rec.autos.simulators

>>> Is it only me, or is "Driven" a copy of  Grand Prix (the movie) 1967  ?

>>Wouldnt be the first time...

>>Independance Day is Henry V
>>10 Things I hate about you is Taming of the Shrew
>>West Side Story is Romeo and Juliet.

>>OK - so they're all Shakespeare examples - but Grand Prix is the
>>Shakespeare of motor-movies, right?

> Wait a second here.  In the case of West Side Story or, more recently,
> Clueless (I think "Emma" is what they were doing with that one) you're
> talking about movies that self-consciously are patterning themselves
> after literary masterpieces in order to tap deep into the psyche of
> the mythologies of Western Civilization.

> If "Driven" is ripping off Grand Prix they are just plagiarizing.

> I don't see how anybody could tell if they were ripping off Grand Prix
> or not, though, because the movie didn't even make a little bit of
> sense.  To top if off, those are CART cars, right?

> > No, trust me, by how long it stayed at our theater, regular fans didn't
like
> > it either. (One week, I think that's a new record for suckitude.)

> > Hmm...anyone got Grand Prix on 35mm? ;)

> Gramd Prix is shot on 70mm film I think. At least it was shown on a 70mm
> festival in Norway.
> --
>   -asbjxrn

> Stefan Zscharnack

>> Is it only me, or is "Driven" a copy of  Grand Prix (the movie) 1967  ?

>> Stefan Zscharnack

>Here is my second favorite review of Driven:

>http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/driven.html

> >> Is it only me, or is "Driven" a copy of  Grand Prix (the movie) 1967  ?

> >> Stefan Zscharnack

> >Here is my second favorite review of Driven:

> >http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/driven.html

> Best quote:

> "Fortunately for Renny, along came Sylvester Stallone with his
> "script" for a car racing movie. Given that this script was probably
> about forty pages long and written in crayon..."

> LOL.

> Driven is basically Days Of Thunder + Top Gun + Young Frakenstien + Roger
> Corman.

> But worse...

> -Larry

>> Is it only me, or is "Driven" a copy of  Grand Prix (the movie) 1967  ?

>> Stefan Zscharnack

> > Please do not insult the movie "Grand Prix" by calling Driven a copy of
it
> > :)

> > Driven is basically Days Of Thunder + Top Gun + Young Frakenstien +
Roger
> > Corman.

> > Please do not insult the movie "Grand Prix" by calling Driven a copy of
it
> > :)

> > Driven is basically Days Of Thunder + Top Gun + Young Frakenstien +
Roger
> > Corman.

> > But worse...

> > -Larry

> >> Is it only me, or is "Driven" a copy of  Grand Prix (the movie) 1967  ?

> >> Stefan Zscharnack

> If you don't want me to insult Grand Prix, why do you insist on insulting
> that other cinimatic masterpiece, Young Frankenstien.

> In fact, one could make a pretty good argument that you'ld insulted Roger
> Corman as well.

> KFG