This put a smile on my face.

[DaBurglar]

Are you saying that Cannonball Run was not stupid?It was well made, non-serious fun comedy.....when you step into a movie theater certain assumptions and reality checks are required as a matter of course.

[Tedlark]

As a matter of course, when I step into a movie theater I never make assumptions but I do expect to see a good movie. Roger Ebert gave the movie 1/2 star.

[paco13]

Wasn't there more than 1 Cannonball Run movie?

[billryan]

Yes, there was.

[DaBurglar]

As a matter of course, when I step into a movie theater I never make assumptions but I do expect to see a good movie. Roger Ebert gave the movie 1/2 star. How do you know a movie will be good until AFTER you see it?  Unless you are making an assumption (or Presumption is perhaps a better way to put it....)Roger Ebert was a man who, by sheer chance in the early 1970s held a job watching movies and reviewing them for one of the largest newspapers at that time in the world (Chicago sun Times.)   He was a fair and decent writer/reviewer of flicks who, in the course of time, built up enough of a following to where his opinion eventually took on a life of its own.....BUT, were it not for the rivalry with Gene Siskel, who wrote for the competing newspaper Chicago Tribune, Ebert would never have attained the status he did (nor would have Siskel.)    They created and maintained a synergy which propelled both of them to successful heights together that they never would have attained on their own.....Why am I Telling you all this?    Because as competent as Ebert was, he ultimately had his own tastes and opinions, and he even admitted as much every now and then when giving interviews on shows like Letterman and the Tonight Show.....he was not infallible nor was his insight always spot on......both he and siskel admitted taste and preference for movies is a personal issue.....if you happen to like a movie and are entertained by it, ultimately that is all that matters.And the FACT OF THE MATTER IS THIS:  Cannonball Run, in 1981, was one HUGE commercial Success, which is to say MANY MANY people were entertained by it, and that is all that matters.

[Onenickelmiracl]

My friend had an autograph of Babe Ruth on a hockey program, said his grandfather had sat beside him, not knowing who he was. He was autographing everything for everyone, then asked his grandfather if he had wanted an autograph, to which he just said sure.

[billryan]

Who wrote this?

Read my lips. Cars are not funny. Speeding cars are not funny. It is not funny when a car spins around and speeds in the other direction. It is not funny when a car flies through the air. It is not funny when a truck crashes into a car. It is not funny when cops chase speeding cars. It is not funny when cars crash through roadblocks. None of those things are funny. They have never been funny.

[Tedlark]

Be careful bill; you'll give DaBurglar the impression you didn't like Smokey & the Bandit either...

[Tedlark]

[QUOTE=Tedlark] As a matter of course, when I step into a movie theater I never make assumptions but I do expect to see a good movie. Roger Ebert gave the movie 1/2 star. How do you know a movie will be good until AFTER you see it?  Unless you are making an assumption (or Presumption is perhaps a better way to put it....)Roger Ebert was a man who, by sheer chance in the early 1970s held a job watching movies and reviewing them for one of the largest newspapers at that time in the world (Chicago sun Times.)   He was a fair and decent writer/reviewer of flicks who, in the course of time, built up enough of a following to where his opinion eventually took on a life of its own.....BUT, were it not for the rivalry with Gene Siskel, who wrote for the competing newspaper Chicago Tribune, Ebert would never have attained the status he did (nor would have Siskel.)    They created and maintained a synergy which propelled both of them to successful heights together that they never would have attained on their own.....Why am I Telling you all this?    Because as competent as Ebert was, he ultimately had his own tastes and opinions, and he even admitted as much every now and then when giving interviews on shows like Letterman and the Tonight Show.....he was not infallible nor was his insight always spot on......both he and siskel admitted taste and preference for movies is a personal issue.....if you happen to like a movie and are entertained by it, ultimately that is all that matters.And the FACT OF THE MATTER IS THIS:  Cannonball Run, in 1981, was one HUGE commercial Success, which is to say MANY MANY people were entertained by it, and that is all that matters.
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Yep, I'm wondering WHY you are telling me all of this too. ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING I'M FROM CHICAGO AND SISKEL & EBERT WERE FIXTURES IN CHICAGO FOR MANY YEARS.

Tedlark: DaBurglar, look at my thumb.
[DaBurglar looks at Ted's thumb. Ted punches DaBurglar in the face.]
Tedlark: Gee, you're dumb

- This was a scene from Animal House. All parts, with the exception of DaBurglar, were played by Tedlark.

[billryan]

I didn't dislike the first of either movie- Cannonball Run nor Smokey. The sequels were vapid and possess no redeeming qualities.