In Tribute to Understated Badassery

[Prison Mike]

 

[Erzengel]

They don't make characters like this anymore. Now we have people who cry and are sensitive and tween stars from the CW.

Quint from Jaws.

 

[SuperFerret]

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

"one of the best fights in any superhero movie" award goes to The Incredible Hulk VS Abomination.

I would have liked it more if I hadn't seen the same fight in Iron Man a few months earlier. The hero fights a larger, evil version of himself throughout the city, using whatever they can grab as weapons.

 

[Maximum Carnage]

Agreed.

 

[Wolfwood]

I couldn't find decent videos of it, but two other favorites of mine come from the book "To Kill a Mockingbird." The first moment would be when Atticus defends Tom in the court, especially during his closing argument speech. The second would be when he sits outside Tom's jailhouse and waits for the lynch mob and faces them down.

 

[The IronMan]

Awesome beard man for taking apart a smart assed punk on a bus.

 

[Motown Marvel]

i think this thread is in desperate need of a proper definition of 'bad ass'.

 

[Wolfwood]

Well I think it's kind of hard to pinpoint since it's supposed to be subtle badassery.

 

[ComicChick]

it was nice to see the Mr. Rogers video

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Its still a great thread though. I like it.

How about a group of subtle badasses?

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[Mrs. Sawyer]

Now this one was amazing too, particularly the last 30 seconds.

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[david icke]

see, I'm going to have to disagree with you here. The first two Superman movies may be classics, but they're far from superior (as some people make them out to be) as they're extremely dated, especially the fighting in movies 2-4 which were just horribly done. That may have been the best they could come up with at the time, but I'm sorry, the fighting is just cheap, slow, and, well, just flat out horrible.

"one of the best fights in any superhero movie" award goes to The Incredible Hulk VS Abomination.

another fight sequence that tops the Superman movies, Smallville's fight between Clark and Titan or even Season 9's finale with Clark VS Zod which was far superior to the Clark/Zod fight in SM2.

here's another: Daredevil VS Bullseye and Kingpin (in the directors cut at least, not sure how the theatrical went down). Was easily more watchable than anything in the Superman films.

That Incredible Hulk /Abomination fight will date faster than that SMII one, the CGI is not even as good as the 2003 Hulk movie. even in terms of a 'fight', it ain't that great , it starts off well, until that helicopter gets involved, then it gets boring, just some chains swinging about, swinging from the copter, major letdown.
In fact, there was a review of TIH on aicn that said the Hulk/Ab smackdown was the best superhero city fight since Superman II, and so i was hyped for it...big letdown, the only part of the movie i don't like in fact.
Superman II has some cheesey sfx, but for the most part it is well done.
The footage they used for the Donner cut looks awful though, but the original Lester cut, most of it is just fine, and has some grand moments, like superman standing up on the bus as the city is in chaos around him, also, swinging Zod into the coke sign, classic.

and yeah, quint from Jaws...great actor and character.
There is a great character in a movie called 'Trust' who is an understated badass, played by Martin Donovan, my god, love that character and movie. V funny badass bit where he subtley backpunches a guy off a seat in a bar to get a seat.
He also carries a grenade about with him at all times , 'just in case'. He fears no-one, except his father, hilarious scene where his dad forces him to clean up the toilet. Check this movie out if you have not seen it, by Hal Hartley.

 

[Obi-Ron]

Now this one was amazing too, particularly the last 30 seconds.

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Is that deputy Hank Azaria?

 

[Maximum Carnage]

Is that deputy Hank Azaria?

Holy crap! It is!!!

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Understated badassery? Allow me to submit:

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^ Before you go all , all I can say is this is the girl I want to marry. No, not Carrie Underwood herself (well - okay I -would- like to marry Carrie Underwood, but that's another subject), but rather the girl she portrays in this song. I dunno, everytime I hear this song, I just think to myself "I need to meet this chick, because she's a badass"

Probably helps that she actually has a semblance of singing ability also.

And yes, the Carrie Underwood factor helps also. :heart:

 

[JackBauer]

The image itself is bordering on over the top.

But the words... My god, the words!

 

[cryptic name]

Now this one was amazing too, particularly the last 30 seconds.

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you know your ****'s in trouble when Uncle Phil's voice goes into Shredder territory

 

[SuperFerret]

i think this thread is in desperate need of a proper definition of 'bad ass'.

Well I think it's kind of hard to pinpoint since it's supposed to be subtle badassery.

Basically, but as long as you see it as badass, and it's not in-your-face, over-the-top, and/or forced, it can go here.

you know your ****'s in trouble when Uncle Phil's voice goes into Shredder territory

 

[ttotheusher]

I'd like to nominate the line "We'll handle this" by Qui Gon Jinn in Episode 1. Say what you will about the film, but the delievery of that line, mixed with the fight that follows it, is classic.

 

[TheZink]

I'd like to throw in Clint Eastwoods performance in Unforgiven.

This scene is one of my favorites from the movie. Just how he is cool and collected while the kid is loosing it

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I also love the scene aftewards

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Where the girl comes to bring them the money and tells Munney and the Kid that Ned was killed and placed outside the saloon. You can see the emotion on Munney's face but he doesn't scream or shout. He simply takes the bottle of liquor from the kid and starts downing it. The first time he's had a drink in years and he downs it like a champ. You know sh** has hit the fan

 

[Kane52630]

you cant deny his badassery

 

[Metamorpho1977]

Bob Ross, always an inspiration. You can watch and enjoy his show just as well sober as you can high as a kite.

This guy's badass too...

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[PyroChamber]

Now this one was amazing too, particularly the last 30 seconds.

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How about a badass/pwned moment?

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[the_ultimate_evil]

what happens when you take two things that are pure badass and merge them, you get this

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