Gerald Cooperberg
01-12-2010, 11:12 AM
Okay, I finally got around to watching The Hangover and decided to start this poll. It's got pictures a la Smokey, although it turns out that it's pretty hard to find stills of scenes with tigers in them. It's possible that people find them too frightening to look at. It also turned out to be difficult to think of ten movies that feature tigers, but I did my best!
http://cdn-images.hollywood.com/cms/300x375/5641026.jpg
The Hangover (2009)
I personally would've been more scared of Mike Tyson than a tiger. At least the tiger's motivations are clear. Tyson seems a lot more unpredictable.
http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsF/5910-812.gif
Apocalypse Now (1979)
"Never get off the boat! Never get off the boat!" 'Nuff said.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/05/27/article-0-0455D5EC0000044D-597_468x286.jpg
The Jungle Book (1942)
I wore this one out when I was a little kid, kind of the perfect age to watch it (all of the colonialist overtones were lost on me, but not the action and adventure). Mowgli is pretty much a badass.
http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsS/15295-10082.gif
Disney's The Jungle Book (1967)
Remember when Disney made that spin-off TV show that cast all of the Jungle Book characters in a WWII-era adventure serial? That was weird.
http://blog.spout.com/wp-content/uploads/swiss-family-robinson-treehouse.jpg
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Another one that I watched incessantly as a child. I wonder how many other kids dug holes in their backyards to trap tigers or made Rube Goldberg-like tree forts? Today there would be lawsuits.
http://sea-images.asef.org/pics/0511TropicalMalady.jpg
Tropical Malady (2004)
Ok, this is one that most people on here probably haven't seen but that I think is awesome. It's a Thai film from director Apichatpong Weerasethakul that's broken into two halves with the same story told twice: the first half is a literal story of a gentle romance between a soldier and a farm boy, and then the second half is a metaphor where instead of a man, the farm boy is a tiger and he eats the soldier.
http://www.the-trades.com/pictures/A/AdvsWinnieThePoohStillcap1.jpg
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
Man, Tigger was about the least menacing tiger ever committed to film. He even has an advantage over other tigers with his ability to bounce (up trees, over walls, etc) but does not use it to eat people. LAME.
http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/nwitimes.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/2/1f/8b0/21f8b0e4-6bf1-581a-b6db-ec99acb6fd3a.image.jpg
Two Brothers (2004)
I haven't seen this particular film but evidently Guy Pearce makes two baby tigers fight... awesome?
http://www.blogcdn.com/nintendo.joystiq.com/media/2008/06/scarface_bath_tub.jpg
Scarface (1983)
Remember when Tony Montana was so rich that he bought his own tiger? Okay, I don't, but Google says that it happened.
http://billsmovieemporium.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/rocky-movie-bh06.jpg
Rocky (1976)
This film is about Sly Stallone eating a tiger's eye to give himself magical strength, or so is my understanding.
-Coop
http://cdn-images.hollywood.com/cms/300x375/5641026.jpg
The Hangover (2009)
I personally would've been more scared of Mike Tyson than a tiger. At least the tiger's motivations are clear. Tyson seems a lot more unpredictable.
http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsF/5910-812.gif
Apocalypse Now (1979)
"Never get off the boat! Never get off the boat!" 'Nuff said.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/05/27/article-0-0455D5EC0000044D-597_468x286.jpg
The Jungle Book (1942)
I wore this one out when I was a little kid, kind of the perfect age to watch it (all of the colonialist overtones were lost on me, but not the action and adventure). Mowgli is pretty much a badass.
http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsS/15295-10082.gif
Disney's The Jungle Book (1967)
Remember when Disney made that spin-off TV show that cast all of the Jungle Book characters in a WWII-era adventure serial? That was weird.
http://blog.spout.com/wp-content/uploads/swiss-family-robinson-treehouse.jpg
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Another one that I watched incessantly as a child. I wonder how many other kids dug holes in their backyards to trap tigers or made Rube Goldberg-like tree forts? Today there would be lawsuits.
http://sea-images.asef.org/pics/0511TropicalMalady.jpg
Tropical Malady (2004)
Ok, this is one that most people on here probably haven't seen but that I think is awesome. It's a Thai film from director Apichatpong Weerasethakul that's broken into two halves with the same story told twice: the first half is a literal story of a gentle romance between a soldier and a farm boy, and then the second half is a metaphor where instead of a man, the farm boy is a tiger and he eats the soldier.
http://www.the-trades.com/pictures/A/AdvsWinnieThePoohStillcap1.jpg
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
Man, Tigger was about the least menacing tiger ever committed to film. He even has an advantage over other tigers with his ability to bounce (up trees, over walls, etc) but does not use it to eat people. LAME.
http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/nwitimes.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/2/1f/8b0/21f8b0e4-6bf1-581a-b6db-ec99acb6fd3a.image.jpg
Two Brothers (2004)
I haven't seen this particular film but evidently Guy Pearce makes two baby tigers fight... awesome?
http://www.blogcdn.com/nintendo.joystiq.com/media/2008/06/scarface_bath_tub.jpg
Scarface (1983)
Remember when Tony Montana was so rich that he bought his own tiger? Okay, I don't, but Google says that it happened.
http://billsmovieemporium.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/rocky-movie-bh06.jpg
Rocky (1976)
This film is about Sly Stallone eating a tiger's eye to give himself magical strength, or so is my understanding.
-Coop