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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Cars/Racing
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My picks today are from least to most liked.
The movie that inspired today's theme. I actually saw this in the theaters way back in 2001 and it's so not my type of movie, which is why I think I've only watched one of it's sequel. But apparently the movies get better and the franchise is still going strong.
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Again so not my type of movie. Don't care for the plot, I mean it's so thin anyway right, but great action and just a visual spectacle.
Drive (2011)
The only one out the three that I actually love. The Driver, yep the protagonist is an unnamed driver, is just so confident in his driving and everything else that he does.
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Again so not my type of movie. Don't care for the plot, I mean it's so thin anyway right, but great action and just a visual spectacle.
Drive (2011)
The only one out the three that I actually love. The Driver, yep the protagonist is an unnamed driver, is just so confident in his driving and everything else that he does.
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I actually enjoyed Mad Max even though it just seems so depressing. I refuse to watch these Fast and furious movies. I have heard good things about Drive so will give that one a shot.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised I enjoyed Mad Max too because it just didn't look like something I would.
DeleteDrive is so good, so I hop get a chance to see it.
We are matching in Drive and Mad Max, tho I picked the first movie. I liked Fast and Furious franchise but never take them seriously.
ReplyDeleteYeah I don't think the Fast and Furious movies are meant to be taken seriously. They're suppose to be just fun I guess...but there's nothing in it for me to like, at least the earlier films which were the ones I saw.
DeleteDrive and Fury Road are great! I never got into the Fast and Furious franchise, though I've seen a few. I respect that they have a ton of fans though.
ReplyDeleteI'm not much of a fan of the Fast and Furious franchise but I love the other two picks. Mad Max was such a revelation!
ReplyDeleteVery apt picks. I saw the first F&F under the persuasion of my nephew's request when it came out. He loved it and I thought it was idiotic the result being that he's seen every one since and I've never watched another.
ReplyDeleteAs action movies go Fury Road wasn't bad but I can't see myself watching it again despite my liking for both Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron.
I did like Drive. It was dark and brooding and rather sad ultimately with excellent performances.
Even though I'm not much of a race fan nor a gear head I realized I've seen many films that fit through the years which made choosing easier than I had expected. So I tried to come up with more out of the way picks, love my second pick so much.
Winning (1969)-Frank Capua’s (Paul Newman) dream is to win the Indy 500 and he is spurred on by his messy private life including a troubled marriage to Elora (Joanne Woodward) who is also involved with his main rival Luther Erding (Robert Wagner). The film inspired Newman’s lifelong love of racing and has some exciting scenes of the sport. While it doesn’t deliver on its ambitious tagline “WINNING is for men who live dangerously! WINNING is for women who love recklessly! WINNING is for young people who live for now! WINNING...is for everybody!” it’s a decent film with many of the stars of the racing circuit making appearances.
The Great Race (1965)-At the beginning of the 1900’s The Great Leslie (an all in white clad Tony Curtis) and his arch nemesis Professor Fate (Jack Lemmon equally black covered with a handlebar moustache and top hat to boot) compete in the title race from New York to Paris with henchmen in tow, Hezekiah (Keenan Wynn) for Curtis and Max (a hilarious Peter Falk) for Lemmon. Also competing and covering the race for The Sentinel newspaper is pioneering and rambunctious reporter Maggie DuBois (Natalie Wood at her most beautiful). MANY complications occur along the way including a western town brawl and shootout and an enormous pie fight. Blake Edwards directed tribute to slapstick and old time serials is zany fun with beautiful costume & set design, a game cast and for car lovers fantastic automobiles. The score was provided by Henry Mancini and includes the Oscar nominated “The Sweetheart Tree”.
The Big Wheel (1949)-Watch out Mickey Rooney’s on the skids in more ways than one! Billy Coy (Rooney) has something to prove, his father was a legend in the midget race car game until his death in a crackup, now Billy is trying to show his worth. The story is standard cocky hothead knocked down a few pegs until his learns the necessary life lessons junk but if you're a race fan and don't mind the obvious rear projection shots it has a certain entertainment value. Additionally parts were filmed at the Indy 500 raceway providing a glimpse of it in its infancy. Aside from Rooney there’s a good cast including Spring Byington, Thomas Mitchell and in a small part Hattie McDaniel in her last theatrical feature. This was made just as the Mick’s major star period was ending.
80’s Flashback Bonus-Catch Me If You Can (1989)-When her small Midwest high school faces closure class president Melissa Hanson (Loryn Locklin) is persuaded by school bad boy Dylan Malone (Matt Lattanzi) to gamble on the illegal car races he runs. Everything goes well at first but then the local mob moves in so Melissa and Dylan take drastic measures to save ol’ Cathedral High! Full of 80’s music (the film’s score is composed and performed by Tangerine Dream) 80’s fashion and of course 80’s hair complete with headbands!
Fury Road - Same here, as in while I enjoyed the movie I don't think I'll watch it again. Like I said there's not much story in it, which is usually the reason for me for rewatching anything.
DeleteThe first FF was decent. Oddly, the series doesn't kick into gear until part 5 when it fully embraces it's own ridiculousness. I love both of your other picks. Excellent films.
ReplyDeleteLove Drive and Fury Road but its simple plot is what makes it incredible, should have won best picture.
ReplyDeleteHaha...I definitely disagree on that one. I can't remember what else was nominated for Best Picture, but surely there was something that was better than Fury Road. I think it did win some of the tech categories right, which it was more deserving of.
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