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Great cars . . .

posted 19 years ago by fibermN
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Great cars, great music, great monster, drunk driving, a crippled girl, a swinging dance, a French girl, train wrecks and explosions, this movie has it all.

[–] doodlkatz-1 19 years ago

everything but good acting,writting,music acting special effectts other than that it aint bad

[–] Jiiimbooh 19 years ago

Totally agree! Why didn't it get any Oscar nominations?

It should have got:

Best Motion Picture of the Year - Atleast a nomination
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song - An easy win for "Laugh Children Laugh"

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[–] Attillio 19 years ago

Let's not forget actor Shug Fisher (a/k/a "Old Man Harris"), the resident town drunk-driver, and, no doubt, the "inspiration" for 1960s perennial drunk actor/comedian, the late, lamented Foster Brooks!

[–] Alek_Hidell 15 years ago

I thought I was watching "The Andy Griffith Show" and it was Mayberry's giant Gila Monster. Otis was there, the friendly sheriff, Aunt Bea, but Opie had a sex change that crippled his legs. Poor little guy.

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[–] MrPie7 16 years ago

"Great cars, great music, great monster, drunk driving, a crippled girl, a swinging dance, a French girl, train wrecks and explosions, this movie has it all."

Oh come now. Where was the "evil twin" and the "It was all a dream" ending? And not a TRACE of Elisha Cook Jr.

[–] silovik812 15 years ago

Actually, I can buy all that bit about how the salts in the plants stimulated the lizard's pituitary gland and made him grow big enough to derail a train, but here's what's really fantasy in this movie:

Do you notice how NICE everyone is to everyone else? How kind and helpful, and willing to make personal sacrifices to make someone else's life a little better? Even the oil guy, who is the closest thing this movie has to an antagonist, admits he's wrong and forgives everybody by the end of the movie.

Now THAT'S unbelievable! I mean, who acts like that in real life, huh?

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[–] Attillio 15 years ago

Who acts like that? Well, apparently you've never had the extremely good fortune to see/hear the unfailingly gracious and convivial Ms. Rosie O'Donnell opine on anything, everything and everybody in the world today.

[–] G_man2 11 years ago

i dont think it was an unrealistic portrayal at all. people were at one time more 'simple' (not in a bad way), happy with their human relationships because they werent corrupted with power, sex, money, materialism. they only knew work as a way to make a life for themselves (and not deception).

[–] HoLeeChit 8 years ago

Golly geepers Wally, everyone acted like that in those days, right? Even Eddie Haskell & Fonzie were ultra polite, and they were the neighborhood hooligans haha.

"Like a midget at a urinal, I was going to have to stay on my toes."

[–] kairingler 12 years ago

yea i really liked this movie a lot.. very entertaining....
are you going to bark all day little doggie,, or are you going to bite

[–] scottstvshop 9 years ago

That French girl was pretty hot .........