Joseph Kosinski in Talks to Direct ‘Gran Turismo’ Video Game Adaptation
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No, it's precisely the opposite. A car movie is a movie where the cars are the main attraction.
No, what I said is that a movie that focuses solely on racing is likely to suck, and it needs a story that involves more than just cars, but Cars, alongside heist films, for example, are perfect examples of movies where cars play a part, but that doesn't make them car movies.
Yes, Cars' characters are vehicles. Yes, there is racing on the film. But I'd hardly call Cars a movie that focuses on racing more than anything.
And that's the thing. I would love someone to make a real car movie that doesn't suck, a movie where cars are 70% of the focus.
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...Speedway, (1929). IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020439/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3
Le Mans (1971) IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067334/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Days of Thunder (1990) IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099371/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Start with with these three classics.
A honorable mention goes to:
Speedway (1968 version), starring the King himself, Elvis. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063634/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
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You forgot the best of the bunch (IMO). Best racing footage as well, also IMO.
Grand Prix (1966) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060472/
It also features, in small parts or as drivers, the winners of at least half a dozen F1 World Championships.
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...I chose Le Mans, because Steve McQueen. Grand Prix is slightly better film overall but hey, what can I say, Steve's the king of cool.
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I'm sorry you dislike my opinion so much. I clearly stated in my posts that a pure racing movie would likely suck (unless it is a documentary), and any movie where cars aren't the main focus stops being a car movie altogether, like heist films and the like where cars are added content and not the focus.
If you can't understand that, don't blame it on me.
JKgo posted Days of Thunder, an example of a movie that fits the bill, but kind of sucks (in my opinion), even though it is enjoyable.
EDIT: Sorry if I sound rude, but this was never a game of "prove me wrong".
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This one. It's the best. Imagine something that starts with someone ordinary, who gets a great opportunity via GT Academy and Nissan and then ends up at the greatest race in the world. 
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I quite liked Oblivion and Tron Legacy from a directorial point of view... but the films the writers have done, I thought were rubbish.
Still can't imagine any way it could be worse than Need for Speed, so that's all good at least.
Still can't imagine any way it could be worse than Need for Speed, so that's all good at least.
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Not sure what to make of this.
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Nothing yet, because... y'know, we haven't seen it.
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...I chose Le Mans, because Steve McQueen. Grand Prix is slightly better film overall but hey, what can I say, Steve's the king of cool.
Well hey, what do you know. There's a documentary of Le Mans the movie coming.
I've heard GT:The movie will chronicle the rise of a gamer/racer in GT Academy program. Hopefully it will do well.
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Overall, I feel the first Mortal Kombat Movie was the most decent. Everything else after it was...well..meh.
Still think the worst one by far is Tekken. Corny overused love story, horrible location that was no related in any way to the game and ALL the characters (Especially my favorite one
) that didn't act anything like the ones in the game. Probably the worst thing since Super Mario Bros. (and that was pretty bad).
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Ahem. I can think of even worse one than that.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3462696/?ref_=nv_sr_2
First Hitman movie isn't as bad as everyone remembers, actually. And then there was first Tomb Raider film with Angelina. And this is purely a matter of taste, but I did laugh out a lot watching Postal...
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...I haven't seen it yet - the trailer put me off.
I feel it gave away too much spoilers.
I'll catch it once it's on Bluray. And probably end up lamenting the fact that a talented actor like Quinto languishing in a movie like this for a quick buck...
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Completely forgot about that. Not only is not at all continue from the previous piece of crap despite being a sequel, it involves even less recognizable characters. Once again, not even Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa can save this crapsterpiece
Edit: Turns out, it was a prequel. Not that it really matters since it still sucks.
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What ever happened to this movie? Dropped?
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