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Dust to Glory (2005)
Must see for racing/sports/film fans
I was one of those that was actually waiting to see this film. I saw the trailers and was hooked. The film turned out great. It was on a cable movie channel tonight and I'm still picking up new things/lines from the movie. If you like great film-making and/or sports, this is a must see show. It's good to see some of the original racers are still involved in Baja. Even after 30 plus years! Malcom Smith was a hero of mine as a kid and is even more so now. The film shows the love/hate relationship with the Baja 1000. But it's mostly love, especially after the race is over. After the movie, ask yourself the same question that the film asks the racers. "Now what does Baja mean to you?" I came up with some of the same answers the racers did and I think you will too!
SLC Punk! (1998)
Glad to see others liked this movie...
I first heard about this movie while they were filming near my work in downtown SLC. So I'm always interested to see how the films turn out just for the fact they were filmed here. I thought I might be a little biased since I went to the University of Utah during the 80's and was involved in a small way in SLC's music scene. I was glad to see most people that have put their comments in here "get" this movie! I'm glad that most people can relate to it whether they are in the punk scene or not, or that have never been to Utah. Sure I have a few nitpicks, like the Rockers being totally under represented and the Mods overrepresented. (I think the film might have had the total amount of Mods I ever saw in SLC in the 80's). One commenter on here can't understand if the characters hated SLC so much, why don't they just leave?! That's another part of the film I loved. Everyone bitches about how horrible it is here, blah blah blah, but it has way more positives than negatives. And as the film points out, you are going to be unhappy anywhere until you figure out who you are and what is important to you in your life. I gave this a 9 out of 10 vote.