Movies that get my motor running

wesley — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:02:37 GMT

The best car chases is in the movie "The 7ups" with the late great Roy Schider in a Pontiac Ventura chasing a Pontiac Bonniville and Bad Boys 2 with Will Smith and Martin Lawarence chasing the car carrier that is dumping cars on the freeway.

car chases should be mostly real and not CGI.

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Ann, Dayton OH — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:17:33 GMT

There was a movie, called I think, "The Bubblegum Rally" that dealt with a race from the east coast to the west coast, that involved some car chases and a some insight to the people who do these things.

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Darryl Lewis, Rock Hill, SC — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:32:14 GMT

Not the best but one of the funnier ones - Running Scared w/ Billy Crystal and Greg Hines. "No not under the El - we're on the El!" Gotta have two categories - Real and CGI. Real - Tie between Bullitt and Ronin. CGI - Tie between Teminator 2 and Matrix Reloaded.

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Matt, Springfield, MO — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:38:50 GMT

Ann - that movie was Gumball Rally. All cars were filmed at actual speeds and they did not have to dub in engine sounds. Great movie.

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Joan, Cary, NC — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:43:01 GMT

I must be one of the strange ones, 'cause when I see a car chase in a movie, I just tune out and start doing a grocery list, or thinking about something else completely. I find car (and most other modes of transportation) chases extremely boring.

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J S, Albuquerque, N M — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:57:22 GMT

Meh... you grew up in the wrong era. Back in the '70s, car chases and shootouts were de rigeur on every cop show. From "The Streets of San Francisco" to "Beretta" and "Starsky and Hutch" etc. Those were the days...

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Dave Golombowski, Pewaukee, WI — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:15:59 GMT

CGI has ruined live action films for me. Films like Jurassic Park and Gladiator used CGI to create images that cannot be duplicated. But the cheap action shots created by CGI are terrible. Imagine what a remake of Lawrence of Arabia would look like today.

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T, Brownsburg, IN — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:29:32 GMT

Blues Brothers!!! "We're on a mission from Gaaahhd."

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Ann, Dayton OH — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:15:33 GMT

Matt - thanks, I knew I got it wrong, but I was close.

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KM, Portland OR — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:33:24 GMT

It's a comedy, but the car chase in What's Up Doc? is great.

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Mary, Fredericksburg — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:57:08 GMT

T is totally right. The best car chase EVER was in Blues Brothers. It is especially incredible because it was filmed in the era before serious special effects. I'm not a car chase person (usually find them boring), but that car chase converted me.

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Katie Spring, TX — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:36:17 GMT

I agree that CGI is used too much for things that could be done with stunt people and good special effects work...Just because the technology is there doesn't mean you have to use it to DEATH!

I am not a huge fan of car chases myself, but, having seen what CGI does to movies, I agree with the overall sentiment that the "old school" chases are more entertaining to watch because of their realism...

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M Harrison, Coeur d'Alene, Id — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:59:35 GMT

Best car chase was with the Mini Coopers in The Italian Job.

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Rick, Austin, TX — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:02:20 GMT

Also, back in the 70s they fillmed ALOT of thhose chase scenes without letting the city know or shut down the streets. In the movie The French Connection they fillmed all of the chase scenes on hte streets of New York avoiding cops as they filmed.

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ALT — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:08:09 GMT

The Italian Job - Minies, Helicopters, Boats, Trains - it has it all and made it fun to watch as I am not a car person.

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Rory, Oakland CA — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:14:08 GMT

Grand Prix does it for me. I saw it first in a Cinerama theater, as it was supposed to be show. You truly felt like you were in a Formula 1 car going 200 MPH. Frankenhiemer did things with cameras that even CGI couldn't duplicate.

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Julie, Nashville, TN — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:28:03 GMT

From the old school ones, I loved the chase in The French Connection, but I also really liked the big chase in The Italian Job, too.

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JC Hope Mills, NC — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:33:54 GMT

I am thinking the Borne Identity.

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CWR, Satellite Beach, FL — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:59:08 GMT

Mad Max!!! The first time I saw that car I got goose bumps. The car stole the movie and put Mel on the map.

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Linda, Portland, OR — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:37:34 GMT

What about Duel? That was the scariest movie. No dialogue, just that truck always bearing down.

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JBFan — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:21:32 GMT

ANY James Bond movie with a car chase (motorcycle/boat/plane/rocket/etc.) RULES! YOWZA!!

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Brian, Macomb MI — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:51:51 GMT

I love the original Gone in 60 Seconds when it comes to car chase movies. All the stunts were real and the chase was over 40 minutes. The remake was all CGI for the most part which ruined it for me.

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Rich K. Owings Mills, MD — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:36:41 GMT

The most intense chase was 1971 ABC's movie of the week; Duel w/Dennis Weaver.

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Cathy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:09:52 GMT

I loved Gumball Rally, thanks, Ann, for reminding me.

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CRIS for Arkansas — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:22:02 GMT

Thank you D. Lewis for mentioning Matrix Reloaded! I loved this darned near 10 minute long-car chase-motorcycle chase-car crashing- fighting on top of semi truck-knife fighting in the back and front seats of a car-crashing into windshields-people morphing-sword slicing car-gun shot to gas tank exploding scene!!!
WHEW!!!! AWESOME!!!

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Dave L — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:17:27 GMT

Best movie car chase....The Italian Job. The original not the remake. Cars jumping from roof top to roof top. Awesome

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jcraig30 Hempstead NY — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:48:50 GMT

While I agree with JC in Hope Mills about The Bourne Identity having a great car chase scene, I have to say I think the car chase in The Bourne Supremacy was much better and even more heart pounding. And watching the making of and learning that they actually had a stunt driver teach Matt Damon to do those things so they could film him in the car while driving and that there were no streets shut down becuase Russia just doesn't do that, made it all the better for me.

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Will C. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:53:44 GMT

The "Freeway Chase" from Matrix: Reloaded. If you care for special features, they talk about how they used mostly real drivers/cars (and a motorcycle)...and how they were able to flip cars at speed. Even if you're not a fan of the Matrix, it's worth spending 5 minutes to watch the scene.

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Chuck Conner, Azle, TX — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:17:40 GMT

The Gumball Rally was a movie about an actual event that took place unofficially several times, I guess it was in the 70s. It was called the Sea-To-Shining-Sea-Memorial-Trophy-Dash. It was spawned by a pro basketballer who claimed to have driven from NY to LA in 36 hours, so that was the target. You could drive anything you wanted to. Two guys were contracted to drive a Cadillac across country for some wealthy soul who specified how many miles per day and how many days it would take. They made the 36 hour target as I recall, their only problem with the Caddy was what to do with it for the three days or so until they were to give it to the owner. Ah, the good old days.

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Jenny Harris, Austin, TX — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:54:55 GMT

Here's my two cents: "What's Up, Doc?" (1972) has a chase scene through the streets of San Francisco, featuring a VW bug that takes you down Lombard Street, through Chinatown, and ends up in the bay. Hilarious!!