pacman357
7 years ago
I love the sheer carnage in "The Blues Brothers" big chase, but for pure madness, it's hard to think of one that tops this. None of that The Bald and the Really Miffed Part 27 nonsense. The fact that McQueen does so much driving in this is insane enough. The technology of the time...look at the body roll in the turns. The hills of SF are borderline insane to drive even at legal speeds. This one still holds my attention for the entire scene.



Has a bit of a personal connection for me, too. 40 years ago, as I was nearing my 16th birthday, my mother traded in her black over maroon '69 Charger for a (Dear God, I wish I was making this up), brown Ford station wagon. With fake wood panels. Sure, you could get it over 100 (it had the 460), but the steering was so sloppy, and the aircraft carrier size made it lethal...you never could be sure where it was going.

I still haven't forgiven her, but I do have a Mustang ('07 GT, Vista Blue, less than 40K miles...Highland Green was not offered that year). I also don't have to double clutch, which is a plus. So the model years are close on one, way off on the other (although 05-09 is my second favorite iteration of the Mustang models), but it's the crazy chase scene that still gets me.
ZRX1200
7 years ago
I’m still voting OJ
teedubbya
7 years ago
Are you the one that sent me the Nicole Simpson PEZ dispenser?
pacman357
7 years ago

I’m still voting OJ

ZRX1200 wrote:


LOL. I still remember that one. Wife and I had arrived at the Peppermill in Reno, I turned on the TV, and...what the hell am I watching? However, any car chase you can time with a calendar should be DQ'd, IMHO.

Also, it took me three friggin' years of trying criminal cases (we're talking about 10-12 trials a year) before I could get through a single trial without someone mentioning that damned case. Even had one where we nearly got all the way through a slugfest of a murder trial (very skilled prosecutor, very few legal issues to slow us down, just 2 weeks of intense exam and cross-exam of witnesses), and an outstanding trial judge for whom I had a ton of respect finally mentioned it towards the end of the case. I just wanted to scream.
dstieger
7 years ago
Love the Blues Brothers, but there was an even better one in Chicago...Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines on the train tracks.

I didn't think Bullit was even Mcqueen's best....prefer the motorcycle run in Great Escape
frankj1
7 years ago

Are you the one that sent me the Nicole Simpson PEZ dispenser?

teedubbya wrote:


whoa!
Speyside
7 years ago
French connection, Gene Hackman.
pacman357
7 years ago
#5 "Running Scared" I love that movie, and that car chase IS fantastic. I can do the Billy Crystal call exactly...cracks up my buddy. I'm still partial to Bullit, however. Need to see GE again. Been so long I haven't seen that ride in eons.

#7 Yeah, that one is pretty good, too. Damn...someone has to have made a compilation...yup. I'm too toasted to go deep diving, so here is Watch Mojo, so there will be some odd choices and order, but also some cool trivia. This is what I got.
dstieger
7 years ago
Oh nooooo... he don pay me no mo
Speyside
7 years ago
The fast and furious movies have a batch of great car chase/race scenes in them.
izonfire
7 years ago

The fast and furious movies have a batch of great car chase/race scenes in them.

Speyside wrote:



Much better than the Slow and Complacent movies. Such a bore...
teedubbya
7 years ago

whoa!

frankj1 wrote:




I'm sorry
frankj1
7 years ago

I'm sorry

teedubbya wrote:


no no, don't be.
Now I want one.
izonfire
7 years ago

no no, don't be.
Now I want one.

frankj1 wrote:



That's been done.
Make your own...
DrMaddVibe
7 years ago
Submitted for discussion...

The Corruptor


Gone In 60 Seconds


Death Proof


Mr. Majestyk
Mr. Jones
7 years ago
Bulliet
Or
To Live and Die in L.A.
Thunder.Gerbil
7 years ago
Duel. The whole movie was a car chase.

After that, Gone in 60 Seconds (1973 ?).

The Italian Job (1969), French Connection, Death Proof, T2.

If we are going to go unrealistic but entertaining: every Bond movie, Mad Max 2 Road Warrior and Mad Max Fury Road for absolute over the top entertaining ridiculousness.

As for Bullitt... the chase scene from Bullitt really deserves an award for editing. The guys in the cut room made it look seamless and the streets appear to be all connected. As for Steve McQueen's driving, he only did part of the scenes, the ones where you can see his face, all the others were stunt drivers. Which is just as well because McQueen plowed into a parked car trying to make one of the turns doing quite a bit of damage to that mustang, then lost control on another maneuver and took out a camera - narrowly missing the cameraman and the assistant. It still gets an honorable mention though.

And then there was this one...
thurson
7 years ago

Duel. The whole movie was a car chase.

After that, Gone in 60 Seconds.

The Italian Job, French Connection, Death Proof, T2.

If we are going to go unrealistic but entertaining: every Bond movie, Mad Max 2 Road Warrior and Mad Max Fury Road for absolute over the top entertaining ridiculousness.

As for Bullitt... the chase scene from Bullitt really deserves an award for editing. The guys in the cut room made it look seamless and the streets appear to be all connected. As for Steve McQueen's driving, he only did part of the scenes, the ones where you can see his face, all the others were stunt drivers. Which is just as well because McQueen plowed into a parked car trying to make one of the turns doing quite a bit of damage to that mustang, then lost control on another maneuver and took out a camera - narrowly missing the cameraman and the assistant. It still gets an honorable mention though.

And then there was this one...

Thunder.Gerbil wrote:



Agreed. But I still can't help but notice them passing that green VW 4 times.

A lot of great chases mentioned here, but no love for the Bourne movies?
Phil222
7 years ago
Honorable mention...Ronin...Smokey and the Bandit...Drive...Fast and the Furious?

My tops would prolly be Fury Road.
teedubbya
7 years ago
Dukes of hazard for the win
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