What is your favorite Tony Scott movie?

[Aragorn]

Now that the Ridley Scott poll has fallen off the front page (and was overwhelmingly Alien or Blade Runner), time to turn our attention to the other Scott brother who is also a director -- Tony.

Obviously the more "popcorn" of the two, having collaborated a few times with Simpson/Bruckheimer (now just Bruckheimer) and his sudden turn to MTV quick cut jumpy style of directing.

If Russell Crowe is a Ridley Scott staple and Johnny Depp is a Tim Burton staple, then Denzel Washington must be a Tony Scott staple. And he's got another action movie coming out at the end of this year with Denzel... and Chris Pine.

 

[Harvey]

True Romance, though I don't know how much credit for that film should go to Tony Scott. I also enjoyed Enemy of the State, which is probably as good a sequel to The Conversation as we were going to get in the form of a big-budget Tony Scott movie.

 

[Starbreaker]

I haven't seen any of those but Deja Vu. I lose.

 

[Too Much Fun]

I have only seen "The Last Boy Scout", "True Romance", "Enemy of the State" and parts of "Top Gun". I liked "True Romance" the most. It's hilarious. So was "The Last Boy Scout", but Tarantino's dialog in "True Romance" gives it an edge. "Enemy of the State" is really cool. Probably the last movie starring Will Smith that I really enjoyed from start to finish. I liked it more than "The Conversation", actually.

 

[BigFoot]

Top Gun!

 

[NCC1701]

Enemy of the State, though to be fair I've only seen that and Top Gun of his films.

 

[JRS]

Crimsom Tide
Good film Both Hackman and Washington gave both very good performances in this one.

 

[captcalhoun]

Crimson Tide.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

Deja Vu, with Crimson Tide a close second. Not really a Tony Scott fan, he seems capable, but only as much as the script and actors he has to work with. Given bad material he wind up making a bad movie, or mediocre material a mediocre movie (The Last Boy Scout).

Domino was an amazingly shitty movie.

 

[T'Baio]

Without a doubt, True Romance is his best film. My 2nd fave is Spy Game. It is infinitely rewatchable.

Top Gun is third, but if the poll was What is the Gayest Tony Scott Movie, it would win hands down.

 

[Admiral2]

TOP GUN! (I went to the danger zone!)

This wasn't even mildly difficult.

 

[Caligula]

True Romance. The rest don't even compare, although I also like Beverly Hills Cop II and The Last Boy Scout.

 

[auntiehill]

Um....I need a "none of the above" option.

 

[Emher]

Top Gun, because it is what is is. Followed closely by Spy Game though, whiyhc is actually a better movie, but Top Gun is "my" Tony Scott movie. Yes I am predominatly straight

 

[Locutus of Bored]

'Top Gun.' Probably my favorite film that is also borderline gay porn. Even its non-overt parts have a gay subtext: "Because I was inverted," "Wood's been hit," and "I'm in his jetwash," indeed. Plus, there are jets, missiles, and explosions, so I can feel confident in my manhood during the five minutes of the film that don't include half-naked dudes oiled up, wet, or sweaty.

 

[John Clark]

I haven't seen about half of these (including True Romance which seems popular), but I'd probably go with Spy Game.

Top Gun, Deja Vu, Crimson Tide, BH2 were all decent. Enemy of the State was fun enough. I don't remember much of Last Boy Scout, though I do remember seeing it.

Thought Domino was fairly awful.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Thought Domino was fairly awful.

That movie was ruined for me even before I saw it and realized it was every bit as terrible as I had been lead to believe. I've never seen a trailer work harder to dissuade audiences from seeing a movie. If I had to hear Keira Knightly over-enunciate "My name is Dom-in-o Har-vey, and I am a boun-ty hun-tah" one more friggin' time I was gonna go Boba Fett* on her ass.

* "Going Boba Fett" on someone refers to the act of putting on a badass outfit, pointing one of your numerous cool weapons at your target, and then getting unceremoniously knocked Three Stooges-style into a giant sand vagina.

'Déjà Vu' was fairly widely panned at the time as I recall, but I enjoyed that movie a great deal. I would have also enjoyed an alternate take on the story with an extension on the wormhole (assumption - it's never explained in the film, but wormholes make sense) time viewing range to allow viewing further into the past, in order to give the film a more 'The Light of Other Days' (by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter) angle.

 

[stj]

True Romance (written by Tarantino) is a tidy little love and crime thriller, Crimson Tide (written by Michael Schiffer) is a nice little loose nukes thriller, Enemy of the State (written by David Marconi) was a nice little run from the conspiracy thriller.

But where is the love for The Hunger. Admittedly the vogue of vampires on the silver screen has run the trope into the ground, but The Hunger still has pizzazz, and it came out in 1983. It's not just another fangs flick but a pioneer.

Shouldn't there be a separate thread "How Gay was Top Gun?" (Ans.: So gay it converted Kelly McGillis?)

And this is another filmography supporting the thesis that the director is not the primary creative force!

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Shouldn't there be a separate thread "How Gay was Top Gun?" (Ans.: So gay it converted Kelly McGillis?)

So, what you're saying is that this flying seamen movie needs to come somewhere else?

 

[stj]

*groan*