Posted on 04/28/2007 1:53:31 PM PDT by decimon
This is a poll at the Michael Silence blog.
Blues Brothers
The French Connection.
Bullitt - hands down.
Bullitt
No doubt... Bullit
French Connection, with Bourne Identity a close second.
The Transporter had a good chase, as well.
Coolest guy ever. Steve McQ.
I voted for Ronin.
Opening scene of Office Space.
None of those mentioned. The best was one of the earliest,
Steve McQueen in “Bullitt.”
Bullit. See it here http://www.metacafe.com/watch/322148/bullit_car_chase/
Bullitt
Amen to Blues Brothers
Duel
Ronin
That was a good one ... although I'm kinda partial to any car chase from the "Naked Gun" series ..........
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
I actually think that The Bourne Supremacy had a better car chase than The Bourne Identity.
Ronin also has to be mentioned. The scenes where the cars are hurtling against the uncoming traffic on the narrow streets...incredible.
Oh hell yes...forgot about that one (actually there were 2...or 3)
Others may be more technically advanced, etc., but Bullitt had the Charger and the Mustang, and hands down the coolest bad guy in cinematic history, (the driver) at least when you consider he didn’t utter a single word, and was on the screen for only a minute or two — that dude was COOOOOOOLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
With Dennis Weaver being stalked by the trucker who didn’t like that he was passed on that California Highway.
Hands down: the best was DUEL
Kirk chasing Khan through the Mutara Nebula.
Vanishing Point
Kowalski and Super Soul were the men.
There’ll be goofs, by the way, even in the best. Here, for instance, we have the magic — well, I’d rather not spoil it.
If I remember correctly, Mad Max had a car chase...
He's intelligent, but inexperienced and his his patterns indicate 2 dimensional thinking.
LOL, I love the part when John Houseman instructs the lady student driver on how to flip the bird.
Beat ya to it (see #16) ;o)
Bullitt !
I agree. But IMO, Bullit set the standard and French Connection perfected it.
For comedic efforts, Blues Brothers and Raising Arizona (car, truck, foot and dog chases all wrapped together on that one) are the best.
Beverly Hills Cop opening scene.
Matrix 2
I guess it doesn’t count as a movie, but one of the most exciting things I’ve seen involved a TROLLEY in San Francisco on an episode of McMillan and Wife, with Rock Hudson, as I remember jumping back and forth from car to trolley, in the ONLY episode of M and Wife I ever saw. It was really something. And then in 2nd place would be BEN HUR/then of course Bullitt.
Damned right. And even though it was a motorcycle, his chase scene in "The Great Escape" should be up there as well.
Were they driving Saturns?
He also did some of the actual driving. Bullit was by far the greatest car chase, although the rest of the movie was a dud.
Bullit- Best chase of all time.
But, it just doesn't sound the same. For example, 'Shifting Gears', the music leading up to the chase: In the original, the bass trombone (one of the most fun instruments to play, BTW) has this really edgy punch to it, ratcheting up the tension and suspense. On the studio recording, the dude is trying as hard as he can to have the nice dark centered, mellow tone that he was taught in school. Boring.
So when I want to hear the 'Bullitt' soundtrack, I have to put in the movie, and switch between scenes to hear what I want.
Darn. Lucy Hunts Uranium isn’t there.
I took the car to a store and did some shopping and on the way home, I had an honest-to-God brake failure at the top of some hillstreet named Van-something.
I don't remember how many 'Bullit' crossroads I went through, I'm guessing 3 - 5 ... and every one was a heart attack.
I know I'm saved because the angels kept all cross traffic from my point of entry.
(I should add that the brakes went out during a down shift ... I never caught the gear ... I was in neutral all the way).
When I got to the bottom of the hill, I was able to steer the thing off to the side and scraped along a curb 'till I stopped.
I'd forgotten that until this thread.
Yup ... BULLIT.
Come on.No contest Bullit.
The “wrong way” scene in “To Live And Die In LA” was cool, but Bullit was the greatest.
Oh yeah. DUEL. Not one word of dialog in the entire film.
Steven Speilberg’s first movie.
Other way around, wasn't it? Until the worm turned. Great scene, though. With quotes from Herman Melville at the end (Ahab's curse).
Anyway, that was a submarine-hunt type scenario, borrowed from ee.g. The Bedford Incident, Das Boot, and Run Silent, Run Deep.
Best cars in a chase... Bullit
Best chase Live and Die in LA
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