WLM - True Lies
Added 2022-12-08 20:19:11 +0000 UTCOn this month’s We ❤️ Movies episode, the guys are chatting about the Arnold-does-Bond spy thriller, True Lies! How great is Tom Arnold in this movie? Did they honestly think they could get away with portraying Jamie Lee as some frumpy goblin? Why couldn’t there be a little more Charlton Heston as this dime store Nick Fury character? And did we really need the final 20 minutes of this movie at all? PLUS: Arnold and Cliff venture through Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood!
True Lies stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton, Tom Arnold, Tia Carrere, Art Malik, Eliza Dushku, Grant Heslov, and Charlton Heston as Spencer Trilby; directed by James Cameron.
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Just rewatched this one with my wife the other day and besides the obvious cringey depiction of Middle Eastern terrorists, it still holds up and slaps hard. My favorite performance by Arnold, hands down.
Dennis Stack
2025-02-01 11:59:06 +0000 UTCyou didn’t fully appreciate the intro scene . Arnold’s swagger and confidence with that entrance is amazing
John Kay
2024-12-09 11:33:47 +0000 UTCAs soon as this movie came out on VHS I got my sister to rent it for me. During one part she told me to get some snacks so I went and when I returned it looked like she was fast forwarding. I asked what was up and she said the tape was messed up and I didn’t think anything about it. Years later I’m rewatching and the sexy strip scene is happening and I’m all “what the hell is this? I don’t remember this” then I slowly put the pieces together that my sister protected my 10 year old eyes
Mike Miller
2022-12-23 12:51:39 +0000 UTCIt's fun to see them back together but the movie itself is pretty bad
Smaug
2022-12-21 18:01:43 +0000 UTCI'd love to see Austin powers 2 and 3 on the h feed.
Mark D Myers
2022-12-21 01:34:18 +0000 UTCI was shocked to hear Eric mention that Anna-Nicole Smith movie Skyscraper. I’ve submitted it for listener request month several times! And holy hell - there is what seems to be unsimulated sex in this movie. I mean, terrible effects, wooden acting, wretched script, worse cinematography, but ooof…wild stuff!!!
Voclo
2022-12-16 02:21:19 +0000 UTCCurious if you guys have listened to the Chapo episode on Avatar? They make a pretty convincing case that there isn't really a "white savior" problem.
Derek DBauer
2022-12-15 15:00:20 +0000 UTC"Everybody does it in America."
Lindsey Slanker
2022-12-14 02:21:55 +0000 UTC"Aristotle was not Belgian, the central message of Buddhism is not 'every man for himself,' and the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked them up."
Tim O'Connor
2022-12-14 02:20:51 +0000 UTCIf y'all do a WLM on Fish Called Wanda, I will weep with joy. Just found out the other day that the 4 reunited in another film called Fierce Creatures. Xmas came early!
Lindsey Slanker
2022-12-13 02:03:59 +0000 UTCThe greatest movie still going while the credits start rolling is on Beastmaster 2 with Marc Singer running off into the sunset with his tiger and it becomes obvious that Singer is just running in place when the tiger decides to stop
Kevin Lynch
2022-12-11 18:09:59 +0000 UTCAtlanteans are usually blue. It rarely matters though. Atlantis in Marvel mainly exists to be the place Namor is running when he isn't being a dick to people on land. You really don't get a developed cast from down under the sea.
Timothy Cameron Robbins Miller
2022-12-11 02:44:39 +0000 UTCA couple of Cameron's scripts were co-writes (The Terminator w/Gale Ann Hurd and T2 w/William Wisher). Both had a big role in polishing up the dialogue. I don't think Cameron needs to step away from writing his movies because he's great at world building, but a more collaborative approach would be welcome. He should bring Jay Cocks back into the mix, like he did with the Strange Days script.
Z
2022-12-09 23:53:00 +0000 UTCHis movies are lowest common denominator. The Titanic screenplay reads like it was written for an 8th grade audience. They’re popular for the same reason Chuck Lorre shows are popular— they’re easily accessible by the most amount of people.
Erin
2022-12-09 19:31:13 +0000 UTCI really dislike James Cameron. I know I'm virtually alone in that. I think he makes decent tech demos but makes terrible movies.
G. T. Blackwell
2022-12-09 17:33:57 +0000 UTCIn the list of Tia Carrere movies, I believe they missed Showdown in Little Tokyo. Which is fair, since she doesn't have anything to do in that movie other than swoon over Dolph "No, I'm Japanese In This Movie" Lundgren and get kidnapped by Shang Tsung, but I am a bit surprised WHM hasn't done that movie yet.
Kingyam
2022-12-09 17:15:10 +0000 UTCI loved the "ass magnet channel" joke bummer no body laughed I lost it
Dalton Barrett
2022-12-09 15:38:58 +0000 UTCStill have my copy of True Lies for the Sega Genesis
Jacob Ferguson
2022-12-09 08:22:28 +0000 UTC“Yes but they were all baad.” -Ahnold
Paul
2022-12-09 06:22:36 +0000 UTCWhat are the other four?
Charles Dainoff
2022-12-08 23:52:44 +0000 UTCAndrew really hit the nail on the head. It follows a trajectory of white villains can be compelling and anything off white is a wild boar in a suit.
Tala Hobballah
2022-12-08 22:53:09 +0000 UTCAh yes, one of 5 movies I enjoy so much that also make me feel like a self hating Arab lmaoo 😅
Tala Hobballah
2022-12-08 20:58:46 +0000 UTCSo excited to listen this was an all time favorite as a kid
Cu Sidhe
2022-12-08 20:43:58 +0000 UTCClassic incoming
Frank Grimes
2022-12-08 20:33:42 +0000 UTCI'm so excited for this episode!
Logan Anderson
2022-12-08 20:31:43 +0000 UTCThis has always been in my Arnie blind spot for some weird reason
Michael Daniels
2022-12-08 20:28:03 +0000 UTC
