Obscure Or Odd Movies You Like Anyway
Most "car movies" from back then were like that- almost painful to watch. Remember Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry? Corvette Summer? The Wraith? Duel? The original Gone In 60 Seconds? Even our beloved Vanishing Point was nothing stellar, to be perfectly honest. It's all about how you approach them- if you go into it knowing that they're hokey as h*ll, they can be fun to watch for what they are. Heck, turn the sound off and add your own dialog with your friends over a cold case of your favorite brew... now there's some fun when there's nothing else but soccer and poker on TV!
I won't click a DISAGREE on you but I don't agree at all with your opinions on the car movies.
Two Lane Blacktop was a ******* BORE HOLE. Seriously, it had far too many slow moving, bad dialog scenes that may have been true to life but they were terribly boring to watch.
DMCL had a plot. The acting was fair, the action was good. It didn't drag on like 2LB.
Corvette Summer was a product of it's time. I liked it, I still do.
The Wraith was campy, I'll admit.
Duel was a slow burn. Dennis Weaver played the role of a limp wristed, hen-pecked wimp that finally got revenge. Another slow burn but relatable.
The original Gone in 60 seconds had terrible production quality, lame acting, a paper thin story but excellent stunts.
Vanishing Point was excellent. You had to be of the mindset of a loner to really grasp the theme of Kowalski's story but it resonated with many.
I look at car movies on a different scale. I'm not expecting Academy Award caliber performances with them.