# Male Movie Trilogy. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663 "2001-09-10T14:00:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/1 "2001-09-10T14:00:23Z")
My colleagues and I are discussing what the ultimate male movie trilogy should be. You know, the three movies that every male has to see before they would be accepted as being a “man”. This is not to say that any of the fairer sex wouldn’t like these movies, but all-in-all they’re “Guy Flicks”. So, I’ll start with the obvious and save my opinion for later. The obvious guy Trilogy according to my office is, in no particular order: Braveheart The Patriot Gladiator I don’t agree with tha list per se, and like I said, I’ll offer my opinion later. However, what’s yours? Ladies, feel free to add your input as well, I’d like to know your opinion too. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/2 "2001-09-10T14:01:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Simetra \* > **Braveheart > The Patriot > Gladiator** 0 for 3. I’ll never be a man, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/3 "2001-09-10T14:05:21Z")
Wizards. The Professional. Bringing up Baby. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/4 "2001-09-10T16:01:38Z")
This board is warping my mind. After looking at the title, I was so sure the thread was going to be about movies with names like “Hot Studs in Love.” My three: **The Longest Day (or any good WWII movie) The Godfather Die Hard** ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/5 "2001-09-10T16:15:00Z")
**Caddyshack** **Goldfinger** **The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly** ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/6 "2001-09-10T16:19:13Z")
Conan the Barbarian Gladiator Braveheart Man, what a day of movies THAT would be! ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/7 "2001-09-10T16:21:32Z")
I’m sure someone will suggest Fight Club. ---
**Author:** ![Lucifer12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b38774/32.png) [@Lucifer12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucifer12)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/8 "2001-09-10T16:29:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Legomancer \* > \*\*I’m sure someone will suggest Fight Club. \*\* Just ask yourself, “What would Tyler Durden do?” 😉 Yeah how bout: Fight Club The Wild Ones Rio Bravo ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/9 "2001-09-10T16:31:21Z")
Animal House Young Frankenstein The Quiet Man (hey, any Real Man list needs The Duke) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/10 "2001-09-10T16:40:23Z")
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Boys Don’t Cry Mildred Pierce ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/11 "2001-09-10T16:44:00Z")
**Otto** , the Movies Every Gay Man Must See is down the hall, first door to the left, m’kay? ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/12 "2001-09-10T16:46:44Z")
**Otto** , the Movies Every Gay Man Must See is down the hall, first door to the left, m’kay? Besides, the ideal Gay Male Movie Trilogy, excluding Falcon videos would be **Sunset Boulevard All About Eve Mommy Dearest **or** The Women** ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/13 "2001-09-10T17:24:53Z")
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (the ultimate in slacking) Fistful of Dollars (the ultimate tough antihero) M.A.S.H (the ultimate in, well, M.A.S.H.) ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/14 "2001-09-10T17:40:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lucifer12 \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Legomancer \* > > \*\*I’m sure someone will suggest Fight Club. \*\* > > Just ask yourself, “What would Tyler Durden do?” 😉 > > \*\* He’d probably annoy me, like he did in the movie. All I said was that I was sure someone would suggest it. ---
**Author:** ![Oblong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@Oblong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblong)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/15 "2001-09-10T18:09:06Z")
Porky’s Bachelor Party Strange Brew ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/16 "2001-09-10T18:13:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert > Boys Don’t Cry > Mildred Pierce \*\* \ There’s always one… 😉 ((Funny **Otto**.)) Okay, so during lunch I convinced them to add Predator to the official list. My list goes like this: Predator Alien"s" Saving Private Ryan ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/17 "2001-09-10T18:43:03Z")
Given that Howard Hawks was the ultimate man’s-man director, the films should be: \*\* Rio Bravo Only Angels Have Wings The Big Sleep \*\* ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/18 "2001-09-10T18:59:40Z")
I nominate: Animal House (gotta have boobs) Casablanca (gotta have Bogie) Terminator2 (gotta have Arnie) ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Alex\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_B)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/19 "2001-09-10T19:10:02Z")
Braveheart? A historical travesty fronted by an anti-abortion, anti-gun control, pro-capital punishment f\*ckwit? (Note to Moderators - feel free to move to Pit at any time.) Speaking as someone with XY chromosomal arrangement I would rather gnaw my own leg off than sit through a Mel Gibson ‘historial epic’. Jesus. The Patriot? Don’t make me laugh. Black slaves rising up to fight for their American masters? No thanks. British troops committing atrocities actually lifted from the Second World War? Not keen, thanks. Gladiator? Well…maybe. Clearly though, there’s already a ready made trilogy for men, and it features certain mystic warriors with lightsabers. Mmmm… Alex B ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663/20 "2001-09-10T19:28:39Z")
[ol][_]Once Were Warriors[]The Seven Samurai[_]Chasing Amy\*[/ol] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-movie-trilogy/80663.md?page=2)