What is the best car chase ever?
04-03-04, 10:06 PM
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Originally posted by Suprmallet
French Connection, no contest.
French Connection, no contest.
right on!
You can't beat the Hackman/Freidken/brown chevy connection either
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04-04-04, 03:11 AM
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Oh come on now - 25 replys and only ONE person mentions Raiders of the Lost Ark?!? You people should be ASHAMED of yourselves.
The Kung Fu truck battle in the Matrix was shot in slow motion compared to Indy vs the Nazis. And even better - every single shot was a real person hanging off a real truck going really fast. None of this "Oh look, I'm a computer generated Keanu Reeves doing Kung Fu in front of a blue screen" bull shit here.
Anyone who thinks otherwise need to have his face melted and head imploded by the power of god.
The Kung Fu truck battle in the Matrix was shot in slow motion compared to Indy vs the Nazis. And even better - every single shot was a real person hanging off a real truck going really fast. None of this "Oh look, I'm a computer generated Keanu Reeves doing Kung Fu in front of a blue screen" bull shit here.
Anyone who thinks otherwise need to have his face melted and head imploded by the power of god.
04-04-04, 05:12 AM
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I have to go with Ronin, there is some excellent driving in that film and it is shot and directed beautifully.
And I have to echo some of what others have said: A good car chase should not have CGI. It just ruins it.
And I have to echo some of what others have said: A good car chase should not have CGI. It just ruins it.
04-04-04, 05:58 AM
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Originally posted by El-Kabong
Oh come on now - 25 replys and only ONE person mentions Raiders of the Lost Ark?!? You people should be ASHAMED of yourselves.
The Kung Fu truck battle in the Matrix was shot in slow motion compared to Indy vs the Nazis. And even better - every single shot was a real person hanging off a real truck going really fast. None of this "Oh look, I'm a computer generated Keanu Reeves doing Kung Fu in front of a blue screen" bull shit here.
Anyone who thinks otherwise need to have his face melted and head imploded by the power of god.
Oh come on now - 25 replys and only ONE person mentions Raiders of the Lost Ark?!? You people should be ASHAMED of yourselves.
The Kung Fu truck battle in the Matrix was shot in slow motion compared to Indy vs the Nazis. And even better - every single shot was a real person hanging off a real truck going really fast. None of this "Oh look, I'm a computer generated Keanu Reeves doing Kung Fu in front of a blue screen" bull shit here.
Anyone who thinks otherwise need to have his face melted and head imploded by the power of god.
Raiders though has the best chase ever filmed if you ask me...and yes I'm that one person who mentioned it...
04-05-04, 01:13 AM
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I would've added Raiders to my list but I consider it to be more of an actual action sequence than a strict car chase (Indy chases a truck and has adventures on and around it). I just assumed we wanted best car chase.
04-05-04, 05:03 PM
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In "Reloaded," isn't Niobe actually driving Steve McQueen's car from "Bullitt"? The Wachowskis must've thought their movie would get included in future Best Car Chase lists, thus the reason for them paying tribute to the granddaddy of them all.
04-06-04, 04:19 AM
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Originally posted by rennervision
In "Reloaded," isn't Niobe actually driving Steve McQueen's car from "Bullitt"?
In "Reloaded," isn't Niobe actually driving Steve McQueen's car from "Bullitt"?
anyways.. my vote for best would be ronin..
Hum.. I see the French Connection list alot and while it was insane to rip around the city like that, more so being it sounds like they did it sort of outlaw.. I never really thought it was that great of an over all car chase..
Don't get me wrong.. It's good, but something just seemed sort of empty about it Vs a good car vs car chase down..Like say Road Warrior or Mad Max.. Hum, maybe I saw it too late and after too many other filmes? It just seemed to me that it was some crazy guy late for his train, more then a car chase.
Clearly more feel others wise so I must have just missed the vibe some how.. Maybe if it has been something I saw when the film first came out the case would have made more impact?
I go with Ronin as the best. Road Warrior as best with a truck.. errr and most over the top car cash to The Animal. hehe..
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04-06-04, 04:28 AM
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French Connection holds up. Or more accurately, I just saw it for the first time recently and even in my modern eyes I thought it had moments that allowed it to stack up with the best modern chases. A lot of 1st person perspective shots as Doyle is racing through the streets and some of his near misses are absolutely thrilling and would work in a modern film.
Though my personal favourite that I can watch again & again is the one in Mission Impossible 2. It's kind of unfair since the hero's on a bike, but he's doing things that have never been done on film before and a lot of the car flips and crashes are shot brilliantly.
Though my personal favourite that I can watch again & again is the one in Mission Impossible 2. It's kind of unfair since the hero's on a bike, but he's doing things that have never been done on film before and a lot of the car flips and crashes are shot brilliantly.
