My husband and his stepson saw Die Hard yesterday cuz I was working and they loved it! He wants to take me to see it.
We did see 2 movies that are worth renting over the weekend, maybe a few of you have heard of them:
1.
Duel (1971) This is Steven Spielberg's
first ever directed movie! It's about an insane truck driver who chases after a regular man in a red Plymouth. It begins in LA, going on the 5 and stuff, and then the guy goes into the mountains and this trucker in an old Peterbuilt just flies past him! then he gets right in front of him and slows down, and the guy gets pissed. All through the movie the guy, David Mann, tries to call cops sayig "This truck driver is endangering my life!", but he's all alone in the middle of the mountains. At the end his radiator hose goes as he's going up a big hill trying to lose the truck. Then he puts it in neutral going down the mountain, and the truck is right behind him, then he does a 180 and faces the ttruck head on, opens the door, jumps out, and the trucker and the car fall over the mountain and it's over. Very interesting! I read the little paragraph on the back of the DVD and was intrigued. Rent it if you see it! The music was different, but it's '71
2.
Two Minute Warning (1976) It begins in rural LA, and a sniper shoots an old man riding on a bicycle with his wife. he checks out of the hotel to get ready to go to the LA Coliseum. Charleton Heston is a cop for the LAPD. There's a big game today, Baltimore vs. LA for the Big 10 Championship (or something like that). This sniper sneaks his way to the top of the scoreboard past 2 Dobermans to get the bast vantage point. There's a big shot guy (Quincy, according to my husband, Jack Klugman? Before my time, obviously
) who's gambling $30,000 that LA will win, and he gets a phone call from one of his buddies, so he goes to him. He's pissed cuz he owes him $28,000 and the guy assures he will have the money Wednesday night, as long as LA wins. The guy's associates grab him as he's trying to leave, they take him to the balcony and threaten to drop him. He gives in, and the guy's like "You better win your game today..." or something, and he leaves, all flustered.
In the control room, there's about 20 cameras focusing on the game, including the Good Year Blimp. As the game gets started, one of the cameras sees the sniper on the scoreboard. One of the broadcasters says something, but they keep it hush-hush, so no one panicks. By the end of the movie there are cops and SWAT team members everywhere, looking out for this guy. the sniper kills about 10 people before he gets killed himself. LA ends up winning the game.
2 excellent movies from the 70s, my husband has seen the 2nd one before.
I'll look for the Taxi Driver, Shadow, looks great
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