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2019/10/15 12:30:28
Subject: Manly men being manly and grrrrr in movies. Pick of the pops!
Just about anything with Paul Newman or Steve McQueen in it. Let's go with Cool Hand Luke and The Great Escape.
Either of those guys would be the coolest guy in the room, anytime and anywhere. If they were in the same room, space-time would probably collapse into a singularity of infinite coolness. Hollywood doesn't make 'em like that anymore.
For me a good overall representation is seen in Band of Brothers. Not the whole “fight and war” manly stereotypes of soldiers, but the loyalty to and fight for one another. Two scenes stand out for me:
The General speaking to his men, not talking about war but talking about feelings and hope:
And the realization that these guys were not soldiers defined by war, but men defined by what they made of themselves in spite of the war.
But if we want to talk about one of the greatest examples of manhood, of bravery and strength, of friendship and loyalty, of duty and of sacrifice, that’s gotta go to Samwise the Brave:
), but lets check in with Dark Wolf from Fire & Ice...