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Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
don't bother
I have to admit, i enjoyed this movie years ago back in the day...
That being said, the car scenes would have been on par with the standards of the day. Now however, they are incredibly bad. Every facet of this movie is totally annoying. Burt Reynolds plays a tiresome role as the 'legendary' Bandit, humorous parts are funny due to one laughing AT the film, not with it and be warned, in addition to appalling shots, you have to be a loving country music addict to enjoy the score, and the support acting is, well don't even bother going there. The only hopefully was Sally Field, but at this point in her career, she hadn't defined the skills that would later give her a relatively good reputation.
All in all, do not waste your time with this movie, unless you like ugly American Trans-Am cars or extremely crappy, lazy dialogue and plot line that makes you wish the movie would hurry up and conclude.
Dream Machine (1991)
If you like Porsches...
I'm a big Porsche fan, and the car was the best star in this film.
Haim, the now dried up drug abusing child star of the 80's is bland as per usual, and commenting on back up from minor characters/actors would be pointless; needless to say they were all very average. It's a cool movie as a trip down memory lane into the 80's - with some weird clothes, some good shots of the Colorado backdrop and a very harmless albeit mind numbing plot.
All in all, please don't waste your time watching this unless you love 80's movies, Corey Haim, or like myself, love old school Porsches (this one in particular looks great) because life's too short to watch crappy movies.