A GREAT Biker Movie........

Closed Thread Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Jan 2, 2010 | 04:34 PM

#11

AThousandHurricanes

Road Master

Joined: Sep 2009

Posts: 1,004

Likes: 1

From: Arkansas

Quote:

Originally Posted by "Dutch"

I agree. Read it. Easy read, but to transfer it to the big screen may take away from the whole story. Everything needs to be brought together in 90 minutes, for the big screen.

I feel that it has to be 120 plus to show the whole picture of what he (Queen) went through as a Federal Agent undercover and dealing with two entities wanting from him. One expecting "brotherhood," the other expecting results.

I drive a lot for work, so I listened to the audiobook in the car, which is amazing because it is read by Queen himself. You can hear the hard years in his voice. Mel Gibson can't pull off a hardened vietnam vet riding with guys who would love to kill him.

It really is a great story, and has the possibility of being a great movie with the right screenplay and cast. Between this book and "No Angel", it is fascinating how the UC's sort of find what they are missing in the real world with the brotherhood that exists in the clubs, and how in both instances the ATF essentially hung them UC out to dry as soon as they had done the deed. Also interesting to read the differences between the clubs operations in each book.

Something tells me that Hollywood will chicken out on telling the whole story correctly.

Jan 2, 2010 | 04:44 PM

#12

Road Master

Joined: Jun 2008

Posts: 1,065

Likes: 33

From: Illinois

Seems to me that most inaccuracies in biker movies are due to either "over writing" or "over acting".
Egos seem to get in the way, whether it's the writers, director, producer or actors. Usually makes for too "Hollywood" of a movie in the end.

Jan 2, 2010 | 05:18 PM

#13

krusty1

Thread Starter

Elite HDF Member

Joined: Nov 2009

Posts: 3,886

Likes: 3

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roosterboots

It's been done.

Youngsters take up biking for a compost of reasons...self-image, get chicks, cheap transportation, or simply tick off Mom 'n Dad. After ya hit 50, the reasons narrow down a bit, but the allure becomes a compulsion. It's not enough to have a bike, you have to have a Harley (or Indian, or Triumph). Then it's not enough to have a Harley, it has to be a police model Road King. Then we're not satisfied with riding, we have to do the Dragon or get an Iron Butt or a PGR mission pin. Then December rolls around and we have to suffer the withdrawal of mothballing the bike one more season, one year closer to the doctor sayin' "No More Biking", one quick little year behind us and still the itch is there, and still we can't scratch it.

"World's Fastest Indian" captures that.

One old rooster's opinion.

The 'World's Fastest Indian' was indeed a great movie, but I was thinking of something with wider appeal. I don't know anybody but old bikers and motorheads that saw it....I own the DVD, but when I went to the theater there were only a handful of people (and I knew many of them from the local riding community)...and it was a day when the rest of the theaters in the complex had healthy audiences.

I've read 'Under and Alone' and it's an interesting book....I too think Hollywood would have a hard time not chickening out and twisting the story into something it isn't. It's a lot more complicated than some simple cop infiltrating bike club movie. We've all seen movies made from a good book that leave you wondering if the screenwriter ever bothered to even read the book.

In fact, I'd prefer a biker movie to stay out of the 'good-guy/bad guy' genre.... something that could convey the image of wild freedom that would attract young people to the life....and once they go down the path of actually trying out bits and pieces of the motorcycle world, they can decide what place, if any, they want to be part of. That's the audience I'm interested in....the ones that still have a lot more years than we do before the doc says this is it for motorcycling.