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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Film Swayze's Greatest

Posted by on Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:44 PM

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The man is gone, his movies will live forever (or at least all night.)

What is Patrick Swayze's greatest cinematic achievement?


(My quandary: Clearly Donnie Darko is the best film he was ever in, but Road House is clearly the Swayze-ist...)

 

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Akbar Fazil 1
Road House may be the Swazye-ist film, but Bodhi in Point Break was a much deeper (and a finer flex of his acting muscle) role than Dalton the Cooler (a finer flex of his physical muscle.)
Posted by Akbar Fazil on September 15, 2009 at 2:52 PM
2
Pain don't hurt.
Posted by arbeck http://www.facebook.com/arbeck on September 15, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Will in Seattle 3
Road House is a close runner up, but Point Break was better. Donny Darko was a better movie, but not so much his acting.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on September 15, 2009 at 3:09 PM
4
You're missing Keeping Mum - I really liked that film
Posted by badbarky on September 15, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Akbar Fazil 5
Also...I can't believe that Next of Kin isn't on the list.

Its got Liam Neeson... AS A HILLBILLY!
Posted by Akbar Fazil on September 15, 2009 at 3:22 PM
6
I believe the title is actually "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar"
Posted by Joey The Girl http://rosellajo.wordpress.com on September 15, 2009 at 3:25 PM
Will in Seattle 7
Keeping Mum?
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on September 15, 2009 at 3:31 PM
David Schmader 8
6: Thanks, fixed.
Posted by David Schmader on September 15, 2009 at 3:32 PM
douglas 9
ok, clearly their aren't that many true swayze fans out there voting in this survey. 'to wong foo' and 'donnie darko' were daring roles for swayze to take but weren't examples of what made swayze swayze. red dawn, point break, and road house were clearly the top three, with red dawn being the greatest confluence of acting, dynamic/ridiculous plot, and swayze awesomeness("don't cry!").
Posted by douglas on September 15, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Max Solomon 10
why isn't 'NONE' a choice?
Posted by Max Solomon on September 15, 2009 at 3:45 PM
11
The North and The South.
Posted by RDM on September 15, 2009 at 3:57 PM
Fnarf 12
Do people seriously think "Dirty Dancing" was a good movie? And "Ghost" -- really? Really?
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on September 15, 2009 at 4:06 PM
13
@9, you nailed it. That's the Holy Trinity of Swayze movies.
Posted by kulshan on September 15, 2009 at 4:06 PM
14
Holy shit. RED DAWN! WOLVERINES!!
Posted by seattlebikeguy on September 15, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Josh Bomb 15
"Road House is clearly the Swayze-ist" <- SO TRUE.

that's why i couldn't vote WOLVERINES!
Posted by Josh Bomb http://www.satanosphere.com on September 15, 2009 at 4:48 PM
16
#4 does have a point. It is a small role, but his interaction with Maggie Smith was fun to watch.

Posted by au_gout on September 15, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Geni 17
He did by far his best acting in City of Joy, which is not even a choice.
Posted by Geni on September 15, 2009 at 4:53 PM
18
I'm with Geni here. City of Joy was quite good. BUT I have to admit that I watched that intensely romantic final dance scene from Dirty Dancing on youtube this morning and kind of fell apart.
Posted by Sarah in Olympia on September 15, 2009 at 5:13 PM
McGee 19
Uncommon Valor. He stood out in a cast of heavyweights that included Gene Hackman, Robert Stack, Tim Thomerson, Fred Ward, Reb Brown, and Randall "Tex" Cobb. They went to Laos to rescue POWs, ya know. doing work!
Posted by McGee on September 15, 2009 at 5:52 PM
schmacky 20
To Wong Foo... Really? That was more of a career nadir, I'd say. But then, I'm straight.
Posted by schmacky on September 15, 2009 at 6:02 PM
mike in oly 21
Too Wong Foo... was such a fun movie. It may not be the Swayze-est, the most romantic or intense, or the biggest hit but it was just so much fun. And I totally expected him to bomb in the role (Wesley Snipes too) and was very surprised at the performance he delivered (tho WS stole the show, and we knew Leguizamo could pull it off). I liked Ghost too, but it had more to do with Whoopi than the others.
Posted by mike in oly http://enotaipes.blogspot.com/ on September 15, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Urgutha Forka 22
@9 is right, Red Dawn is one of the greatest ridiculous-premise movies out there, and Swayze rocked that thing!

@19, I completely forgot Swayze was in Uncommon Valor! The others do sorta steal the show from him though (the crazy guy with the grenade around his neck, for example?)
Posted by Urgutha Forka on September 15, 2009 at 7:15 PM
23
Are you kidding!? YOUNGBLOOD! Swayze, Rob Lowe, Keanu (with a bad French accent no less!), and more. Holy crap, it's good viewing.
Posted by cw on September 15, 2009 at 8:13 PM
24
Please don't praise Donnie Darko, you might persuade someone to see it. That film was awful.
Posted by pablo on September 16, 2009 at 10:40 AM
25
@23 has the correct answer. Tea with Ms. McGill.
Posted by Frank Rizzo on September 16, 2009 at 11:26 AM
26
Wait, no Black Dog? This is the only movie in history that featured a showdown between two semi trucks.
Posted by Reg on September 16, 2009 at 11:51 AM

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