Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese)

K.T.Tran wrote:is there any good racing movies???

The Fast and Furious 1 and 2 blows.....
Legend of Speed was horrible.....

I think...Days of Thunder, Driven and Jackie Chan's Thunderbolt was ok (though the good fighting scenes make up for a lot) and the Initial D racing scenes were ok

watch speedracer...the mach 5 kicks ass...plus trixie has good news...she saved some money on auto insurance by calling geico. go speedracer go!

kenjilina wrote:

i believe a film about the life of ferrari hero gilles villeneuve is being made. if you've ever seen footage from the 1979 french gp at dijon you'll see why he's respected so.
i hope the movie will do him justice.

I haven't seen footage of that time :sweat:
Well if a movie does come out, I hope its good.

I'll wait till then and hear some reviews from you Kenjilina :mrgreen:

God of Gamblers finally released in the US. :woot:

K.T.Tran wrote:is there any good racing movies???

Le Mans
Grand Prix

They're sorta old, but good movies.

K.T.Tran wrote:is there any good racing movies???

The Fast and Furious 1 and 2 blows.....
Legend of Speed was horrible.....

I think...Days of Thunder, Driven and Jackie Chan's Thunderbolt was ok (though the good fighting scenes make up for a lot) and the Initial D racing scenes were ok

there's that french movie called 'taxi'. lots of car chases if you like that sort of thing.

kenjilina wrote:

there's that french movie called 'taxi'. lots of car chases if you like that sort of thing.

i like the chase scenes in the film ronin with robert de niro...even though the movie was kinda whack.

The Hire film series... Mini edition. not exactly racing, but it's fun seeing them bounce around.

Thanks for naming some movies guys. I'll try and find them soon and give them a shot :mrgreen:

torque is BAD! :bleh:

kenjilina wrote:torque is BAD! :bleh:

Good thing I haven't watched that movie then :hehe:

krim wrote:The Hire film series... Mini edition. not exactly racing, but it's fun seeing them bounce around.

They did one with Minis?? :headscratch:

I've got the one with the Bimmers and Clive Owen....

bmwracer wrote:
They did one with Minis?? :headscratch:

I've got the one with the Bimmers and Clive Owen....

i dont remember which one it is, it may have been a short on one of the BMW discs... ill get the actual disc name when i get home.

I'm not sure if it's the same place, but BMW Films will be shutting down The Hire tomorrow, Oct. 21. If you want to download the films from their website, you need to do so post haste.

http://usa.bmwfilms.com/clap.asp?template=index&country=usa&film=&start=Y

never been to that specific site, all mine are on DVD.

It's official, Daniel Craig is 007

Friday, October 14, 2005; Posted: 4:57 p.m. EDT (20:57 GMT)

LONDON, England -- One of the worst kept secrets in the entertainment industry is no longer a secret.

Daniel Craig, a blue-eyed and blond British actor, is the new James Bond.

Sony Pictures on Friday confirmed media reports that Craig will replace Pierce Brosnan as the suave British spy of the silver screen.

Craig's selection -- revealed by having the actor travel down the River Thames aboard a military boat, wearing Bond's trademark suit and dark glasses -- ends months of speculation over the role of agent 007.

Later, at a news conference in London, Craig appeared to be at a loss for words about his new job.

"It's something else, I can tell you, really," he said.

Craig added that his first reaction when told by producers was to say, "I need a drink."

Producers said last year that they were seeking a replacement for Pierce Brosnan, 52, who has played the suave British spy in the last four Bond films.

Rumored to have also been in the running were British actors Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gerard Butler and Ewan McGregor. Irishman Colin Farrell and Australians Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger and Eric Bana were also mentioned.

But after all the guessing, it was Craig's mother that let the cat out of the bag.

"Obviously we are thrilled to bits," his mother Carol told the Liverpool Daily Post newspaper on Thursday.

"It has come at a very good time in his career. He has worked extremely hard all his life and this would be his biggest populist role," she was quoted as saying. "It will be life-changing".

Craig, 37, appeared in the 1990s TV drama "Our Friends in the North" and in such films as "The Mother," "Enduring Love" and "Layer Cake."

He also played Paul Newman's son in "Road to Perdition," was poet Ted Hughes opposite Gwyneth Paltrow's Sylvia Plath in "Sylvia" and appeared in this year's thriller "The Jacket" with Adrien Brody.

Craig's personal life has also been a source of media attention.

He has dated model Kate Moss and has been linked to Sienna Miller, his "Layer Cake" co-star and on-off fiancee of Jude Law.

Craig will appear in the 21st Bond film, a remake of "Casino Royale," which is due to be released next year.

"Casino Royale," published in 1953, was Ian Fleming's first Bond novel. The 1967 film version was a spoof starring Peter Sellers, and it was one of the few Bond adventures not to feature any MI6 gadgets.

Copyright 2005 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report.

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/14/new.bond.actor/

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"Blond. James Blond."

i watched 'snow falling on cedars' last night. an interesting film highlighting the racial prejudice against japanese people living in post war america.

while i think the topic was interesting, the movie itself was slow and dull.

Just watched Flight Plan in theater. The movie is good.........unpredictable until the later part of the movie :thumbsup: .

watched HP and the Goblet of Fire yesterday, my second time. all in all the movie is ok.... great effects.. cool quidditch world cup stadium, the story is easy to follow for those who havent read the book(but have seen the other movies), trio's acting's improved, bishies galore, ralph feinnes as voldemort :bow: etc etc etc

3.5 out of 5 :applaud:

Just saw a commerical for a Usher movie, called In The Mix.
Dude plays a DJ and took a bullet for a mafia princess, so now he gots to protect that girl. Seems like a good enough movie worth $10 of spending when it out in theater

K.T.Tran wrote:Seems like a good enough movie worth $10 of spending when it out in theater

Sucker. ;) :hehe: