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Posted by Metaliant on 10-03-2007 at 08:35:

Bullet

I bought the classic film Bullet on DVD and saw it last night whie having my tea. Damm good film, especially the car chase.

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Posted by Cep on 11-03-2007 at 22:51:

Yes that car chase is perhaps the most famous of them all, simply because I believe it was the first of its kind.

Definitely a classic that still stands the test of time Smile

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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 12-03-2007 at 12:50:

Nah, the Italian Job's got the best chase. One of the few films where the remake was better than the original.

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Posted by Metaliant on 12-03-2007 at 20:24:

How the heck can the remake be better than the orginal. I sorry, I disagree, the remake is cack. It can't even get near the orginal.

With the remake, why call it the Italian Job, when it's in LA?

I will agree with the chase though. It's a comedy type car chase, making the Italian cops look silly but the chase in Bullet was a different type of chase.

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Posted by Cep on 12-03-2007 at 23:44:

I second the notion, the remake was pure rubbish.

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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 13-03-2007 at 00:23:

I rather thought it was absolute fluff, with closure and a happy ending for the guys I was rooting for. I couldn't quite get into the original as much.

Didn't quite merit the title remake, though. Only similarities were bunch of guys wanting to get back at one who turned on them, and the car chase.

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Posted by Metaliant on 13-03-2007 at 08:37:

Not quite Criket. They didn't use football fans to help out.

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Posted by Cep on 13-03-2007 at 10:12:

I think the only similar thing was the fact they used coloured mini coopers.

I'm not a big fan of Americanised remakes of classic British films.

Although the Lady killers wasn't a bad modern adaptation but it will never be as good as the Alec Guinness original.

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Posted by meridianday on 13-03-2007 at 12:10:

I never got round to seeing the remake of the Ladykillers. The original was an absolute classic.

Still think the Blues Brothers does rather well with its car chases.

I have to admit, I didn't rate the Italian Job remake. I think I didn't like the leading actor. He doesn't seem to have the wherewithal to be a lead. But it's not a remake, and I don't really understand why it's got the same name. If it wasn't called a remake, it could stand on its own merits.

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Posted by Metaliant on 15-03-2007 at 07:25:

They did the same thing with Planet Of The Apes, which had the same person as the Italian Job remake/not remake. Though, they kept the name Planet Of The Apes, they did a slightly different story tot he orgiinal, which is better than the recent one, thought the end was quite unexpected.

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