wow, much better than the new one

you must be talking about the old movie, because it sucks at big time, the new one is far away better, i agree with the cgi stuff and all that impossible things, like the car flying etc, but the old movie i almost fall asleep, just worth to see because of the mustang.
And "the big chase of the old movie" reminds me of monster trucks, the car fall into pieces! lool

I'll second that.

"I don't believe it. It's that *beep* Dodge again!"

You don't think that Crown Vics have power? The police don't use stock Crown Vics you know. They're probably faster than the Cudas and GTOs just because newer motor technology gets more power out of smaller engines. And around here there are a lot of new Chargers running around. I'm definitely not going to try outrunning a cop any time soon. They may not look fast, but they are fast when they need to be.

I think that overall, the remake of the film is easier to sit through than the original. For sure, the chase scene in the original is pretty spectacular and a lot of people would say better than the remake. But the chase scene in the remake is still good, (bar the jump on VT Bridge, which just makes me cringe) and the acting is at least watchable. For anyone that can sit through the storyline leading up to the car chase in the original, i salute you. At least the remake is bearable up until the boost night. Sure there are parts that make you want to throw a film canister at your TV "I am a baaaaaad ... maaaaaaan" -christ i cant stand that bit. But surely you would have to agree that the storyline/acting leading up to the chase scenes is far superior to the original. Having said all that, you only really watch either version for the car chase scenes and therefore before and after isn't all that important.

"Oh my god, you saved her life, you know CPR!"

---What the hell's CPR!?

I saw the origanal first on Speedvision's (now speed channel) Lost Drive-in (great movie show that introduced me to alot of classic car movies). I loved it. Then I saw the remake, which I liked as well, just not as much as the 1974 version.

Both films cater to their respective generations. The first one was made when people had no problem sitting through an hour of a film to get to the best part(s) and the real action. they were happy with a slower paced film (French Connection, Bullit, Vanishing Point, Gone, The Driver, even Rebel Without A Cause).

Nowadays, people are in more of a hurry and are used to instant gratification (mostly due to the Internet and ADD). People today won't sit through a 3 hour movie waiting for the last 30 mins of good action after 2+ hours of build-up and not alot happening. So we get films like Gone In 60 Seconds (2000), The Getaway (1994?), Vanishing Point (1997?), and other remakes. The only real exception to this maybe Titanic, but the love story of the film filled the time (and everyone already knew what was gonna happen at the end as far as the ship went).

Gone In Sixty Seconds (1974) may be the last "real" indepentant film made that was very sucessful (Passion Of The Christ was a pseudo-independant film). Yes the acting wasn't great (first film by actors who never acted before) and the story wasn't the greatest as far as plot and the film has trouble keeping the plot moving. But all this was the normal in the 60s and 70s. And I love them for it, but know that slower paced films that are sucessful like Gone and the others I metioned are long gone. It just took longer then Sixty Seconds.