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jedishrfu said:
Nope, focus on the Dude then horrific flight...

The Big Lebowski!

...or Donnie Darko.
 
i want to say the newest tron movie,
but I'm till not sure.
 
Bandersnatch said:
Fearless.

You got it. Its a really great movie delving into how people respond to horrific circumstances and how ignorant or asleep the people around them are.

Your turn.
 
Bandersnatch said:
Time for some arthouse cinema.

Q: Odin-Jesus makes a landfall in purgatory.

A: Valhalla rising?
 
DiracPool said:
A: Valhalla rising?
That's the one!

Very weird film, but fun if you don't mind symbolism overload. The trailer might make one think it's all about non-stop visceral combat, but most of it is spent on staring pensively at nothing in particular. Kinda requires at least a passing knowledge of Norse mythology to decipher.

The floor is yours.
 
Q: A high speed car chase under an elevated causeway in a major metropolitan city.
 
jedishrfu said:
Not enough info but I'll try the French Connection.

Bingo! Obviously there was too much info considering how fast you got it :-p Your go.
 
DiracPool said:
Q: A high speed car chase under an elevated causeway in a major metropolitan city.

The Blues Brothers.

And prove me wrong :-p
 
Borek said:
The Blues Brothers.

And prove me wrong :-p

Thank you, Borek. There are a dozen more movies with car chases under the ells.

FIRST to ANSWER wins the next toss.Next Movie:

A man decides to leave his job, his colleagues sit and sigh. He tells them he is much too old as they argue the reason and wonder why.
 
jedishrfu said:
There are a dozen more movies with car chases under the ells.

Yes, but you picked the one that I was thinking of... Much less than chance odds there. Why did that happen? Huh? Answer that!

Edit: I could have distinguished it by saying that, unlike most other "under the ells" carchases, the French connection scene was not sanctioned by the city. They just grabbed some cameras and did it without a permit. And if you watch, they almost hit a few pedestrians along the way. Damn I miss those outlaw 70's.
 
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DiracPool said:
Yes, but you picked the one that I was thinking of... Much less than chance odds there. Why did that happen? Huh? Answer that!

Edit: I could have distinguished it by saying that, unlike most other "under the ells" carchases, the French connection scene was not sanctioned by the city. They just grabbed some cameras and did it without a permit. And if you watch, they almost hit a few pedestrians along the way. Damn I miss those outlaw 70's.

Yeah it did come to mind first. I think other movies tried to copy it.
 
jedishrfu said:
A man decides to leave his job, his colleagues sit and sigh. He tells them he is much too old as they argue the reason and wonder why.

Sounds like The Man from Earth.
 
A stranger comes to town, trades some diamonds for money, solves a Celestial Mechanics problem with Separation of Variables and stops the world in it tracks before returning home.