What's your favourite Car Film?

Villain

delly wrote:

Taxi - The French version.

Spot on delly, great film, the merc's are awesome, pitty it's only subtitled though.

neilCC

irish1 wrote:

Spot on delly, great film, the merc's are awesome, pitty it's only subtitled though.

What? You'd prefer a dubbed version instead of the original language?

There have been a few good films listed here, I like Bullitt and that Taxi (French) was a very enjoyable movie.

The Fast and the Furious - I don't like this movie.
Sure, it featured some nice cars, but that is the only good thing it has going for it. The plot was poor, the characters were poor and the movie generally was poor. I really dislike the super fast editing style that involves switching the shots every second or faster. I find that I can't enjoy the action, the whole thing is designed to keep you on edge and excited. During those racing scenes in particular, there are just too many shots and you can't see the race unfold, instead you're treated to many shots of Vin looking tough while changing gear for the 20th time down one street. It would be more appropriate in a music video on MTV than in the cinema.


If you enjoy road movies, get that Two-Lane Blacktop. A classic road movie if ever there was one.

ds20prefecture

neilCC wrote:

The Goddess of 1967 - a vacuous Art House movie? Doesn't sound so good on IMDB.com (Internet Movie Database)

I'm a bit weird in that I form my own opinion of a movie after watching it rather than reading what my opinion should be on the internet. I did get the recommendation to watch it through a discussion forum though

The movie works for me because of the car - I can relate to the main character's obsession.

neilCC

ds20prefecture wrote:

I'm a bit weird in that I form my own opinion of a movie after watching it rather than reading what my opinion should be on the internet.

I don't see why posting some info from a website suggests to you that I'm an idiot who can't form an opinion by myself?

Well, sorry if you felt I'm trying to force an opinion (not my own) on you... however lots of people take information from as many different sources as they can before making any sort of opinion of their own and as I haven't seen that movie, I don't really have one, but I would be interested to see it. And I'm also interested to see what other people think about it, such as the user review from IMDB that I quoted.

xtrac

Good thread,

Best vehical action of all time, Ghost Rider - The Upsalla Run, 42.6 miles in 15mins in midday traffic! Its quite possibly the craziest thing i've ever seen, and i've seen a few

As for Rendevous, I've seen this a few times, and here's my opinion, /me dons flameprrof suit! a) its overdubbed b) its fairly slow

In a similar vien I thought the getaway in stockholm was fairly slow too, ballsy but slow.

I wouldn't do any of the above mentioned, and will stick up my hand and say fair balls to those who did, but tbh, they just look slow. And yes I do know how deceptive in-on/car cameras can be.

-Roy

ds20prefecture

neilCC wrote:

I don't see why posting some info from a website suggests to you that I'm an idiot who can't form an opinion by myself?

It suggests nothing of the sort, why would I think that? And why do you think I'm attacking you?

I find the appreciation of a film, like any art form, to be entirely subjective. I dislike the reviews on places like IMDB as they come out with statements like "vacuous art-house" to describe a film that is rich in plot and artfully portrayed. You may not like it (it is almost painful in it's depiction of the abuse the lead lady suffered) and yes, it might be a bit "pretentious" - let's face it, the only attraction for me was the DS. But not all films need to have a happy ending, or a non-challenging butch white guy as the lead. Yet sometimes reviewers condemn any film that does not conform as "art-house", as if that is the worst sin in the world.

Villain

neilCC wrote:

What? You'd prefer a dubbed version instead of the original language?

Nah I'd rather it was just English

the_syco

The original "Gone in 60 Seconds".

el tel

Le Mans is truely mega.
Cannonball Run 1 is not bad esp. bits with Catherine Bach in the LP400S

mike65

el tel wrote:

Cannonball Run 1 is not bad esp. bits with Catherine Bach in the LP400S

Get up the yard! You'll be telling us Smokey and the Bandit was cool next...;)

Mike.

neilCC

Another great movie: The Driver (1978).
Although this is really a Crime movie, it is all about the getaway driver.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077474/

Tagline: To break the driver, the cop was willing to break the law.

Plot Summary: "The Driver" is specialist in a rare business: he drives getaway cars in robberies. His exceptional talent prevented him from being caught yet...

Trivia: Not one character has a name in this movie, and are all addressed by their occupation; e.g. "the Driver".


My Top Car movies:
1 - Two-Lane Blacktop
2 - The Driver

dearg_doom

What was that film with the ex-cop delivering a white car to the other side of America in 18hours with the blind radio host telling him where the cops' roadblocks were? Great film.

I saw Taxi mentioned, Taxi2 is great too if ye liked the first one.

ibanez

Vanishing Point. Best car film ever.

Maxed-irl

gone in 60 seconds the original was pretty class i thought

HashSlinging

Blues brothers as its got the best sound track and there on a mission!!

el tel

how about The Gumball Rally, with Shelby 427 Cobra vs. Ferrari 365GT4 Daytona Spyder across the US? Movie might have grooved but the cars rocked.

More Shelby 427 in Bad Boys - racing the 911 Turbo down the runway

MercMad

Vanishing Point.............that was the guy from Petrocelli..............delivereing a white Dodge Challenger across the USA. It was fun but badly edited, the race with the Jag XKE was a joke..........all speeded up........then when he crashes at the end the car turns into a TranAm in the last frame before exploding upon impact with the tanker !

Bullit is pretty cool, even with all the continuity blunder, and the sound track is cool too !

I like the French Connection with Hackman dashing after the train !

Agree re the original Gone in 60 seconds.......kinda funny at the end too !

The Driver with Ryan O'Neal was good stuff alright !

Anyone seen the Dukes of Hazzard yet ?

Dades

mike65 wrote:

Get up the yard! You'll be telling us Smokey and the Bandit was cool next...;)

Nobody better be dissing Smokey & The Bandit!!

ibanez

MercMad wrote:

Vanishing Point.............that was the guy from Petrocelli..............delivereing a white Dodge Challenger across the USA. It was fun but badly edited, the race with the Jag XKE was a joke..........all speeded up........then when he crashes at the end the car turns into a TranAm in the last frame before exploding upon impact with the tanker !

Well spotted.