I saw this back in the theater in 1981 when I was in junior high and liked it then. I had not seen it again until today and, wow, what a stinker. The first 30 minutes are painful to watch as the movie builds up to the race. Still, a few chuckles, especially when Adrienne Barbeau is pulled over by the female cop. I never saw the sequel and now I don't want to.
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I just felt the humor, especially in the beginning was too cartoonish and not very funny.
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If you thought this movie stunk, the sequel will make your eyes bleed. Avoid at all costs.
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I finally got around to watching it today after all these decades. I don't know why I had never actually seen it before. I was pretty stunned at how awful it is. The jokes are corny as hell. They don't start racing until the movie is almost halfway over. The Captain Chaos thing was stupid. The worst part was Farrah Fawcett's character getting kidnapped and drugged and being totally fine with it. It's a pretty racist movie, too. The busty cop scene was pretty good and the Roger Moore stuff was alright, but that's about it. It's a big disappointment.
shareIt's a movie of its time. 1981 was a fun year, but that kind of fun doesn't really translate into 2016, where we are uber PC and are uptight abt everything.
In some ways, I miss this time. No terrorism worries and some decent movies in the theater. I saw 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' in the summer of '81 and it was fantastic. Nowadays, I avoid going to the theater altogether.
well said, people today are too sensitive and can't take a joke, this movie is hilarious if you can understand the references and times, otherwise you might not like it.
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Sensitivity has nothing to do with it. Even this movie mentions sensitivity as a good thing, why do people like you try to make it a bad one?
People are not sensitive, let alone 'too sensitive' (who defines or measures these things anyway?).
People react a lot and the wrong ways as well. They have bad attitudes, they want to control others, and so on. There are so many problems with current 'social exchanges', but 'sensitivity' is not one of them.
You can be the most sensitive individual in the world and still not try to control other people, or get hurt by a joke. Sensitivity doesn't make you stupid or 'offended'. Sensitivity simply means you can observe, perceive, hear, feel, understand or experience subtleties that non-sensitive people can't. That's all.
Sensitivity doesn't dictate that you're an 'offended jerk' that wants to kill all humor in the world.
Find a better word, please. Sensitivity doesn't cut it. You can be 'insensitive' and still act like the worst 'woke SJW moron', trying to cancel people left and right, while screaming how offended you are as you virtue signal your way into acceptance of like-minded NPC goons.
You can be sensitive, and still not participate in any form of social stupidity, and you can still appreciate old movies and their 'offensive' jokes without getting offended at all.
So please, please, please find another word.
It's a movie of its time. 1981 was a fun year, but that kind of fun doesn't really translate into 2016, where we are uber PC and are uptight abt everything.
well said, people today are too sensitive and can't take a joke, this movie is hilarious if you can understand the references and times, otherwise you might not like it.
'Airplane' is (admittedly) great, but I find 'Cannonball Run' much funnier.
shareI saw it at the theater in 81 so to me it is more nostalgia. It is fun but it really doesn't fit the present. It is innocent fun, no worries about being PC like movies today.
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