Post: #1

Most movies coming out these days seem to be feminist junk. I'm not sure if this is a natural product of the times or a concerted effort by Hollywood to change the culture, but either way I don't really enjoy watching a lot of this crap no matter how many CGI special effects are shoehorned into it. The new ghostbusters is probably the worst example of this but even regular movies are showing a feminist influence.

Let's make a list of movies (doesn't matter if they're old) that include either strong male leads or male characters that have game.

I'll start us off:

- Rambo: First Blood (1984)
- The Godfather (1972)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
- Gladiator (2000)
- Rocky IV (1985)
- Dirty Harry (1971)

Post: #2

Rhett Butler (Gone With the Wind)

Johnny Depp (playing Whitey Bulger in Dark Mass)

Eddie Murphy Raw

Post: #3

- Clive Owen in Croupier even though the selection of trim in his proximity is sub-par (they are british...), his manner is alpha/sigma




- Tyler Durden in Fight Club
Just watch his body language in this scene. Doesn't say a damn thing. Doesn't give a fuck in the world, either:




- Doctor Zhivago




- Last Tango in Paris




- The Transporter

Post: #4

- Ronin




- Whiplash

Post: #5

The Right Stuff

Post: #6

- The Great Escape
- Predator. There's a reason they keep trying to remake it and failing.
- Conan the Barbarian. (No, not all Arnie movies are like this. The Terminator features Kyle Reese who has a terminal case of one-itis.)

God save us from people who mean well. -storm

Post: #7

Scent of a Woman - Al Pacino.
Gran Torino - Clint Eastwood.

Post: #8

(03-17-2017 03:00 AM)Paracelsus Wrote:  - Conan the Barbarian.

Probably my favorite. He even gets his beta partner to cry for him when his woman dies.

Post: #9

From Paris with Love

The title sounds as a romantic love story but it is actually a red pill action movie with a neat "misogynistic" and "Islamophobic" twist. John Travolta plays a red pill alpha American who tutors a more beta French guy, who undergoes transformation to a more alpha personality trough lessons that involves learning that women cannot be trusted and Islam is evil.

This movie should be much more popular should be a classic it's really good, but I suppose it's popularity was downplayed due to it's red pill message.


My favorite alpha in cinema of all times is Riddick from a movie trilogy of three films: 1.Pitch Black, 2.Chronicles of Riddick, 3.Riddick. I like the universe of these movies as good as Star Wars.

Also cosign on the already mentioned Conan the Barbarian, Predator , Godfather 1&2 (3rd part is shit), Gladiator and Dirty harry.

Post: #10

Cosign on Ronin.

Post: #11

(03-17-2017 03:00 AM)Paracelsus Wrote:  - The Great Escape
- Predator. There's a reason they keep trying to remake it and failing.
- Conan the Barbarian.

All 3 excellent films

Conan The Barbarian one of the most underrated movies ever. It's themes about revenge, obsession and drive are nothing short of inspiring. The musical scoring by Basil Poledouris nothing short of phenomenal

Post: #12

Scarface
Drive
Training Day (Ethan hawke was technically the lead, but im talking about Denzels character)
American Gangster
American Psycho
Tombstone (surprisingly deep western that touches on brotherhood, loyalty,moralty and justice.)

Post: #13

(03-17-2017 10:19 AM)azulsombra Wrote:  Scarface

Of course sooner or later someone is going to mention Scarface - the most beta Alpha impostor in the history of cinema.

Despite this guy being horrible with women, having oneitis for a slut and being pedestiealaizing his sister to incestuously absurd levels, killing his best friend in a rush of emotions and being a worthless junkie and all his success coming just from him being in right place in right time he is still regarded as something special. Most overrated character ever.

I also don't see anything particularly alpha about American Psycho considering most of that movie happened in his head.

Post: #14

(03-17-2017 10:32 AM)Mage Wrote:  

(03-17-2017 10:19 AM)azulsombra Wrote:  Scarface

Of course sooner or later someone is going to mention Scarface - the most beta Alpha impostor in the history of cinema.

Despite this guy being horrible with women, having oneitis for a slut and being pedestiealaizing his sister to incestuously absurd levels, killing his best friend in a rush of emotions and being a worthless junkie and all his success coming just from him being in right place in right time he is still regarded as something special. Most overrated character ever.

Touchè.

He was a fake alpha and far too impulsive. All balls, and little brain. A real alpha would have booted Michelle Pfiffer or at least had a stable of side chicks. He was ambitious as hell and ruthless though and largely successful until his "code" got in the way at the end.

Post: #15

(03-17-2017 10:19 AM)azulsombra Wrote:  Scarface
Drive
Training Day (Ethan hawke was technically the lead, but im talking about Denzels character)
American Gangster
American Psycho
Tombstone (surprisingly deep western that touches on brotherhood, loyalty,moralty and justice.)

American Psycho is a good movie, in the sense it has solid acting and a plot that can be debated ad nauseam. Even if you accept the premise that he actually murdered people, and it wasn't all just a hallucinated fantasy, there is still the fact he displays very feminine traits. His sole motivation for having a job and girlfriend is to "fit in" with his shallow coke sniffing pals. His game is limited to buying multiple hookers. He panics if he can't get a good seat, a reservation or if his apartment is overshadowed by a co-worker's. He nearly passes out because his business card is not the best.

I don't know, I just have trouble holding it up as a red pill movie. Unless our definition is simply that the movie not be blatantly corrupted by feminist drivel. In my experience the biggest fans of American Psycho are the guys who claim to be dark triads and self diagnosed with assburgers or some shit.

Post: #16

Jean-Paul Belmondo have an over the top/ bigger than life style of acting that I like.

The Professional (1981 film) is one of his good movie.

Cobra of "Cobra Space Adventure" was inspired by Belmondo.

Post: #17

The Sean Connery James Bond films are excellent for this kind of thing. Roger Moore not so much, Pierce Brosnan is okay, Daniel Craig avoid at all costs.

Post: #18

The Italian movie Il Sorpasso (1962) is the encounter between a shy young man and a brash older guy.

Post: #19

Predator:



Charles Bronson in Once Upon a Time in the West:

http://imgur.com/gallery/wGVKleB

Often for the best characters you need to go back 30 years to get them.

Post: #20

13 Assassins.

All 13.

Post: #21

^ 2011 movie or original? I like original.

Post: #22

2011. I have not seen the original but I'll need to check it out (I didn't even realize it was a remake).

Anyway I watched it for the first time last night (I'm usually late to the party) so it's fresh in my mind.

Post: #23

They are both pretty good. I like that characters despite their "job" still are honorable warriors with that hold loyalty and future of their country above their lives. Not something people easily do. That is what in my opinion, makes them alphas.

Post: #24

When I was younger I used to watch the 2007 Beowulf everyday after school... Something about his machismo and raw strength and also his weakness for women resonated in me. And how he eventually tragically redeemed himself. I preferred watching the 1rst half. The second is sort of a tragedy, watching an old man with a dull flame and a dull body give it one last go.

His youth and vigor were so inspiring to me at the time at the time.

Post: #25

I have yet to see a Clint Eastwood movie where he is not alpha as fuck, but curiously the character of his that I see having less success with women is Dirty Harry. His roles as The man with no name (from the dollars trilogy), in The Beguiled, Gran Torino, Outlaw Josey Wales, Unforgiven, and above all the aforementioned it is in High Plains Drifter that for me he makes the alpha of alphas.





Other great examples:

- The aforementioned Sean Connery in 007, or even in most of his roles.
- Roger Moore as "The Saint" (tv show)
- John Wayne (enough said)
- Charlton Heston (enough said)
- Jean Paul Belmondo, already mentioned, and he knew how to throw some punches

And this...