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Baraka_Guru · 09-04-2009, 05:20 PM

You know this is a kind of subgenre. A movie that is billed as an action film, but it's something more specific: it features machines...and rather prominently. Whether it's cars, planes, or trains, these machines are so much the focus that they should be the stars.

Some of these movies may suffer on the level of film appreciation, but they have their value in showcasing expensive toys.

Some of my favourites that come to mind are as follows. But I'd really like to hear yours, because I'm sure I'm missing out on the good ones.

Top Gun

The Cannonball Run series
Smokey and the Bandit
Mad Max

Personally, I'd like to see more films with flying machines, especially since the jets have been screaming over Toronto in prep for the air show.

What are your favourites?

09-04-2009, 05:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Name your favourite movies starring machines! You know this is a kind of subgenre. A movie that is billed as an action film, but it's something more specific: it features machines...and rather prominently. Whether it's cars, planes, or trains, these machines are so much the focus that they should be the stars. Some of these movies may suffer on the level of film appreciation, but they have their value in showcasing expensive toys. Some of my favourites that come to mind are as follows. But I'd really like to hear yours, because I'm sure I'm missing out on the good ones. Top Gun The Cannonball Run series Smokey and the Bandit Mad Max Personally, I'd like to see more films with flying machines, especially since the jets have been screaming over Toronto in prep for the air show. What are your favourites? __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot