The Guys' Guide to Guys' Videos

by Meyer, Scott

• ISBN13: 9780380787050
• ISBN10: 0380787059
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: Avon Books

Summary

Sure a guy might go to a pompous, inscrutable art film by Bergman. He might let himself be dragged to a weeper like "Beaches". But at heart guys judge movies according to a fistful of criteria only guys can understand: cool cars, especially in high speed chases; gratuitous female nudity, especially in cool cars; impalements, explosions and other violence; curses per minute, especially those easily quoted; and a great hero that kicks ass repeatedly and never says he's sorry. This is the attitude behind "The Guy's Guide To Guy's Videos"."The Guys' Guide To Guys' Videos" reviews more than 200 quintessential guy movies organized into categories such as: Cops and Killers, Nothin' but Action, High Karate, War is Hell, Go West Tough Guy, How Do You Spell T&A? and Posers (lots of Kevin Costner movies). Of course there will be whole chapters on Arnold, 007 and Clint -- two on Clint, actually, because he's the Alpha Male. The movies range from classics, such as "Treasure of the Sierra Madre; " to contemporary hits, such as "The Usual Suspects; " to obscure, underground and late-night favorites such as "The Last Detail, "Undercover" and "Cheerleader Camp". And of course each movie will be rated according to the above criteria using simple, funky icons so guys can easily understand them. As a bonus, there's even a line guys can use on their girlfriends to bamboozle them into watching the movies with them.With dozens of photos, sidebars, trivia and memorable lines, "

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Da Classics	5	(18)
War Is Hell; Ain't It Great?	23	(20)
Airborne	43	(17)
Go West, Tough Guy	60	(18)
Clint's Best Westerns	78	(13)
Criminals Ya Just Love	91	(30)
Cops `n' Killers	121	(24)
Nothin' But Action	145	(30)
High Karate	175	(19)
Brothers in Arms	194	(9)
Dangerous Babes	203	(19)
How Do You Spell T & A?	222	(10)
Ghosts, Ghouls, and Goop	232	(16)
Boys Will Be Boys	248	(14)
Those Darn Kids	262	(11)
Funny Stuff	273	(25)
What's Your Game?	298	(14)
On the Inside	312	(19)
Stay Out of the City	331	(12)
The Future Is Near	343	(23)
Spies, P.I.s, and Other Nosy Guys	366	(16)
The Best of Bondage	382	(24)
Posers: Almost but Not Quite	406	(9)
The Guys' Guide to Guys' Videos Awards	415	(8)
Index	423