RebekahWSD@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhat is the most quintessential 90s movie?message-squaremessage-square183fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1182arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the most quintessential 90s movie?RebekahWSD@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square183fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeuslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-23 months agoJohn Frankenheimer’s Ronin (1998) but not in the way you maybe mean. This movie simply has to take place when it does in the 90s. The plot just wouldn’t work otherwise.
minus-squarefluxion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoIt also has to be 90s because no way De Niro would’ve punked Boromir out like that
minus-squareeestileiblinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoFrankenheimer knew how to show a car chase; Ronin has cuts to the hands of the driver showing what they’re doing, which I thought was a nice touch.
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeuslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoBest car chases ever put on film. You learn a lot of cool tidbits from the director’s commentary too.
minus-squareeestileiblinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoI’ve got a soft spot for The Blues Brothers when it comes to car chases.
John Frankenheimer’s Ronin (1998) but not in the way you maybe mean. This movie simply has to take place when it does in the 90s. The plot just wouldn’t work otherwise.
It also has to be 90s because no way De Niro would’ve punked Boromir out like that
Frankenheimer knew how to show a car chase; Ronin has cuts to the hands of the driver showing what they’re doing, which I thought was a nice touch.
Best car chases ever put on film. You learn a lot of cool tidbits from the director’s commentary too.
I’ve got a soft spot for The Blues Brothers when it comes to car chases.