23:26:48Z")
> [@](#): > > This movie had EVERYTHING you could possibly want in fine film entertainment. That is presuming what you want is sex, M&F nudity (which is never gratuitous), great tunes, fights, martial arts, shootings, explosions, car crashes, evil villians, tons of quotable lines, and even a monster truck. And Ben Gazzara. Every movie is better if it has Ben Gazzara. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/37 "2010-06-05T01:15:01Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Sorry, but _Starship Troopers_ was as good as it gets. Would you like to know more? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/38 "2010-06-05T01:23:16Z")
> [@Shark\_Sandwich](#): > > That’s either going to be an action tour de force, or it’s going to suck more than Ishtar. You know, it may have failed at the Box Office, but _Ishtar_ doesn’t actually suck. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/39 "2010-06-05T01:57:22Z")
> [@Shark\_Sandwich](#): > > Ummm…wow. Just…wow. Is there an action star NOT in that movie? It’s missing Van Damme, Wesley Snipes, and Steven Segal. If they were included, though, the very film the movie was shot on may have exploded. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929/40 "2010-06-05T02:14:49Z")
Never seen Road House, but from the (all of a whopping FOUR) entries at Celebrity Movie Archive it doesn’t seem all that noteworthy or impressive in the nudity department. Using Spoiler Tag for NSFW link (that’s what we had agreed upon, right?). No graphic images at this direct link, but some would consider Celebrity Movie Archive to be a NSFW site regardless. [Road House at Celebrity Movie Archive](http://www.celebritymoviearchive.com/tour/source.php/895) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-recently-saw-the-best-movie-ever/541929.md?page=3)