Hello cine and TV lovers!
It was hard to decide on my favorite Sandra Bullock movie, I like several of her movies, I could make a top 5 and still wouldn't decide on my favorite 5 馃檭
But after checking a list of all of Sandy's filmography I realized that there are 2 of her movies that I always watch from start to finish whenever they show up on tv and I never get tired of them, and reducing my list to 2 it was easier to pick my absolute favorite.
隆Hola amantes del cine y TV!
Fue dif铆cil decidirme sobre mi pel铆cula favorita de Sandra Bullock, me gustan muchas de sus pel铆culas, podr铆a hacer un top 5 y aun as铆 no decidirme de mis 5 preferidas 馃檭
Pero despu茅s de revisar la lista de toda la filmograf铆a de Sandy me di cuenta que hay 2 de sus pel铆culas que siempre veo de principio a fin cada que salen en tv y nunca me canso de ellas.
Speed
This 1994 film has been a favorite of mine since the first time I watched it that year, and that's the first time I saw Sandra Bullock acting.
The movie is about Howard Payne, played by Dennis Hopper, a resentful retired cop who became a bomber, he wanted a huge amount of money and in order to get it he planted bombs in a building's elevator, his plan was frustrated by officer Jack Traven played by Keanu Reeves.
Angry about his plan being frustrated, Howard plans another attack, this time placing a bomb on a bus, and to his own amusement, he tells Jack about it, that way a chase against time starts.
Howard sees it as a game with a simple rule, if the bus goes below 50 miles per hour the bomb will explode.
M谩xima Velocidad
Este filme de 1994 ha sido de mis favoritos desde la primera vez que la vi en ese a帽o, y fue la primera vez que vi a Sandra Bullock actuar.
La pel铆cula trata de Howard Payne, interpretado por Dennis Hopper, un polic铆a retirado y resentido convertido en bombardero, el quer铆a una gran suma de dinero y para conseguirlo puso bombas en el elevador de un edificio, su plan fue frustrado por el oficial Jack Traven, interpretado por Keanu Reeves.
Molesto por su plan frustrado, Howard planea otro ataque, ahora colocando una bomba en un autob煤s, y para su entretenimiento, le informa a Jack, as铆 comienza una carrera contra el tiempo.
Howard lo ve como un juego con una regla simple, si el autob煤s va a menos de 50 millas por hora la bomba explotar谩.
Jack manages to get into the moving bus in full Hollywood action movie mode by jumping from another car, once inside he wants to warn the passengers but one of them think that the officer is after him because of a robbery, the thief takes out a gun and wants to take over the bus and in the middle of the confusion the bus driver gets hurt by a bullet.
One of the passengers, Annie, played by Bullock, takes control of the wheel, she wants to stop the bus in order to help the driver, that's when Jack warns her and the rest of the passengers that the bus will explode if it slows down.
Jack se las arregla para llegar dentro del autob煤s en movimiento en total modo de acci贸n Holliwoodense saltando desde otro coche, una vez dentro quiere advertir a los pasajeros pero uno de ellos piensa que el oficial est谩 tras el por un robo, el ladr贸n saca un arma y quiere tomar control del autob煤s, en medio de la confusi贸n el conductor es herido por una bala.
Una de los pasajeros, Annie, interpretada por Sandra Bullock. toma control del volante, quiere detener el autob煤s para auxiliar al conductor, es entonces cuando Jack le advierte a ella y al resto de pasajeros que el autob煤s estallar谩 si baja la velocidad.
FBI then finds the frequency of the video from a camera inside the bus, same video Howard was watching to keep an eye on Jack and the passengers, officers tape a piece of the video to play it on loop to fool Howard, with this trick FBI has the chance to move passengers from the bus to another moving transport to save them.
Jack and Annie are the last ones to leave the bus which Annie had been driving through the airport lanes in order to stay away from the crowded city, when Howard realizes that he's been tricked it's too late, his plan failed and everyone is safe.
Annie conduce a alta velocidad por la ciudad tratando de no herir a nadie con el gran autob煤s mientras Jack y su equipo idean una manera de desarmar la bomba, cuando no tienen 茅xito en ello buscan otro plan. Mientras tanto, el FBI identifica a Howard y proceden a ir a arrestarlo, pero 茅l es inteligente, pone una trampa en su hogar, as铆 que cuando el equipo especial irrumpe todo estalla.
El FBI despu茅s encuentran la frecuencia del video de una c谩mara dentro del autob煤s, el mismo video que Howard miraba para tener vigilados a Jack y los pasajeros, los oficiales graban un fragmento del video para reproducirlo en repetici贸n para enga帽ar a Howard, con este truco el FBI tiene oportunidad de sacar a los pasajeros del autob煤s a otro transporte en movimiento para salvarlos.
Jack y Annie son los 煤ltimos en salir del autob煤s el cual Annie ha estado conduciendo por las pistas de un aeropuerto para mantenerse lejos de la multitud de la ciudad, cuando Howard se de cuanta que fue enga帽ado es demasiado tarde, su plan fall贸 y todos est谩n a salvo.
In a revenge attempt against Jack, Howard tricks everyone wearing his old police officer uniform to get close to Annie, he kidnaps her and going with his obsession with bombs, he places explosives around Annie herself and gives an ultimatum to Jack, he wants to run away free with huge amounts money or else he'll kill Annie.
Jack being the hero he is goes after Howard and Annie who are inside a subway train, Jack manages to kill Howard but can't get Annie free because previously Howard handcuffed her to a train's bar and not only that, he shot the subway controls and the brakes broke.
Instead of jumping off from the subway, Jack decides to speed up the train in order to derail it. Subway gets wrecked but Jack and Annie are both safe and share their first kiss after their adventurous day.
En un intento de venganza contra Jack, Howard enga帽a a todos portando su viejo uniforme de polic铆a para acercarse a Annie, la secuestra y yendo con su obsesi贸n con bombas, coloca explosivos en Annie y le da un ultimatum a Jack, quiere huir libre y con grandes cantidades de dinero o de lo contrario matar谩 a Annie.
Jack, siendo el h茅roe que es va tras Howard y Annie quienes est谩n dentro de un tren subterr谩neo, Jack se las arregla para matar a Howard pero no puede liberar a Annie ya que previamente Howard la espos贸 a una barra del tren y no solo eso, tambi茅n dispar贸 a los controles del tren y los frenos se rompieron.
En lugar de saltar del subterr谩neo, Jack decide acelerar para descarrilar al tren. El tren subterr谩neo queda deshecho pero Jack y Annie est谩n a salvo y comparten su primer beso luego de su d铆a aventurado.
Why is this my favorite Sandra Bullock movie?
Well first of all, I had a crush with Keanu Reeves back then, I watched him first in Bill & Ted and I liked the guy, I was around 10 or 11 years old when I watched this movie during an English class... and it wasn't even my class 馃槄.
When I studied English as a child, my mom took classes too, we, along with my brother were all in the same language school although in different levels and groups. One day, my mom was still in her classroom even though the class was over, I headed there instead of waiting for her in the hallway and her teacher was playing the movie, she invited me in.
At first I wasn't interested in the movie but then I thought "hey, that's Ted! from the movie I like!" and it got my interest, but not only Keanu got me hooked, the plot was very exciting, I understood why nobody in class wanted to leave, they wanted to keep watching the movie until the end.
Also, this movie is special because it made me realize that I was able to understand English, not a hundred percent yet, but I had the impression that me being a child that had been studying beginners English for some months, didn't know much of the language, I didn't think I was capable yet of understanding other than the class audio tracks where speakers talk paused, clear and loud with basic vocabulary.
My thoughts during the movie were: Wow, this movie is exciting!... Jack is cute!... Annie is funny!... On my God I can understand the movie without subtitles in Spanish!!!
As I mentioned in the beginning, I have many favorite Sandra Bullock's movies, such as The Proposal, Premonition, The Net, The Lake House, Miss Congeniality 1 and 2 and Ocean's 8... But during those movies there's parts where I find myself doing something else because not every part of the movies interest me, and it doesn't happen with Speed, a movie that has my full attention from start to finish because of all the action in it.
I still get nervous when Annie has to drive through traffic with a huge bus, and she literally makes it fly! how cool is that? she's the unexpected heroine of the movie, and that scene where she makes the bus jump across an unfinished road it's a classic scene.
Just take a look at the scene, doesn't it make you want to see more?
驴Por qu茅 es mi pel铆cula favorita de Sandra Bullock?
Bueno, antes que nada, me gustaba Keanu Reeves en ese entonces, lo vi primero en Bill & Ted y me gust贸 el chico, yo ten铆a al rededor de 10 u 11 a帽os cuando vi 茅sta pel铆cula durante una clase de ingl茅s... y ni siquiera era mi clase 馃槄.
Cuando estudiaba ingl茅s de ni帽a, mi mam谩 tomaba clases tambi茅n, junto con mi hermano 铆bamos a la misma escuela de idiomas aunque en diferentes niveles y grupos. Un d铆a, mi mam谩 segu铆a en su sal贸n aunque su clase hab铆a terminado, me dirig铆 ah铆 en vez de esperarla en los pasillos y su maestra hab铆a puesto la pel铆cula, me invit贸 a entrar.
Al inicio no estaba interesada en la pel铆cula pero luego pens茅 "Oye, 隆ese es Ted! 隆de la pel铆cula que me gusta!" y consigui贸 mi inter茅s, pero no solo Keanu fue quien me enganch贸, la trama era excitante, entend铆 por que nadie de la clase se quer铆a ir, quer铆an seguir mirando la pel铆cula hasta el final.
Tambi茅n, esta pel铆cula es especial porque me hizo dar cuenta de que pod铆a entender el Ingl茅s, no al cien por ciento a煤n, pero ten铆a la impresi贸n de que por ser una ni帽a que hab铆a estado estudiando un nivel de principiantes por meses no sab铆a mucho de la lengua, y no pens茅 que fuera capaz de entender otras cosas m谩s que los audios de las clases donde los participantes hablan pausado, con claridad y fuerte con un vocabulario b谩sico.
Mis pensamientos durante la pel铆cula fueron: 隆Vaya, esta pel铆cula es emocionante!... 隆Jack es lindo!... 隆Annie es divertida!... 隆隆隆Oh por Dios, puedo entender la pel铆cula sin subt铆tulos en espa帽ol!!!
Como mencion茅 al inicio, tengo varias pel铆culas favoritas de Sandra Bullock, tales como La Propuesta, Premoniciones, La Red, La casa del Lago, Miss Simpat铆a 1 y 2 y Las Estafadoras... pero durante esas pel铆culas hay partes donde me pongo a hacer algo m谩s porque no todas las partes de las pel铆culas me interesan, y eso no pasa con M谩xima Velocidad, una pel铆cula que capta mi total atenci贸n de principio a fin por la acci贸n que contiene.
A煤n me pongo nerviosa cuando Annie tiene que conducir a trav茅s del tr谩fico con un gran autob煤s, 隆y literalmente lo hace volar! 驴no es eso genial? es la hero铆na inesperada de la pel铆cula y esa escena donde hace el autob煤s saltar a trav茅s del camino sin terminar es una cl谩sica.
Solo echen un vistazo a dicha escena, 驴no les hace querer ver m谩s?
It's impressive how a good actress Sandra Bullock is, she can be dramatic, serious, funny and many emotions more and make you connect with her characters, she's great!
Es Impresionante lo buena actriz que es Sandra Bullock, puede ser dram谩tica, seria, divertida y muchas emociones m谩s y hacerte conectar con sus personajes, 隆es genia!
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