September 6, 2003
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Go Go Mini Coopers!
Saw the Italian Job last night with a friend who had this to say:
“It’s a totally different movie from the original. Different story, different characters, different Italian city. Everything’s different except for the gold. The original movie was a million times better”.
I wouldn’t know because I haven’t seen the first movie. This was pretty much a standard Hollywood action/heist flick to me. Nothing to be taken too seriously. One thing though - I am slightly more appreciative of the Mini Cooper than before seeing the movie and I feel I now understand why everyone (including our Eddie here) wants one of these cute ‘n feisty little cars.
The whole chase sequence in the movie is like an advert for Minis. These little cars (and they are filmed next to trucks and 4WDs for “size” effect) go everywhere. Power through tunnels, fly over other cars and such. And they look cool… so…who wouldn’t want to believe the style hype?
Reality question: Can we afford one?
Comments (2)
yah, i was amazed at what a blatant ad the movie was! they did weave it into the plot pretty tightly tho…
hope you can afford one! they are really cute cars…
You’ll Love the old version, Lili. Alongside a classic Michael Caine performance, Benny Hill’s in it. And if memory serves me right, he has some fetish for grabbing ladies’ asses on buses…
Eddie