People love to take shots at “Titanic” as it made billions with millions of women who couldn’t get enough of Leo and all the romance.
Still, it’s an excellent movie with incredible action scenes and a clever plot that kept us involved even though we all knew that the damn boat was going to sink.
That doesn’t mean of course that you can’t have some fun with it, as the good folks at Honest Trailers do with the clip above.
There have been quite a few racing movies down the years but three stand out as the best ever racing movies for very different reasons:
1. National Velvet – 1944
This is a family tearjerker of a movie about the Grand National held in the UK each year – probably the most famous race over jumps in the world. Filmed in glorious Technicolor at Pebble Beach funnily enough – this was the film that launched the career of young Elizabeth Taylor. It’s a real family favorite and a ripping yarn. Your children will love it!
Sometimes you really don’t think about an iconic director until he’s gone. With the passing of Mike Nichols, we’re hearing from tons of actors and actresses about the man’s genius as a director. Then you go to his IMDb page and realize the man directed many of your favorite movies.
Of course there are well-known classics like “The Graduate” on his resume, and then you realize he directed gems like “Biloxi Blues” and “Regarding Henry” as well. This would be a great time to search your Netflix account for some Mike Nichols films you haven’t seen yet.
What is it with Hollywood writers and gambling scenes? Along with the court case and the car chase the super casino scene is one of the film world’s stock clichés. When the card sharking or the table technique is central to the plot – think Rain Man, Casino, or Casino Royale – I have less of a beef. At least the producers in those cases were prepared to put their money where their mouths were. If you’re going for a cliché do it properly.
It is the dream of anyone needing to make a quick buck to be able to gamble in the world of Hollywood movies. All you would need to do is find some hopeless small town sports team made up of big hearted, good humoured but unfit losers. Throw in a beloved training ground under threat from some evil international corporation and an eccentric, down-on-his-luck former sports coach looking for that one last piece of glory and you have yourself a winner! Once you had discovered this perfect Hollywood set-up, you could sit back, place your 10 dollar bet and watch them cruise their way to victory and the money roll into your back account. Sadly, in reality, if the odds are low then so is the chance of you getting back in the green. However, just in case you wake up tomorrow in the world of against the odds comebacks and heartwarming underdogs succeeding, here are three surefire gambles from the land of the silver screen.
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