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Who the hell skips car chases? What movie had a car chase that you wanted to skip that made that movie more watchable (this sentence applies to the furious film

Who the hell skips car chases? What movie had a car chase that you wanted to skip that made that movie more watchable (this sentence applies to the furious films as well, skipping the chase scenes there gives you the dumbest drama of all time).

tyingq 5y ago
Imagining "Baby Driver" edited this way.
- specialist 5y ago
  Exceptions to every rule, right? The car chases in Baby Driver are crucial to the story. So good.
orhmeh09 5y ago
I think car chases are really boring, so I would. I also don’t drive, so maybe car chases appeal more to drivers.
odiroot 5y ago
As a counter example, I watch Bullitt just for the car chase.
- mongol 5y ago
  Yes but is not Bullit the original "car chase" movie?
  - odiroot 5y ago
    For a moment I thought The Italian Job (the original one) was first. But you're right, Bullitt is older by a year. Bullitt was definitely unmatched for a long time.
    - cf100clunk 5y ago
      The "Highway Patrol" TV series of the 1950s was a precursor of the car chase genre, as were some notable film noirs that elevated car pursuits as story lines i.e. High Sierra, White Heat. Agreed that Bullitt is exemplary, but don't forget The French Connection, Duel, Easy Rider, Two Lane Blacktop, and Vanishing Point and you have some great car/bike films of Bullitt's era. The hoaxy C'etait un Rendez-vous is likewise great if you don't do the time/distance math.
      - mongol 5y ago
        But did not also many James Bond movies feature car chases prior to this? Or do their car chases differ perhaps?
        cf100clunk 5y ago
        Bond films did not exist in the classic film noir era of the 1940s and 50s, but yes they did precede Bullitt and are a good example of films with car chases as major plot devices.
boardwaalk 5y ago
Car chases are often filler like action scenes in general are filler, IMO. It's not universally true and depends on how consequential the scenes are. If you could flash "<insert fight scene here where X gets the upper hand>" instead and not miss much, I don't want it. Movies with top, top notch action and/or better integrated action are exceptions. The original Matrix, John Wick movies, Baby Driver, The Italian Job, Mission Impossible, etc. Superhero movies are usually not (it feels like they paste the drama and the action together in editing and it's dreadful). > (this sentence applies to the furious films as well, skipping the chase scenes there gives you the dumbest drama of all time) Well, yes, and I don't watch those movies :d. (I don't actually skip these car chases, but I do often zone out.)
- specialist 5y ago
  Yup. Just depends on the telling. "There are only two types of music. Good music and bad music." -- Duke Ellington.
- 29athrowaway 5y ago
  It is not the fact they are a car chase but their relevance in the story. Personally when I rewatch the Back to the Future trilogy, I skip much of the car chasing stuff.
- ramraj07 5y ago
  My point is, it’s almost unheard of that a good movie has a boring car chase. Or at the least the movie is a good action movie. If you’re watching Fast 5 or whatever, of course the chase is campy but the entire movie is campy. What are you watching the movie if not for the chase? The plot? Even in the Bourne films with ostensibly better story lines, I’m struggling to understand how you’d be interested in watching those movies if you’re actually not interested in watching the chase scenes fully. I often just watch the chase scenes on YouTube to give where I’m coming from. I rented Bullit and Ronin and watched then just for the chase. So I suppose I’m the opposite.
mysterydip 5y ago
I have sat through some movies just for the car chases.
29athrowaway 5y ago
Fast and Furious 1 was a decent film that I enjoyed. I even have watched more than once. But the sequels are a different story. Those were unnecessary and absurd.
- marcodiego 5y ago
  Meme scenes like "This is Brazil" and "The winner gets me" are icons of absurdity.
LinuxBender 5y ago
I skip most of them. This is just my own personal preference but unless someone comes up with a new angle on this they are just boring and repetitive for me personally. The same goes for most fight scenes. I spent many decades watching martial arts films and now find most of the fight scenes to be repetitive. The only recent exceptions to this I can think of are the Bourne series, Kate and the first John Wick film. Prior to those, Kung Fu Hustle because of the mixed in comedy and thousands of movie references. Nothing else really comes to mind that I wouldn't skip.
- cdubzzz 5y ago
  Check out Atomic Blonde as well (for good fight scenes). There is a certain style of exhaustion about the fights in that film that I really love. I don't skip fight scenes regularly but I do also find most of them boring as hell and hard to watch (primarily because of excessive cutting).

tyingq 5y ago

Imagining "Baby Driver" edited this way.

specialist 5y ago
Exceptions to every rule, right? The car chases in Baby Driver are crucial to the story. So good.

orhmeh09 5y ago

I think car chases are really boring, so I would. I also don’t drive, so maybe car chases appeal more to drivers.

odiroot 5y ago

As a counter example, I watch Bullitt just for the car chase.

mongol 5y ago
Yes but is not Bullit the original "car chase" movie?
- odiroot 5y ago
  For a moment I thought The Italian Job (the original one) was first. But you're right, Bullitt is older by a year. Bullitt was definitely unmatched for a long time.
  - cf100clunk 5y ago
    The "Highway Patrol" TV series of the 1950s was a precursor of the car chase genre, as were some notable film noirs that elevated car pursuits as story lines i.e. High Sierra, White Heat. Agreed that Bullitt is exemplary, but don't forget The French Connection, Duel, Easy Rider, Two Lane Blacktop, and Vanishing Point and you have some great car/bike films of Bullitt's era. The hoaxy C'etait un Rendez-vous is likewise great if you don't do the time/distance math.
    - mongol 5y ago
      But did not also many James Bond movies feature car chases prior to this? Or do their car chases differ perhaps?
      - cf100clunk 5y ago
        Bond films did not exist in the classic film noir era of the 1940s and 50s, but yes they did precede Bullitt and are a good example of films with car chases as major plot devices.

boardwaalk 5y ago

Car chases are often filler like action scenes in general are filler, IMO. It's not universally true and depends on how consequential the scenes are. If you could flash "<insert fight scene here where X gets the upper hand>" instead and not miss much, I don't want it. Movies with top, top notch action and/or better integrated action are exceptions. The original Matrix, John Wick movies, Baby Driver, The Italian Job, Mission Impossible, etc. Superhero movies are usually not (it feels like they paste the drama and the action together in editing and it's dreadful). > (this sentence applies to the furious films as well, skipping the chase scenes there gives you the dumbest drama of all time) Well, yes, and I don't watch those movies :d. (I don't actually skip these car chases, but I do often zone out.)

specialist 5y ago
Yup. Just depends on the telling. "There are only two types of music. Good music and bad music." -- Duke Ellington.
29athrowaway 5y ago
It is not the fact they are a car chase but their relevance in the story. Personally when I rewatch the Back to the Future trilogy, I skip much of the car chasing stuff.
ramraj07 5y ago
My point is, it’s almost unheard of that a good movie has a boring car chase. Or at the least the movie is a good action movie. If you’re watching Fast 5 or whatever, of course the chase is campy but the entire movie is campy. What are you watching the movie if not for the chase? The plot? Even in the Bourne films with ostensibly better story lines, I’m struggling to understand how you’d be interested in watching those movies if you’re actually not interested in watching the chase scenes fully. I often just watch the chase scenes on YouTube to give where I’m coming from. I rented Bullit and Ronin and watched then just for the chase. So I suppose I’m the opposite.

mysterydip 5y ago

I have sat through some movies just for the car chases.

29athrowaway 5y ago

Fast and Furious 1 was a decent film that I enjoyed. I even have watched more than once. But the sequels are a different story. Those were unnecessary and absurd.

marcodiego 5y ago
Meme scenes like "This is Brazil" and "The winner gets me" are icons of absurdity.

LinuxBender 5y ago

I skip most of them. This is just my own personal preference but unless someone comes up with a new angle on this they are just boring and repetitive for me personally. The same goes for most fight scenes. I spent many decades watching martial arts films and now find most of the fight scenes to be repetitive. The only recent exceptions to this I can think of are the Bourne series, Kate and the first John Wick film. Prior to those, Kung Fu Hustle because of the mixed in comedy and thousands of movie references. Nothing else really comes to mind that I wouldn't skip.

cdubzzz 5y ago
Check out Atomic Blonde as well (for good fight scenes). There is a certain style of exhaustion about the fights in that film that I really love. I don't skip fight scenes regularly but I do also find most of them boring as hell and hard to watch (primarily because of excessive cutting).