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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 15 9:57 pm
by Mossy68
Steve wrote:yeah Gax...very good ...I love the early Honda 250 scramblers in it
Still on bikes (sorry).... The Worlds Fastest Indian ' is a gem
love 'Thunderbolt and Lightfoot' ..Great film and great cars
My bruvs mate had an early twin shock Honda 400 scrambler a few years back. Tried many times to buy it , but he wouldn't budge !
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 15 10:10 am
by Cosmicfish
Fast & fur what a load of tripe some nice cars mind
But good car flicks how about Steven Kings Christine or for the fans of crap B movies " The Car" I dont know what the "car" was but it sure was an Ugly brute
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 15 10:16 am
by Carl
Dave81 wrote:Looking forward to seeing the film American Sniper......
Sad story at the end though........after all that time in hostile territory and he was done at home.......also find it sad that Blaine from Predator is continuing to sue a dead man after the book release by Mr Kyle!
As for films. There are always the classics and Duel is one of my top 3. But for
the pinnacle it's got to be Gone in 60 by HB Halicki.
The stuff he did will never ever be reproduced:
Getting the town Mayor to allow them to race the streets on a Sunday without informing the town of what was going on.
The off ramp accident that shouldn't of happened but made it into the film.
Driving into crash cars too enthusiastically at his mates car dealership and writing off more than the placement cars......
Almost killing his mate by miss judging the handbrake turn and piling into the car his mate was stood behind.....
H&S, lawyers would have a field day today.......
Plus 45 mins of a 90 min movie is pure car chases and crashes.........
Have to say I wince at the classics (by today's standards) being written off for entertainment.......
Totally agree Dave, done all his own stunts including the jump, and was seriously hurt hitting the lamp post. Sadly killed whilst filming the sequel.
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 15 10:22 am
by Steve
seems like good old musclecar films are a thing of the past now eh
Ive always enjoyed quality films regardless of what they are about....things like 'The Shawshank Redemptrion' etc. A great film is pure escapism for me and I think quality films have gone up a notch over the past 10 years or so. I love films like 'Brooklyns Finest', 'Crash', 'American Hustle' etc. Watched 'Lawless' a few nights ago with my daughter. Great film, based on a true story about bootlegging during the prohibition.....well worth a look. Off to see that Sniper film on Tuesday....looks good!
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 15 10:28 am
by Trigger_Andy
I read American Sniper and his other book American Gun a couple of years ago. Great reads. I found the movie a bit 'meh' really. Generally I find books far more exciting.
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 15 10:33 am
by Carl
Yes books are more detailed, Christine is a great read and far more detailed than the film but couldn't help referring back to the film whilst reading it. Jaws is still one of my favourite films but is totally different from the book.
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 15 10:48 am
by Cosmicfish
Films never live up to the book they are based on I guess its all down to the "screen play " adapttation were it can all go wrong.
Many a good book has had the ending changed to make a better movie
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 15 11:09 am
by Steve
books are too much like hard work!! I like to be spoon fed in film form!!
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 15 2:08 pm
by TW71
I must say that The Worlds fastest Indian was great, good stuff from Sir Anthony Hopkins!
I always thought how nice it would be for the classics of the past to have the out takes of the movie be made available to watch with comments from the actors and film crew like you sometime get on directors cut.
I must admit I do not like to see the cars getting bent up but thats what they all seem to do.
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 15 8:54 pm
by Dave81
Carl wrote:Dave81 wrote:Looking forward to seeing the film American Sniper......
Sad story at the end though........after all that time in hostile territory and he was done at home.......also find it sad that Blaine from Predator is continuing to sue a dead man after the book release by Mr Kyle!
As for films. There are always the classics and Duel is one of my top 3. But for
the pinnacle it's got to be Gone in 60 by HB Halicki.
The stuff he did will never ever be reproduced:
Getting the town Mayor to allow them to race the streets on a Sunday without informing the town of what was going on.
The off ramp accident that shouldn't of happened but made it into the film.
Driving into crash cars too enthusiastically at his mates car dealership and writing off more than the placement cars......
Almost killing his mate by miss judging the handbrake turn and piling into the car his mate was stood behind.....
H&S, lawyers would have a field day today.......
Plus 45 mins of a 90 min movie is pure car chases and crashes.........
Have to say I wince at the classics (by today's standards) being written off for entertainment.......
Totally agree Dave, done all his own stunts including the jump, and was seriously hurt hitting the lamp post. Sadly killed whilst filming the sequel.
Yeah, very sad. I bought all 4 of his films off Amazon. TBH none of them are anywhere near as good as GI60.
Gone in 60 2 actually has the scene where he drove the Semi into the water tower and its collapse. Think he was taken out by a power line, that was brought down by the tower as he was legging it........talk about wrong place at the wrong time!
My top 5:
1: Gone in 60 (original)
2: Duel
3: Smokey n Bandit
4: Vanishing Point
5: DMCL
Only modern film I think had a great chase in it, was Ronin. But the cars are a bit meh!
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 15 9:52 pm
by Steve
Mossy68 wrote:Steve wrote:yeah Gax...very good ...I love the early Honda 250 scramblers in it
Still on bikes (sorry).... The Worlds Fastest Indian ' is a gem
love 'Thunderbolt and Lightfoot' ..Great film and great cars
My bruvs mate had an early twin shock Honda 400 scrambler a few years back. Tried many times to buy it , but he wouldn't budge !
I love the 250 Elsinore.....
I forgot about Ronin....great car chase! Apparently, the car controls were moved to the rear to make it look like Robert diNero was driving. A stunt man was doing the driving....something like that anyway! Great film though
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 15 2:38 pm
by octanejunkie
Dazed and Confused. Tons of great muscle cars all the way through. Set in '76.
The Punisher, has some great bits with a Pontiac GTO, and a Sublime GTX/RR. All real time, no CGI.
Payback. Has a few tasty muscle cars in it. Great 70's style film noir.
Its true they don't make great road movies anymore. Unless its full of crazy stunts, and over the top action, it won't get bankrolled for production.
Most of my fave movies are from the 70's. Jaws kept me out of the sea for some time when i was a kid...
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 15 4:16 pm
by Mick
This is probably the best ever production twin shocker.
Mick
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j& ... 6836429851
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 15 5:17 pm
by Carl
Somin wrong with it, getting redirect notice.
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 15 7:43 pm
by newport100
Thoroughly enjoyed The Sweeney the other night on C4- didn't expect to like it at all when it came out a few years back being a remake n all -
don't think Iv ever seen a bad Ray Winstone flick- , That plan B fellah aint a bad actor either