New hot rod movie coming in 2011!

[Rick R]

Imagine American Graffiti with fewer blondes, less music, better cars, more realistic street racing, and you got the picture... Set in small town Oregon, modern day, with some great cinematography. A true triumph of indie film-making!

Go to americanthrillridemovie.com to see the trailer!

[Terry Sumner]

You gotta be kidding me! Great cinematography??? NOT! While this trailer shows some pretty cool cars, the acting is terrible and it appears to be nothing but a violent murder movie. Not anything like American Graffiti! Just gratuitous shooting and killing. It's certainly not a movie I would take my grandsons to!

Geez...what junk! Hope you're not involved in making it!

[kingiguana]

Looks like doo doo ! The only good thing is the cars ! Guns and violence? (bad)heavy metal music ? just doesnt fit at all !

Oh,....one more thing. At the end of the trailer it says coming soon,...I hope not too soon.

Edited December 5, 2010 by kingiguana

[mountaindewd]

Seriously?!!

[The Creative Explorer]

Seems to be shot with some normal videocamera's and some random people picked of the street. I saw no acting of any kind, but the horrid.

Too bad, could've been nice

[Rob Hall]

Looks like a low budget 'Fast and the Furious' for the rat rod crowd.

[slantasaurus]

I didn't watch the trailer..........he lost me at "fewer blondes, less music".

[Tommy Kortman]

What in God's name was that garbage? That junk couldn,t carry American Grafitti's lunch. Shoot, Hollywood Knights was even better than that slop.

[Rob Hall]

It's probably a generational thing, but I watched 'American Graffiti' once, didn't think it was all that great. Tried watching 'Two Lane Blacktop', couldn't get through the whole thing...found it unwatchable.

[davyou5]

What in God's name was that garbage? That junk couldn,t carry American Grafitti's lunch. Shoot, Hollywood Knights was even better than that slop.

Hollywood Knights is Better than this. Hey any one remember the old man at the talent show " He grabbed it with his dick!" :lol: .

[retrobuilder]

dont drink the punch! then the cops walk in, and they say hey, you thirsty? have some punch.(hollywood knights)

[kingiguana]

I also have to add that American Grafitti was great and so was Hollywood Knights. But as for Two Lane Blacktop ? except for the cars and a couple race scenes it was horrible. A friend of mine and I borrowed it from a mutual friend (Tom) and we were told its the best car movie ever. We watched it, and both of us to this day wondered why? why is it considered good ? The acting was the worst, the dialoge was even worse, the characters,and the movie in general, and everything about it was bad, real bad. The ending was the icing on the bad cake. We re-wound it, and returned it to Tom, and asked him,......what have You been smoking?

And as for the F&F movies, ppppuuukkkeeeeee !! barrrffffff ! Only the Charger was a good, everything and everyone else blllaaahhh ! But thats just my opinion.

[Rob Hall]

Hollywood Knights was pretty good, IIRC...saw it once about 10 years ago.

As far as old 'car' movies, my favorites are 'Bullitt', 'Vanishing Point', 'Duel' and 'The Blues Brothers'...probably seen each of those 20 times, back in the VHS era and on DVD. Never seen 'Easy Rider', my older brother likes it. Will have to rent it sometime.

As far as more recent 'car' movies, I love 'Ronin' and the first 'Transporter' movie. Hated 'Death Proof' for the senseless Mopar destruction, as bad as the 'Dukes of Hazzard' movies/show...

[kingiguana]

For a gearhead, Two Lane Blacktop may not have as much appeal as it does for a cinephile, & that's understandable. It is very much an existentialist "road" movie, perhaps even more so than Vanishing Point, Electra Glide In Blue or Easy Rider. I first saw it while a pre-teen at the drive-in when it was first released, & while I enjoyed some parts of it, I didn't really understand it, as I didn't have enough of a background in films at the time to be able to place it into relation to much of anything else I'd seen.

Several years later, after I was an adult & had been exposed to several different styles & genres of film, as well as doing a lot of reading on films, I watched it again on A&E. With more knowledge about film in general & film styles in specific, I was able to view it from a different perspective & with different insights, & understood & enjoyed it a lot more.

It's not a "typical" car movie, it's plot is often non linear, it's characters are enigmatic, it's performances are very subtle & extremely understated, & it doesn't have what one would expect as a resolution, but for those of us that enjoy such films, those are all parts of it's appeal. It is in many instances a series of character studies as we get to know there people, (at least as much as the film allows us to), while leaving each character, their relationship to each other & their ultimate destinies up to each viewer's personal interpretation.

It's not for everyone, but it has many rich pleasures for those willing to unpeel the layers of it. Again though, if one is looking for a "typical" car movie with stock characters & a straightforward story, you're likely to be disappointed by it.

Yes, I guess its a a case of to each his own, to put it in simple terms

To me a movie is either good, or bad,....at least I'll give the older movies one thing,,,,NO CGI ! Man I hate that stuff ! it put stunt men and model makers out of work I bet for the most part.

[Rob Hall]

For a gearhead, Two Lane Blacktop may not have as much appeal as it does for a cinephile, & that's understandable. It is very much an existentialist "road" movie, perhaps even more so than Vanishing Point, Electra Glide In Blue or Easy Rider. I first saw it while a pre-teen at the drive-in when it was first released, & while I enjoyed some parts of it, I didn't really understand it, as I didn't have enough of a background in films at the time to be able to place it into relation to much of anything else I'd seen.

Ya, no doubt an acquired taste... as a cinephile myself, I've been exploring a lot of French and HK cinema over the last decade... and American independents like Jim Jarmusch and John Sayles. One of the things I love about Netflix..a huge catalog to explore. Seen some very weird and esoteric stuff that I liked.

[Danno]

In general, I have a great deal of respect for Rick Rothermel; his writing, his overview of various aspects of the car crazy genre, his 'Hollywood insider' knowledge as it relates to cars in general, and most other areas in which he shares his knowledge with us. But in this instance, I have to disagree with his assessment.

Generally, trailers present clips of the very best vignettes of the movie; obviously done to showcase the movie in its best-possible light so as to attract the maximum number of viewers. The trailer exhibited very poor scripting, very poor acting, poor staging, and an overview of a lousy story sensationalizing archaic stereotyping of hot rodding/car crazy cruising/motor-sporting enthusiasts. Given that assumption (the clips shown in the trailer are the best moments this movie has to offer) then this trailer advertises a very poor movie.

I, too, hope Rick was not integrally involved in this production, because it appears to be many pay-grades below his usual level of performance.

Just my humble opinion.

[Deckerz]

They had to bring it out in 2011 didn't they. Everyone is looking forward to Fast 5 next year, being released in april or may, i can't remember but its going to be a sick film, i don't think this hot rod film will go down well if its released around the same time but even if its not, fast 5 will be car film of the year.

[sjordan2]

That makes the intentionally cheesy trailers in "Grindhouse" look like "Lawrence of Arabia."

And I thought Ed Wood was dead.

Edited December 5, 2010 by sjordan2

[hellonwheelz3]

"small town Oregon", does anyone know WHERE in Oregon? I live in central Oregon (Bend) and have not heard anything. And for the record I am with most everyone else. less blondes = BORING

[Rick R]

In general, I have a great deal of respect for Rick Rothermel; his writing, his overview of various aspects of the car

crazy genre, his 'Hollywood insider' knowledge as it relates to cars in general, and most other areas in which he

I, too, hope Rick was not integrally involved in this production, because it appears to be many pay-grades below his usual level of performance.

Just my humble opinion.

Thanks, Danno! (I think...)

The parts of the movie I saw reminded me more of Toby Halicki's 'Gone in 60 Seconds' more than AG, and I recall thinking that Gone stunk out loud when I first saw it in a walk-in in Anchorage in 1974. It aged better than I had expected and made Toby a pile of money. I would put this in the same category, true outlaw filmmaking.

Would I compare it to AG? Not really, just wanted to see the response. You gotta understand that AG and the other movies mentioned by posters here were done with studio budgets, tho small ones, and done by 'industry-approved amateurs' like some guy named George Lucas with a high six-figure budget and promises of major distribution.

I do prefer this to Grindhouse, which I thought was car-destroying, celluloid-bound sewage. I thought 'Two Lane Blacktop' was beyond boring, and I've tried... I really have... to like Hollywood Knights but it seems a waste of time but for the cars and Michelle Pfeiffer. Then again, I did like the TVM remake of Vanishing Point... accurate car stuff and a reason for the run.

The Producer/director/writer/male lead for this (recalling Toby again...) is a young guy from Oregon who builds hot rods for a living. He knows he'll never need to rent formal wear for the Oscars. Still I applaud his efforts and hope he does well with it. That's all...

[Rick R]

"small town Oregon", does anyone know WHERE in Oregon? I live in central Oregon (Bend) and have not heard anything. And for the record I am with most everyone else. less blondes = BORING

Okay, I'll call it 'fewer major-league blondes'... and perhaps less likely to become Hollywood staples and media-mogul bazillionaires...

[Nick Winter]

Hollywood Knights was pretty good, IIRC...saw it once about 10 years ago.

As far as old 'car' movies, my favorites are 'Bullitt', 'Vanishing Point', 'Duel' and 'The Blues Brothers'...probably seen each of those 20 times, back in the VHS era and on DVD. Never seen 'Easy Rider', my older brother likes it. Will have to rent it sometime.

As far as more recent 'car' movies, I love 'Ronin' and the first 'Transporter' movie. Hated 'Death Proof' for the senseless Mopar destruction, as bad as the 'Dukes of Hazzard' movies/show...

Careful there Rob.

Watched the trailer don't know why I bothered, was truly terrible, and that's why I don't go to see new movies, I'll stick to the classics.

[sjordan2]

Careful there Rob.

Watched the trailer don't know why I bothered, was truly terrible, and that's why I don't go to see new movies, I'll stick to the classics.

I don't think the word "movie" applies here. The proper word would probably be censored.

[Rob Hall]

Careful there Rob.

Watched the trailer don't know why I bothered, was truly terrible, and that's why I don't go to see new movies, I'll stick to the classics.

I watch the DOH show when I was a kid...outgrew it at around age 12..

Edited December 5, 2010 by Rob Hall

[Ben]

Wow! That was really, really baaaaad! I've seen better acting in an infomercial!