Comments on: Best Pre-SALT Female Action Heroes

By: sly

sly — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:13:01 +0000

1) linda hamilton – T2
2) sigourney weaver – aliens
3) michelle rodriguez – girl fight & 2 fast 2 furious & resident evil
4) michelle yeoh – crouching tiger, wing chun, etc.
5) milla jovovich – resident evil
6) demi moore – g.i. jane
7) angelina jolie – tomb raider & mr./mrs. smith
8) bridget neilsen – red sonia
9) ?
10) ?

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:51:45 +0000

I’ll take your word for it because I have to sheepishly say I haven’t seen it. Thanks for your comment!

By: BTQY

BTQY — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:40:17 +0000

Whether you like the movie or not. HITGIRL from Kick Ass has to be considered. After taking out rooms of goons out- come on.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:03:20 +0000

I liked Jolie a lot and agree she is totally badass, especially that thing she did with the chain near the end. But I felt the movie was lackluster and would have to give it more thought to explain exactly why. I went with 4 other people and 3 out of 5 (me included) fell asleep in the middle. That was the last thing I expected to do while watching this!

By: le0pard13

le0pard13 — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:47:20 +0000

I saw SALT yesterday with my son and one of my daughter’s schoolmate’s dad. While I enjoyed KNIGHT & DAY last month, Jolie made Tom Cruise look like a total wimp with her role in SALT. Also, as opposed to K&D, the audience clapped when the Phillip Noyce’s director credit hit the screen (a good many of them being women). We all thought it one one fun flick. Thanks, Elyse.

By: jenn

jenn — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:10:27 +0000

I guess they often come off as cheesy. No, that’s a cop out. I don’t know. I love James Bond. I grew up on John Wayne. I like my action movies to have a strong male lead. (I’d like the women to not be wimps, either). I’ve just not seen many movies with strong female action leads. But more than that, they usually don’t have the types of story lines I’m interested in. Tomb Raider, Aliens, eh. Not so much for me.

By: le0pard13

le0pard13 — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:42:46 +0000

By: le0pard13

le0pard13 — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:32:45 +0000

Okay, you asked. As delivered so eloquently by Geena Davis’s character:

Charlie: Suck my dick, every one of you bastards.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:32:06 +0000

These are some great choices, Jen. How could I forget Moore as G.I. Jane? She was TOUGH. Didn’t she do one-arm pushups? I thought “Damn!” when I saw that.

Re: Zeta-Jones, my husband was mesmerized by her, ah, flexibility.

Fi is a great character and Anwar looks like she has a blast playing her!

Thanks for taking time to come up with your list.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:24:26 +0000

I’m pleasantly surprised Geena is getting so much love here. When I put her on my list, I thought either no one has seen the movie or would remember it.

I’d say Vartan was a BIG reason why I loved Alias.