question of the weekend: what’s your favorite road-trip movie?

Sat, Oct 09, 2021

I’m on a little weekend road trip in Wales with my friend Shirley (and Nigel the Charity Pig), so I thought this would be a good thing to ask today:

What’s your favorite road-trip movie?

I want to assure you, dear readers, that Shirley and I have no intentions of replicating Thelma and Louise’s misadventures. We haven’t run into Brad Pitt (at least not yet), we left our guns at home, and we don’t even have a Cadillac convertible. This is our little rental car:

It’s cute, but it struggles to get up even slight inclines. There’s no way we’d have the power to [Thelma & Louise spoiler redacted].

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LaSargenta

Sat, Oct 09, 2021 1:33pm

Smokey and the Bandit.

Yup. I love it. In all its corny, cheesy glory.

Also To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar.

Bluejay

Sat, Oct 09, 2021 9:56pm

The Motorcycle Diaries.

Also, does Fellowship of the Ring count? :-)

LaSargenta

reply to Bluejay

Tue, Oct 12, 2021 1:53am

Yes

Danielm80

Sun, Oct 10, 2021 1:28am

The Muppet Movie, of course

Jay

Sun, Oct 10, 2021 2:49am

Midnight Run. Stop for Chorizo!

MaryAnn Johanson

reply to Jay

Thu, Oct 14, 2021 10:54am

Probably my fave too! (“Why aren’t you popular with the Chicago police department?”)

Dr. Rocketscience

Sun, Oct 10, 2021 8:25pm

http://gph.is/2k2EtoF

Danielm80

reply to Dr. Rocketscience

Sun, Oct 10, 2021 11:39pm

I love the movie. I love the Funko Pop toys based on the movie. That GIF nearly sent me back into therapy.

amanohyo

Thu, Oct 14, 2021 5:05am

I’ll second all the answers in the comments so far. They don’t precisely qualify, but for me it’s a four-way tie between The Wizard of Oz, Before Night Falls, Spirited Away, and Dumb and Dumber.