I received a couple of suggestions following yesterday's search for films to watch on Father's Day, such as Kurt Russell's
Used Cars (1980), which followed in our
National Lampoon's Vacation. A few people also disagreed with my saying Clark Griswald was the man of our age, pointing to Harrison Ford's portrayl of Jack Ryan in
Patriot Games and a similar character in
Firewall. Similarly it was felt if we were going to allow the Steve Martin remake of
Father of the Bride, then it would be appropriate to allow the 1991 version of
Cape Fear with Nick Nolte as the mild-mannered father forced to fend off Robert De Niro's maniacal escaped ex-convict.
Some of my favourite suggestions however built on my throwaway
Fight Club comment, calling for Andy Samberg's
Hot Rod, which sees him constantly trying to fight his stepfather, played with gleeful malevolence by Ian McShane. Also mentioned as a tender father-daughter moment was
From Dusk Til Dawn, when Harvey Keitel warns Juliette Lewis to shoot him before he becomes "a vicious lapdog of Satan."
