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  1. rob lay

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    #101 rob lay, Jun 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
    We just watched. It is worth it for everyone to see. It is up there with Ford vs. Ferrari and Ferrari, it isn't anywhere near the classics of Le Mans or Grand Prix.

    The first 30 minutes and the last 15 minutes are pretty good, the middle 2 hours aren't. There is no good story (the board members) or no good love story (just a hint with the technical advisor). The racing is pretty good for a movie! I thought the situations and simulations were realistic enough real fans wouldn't scoff.

    I personally didn't like blaming him for the Senna death or the fire scene getting out of his car and running to the rescue (I know it made good Hollywood though). Was that the Bandini crash where another driver got out trying to rescue him?

    Honestly, 80% of the movie was watching a bad F1 race where I would rather be watching a real F1 race, that was boring.
     
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    #102 GrigioGuy, Jun 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
    If the F1 race on the big screen was boring, then it was accurate filmmaking ;)

    I thought the Daytona piece was remarkable.
     
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    #103 rob lay, Jun 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
    I agree, funny enough Daytona and Baja were more exciting. Again, I loved the beginning and end.
     
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    #104 swift53, Jun 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
    You may get scolded for leaving the Sir out.

    Sir Hamilton, please....
     
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    #105 G. Pepper, Jun 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
    I still haven't seen Ford v Ferrari. Guess I'll put it in my Amazon cart for next month.
     
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    #106 GrigioGuy, Jun 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
    Well worth watching. It's amazing how physically divergent Christian Bale can be in his roles.
     
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    #107 375+, Jun 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
    You are thinking of Roger Williamson's fatal accident when David Purley tried to rescue him. Similarly drivers came to the rescue of Niki Lauda at Nurburgring--Brett Lunger, Harald Ertl and others.
     
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    #108 jgonzalesm6, Jun 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
    Saw the movie.

    Threw my F1 knowledge out the window to be more objective.

    Loved the movie. Loved Sonny Hayes character in F1 and how he sees the media in F1.

    Yeah, it's entertaining.

    As of yesterday, the movie made $144 million....that's global numbers btw.
     
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    #109 Nembo1777, Jun 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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    I really enjoyed it! The track filming was as amazing as expected, it really grabs you, especially as I always sit front row center. There was more of a plot than I expected (I had very low expectations for that aspect) and the actors were excellent except perhaps Idriss, a bit wooden. Pitt is just amazingly good and it turns out it is the best viewership/income start of any of his films, ever.

    Negatives? I would say a few too many crashes and one or two other things but it would involve spoilers.

    What is amazing is that press critics, the general public AND enthusiasts love it (except some green anti car journalists and the most blinkered, misguided, ice cold, humorless car guy types who don't understand this is FICTION, Hollywood entertainment: hello?!). It is rare for a film to get such a consensus and this will attract a huge new audience to the sport.

    IMDB is rating it at 7,9; that is VERY high.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16311594/

    I am going to go see it again this week but in Imax; I normally only go twice for James Bond films and I did for Basic instinct back in 1992 as I liked glamorous smart aleck Sharon Stone juuuust a little bit;-)

    What struck me in the theater was to see two teenage girls watching in full Ferrari gear, new fandom.
     
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    #110 jgonzalesm6, Jun 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
    It's not just about Ford vs Ferrari but also about Shelby vs Ford (1 Ford executive) whom doesn't like Ken Miles.
     
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