Plenty of sanity...just different tastes in movies. ;)
If you just in it for the plot...go watch "Gone with the Wind". Hehehehe...if
you're going to watch the movie for the action, it ranks up there with Gone in
60 Seconds. (Better cars in 60-seconds though)
- Bernd
> Oh god. Is there no sanity on this list? To quote a friend of mine, "dude
> this movie sucks!" I'll admit I just don't get the appeal of drag racing
> but I do try to understand it. Stallone and company didn't make any effort
> at all to understand road racing. Driven makes Days of Thunder look like
> an oscar winner. Damn, talk about no basis in reality. I guess because
> it's "my sport" I'm a little opinionated, but it just wasn't even close to
> realistic and the effects are terrible. The street scene is
> ridiculous...any idea how difficult it is to *start* one of those cars? It
> takes a team and quite a bit of time to get the thing ready to run.
>
> Plot, what plot? You want to see a great movie about racing? Go rent Le
> Mans (Steve McQueen) or Grand Prix (James Garner). The opening 20 minutes
> of Grand Prix are some of the most incredible racing scenes ever filmed,
> and Le Mans is simply the best.
>
> Mark Litherland
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