Some seriously wacked out opinions in this thread!!!
Commando... Ok, it's pure arnie, but so's Connan an a much better movie! Total recall definitely no 1 though! Quite possibly my favourite movie of all time, Arnie just ownes that film! I feel massively personally insulted that they dared to try an remake it. The terminator, whilst not an 'Arnie' film, is clearly awesome. I love the fact that he auditioned for the hero role but ended up with the terminator, cause he was so good at playing a robot...
Apparently, he was the one who came up with the idea of moving his eyes first, then his head, when he's driving the car, looking for Sarah Connor, so he looks less human. T2, also, clearly awesome, but no where near the Terminator, lacks all the grittyness of the original...
Not sure if I can put my finger on it exactly, but it's the same kinda feel in loads of my favourite arnie films... terminator, predator, total recall, running man... All just feel kinda raw.... I've got a theory about it..... Recon it's cause of the fact that the cinema wasn't as popular in the 80s, so directors had a bit more freedom to be original, but didn't have the budget? By the time T2 came along, there were a load of middle management accountant types involved, who did studies to find out what appealed to the masses and what would sell... Hense, it all looks too slick and 'safe'.... (Still an awesome film though...)