What is Arnold Schwarzenegger's best film?

[Ceremony]

I'm watching Predator and thought of asking this. I've not included the obvious joke options, so if you wanted to vote for the one where he gets pregnant or a Terminator from this century then go and have a think about what that says about you.

I got the year for Red Heat wrong, obviously.

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[I am not exposed]

Total Recall is my favourite. But there are several worthy options imo

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Voted for Total Recall, and I think that's my final answer. Maggie, The Terminator, and Last Action Hero were my contenders.

 

[weaponomega]

Recently watched Kindergarten Cop. It holds up really well

 

[MakeTheGoalsLarger]

Voted other (Last action Hero) . Cannot change my vote but I would actally pick Total Recall.

Total Recall
Last Action Hero
Twins ( yet another unavailable pick !!!!)

 

[Neutrinos]

I'm watching Predator and thought of asking this. I've not included the obvious joke options, so if you wanted to vote for the one where he gets pregnant or a Terminator from this century then go and have a think about what that says about you.

I got the year for Red Heat wrong, obviously.

I've never seen Jingle All The Way, but it holds a 20% (46 reviews) on Rotten Tomatoes

Terminator 3 holds a 70% (216 reviews)

Jingle All The Way made 129.8 million at the box office

Terminator 3 reached 433.4 million

Have a think about what that says about you that you included a Christmas comedy co-starring Sinbad among the options instead of Terminator 3...

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

Voted Terminator 2 but Total Recall followed by Predator are right up there with it.

 

[Unholy Diver]

The Running Man gets my vote, Richard Dawson was such a great asshole

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Total Recall for me

Blends Scifi/Action/Comedy so perfectly

Still to this day if I see it on TV I will turn it on

 

[End of Line]

Total Recall. Followed by T2 and The Running Man. Would’ve put Running Man first but his dialogue in the chopper scenes are bad lol.

 

[Hierso]

Total Recall > Terminator > Predator > Terminator 2.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

The best movie that Arnold is in is Total Recall, followed close by T2 and The Terminator.

But the best Arnold Schwarzenegger movie is Predator followed close by Commando.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

T2 quite easily.

But he has a lot of gems.

 

[bobbythebrain]

Predator, T2, Total Recall and Twins are a package deal

Pumping Iron is also iconic

 

[Guardian17]

 

[x Tame Impala]

Terminator 2 is the best movie-movie on the list. True Lies is my favorite “Arnold” movie, where there’s a ton of hokey action and dialogue that rounds off into a really fun time.

Also, who the hell doesn’t like Jingle All the Way??? Classic family Christmas comedy.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Herculeas in new York or pumping iron followed by last action hero

 

[EpochLink]

T2 was my favourite Arnie movie but he's had tons of great ones.
Eraser is one of my personal favs, he was great in that one.

 

[Ceremony]

Terminator 2 is the best movie-movie on the list. True Lies is my favorite “Arnold” movie, where there’s a ton of hokey action and dialogue that rounds off into a really fun time.

Also, who the hell doesn’t like Jingle All the Way??? Classic family Christmas comedy.

Jingle All the Way is terrible but it has Phil Hartman in it and the line "it wasn't me, the pavement was his enemy" so I wanted to include something different.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Honestly Twins should have been listed over Jingle All the Way rather easily

Twins is good, JATW sucks

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

I'm watching Predator and thought of asking this. I've not included the obvious joke options, so if you wanted to vote for the one where he gets pregnant or a Terminator from this century then go and have a think about what that says about you.

I got the year for Red Heat wrong, obviously.

I think you'll have to do threads for the other action stars now....

 

[K Fleur]

Put that cookie down!! NOW!!

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Jingle all the way is awesome.

 

[NyQuil]

He has a surprisingly strong set of enjoyable movies.

Predator, Running Man, True Lies, Total Recall, they hold up fairly well.

His best performance in my opinion was in True Lies. He really played a bit more of a complex character as opposed to a mildly charismatic tough guy. Twins was a film where you could tell he enjoyed being given a little range.

True Lies may also be his -best- movie. But it's James Cameron and he does good action movies - they are slick and well-planned and executed. They may be a bit tropey and derivative, but they are the top of that particular heap.

But personally I think Predator is my favorite film of his. It's got such a compelling mood and it's a great slow-burn.

Like the best action movies, it establishes all the characters and their skillsets well and very quickly so you like them enough to be more horrified by what is done to them. Alien and Aliens did this well. Die Hard. For B movies, Great Big Sea. Not a faceless sea of henchmen.

Such a subtle use of science-fiction. The less you knew about the Predators, the more mysterious and unfathomable they were, more of a HP Lovecraft unknowable horror. That's the downside of turning these films into franchises. People shoehorn all kinds of knowledge later into the film that wasn't there when it was made.

I watch it every so often and I'm never disappointed.

I loved Terminator 2 but mainly when it came out. It was huge. It was the entire summer. (James Cameron again).

But it hasn't aged as well as I'd hoped. It's less timeless and more awkward. The slang is overused so it sounds like an after school special.

By the time I saw Last Action Hero, I assumed it was the Ishtar of its time, but I really enjoyed it and I don't really get why it was so badly reviewed. The digs at the tropes in action movies are pretty funny.

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

He has a surprisingly strong set of enjoyable movies.

Predator, Running Man, True Lies, Total Recall, they hold up fairly well.

His best performance in my opinion was in True Lies. He really played a bit more of a complex character as opposed to a mildly charismatic tough guy. Twins was a film where you could tell he enjoyed being given a little range.

True Lies may also be his -best- movie. But it's James Cameron and he does good action movies - they are slick and well-planned and executed. They may be a bit tropey and derivative, but they are the top of that particular heap.

But personally I think Predator is my favorite film of his. It's got such a compelling mood and it's a great slow-burn.

Like the best action movies, it establishes all the characters and their skillsets well and very quickly so you like them enough to be more horrified by what is done to them. Alien and Aliens did this well. Die Hard. For B movies, Great Big Sea. Not a faceless sea of henchmen.

Such a subtle use of science-fiction. The less you knew about the Predators, the more mysterious and unfathomable they were, more of a HP Lovecraft unknowable horror. That's the downside of turning these films into franchises. People shoehorn all kinds of knowledge later into the film that wasn't there when it was made.

I watch it every so often and I'm never disappointed.

I loved Terminator 2 but mainly when it came out. It was huge. It was the entire summer. (James Cameron again).

But it hasn't aged as well as I'd hoped. It's less timeless and more awkward. The slang is overused so it sounds like an after school special.

By the time I saw Last Action Hero, I assumed it was the Ishtar of its time, but I really enjoyed it and I don't really get why it was so badly reviewed. The digs at the tropes in action movies are pretty funny.

I'd propose Maggie as his best performance by quite the margin. Otherwise a pretty terrible actor (just watched Fubar, just... why?), but like everybody else over 30 or so, I just can't dislike the guy.