Motorcycle Movies / Scenes (Best and Worst)

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My top 5 (best and worst) - Excluding specific motorcycle documentaries

PS I have a SS bias.

Best:
1) Tron Legacy (real and virtual scenes)
2) Matrix 2 (Ducati 996 motorway scene))
3) Mission Impossible 2 (Triumph battle)
4) Top Gun (who hasn't pulled a "Maverick" on the 401 while a plane takes off and pumped your fist?!?!)
5) Bourne Ultimatum (He did to that bike what he did to the Mini in the Bourne Identity)
Honourable Mention) Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (actually made cruisers kinda cool)

Worst:
1) Dhoom (All of it, lame!)
2) Torque (The Turbine bike with Kid Rock was especially cheese, and those scenes where they put sport fairings on motocross bikes, or those lame scenes on the train)
3) Biker Boyz (Those crews were lame enough with their leather vests, but then I discovered it is an ACTUAL reflection of the American SS scene in a lot of parts....which made it extra lame!)
4) Cool As Ice (poor bike)
5) American Ninja (over the wall really?)
Dishonourable Mention) iRobot (bike jump and guns blazing...come on! Only the Fresh Price could lame up an MV Agusta!)

Biggest Let Down:
1) Wall Street Money Never Sleeps (Ducati Desmo vs Roehr 1250, lame and short. Talking stocks while riding...um no. But great for City, Wall Street & Bay St. folks)
2) Motorcycle Diaries (it went kaput way too soon!!!)
3) Fast and Furious Movies (all bike scenes, not enough reppin')
4) The Great Escape (must be a before my time thing)
5) Transformers (That Aprilia 125 is NOT put to good use at all...nor does it become a transformer!!!)
 
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I haven't seen Dhoom but it must be absolutely horrible if you put it above Torque
 
One Week wasn't bad.

I can think of a lot of anime, not sure if that would be appreciated though. Akira - you want THAT motorcycle!
 
ATTS said:
I haven't seen Dhoom but it must be absolutely horrible if you put it above Torque
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Bollywood biker movie...nuff said.

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3:40 is gold Jerry gold!
 
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Some of my favorites:

1) Gamer - The chick rides a Buel, very nice
2) Babalon AD - Tons of Lazereth custom bikes!
3) Kill Bill 1 - My wife likes the Ninja 250 scene cause she owned one
4) Long way Around / Down with Ewen McGregor - BMW Dirt Bikes, Download and watch!
5) Salt - Triumph Speed Tripple
 
gav.man said:
Some of my favorites:

1) Gamer - The chick rides a Buel, very nice
2) Babalon AD - Tons of Lazereth custom bikes!
3) Kill Bill 1 - My wife likes the Ninja 250 scene cause she owned one
4) Long way Around / Down with Ewen McGregor - BMW Dirt Bikes, Download and watch!
5) Salt - Triumph Speed Tripple
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Hmmmm nice fresh unexpected picks.

In terms of documentaries, Long Way Around, Long Way Down, Faster, and The Doctor, Tornado, and Kentucky Kid are awesome. The makers of the last 2 are about to come out with a new one called Fastest soon.
 
It's obvious from the movies mentioned above that it's hard to communicate the coolness of motorcycling in film. In fact, with the exception of the Matrix and the Great Escape, I would say that the motorcycles all increased the lameness of the mentioned movies. Even Mission Impossible's Triumph battle was lamesauce.

How did the Great Escape let you down? Steve McQueen jumping a 1940's era BMW boxer over fences while being chased by Nazis? That's disappointing compared to Tom Cruise sitting on a motorbike that's tied to a flatbed truck driving next to an airstrip? For shame.
 
Duster929 said:
It's obvious from the movies mentioned above that it's hard to communicate the coolness of motorcycling in film. In fact, with the exception of the Matrix and the Great Escape, I would say that the motorcycles all increased the lameness of the mentioned movies. Even Mission Impossible's Triumph battle was lamesauce.

How did the Great Escape let you down? Steve McQueen jumping a 1940's era BMW boxer over fences while being chased by Nazis? That's disappointing compared to Tom Cruise sitting on a motorbike that's tied to a flatbed truck driving next to an airstrip? For shame.
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Hard to dispute your comment....Like I said, I think it was an "not my time thing". I wasn't big on his sweater which everyone loves, nor do I find him as cool as my father claims ( I prefer James Dean). But your right....Top Gun's flatbed was lame, but it affected me at the age where I was too young to know about flatbed shots. Top Gun was just at the right place and right time for me and 80s kids.

SMcQ's jump was pretty good, probably laid the ground work for the American Ninja Rip off, and Jame's Bond's BMW jump....the whole turning back for more speed thing I mean....adding some "reality" to it.
 
alaywa said:
Hard to dispute your comment....Like I said, I think it was an "not my time thing". I wasn't big on his sweater which everyone loves, nor do I find him as cool as my father claims ( I prefer James Dean). But your right....Top Gun's flatbed was lame, but it affected me at the age where I was too young to know about flatbed shots. Top Gun was just at the right place and right time for me and 80s kids.

SMcQ's jump was pretty good, probably laid the ground work for the American Ninja Rip off, and Jame's Bond's BMW jump....the whole turning back for more speed thing I mean....adding some "reality" to it.
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It added some reality, because it was real. You don't see that much any more.

I'm a kid of the 80s too, so I know what you mean about Top Gun. I've got the script pretty much memorized. Regardless, I'm still able to see that dudes like Steve McQueen probably shat turds that were more awesome than Tom Cruise. I know I'm labouring the point now, but Steve McQueen's sweater is way cooler than Tom Cruise's tight jeans in the homoerotic volleyball scene. Seriously. What the hell.

On a similar "before our time" note: I seem to remember a good motorcycle scene at the end of Lawrence of Arabia. Doesn't Peter O'Toole (T.E. Lawrence) die in a motorcycle crash on an Enfield?
 
Duster929 said:
It added some reality, because it was real. You don't see that much any more.

I'm a kid of the 80s too, so I know what you mean about Top Gun. I've got the script pretty much memorized. Regardless, I'm still able to see that dudes like Steve McQueen probably shat turds that were more awesome than Tom Cruise. I know I'm labouring the point now, but Steve McQueen's sweater is way cooler than Tom Cruise's tight jeans in the homoerotic volleyball scene. Seriously. What the hell.

On a similar "before our time" note: I seem to remember a good motorcycle scene at the end of Lawrence of Arabia. Doesn't Peter O'Toole (T.E. Lawrence) die in a motorcycle crash on an Enfield?
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Ooooooh LOA reference....well spotted sir, well spotted!
 
ATTS said:
I think there was more real riding in that movie than there was in torque
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Hmm true....but as an over-all film it was harder to watch. But on the bike premise alone I may bump Torque to the top spot. Point conceded!
 
Duster929 said:
On a similar "before our time" note: I seem to remember a good motorcycle scene at the end of Lawrence of Arabia. Doesn't Peter O'Toole (T.E. Lawrence) die in a motorcycle crash on an Enfield?
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I don't know about the movie bike, but in reality TE Lawrence died after crashing his Brough Superior SS100.
 
Gummiente said:
So, they used a Brough in the movie, too.

Totally missing your "rebelllion fermenters" comment, though...?
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Lawrence fermented the rebellion of the Arabs against the Turks, at the behest of the British, leads battles in a foreign desert, pisses off his commanders, but then dies when he comes home!

So....even real rebels gotta ride safe on their bikes.
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