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that's great..would've never thought of that one. Hard to watch that whimpy McFly and great motivation. BTW, we had a DeLorean when I was younger....what a piece of crap but cool car)

Quote: Originally Posted by passivenomore that's great..would've never thought of that one. Hard to watch that whimpy McFly and great motivation. BTW, we had a DeLorean when I was younger....what a piece of crap but cool car) Yeah, it'd be a lot better with a Mr. Fusion attached to it. Anyway, the more I think about it, the more the IM version of George McFly is a perfect role-model for us. He's confident without being...

Quote: Originally Posted by Shockwave If you want a real reminder toget integrated, talk to any of your female friends who have a NG pursuing them that they're not interested in. I saw an example like this the other day at work. A guy sniveling and giggling next to a woman he liked. No way in hell!

I've always liked the interaction between Pacino and De Niro in Heat. Both of these guys know exactly what they are and don't pretend to be different. About the only glitch in is this is De Niro's character's fantasy of running off to New Zealand. Then again Pacino's character echoes this in trying to sustain marriages that don't work for him.

Movies for the recovering Nice Guy: 300 -- King Leonidas is how real men are supposed to carry themselves. Sin City -- Marv is a walking, talking, modern-day barbarian. V for Vendetta -- Makes you realize just how deep the NG fear goes. Fight Club -- for obvious reasons. American Beauty -- NG realizes his life sucked ass and decided to change it. The Matrix -- Become the One. Office Space -- another NG who realizes just how to carry himself....

Lawrence of Arabia One of my all time favorites - story of real life british military offcer, played by Peter O'Toole. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/

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Quote: Originally Posted by passivenomore I was specifically looking not for examples of nice guys in action, or nice guys in recovery, but movies with examples of not nice guys that nice guys in recovery should look up too. There are plenty of examples of various types of not-nice guys. One I like is the film Ghandi. He stood against violence, but in a way that was hard and inflexible. He was a lawyer/politician. The old Kung Fu television...

The remake of "The Thomas Crown Affair." Pierce Brosnon does an excellent job on Rene Ruso (She is hot in this movie.) I have watched it 3 or 4 times, and each time I pick up something else.