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Older movies you watched lately.....?

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I watched this last night. It was good.

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My father used to read to me a lot. I can remember him reading The Flight of the Phoenix and To Kill A Mocking Bird to me. Good times. He took me to Shakespearian plays and classical music concerts. I'm still a redneck, just a well-educated redneck.

This was the 60's when you dressed up for social events.
 
jeepthrills01 said:
Happened across an un opened DVD copy of Two Lane Blacktop...gonna crack it open Sunday.
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OneWheelPeel said:
Never heard of that movie but it looks like its on YouTube for free, I think it will be my weekend movie. Basically if its an old movie about cars, primarily street racing it gets on the list.
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You have to not only BE a car guy to appreciate Two Lane but you also have to be old enough to have lived in that time.
I didn't. In 1972, I was 6 years old. Although I've been into cars since I could walk, you had to be of driving age to really get it.
Two Lane moves S-L-O-W. The actors are not particularly likeable. It feels like it was very low budget. Compared to the better acting and story that you see in Vanishing Point and Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, Two Lane was a POS. I have the special edition DVD but have yet to look beyond the movie itself. Whatever extras are in the bonus content are still a mystery to me.
The second half of the movie is borderline unwatchable. It is as boring as watching the grass grow.
I'm told that the movie is true to life for the era, that people acted like that and spoke that way.
Okay, maybe it wins points for authenticity but jeez, I was bored with it from the mid point to the end. Rarely do I encounter such a BOREHOLE of a movie like this one. Bullitt was equally dull aside from the chase scene. People that liked the movie would probably do well as a Maytag Repairman where nothing ever happens and they are okay with it.
 
SteveSS said:
My father used to read to me a lot. I can remember him reading The Flight of the Phoenix and To Kill A Mocking Bird to me. Good times. He took me to Shakespearian plays and classical music concerts. I'm still a redneck, just a well-educated redneck.

This was the 60's when you dressed up for social events.
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I understand, and agree that people used to dress elegantly at proper occasions. People wear shorts, wife-beaters and flip flops to funerals. Humans are devolving into retarded animals with cellphones.
 
mmissile said:
I understand, and agree that people used to dress elegantly at proper occasions. People wear shorts, wife-beaters and flip flops to funerals. Humans are devolving into retarded animals with cellphones.
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More than likely those people who wear that to a funeral will tell you if asked that don’t own any decent clothes……and they probably don’t.
 
LOL. Just like the animals who wear PJ's and slippers shopping. Right.......
 
Kern Dog said:
You have to not only BE a car guy to appreciate Two Lane but you also have to be old enough to have lived in that time.
I didn't. In 1972, I was 6 years old. Although I've been into cars since I could walk, you had to be of driving age to really get it.
Two Lane moves S-L-O-W. The actors are not particularly likeable. It feels like it was very low budget. Compared to the better acting and story that you see in Vanishing Point and Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, Two Lane was a POS. I have the special edition DVD but have yet to look beyond the movie itself. Whatever extras are in the bonus content are still a mystery to me.
The second half of the movie is borderline unwatchable. It is as boring as watching the grass grow.
I'm told that the movie is true to life for the era, that people acted like that and spoke that way.
Okay, maybe it wins points for authenticity but jeez, I was bored with it from the mid point to the end. Rarely do I encounter such a BOREHOLE of a movie like this one. Bullitt was equally dull aside from the chase scene. People that liked the movie would probably do well as a Maytag Repairman where nothing ever happens and they are okay with it.
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I saw Two Lane years and years ago, and same thing, cars were cool but the rest bored me and I didn't like the people. The movie I never heard of was Spares movie, might watch it tonight.
Davefinan said:
More than likely those people who wear that to a funeral will tell you if asked that don’t own any decent clothes……and they probably don’t.
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I've been thinking about this lately because I may be invited to a funeral soon and I don't know if I have any dark clothes that fit me properly anymore. I also haven't had occasion to wear my leather shoes in forever, not sure where they are!
 
2 weeks ago, I went to put on my suit for a funeral. I've lost 70 pounds, since I bought that get-up. I managed to find a nice, dark pattern, button-down shirt and black jeans I've acquired since. My black shoes still fit.
I was still better dressed than some people. I find many things to be about respect. For others and yourself.
 
KD...

You got 6 years on me...and roughly same auto affliction.

It's still a classic..Singer James Taylor, Beach Boy Dennis Wilson.....Harry Dean Stanton, Rudolph Junkins state police detective...and the ultimate Repo Man.....and an early casting of the Great SGT. "BIGTOE" Hulka, Warren Oates....yeah it's a bit slow..but it's the 70s...Easy Rider was an action packed thriller in those days.

It's one of those movies that happened to be on a rainy Sunday afternoon....I probably saw it in 78...and it helped shape my love of cars.

First car I ever tried to buy at 15 was a glass nosed 55 ex race car that had been sitting on the side of a house for prolly 10 years...I found it while riding the school bus.
 
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mmissile said:
2 weeks ago, I went to put on my suit for a funeral. I've lost 70 pounds, since I bought that get-up. I managed to find a nice, dark pattern, button-down shirt and black jeans I've acquired since. My black shoes still fit.
I was still better dressed than some people. I find many things to be about respect. For others and yourself.
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Yeah I'm thinking since I bought some dockers etc that fit on Amazon recently I should order some in dark colors.
And matching black king fu shoes! :p
 
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