The last good Schwarzenegger movie? - Eraser (1996) Discussion

[–] Cognoscente (2720) 4 years ago

It was his last classic.

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[–] PrimeMinisterX (8824) 3 years ago

Is Eraser really a classic? I would say it's a decent action film but nothing more than that. I remember being somewhat disappointed when I saw it in the theater and I feel no desire to revisit it today.

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[–] Cognoscente (2720) 3 years ago

One of the things that endeared the film to me were the one-liners.

Arnie: I didn't know treason was part of the corporate strategy.

Arnie talking to a dead alligator: You're luggage.

The final one-liner sealed it for me...

Bad guys in a limousine get hit by a train.

Woman: What happened?

Arnie: They caught a train.

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[–] Interlepos (1814) 3 years ago

Jingle All the Way was his last great film.

Mocked when it was released, today it's close to being a holiday classic.

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[–] PrimeMinisterX (8824) 3 years ago

It at least has a certain charm to it. I certainly won't call it "great," but it's a fun watch once every five years during December.

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[–] avigalidou (615) 3 years ago

Terminator 3 was his last good movie it's so underrated because of the self parody but I think he was great in it and physically great before he got really old...

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[–] kuatorises (7467) 3 years ago

It'd been a while since I saw Collateral Damage and even longer since I saw End of Days, but I remember liking both.

I remember liking Escape Plan too from his newer bunch.

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[–] PrimeMinisterX (8824) 3 years ago

Collateral Damage was very generic. I was really disappointed with that one.

End of Days at least had character and didn't feel like a movie you had already seen 1000 times before, but I tried rewatching it a couple of years ago and didn't even finish it.

Escape Plan is at least one his better post-Governator movies, as is the underrated Sabotage.

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[–] kuatorises (7467) 3 years ago

I haven't seen it in ages, but I remember End of Days being solid.

This is on Pluto right now. IT's definitely underrated. I always enjoyed it and it's definitely the tail end of the peak of the action genre.

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[–] Boricanator (1458) 3 years ago

I would say Collateral is the last good one. I liked it more than Eraser.

I would also add T-3, as controversial as that may be.

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[–] PrimeMinisterX (8824) 3 years ago

T3 is decent action movie, but it suffers greatly by comparison to its predecessors. If it weren't a Terminator movie it would probably have at least somewhat of a better reputation.

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