View Poll Results: Favorite Patrick Swayze Movie?
Steel Dawn (1987)




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Next of Kin (1989)




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Tall Tale (1995)




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Three Wishes (1995)




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Waking Up in Reno (2002)




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Powder Blue (2009)




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Favorite Patrick Swayze Movie?
#76
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Favorite Patrick Swayze Movie?


#77
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Favorite Patrick Swayze Movie?
you have encouraged me to conduct yet another examination of this modern American classic
ah ha! yes it is that fine attention to detail that makes Dalton the best cooler in the business. truly he is the master of the badass head nod signal to other bouncers.
however it becomes redundant because he then utters in his best Dalton voice "Escort this gentleman to the door" while holding up the incapacitated patron. cue excited whispers of "That's Dalton!" and "Did you see that shit?"
more badass in a five-second sequence than most people have in their entire day!
ah ha! yes it is that fine attention to detail that makes Dalton the best cooler in the business. truly he is the master of the badass head nod signal to other bouncers.
however it becomes redundant because he then utters in his best Dalton voice "Escort this gentleman to the door" while holding up the incapacitated patron. cue excited whispers of "That's Dalton!" and "Did you see that shit?"
more badass in a five-second sequence than most people have in their entire day!

well i did not mean they kept ALL their clothes on literally. of course Dalton would not engage in mere dry humping. a man of action such as him must have penetration!
i just find it amusing their humping commences with the absolute minimum of clothing removal necessary for sex to occur. it is like 10 seconds of meaningful staring and then groin connection. foreplay? what's that? just pin her against the wall and go
i just find it amusing their humping commences with the absolute minimum of clothing removal necessary for sex to occur. it is like 10 seconds of meaningful staring and then groin connection. foreplay? what's that? just pin her against the wall and go
while i agree with you about the re-watchability, i must disagree with you that it is a great vengeance movie. the actual vengeance is far too unsatisfying. lest we forget, Dalton himself refuses to kill Brad Wesley. we never find out who actually put the knife in Garrett, and whether vengeance was visited upon them. the fat thug does not even die!
I actually like that Dalton ultimately renounces violence and refuses to kill Wesley, deferring instead to the townsfolk who have suffered at his hands. He wants out of the tough-guy business so he can have a future with the doc, who was disgusted with the previous night's display of savagery (the undisciplined throat-ripping) from her suitor.
I think the finale, as well as the movie's premise (minus the bouncer-in-a-bar part), were inspired by the real-life case of town bully Ken McElroy, who terrorized a Missouri town for years before being shot in his pickup in 1981 by still-unknown persons (dozens of bystanders claimed to have seen nothing).
if i want vengeance & ass-kicking, there is far more to be found in the likes of classic martial arts films. the entire Shogun Assassin series operates under a simple rule: those who cross Ogami Itto must die. no posturing! no moral hesitation! by the end of the movie, all his enemies will be killed by his blade. now that's vengeance
no, i watch Road House for the macho cheese, which is abundant. it's a MAN's cheese
#79
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Re: Favorite Patrick Swayze Movie?
I think most of his movies suck, but after hearing the news of his death, all I could think about was watching Road House. I love that fucking movie... awesome action scenes, great one-liners, plenty of tits, a monster truck, guns, knives, explosions... it's the perfect guilty pleasure movie and THE best fight movie ever, IMO.
No man alive has ever kicked so much ass while rocking a mullet.
No man alive has ever kicked so much ass while rocking a mullet.
Last edited by Living Dead; 09-20-09 at 06:49 PM.