Best Car Movie [Archive]

OceanDrive3

12-12-2005, 23:39

for best car chase..I nomitate

<< the Truck chase in Beberly hills Cop

<< The moto-Jet chase in War of the Clones

<< Higway Chase in Matrix 2

<< To live and die in LA -- Freeway chase.

MrMopar

12-12-2005, 23:40

The French Connection?
Very good, that one. I would've put it, but didn't think of it til it was too late. Sigh.

The lst two from the bottom are obviously the worst, but I had to put them due to DoH's '69 Charger and the Fast&Furious' '69 Yenko Camaro, Viper, and '70 Charger.

MrMopar

12-12-2005, 23:41

Entirely car-focused film I'd go for Gone in 60 Seconds - dunno why, I just like that film :)

Chase? Not a clue. I don't suppose the Italian Job counts does it?
Which one, the orig or the remake.

Also, the Italian Job counts. Pick other.

German Nightmare

12-12-2005, 23:52

Heron-Marked Warriors

12-12-2005, 23:52

Bullitt

West-Flanders

12-12-2005, 23:53

Why isn't Herbie not in your poll? :D

MrMopar

12-12-2005, 23:54

MrMopar

12-12-2005, 23:57

Why isn't Herbie not in your poll? :D
Herbie?

Go to putfile, and search for Bullitt. You'll see what separates the musclecars from the toy cars. Notice, especially, the practically still green VW that is passed twice by the assasin's black '68 Charger 440.

German Nightmare

12-12-2005, 23:58

Ah crap, you got me.
Nah, no harsh feelings. There's way too many good chase movies out there. BB and Bullit only being two.
Then Cannonball run, Rubberduck, Smokey and the Bandit...
Waaaay too many ;)

Smunkeeville

12-12-2005, 23:59

Herbie?

Go to putfile, and search for Bullitt. You'll see what separates the musclecars from the toy cars. Notice, especially, the practically still green VW that is passed twice by the assasin's black '68 Charger 440.
ah, but you didn't say muscle car movie, you said car/chase movie, which would explain my choice of The French Connection (you know the chase part of the car/chase, Herbie would be the car part.)

Xenophobialand

13-12-2005, 00:00

What's the best car/chase movie ever?

I gotta second The Blues Brothers on that one.

Illinois Nazis? I hate Illinois Nazis!

Laenis

13-12-2005, 00:00

Why isn't Herbie not in your poll? :D

I know, it's shocking isn't it? I had thought of voting for a Herbie film as soon as I saw the thread, and there's not even one option for him!

German Nightmare

13-12-2005, 00:03

I gotta second The Blues Brothers on that one.

Illinois Nazis? I hate Illinois Nazis!
Honest to God: Who doesn't? http://www.studip.uni-goettingen.de/pictures/smile/burnout.gif

DrunkenDove

13-12-2005, 00:06

Car chase eh?

Either the Bourne Supremecy or Ronin. Both were fantastic.

German Nightmare

13-12-2005, 00:07

Car chase eh?

Either the Bourne Supremecy or Ronin. Both were fantastic.
Ooh! Good calls!!!

Brady Bunch Perm

13-12-2005, 00:14

Mooseica

13-12-2005, 00:15

Which one, the orig or the remake.

I must confess I've never seen the original - is it any good?

I've also never seen the original Ocean's Eleven. Just as a side note :)

Ravenshrike

13-12-2005, 00:18

I must confess I've never seen the original - is it any good?

The original is much better than the remake, if you can even call it a remake. The only real similarities were the Mini's and the gold. The plot was completely different.

As for car movies, have to add Ronin, Italian Job, French Connection, and Blues Brothers.There was also one movie on speedvision either last night or the night before, which has to be nominated for most cars totaled in a movie by a single character. He manages to trash 5 cars that he's driving total.

Neo Danube

13-12-2005, 00:20

The multi story car park chase in Tommorow Never Dies

Brady Bunch Perm

13-12-2005, 00:31

The original is much better than the remake, if you can even call it a remake. The only real similarities were the Mini's and the gold. The plot was completely different.

As for car movies, have to add Ronin, Italian Job, French Connection, and Blues Brothers.There was also one movie on speedvision either last night or the night before, which has to be nominated for most cars totaled in a movie by a single character. He manages to trash 5 cars that he's driving total.

The original Gone in 60 Seconds has well over 100 car wrecks.

Xenophobialand

13-12-2005, 00:48

The original Gone in 60 Seconds has well over 100 car wrecks.

Yeah, but the Blues Brothers has well over a hundred car wrecks in just one scene. If pure wreckage is the metric you're going for, then TBB has to win. . .

Minoriteeburg

13-12-2005, 00:52

Bullitt wins hands down for car chase.

Blues Bros close second

Muntoo

13-12-2005, 00:54

Sign me up as another fan of the "Ronin" scene. Also, as a joke, the drag scenes in "Better Off Dead" with John Cusack in the station wagon. Priceless.

Cahnt

13-12-2005, 00:56

No mention of Mad Max 2? I suppose the oil tanker and autogyro might disqualify it...

Cannot think of a name

13-12-2005, 01:11

Minoriteeburg

13-12-2005, 01:15

Car chase eh?

Either the Bourne Supremecy or Ronin. Both were fantastic.

almost forgot about ronin. good call

Greenlander

13-12-2005, 01:23

The original Gone in 60 Seconds. For basically what is a homemade movie, the chase (which is half of the movie) is incredible, throughout the streets of LA. My favorite line is when the star/director/producer is in the park with the cops' guns drawn, says "I should have read my horoscope today!"

The remake was ruined by the cast.

Agreed. IN fact, I agree so much, I think those two movies share nothing but the same name. They should be on different lines in the poll :p

Does that movie come on DVD? I haven't seen it in years... Who did direct it anyway?

Ravenshrike

13-12-2005, 01:30

The original Gone in 60 Seconds has well over 100 car wrecks.
But how many cars did the main character himself wreck while driving them?

Ear Falls

13-12-2005, 01:32

Watch it. (http://media.putfile.com/bullitt)

Bullitt rules all. But I do like the original Italian Job and Gone in 60 Seconds, the French Connection and Ronin did have its moments.

How come no one has mentioned Vanishing Point? Dammit people...

I was just going to point out that they missed Vanishing Point, should have defiantly been included on the poll.

Memyselfandi XVI

13-12-2005, 01:42

Gran Prix and LeMans are the only two car (racing0 movies worth watching.

Cannot think of a name

13-12-2005, 01:52

Gran Prix and LeMans are the only two car (racing0 movies worth watching.
Oh yes...yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes.

Like, four or five years ago now they where filming a new Le Mans movie at Le Mans, but I haven't heard a peep about it since. I wonder if the poor bastard got shelved (though if it was anything like Driven then good ridance).

In racing games I'll sometimes put my name down as Micheal Delaney.

I've touched that 917. Yay me...

Crimson blades

13-12-2005, 01:56

Okay...Why is there no mention of Smokey and the Bandit?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

You all anger me very, very much.

Cannot think of a name

13-12-2005, 02:09

Okay...Why is there no mention of Smokey and the Bandit?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

You all anger me very, very much.
Wow, that is a shame. And with me recently getting upset that no one understood the reference when I'd say "I only take my hat off for one thing."

Lunatic Goofballs

13-12-2005, 02:11

What's the best car/chase movie ever?

Best car chase: The French Connection.

Honorable Mention: TWO of(in my opinion) the top ten car chases are in the movie: The Blues Brothers.

Best movie about a car: The Love Bug. :)

German Nightmare

13-12-2005, 02:16

Okay...Why is there no mention of Smokey and the Bandit?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

You all anger me very, very much.

Nah, no harsh feelings. There's way too many good chase movies out there. BB and Bullit only being two.
Then Cannonball run, Rubberduck, Smokey and the Bandit...
Waaaay too many ;)

You anger me even more: I mentioned it on page one!

Crimson blades

13-12-2005, 02:18

You anger me even more: I mentioned it on page one!

My apologies. I do get quite emotional when it comes to Car movies.

Cannot think of a name

13-12-2005, 02:23

Lunatic Goofballs

13-12-2005, 02:28

Anyone see The Gumball Rally[/i] (http://imdb.com/title/tt0074597/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxrdz0xfHE9Z3VtYmFsbHxmdD0xfG14PTIwfGxtPTUwMHxjbz0xfGh0bWw9MXxubT0x ;fc=1;ft=22;fm=1Death Race 2000? There is a remake in the works, but it's done by the bastard who brough you Aliens vs. Predator...so I'm not going to link it...
DEATH RACE 2000!!! That was the one with Sylvester Stallone! My god, I have been trying to figure out that movie's title for years!

*hugs you* Thank you, thank you, thank you! I saw it when I was about twelve and the only thing I remember clearly is that it was a race where hitting people earned you points. These doctors and nurses at a nearby hospital put out a bunch of elderly patients and cripples into the road for the hero(can't remember his name) to hit and instead, the hero swerves onto the sidewalk and creams the doctors and nurses. :)

Cannot think of a name

13-12-2005, 02:31

DEATH RACE 2000!!! That was the one with Sylvester Stallone! My god, I have been trying to figure out that movie's title for years!

*hugs you* Thank you, thank you, thank you! I saw it when I was about twelve and the only thing I remember clearly is that it was a race where hitting people earned you points. These doctors and nurses at a nearby hospital put out a bunch of elderly patients and cripples into the road for the hero(can't remember his name) to hit and instead, the hero swerves onto the sidewalk and creams the doctors and nurses. :)
David Carradine as Frank N Stien. If there was anyone on this board who would appreciate that movie, it was going to be you!

Lunatic Goofballs

13-12-2005, 02:33

David Carradine as Frank N Stien. If there was anyone on this board who would appreciate that movie, it was going to be you!

*is flattered* :fluffle: :D

German Nightmare

13-12-2005, 02:36

My apologies. I do get quite emotional when it comes to Car movies.
Oh, I never took that one personal, you know ;) But I can see why leaving out Bandit can trigger such a reaction - I've just recently watched'em both on tv and they are hilarious (even as the #. rerun and after all those years).

So, no bad feelings between us! http://www.studip.uni-goettingen.de/pictures/smile/froehlich2.gif

Maineiacs

13-12-2005, 02:44

Nobody mentioned The Road Warrior?

Minoriteeburg

13-12-2005, 02:49

one of best car chases: the dirty harry movie when hes chased through san fran by the remote control car bomb (name eludes me)

Lunatic Goofballs

13-12-2005, 02:51

one of best car chases: the dirty harry movie when hes chased through san fran by the remote control car bomb (name eludes me)
The Dead Pool.

Cannot think of a name

13-12-2005, 02:52

Nobody mentioned The Road Warrior?
They did, but they called it Mad Max 2. Mad Max had a good car chase, the only car chase we watched in film school.
EDIT:scratch that, we also watched The French Connection

Minoriteeburg

13-12-2005, 02:53

The Dead Pool.

thanks.

the one with jim carrey.

German Nightmare

13-12-2005, 02:53

Nobody mentioned The Road Warrior?
What is that? Mad Max or something?

Edit: Apparently so!

Parkside II

13-12-2005, 02:55

Gran Prix and LeMans are the only two car (racing0 movies worth watching.
:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
Couldn't have said it better.

Malclavia

13-12-2005, 03:03

Anyone see The Gumball Rally?

How about Cannonball Run? It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World?

Does the game of chicken qualify Rebel Without A Cause as a "car movie"?

Cannot think of a name

13-12-2005, 03:06

How about Cannonball Run? It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World?

Does the game of chicken qualify Rebel Without A Cause as a "car movie"?
No, just because that dude was a whiner. And he was leading on his gay friend.

Bonus points for It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Cannonball Run I believe was mentioned..

Dobbsworld

13-12-2005, 03:11

Duel. A damned frightening early Steven Speilberg film.

But on a lighter note, The Gumball Rally, the film remade as Cannonball Run, except The Gumball Rally was funnier, as I dimly recall.

Teh_pantless_hero

13-12-2005, 03:21

The original Herby.

Artesianaria

13-12-2005, 03:26

Death Race 2000

:cool:

Canada6

13-12-2005, 04:13

Steve McQueen is (or was) God.

Cannot think of a name

13-12-2005, 04:16

Duel. A damned frightening early Steven Speilberg film.

But on a lighter note, The Gumball Rally, the film remade as Cannonball Run, except The Gumball Rally was funnier, as I dimly recall.
Cannonball Run wasn't a remake of Gumball Rally. While they are similar themes (alright, identical plot device) Cannonball Run was written by original actual Cannonball Run organizer and Car and Driver Editor at Large Brock Yates about the race that, as I just mentioned, he had organized.

Originally the movie was set to star Steve McQueen, but McQueen became sick and it was cast with Reynolds instead, which changed the nature of the film. It wasn't orignally intended to be a high comedy (not in that you have to be high, but where jokes trump the reality in the film).

I would have prefered McQueen...

Yates also wrote a Le Mans movie about a husband/wife team of drivers in a 962 but it never got made.

I know way too much about all of that...

Anebrd

13-12-2005, 05:25

Best car movie.... HERBIE the Love Bug!

Chase movie.... There is a lot of them. I would have to pick the James Bond Series for car chases because he is going to push a button in his silver jaguar and out pops :sniper: from the trunk taking out the bad guys.

M3rcenaries

13-12-2005, 05:27

I voted for assorted james bond movies. Ive seen them all (spike marathons). Bond is such a pimp.

Adyndril

13-12-2005, 05:34

Bullitt, because McQueen was the best driver/actor in any of these movies.

MrMopar

13-12-2005, 05:58

Bullitt, because McQueen was the best driver/actor in any of these movies.
Agreed. Steve kicked ass.

Ham-o

13-12-2005, 05:59

i loved the fast and the furious

the second one sucked though

and by the way, the tank chase in goldeneye is amazing

MrMopar

13-12-2005, 06:00

Nobody voted for the poor 'ol Duke Boys?

Ah hell, can't say I blame 'em. They REALLY don't deserve the vote, anyway.

Megaloria

13-12-2005, 06:03

The Road Warrior. Not to mention the two it's sandwiched between.

Cannot think of a name

13-12-2005, 06:05

The Road Warrior. Not to mention the two it's sandwiched between.
Beyond Thunderdome didn't really have car chases...

Megaloria

13-12-2005, 06:06

Beyond Thunderdome didn't really have car chases...

It did at the end, and involved a rail cart and a small airplane to boot. Still an awesome film regardless.

Demented Hamsters

13-12-2005, 08:37

From the list, I guess I'll go old-school and plump for Bullitt.
Ronin had some very cool car chase scenes in it. The chase the wrong way through the French motorway is pretty cool, and the narrow lane chase in Venice(?) is also top-notch.

Best car movie though would have to be Goodbye Pork Pie. Classic Kiwiana.

THE LOST PLANET

13-12-2005, 08:45

Vanishing Point

Or maybe 'Duel'

Brady Bunch Perm

13-12-2005, 08:46

Bullitt, because McQueen was the best driver/actor in any of these movies.

He may have been the best actor, but definately not the best driver.

The best was H.B. Halicki, the star, director, producer, and stunt driver on the original Gone in 60 Seconds.

Minoriteeburg

13-12-2005, 08:46

Or maybe 'Duel'

i had forgotten of that classic.

Delator

13-12-2005, 08:47

Best car/car chase movie???

Duel...hands down.

If you haven't seen it yet, do so...NOW! :p

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067023/

Minoriteeburg

13-12-2005, 08:49

Did the Hitcher have any chase scenes? (been about 8 years since i have seen it)

Barvinia

13-12-2005, 08:53

What's the best car/chase movie ever?

The Car with James Brolin.

Cannot think of a name

13-12-2005, 08:58

The Car with James Brolin.
Quality!

Last year for Christmas I bought my nephew a model of the car from that movie. No one in the family understood why I was so amped to give that to him, but one day he'll understand.

Ancient Valyria

13-12-2005, 11:13

Dude, Where's My Car?

Potaria

13-12-2005, 11:13

Dude, Where's My Car?

Oh god, no...

Harlesburg

13-12-2005, 11:21

Cannonball!

Harlesburg

13-12-2005, 11:21

NO nO God No!

Goodbye Pork Pie!

Hullepupp

13-12-2005, 12:00

The Higway Chase in Matrix 2 is the best I have ever seen ... but I would vote vor Mad Max 1..Sadly it is not possible

The State of It

13-12-2005, 13:15

Ronin is the best car chase movie.

People say about the car chase, but there was actually three.

All breathtaking.

More:

Bullitt

The French Connection

Vanishing Point (The Original)

Gone in 60 Seconds (The Original)

Duel (An atmospheric and gripping Car vs Truck duel on a road, the first film directed by Spielberg)

The Blues Brothers

Goldeneye Tank Chase

Starsky and Hutch car chase in pilot movie episode and in episode 1 of 1st series.

The Driver (Film with Ryan 'O Neal as a getaway driver, intense stuff)

Dead Pool remote control bomb car chasing Dirt Harry's car chase.

Lethal Weapon car chase.

Terminator 2 Truck-Bike Chase and Terminator-Car chase.

Bodies Without Organs

13-12-2005, 13:46

I was just going to point out that they missed Vanishing Point, should have defiantly been included on the poll.

Damn right.

Kellarly

13-12-2005, 14:42

Personally its the Blues Brothers for me...

However, Bullit is a fave of mine, purely because you can pretty much relive it on teh first game in the Driver series on PS and PC. So very very very nice :D

Hata-alla

13-12-2005, 14:54

Yeah, Blues Brothers! TONS of police cars crashes and the nazis get it!:D

Carnivorous Lickers

13-12-2005, 15:06

Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.

How could you forget the Blues Brothers. No, honestly: How could you :p

I even forgot my favorite!!!

"Any unnecessary violence used in the the apprehension of the Blues Brothers has been approved".

N Y C

13-12-2005, 15:11

Herbie Fully Loaded...When I was at camp this summer, One of the choices of movies we could go to in town was Herbie fully Loaded, and we debated it for a while because we needed to answer this: "When they say fully loaded, are they talking about the car or...?"

German Nightmare

15-12-2005, 23:58

Dude, Where's My Car?
"Sweet"

Tactical Grace

16-12-2005, 00:14

Duel.

w1n

Utracia

16-12-2005, 00:17

I just saw Mr. & Mrs. Smith so I'll go with the chase in that film.

MinMaxRegret

16-12-2005, 00:39

the best car/car chase movie is C'etait un Rendezvous. it's twelve minutes long and i have 8 1/2. in the 70's, this french director paid an as-yet-unnamed-driver to drive a ferrari as fast as possible through the streets of paris at dawn. It's not as visually stimulating as FF and 2F2F, simply because it wasn't made to be. It's real. It's a camera strapped to the hood of a ferrari. it's kickass.

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