Just got home from seeing this one. Like most of you I thought it was not in my area because it did not show up right after release. If you have to drive someplace to find it DO IT.. Leave the wife or girlfriend at home, they won't get it. Very cool old rides and great representation of gear heads helping each other out.... Car guys, bike guys, whatever. If you need a fix to get your *** in gear and go out to the garage to finsh that stalled project this is it. Don't get hung up on the technical BS about the wrong wheels on the streamliner just watch the show.
We finally got to see it last wednesday....hell, I even scored a Lobby Poster from the theater afterwards....and I wanna go see it again, it was VERY good.
We got to have 2 tornadoes hit town and damage the only theatre it's at last Sunday night exactly 20 minutes into it had we not stayed home because of the weather report. It'll probably be off by the time they reopen......I'm hexed to not see it on the big screen.
I saw it for the first time two weeks ago. I've watched it a few times since then, definetely a cool movie, and I'm not really into bikes.
Thats to bad for you man. I took my girlfriend(HRLC) and would not have wanted to watch it with anyone else. Also talked to two other women that saw it and trust me they got it. HEll the movie tells a great story. Guys don't think twice about taking your wife or girlfriend. Just not at the same time
Funny, we had the same thing. Saturday night Missy and I drove an hour to Branson MO only to have a tornado hit and get soaking wet trying to take cover from the storm. NO power, NO movie. Called all day Sunday but the Theatre was still out of power. Sunday night a tornado hits the town my wife works in cancelling school on Monday, Branson power comes up by monday noon so the whole family got to see it. Absolutely awesome movie. I can't wait for Speedweek!
Just 10 minutes ago I told my wife about an eBay sale I made, "GOOD, put that in the Bonneville fund!" was her reply. She really liked that movie!
I will disagree. My wife thought it was great too. As did all the other significant others that went with us. It was a truly awesome movie.
Roost, it is playing in Decatur at the Avon. I went and saw it with my old man last Sunday. It was great.
I saw it the first weekend it was out, and I am going to go see it again. I went to see it by myself, but am going to take my SO next time, I think she will dig it. I have been fascinated by land speed records since I was five (the first book I ever bought for myself was a book about land speed records), so seeing the reproductions of some of the machines was great.
I'm a chic and I loved it! Drug the boys and hour and a half to see it opening night. It is a universal story of people helping people. I met non-car people at the theater after the movie that saw it and appreciated it even without any knowledge of B-ville or Munro.
i just saw it monday night and had to drive 200 miles round trip to see it. it was worth every mile i drove.
Tere is only one place in Pittsburgh playing it. My wife and I went to see it last weekend. We both loved it. I actually thought it was kinda inspiring.
There's definitely enough movie there to entertain non-gearheads! I would have made the movie as a 16 hour tech seminar on design and fabrication of OHV conversions and pistons, but that's probably why I wasn't asked to direct the film... There are plenty of technical and procedural quibbles about Bonneville procedures and metal work, but that doesn't even matter because they got the general feel and atmosphere just right! See it on the big screen no matter what--Bonneville IS widescreen, after all. Then I'm sure you'll want it on a disc so you can stop motion and see all the neat background machinery at Bonneville. This movie begs for a followup magazine piece covering the actual tech history of that cycle--the engine was virtually hand made and entirely re-engineered. This site gives just a little tech history:
There's definitely enough movie there to entertain non-gearheads! I would have made the movie as a 16 hour tech seminar on design and fabrication of OHV conversions and pistons, but that's probably why I wasn't asked to direct the film... There are plenty of technical and procedural quibbles about Bonneville procedures and metal work, but that doesn't even matter because they got the general feel and atmosphere just right! See it on the big screen no matter what--Bonneville IS widescreen, after all. Then I'm sure you'll want it on a disc so you can stop motion and see all the neat background machinery at Bonneville. This movie begs for a followup magazine piece covering the actual tech history of that cycle--the engine was virtually hand made and entirely re-engineered. This site gives just a little tech history:
Decent movie, although I would have liked more racing action. The two guys I went with are old racers, and one of them (Warner Riley, who happens to be the first guy to go over 200 on an open motorcycle) knew Burt and said it was a pretty accurate depiction. I thought the coolest thing was the 10 seconds or so they showed of Mickey Thompson's Challenger taking off. How about someone making a feature length movie on MT's life?
the wife took me to see it and not only loved the movie but said she finally understood my feelings for Bonneville!! My feelings for Bonneville go back to 1949 when a saw a news clip about it on T.V. (Los Angeles only had 1 station KTLA and it was only on the air 4 hours a night.) I've dreamed about going every year since. but have no desire to spectate (not that anythings wrong with that) I wish I would have searched online "Burt Munro" and read that two part letter before seeing the movie. Burt had a lot of history prior to his trip half way around the world. doing a count on my fingers and toes I think that crazy old gear head was 63 his first trip to Bonneville (hey I'm 63) his bike was 42 years old (hey my cars 59 years old with a 50 year old Hemi) Burt traveled half way around tthe world to get there with very little funding (hey I'm only 3 states away with very little funds, I do have dreams of Lake Gardner (sp) but that will be a different movie hahah) I guess this movie was much more than a story I consider it an inspirational expierence!!
here's another link to good info (two parts): http://www.indianmotorbikes.com/features/munro/index.htm http://www.indianmotorbikes.com/features/munro/index2.htm edit: damn, this thing's movin' fast. in the time it took me to look up these links there were 6 responses. the links i just put up are prolly the two part letter that noname mentioned.
just got back from seeing the movie and it was excellent! it portrayed the desire and committment that it takes to follow a dream that only you can feel. i can relate a years long quest to test youself and having everyone that comments about it doubt you. anthony hoppins did a great job in making it seam that you were watching the real burt monroe. the cars and bikes looked goood and i didn't try to pick the movie apart for accuracy or small detail as it was a good story being told. from someone who has run at the salt againt the "estabislment" and their sometimes regid standards it was like seeing some of my own experiences with them played out on the screen. it was all the h.a.m.b. said it was going to be and better. i will be sure to get it when it comes out on dvd.
My wife liked the film a lot. But then she always checks on me in the garage to see if I need a lemonade or some thing. And always asks if I'm getting anything done. Celebrated our 40th anniversary last week. Think I ought to keep her?
oh, hell yeah! my wife wont even go near my garage.Except to ask when Im going to work on her car. Cant wait to see this one on the big screen. R.R.
Just curious, but was there anything you Americans didn't pick up on in the first part of the movie that was set in small town New Zealand. Some of our sayings may have been a little confusing. Out of interest this is now one of the highest grossing movies in NZ of all time. I am betting there are more Kiwi's that know about Bonneville than Americans.
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