Has anyone seen the ORIGINAL "Gone in 60 Seconds"?
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Yep. In first grade at the theater with my older bro. When the chase scene started the theater employees piled in the back to watch it. I recall the auditorium itself was pretty filled. I have it on tape. Watched right after I got it 15? years ago. Man, what a suck ass film. Fell asleep before the chase and after it was over before the credits rolled. Havent watched it since.
I saw ALL those "car movies" first run in theaters. God Bless my Dad (and Mom on at least one occasion as well as bro a few times) for taking me to see them, some of which were horrid, for them.
Supervan (bro)
Convoy (Dad?)
Corvette Summer (Dad)
All the Herbie movies (Dad)
SuperBug? A British Herbie ripoff that Mom made sure I knew sucked
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (Dad and bro)
GISS (bro)
Mad Max (bro)
Funny Car Summer (bro)
Road Warrior (Dad)
Breaker, Breaker (Dad)
Love and the Midnight Auto Supply (Dad)
Cannonball Run 1 and 2? (Dad)
Gumball Rally (Dad)
Cannonball (not the same) (Dad)
Smokey and The Bandit 1 and 2 (Dad)
Eat My Dust (the whole family, at the drive in, no less and as I recall an insane thunderstorm hit during the movie)
Grand Theft Auto (no, not the video game, WAY before) (Dad)
Hooper (Dad)
Return to Macon County (Dad)
White Lighting (whole family, I think, at the drive in)
The Great Smokey Roadblock (Dad)
Speedtrap (Dad)
And others I cant think of. A David Carradine? flick about a stolen, black 57 Chevy that crashes through a showroom glass window, (Dad), a movie about all kinds of offbeat racing, such as swamp buggies, cant remember the name Wheels?, Dirt?, wish I could, havent found anything that fits it. Id like to find it, it was a cool show, (Dad) and others Im sure Im forgetting.
As far as stuff I like now, to wit:
The typical guy stuff, war, action, crime & cop shows, dramas, most horror & esp sci fi. I like comedies but not dumb shit like Adam Sandler or that stupid, dead, fat fuck Chris Farley. Good stuff like Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Steve Martin, etc. Naturally, I dont do chick flicks. However, I do like Always, Ghost & City of Angels.
Top 5 fav films are: Mad Max/Road Warrior, Thief, The Andromeda Strain (havent seen the new one yet), Ice Station Zebra & both versions of Fail Safe but the original is best. Others I like are: Jaws, Air Force One, just about any Clint Eastwood or Gene Hackman film, the Lethal Weapon series, the Die Hard series, Excalibur & just about any sword fighting film, Blade & naturally gobs of others. I hate Titanic (except for the crash scene), Pretty Woman & Jerry McGuire.