Brad Pitt F1 movie for 2025

If the F1 race on the big screen was boring, then it was accurate filmmaking

I thought the Daytona piece was remarkable.

 

You may get scolded for leaving the Sir out.

Sir Hamilton, please....

 

I still haven't seen Ford v Ferrari. Guess I'll put it in my Amazon cart for next month.

 

Well worth watching. It's amazing how physically divergent Christian Bale can be in his roles.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

It's not just about Ford vs Ferrari but also about Shelby vs Ford (1 Ford executive) whom doesn't like Ken Miles.

 

Brad Pitt is so versatile. My favourite

 

Alberto I see you as a cross between Brick Top and Boris the Blade

 

Just a kinder version of the two, but not much so

 

Media reviews in numerous languages -and even in English;-)- from all over the world here on IMDB:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16311594/externalreviews/?ref_=tt_ov_crv

 

It's happened once in F1 with Piquet Jr and Flavio Briatore-->"Crashgate" where Alonso(team-mate) won the race. Briatore, at the time, was banned from F1.....until a couple of years ago where he is now accepted within the paddock and is currently running his "old" team.

It's Hollywood so it's entertainment. Sonny Hayes "win at all costs" attitude.

 

CF suspension of disbelief;-)

 

It was an inglorious moment for Michael Schumacher on this day at Monaco in 2006. The Ferrari driver was found guilty of deliberately obstructing his colleagues in the final minutes of qualifying. The German, who was on provisional pole but with other drivers going potentially faster, purposefully parked his car at the exit of Rascasse, pretending a brush with the barriers and stalling his engine. The yellow flags came out and the field were denied their final effort.


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I will say this Rob with re: Sonny Hayes crashing into people and using the SC. He mentioned in the movie why he was doing that:

1) It makes him look "reckless" on the track SO Sonny set a precedent to all drivers that drive near him to back off. Sound familiar? Max was like that in his younger years in F1 and drivers got the hint when around Max to be extra careful. That notion holds true today

2) It also puts the focus on Sonny Hayes while Pearce gets away scott-free since no one will be focused on Pearce.

 

F1 is a very enjoyable film. The funniest things are No Qualifying and that a team actually listens to a drivers request regarding tires or strategy. lol

 

I love how the film pokes fun at the journo's and media. Pearce is like Hamilton when it comes to that side of business for most of the film. Sonny Hayes is the complete opposite like Max is or Kimi Raikkonen when it comes to the journo's or social media.

 

I agree. They captured a lot of essence and nuance of the world of F1.

 

Will see it next week with my daughter. I am always surprised unexpectedly, by ALL the racing movies I have seen,
since Elvis, to this new one.

Mostly plot less, kinda corny, some incredibly so, but it was the 60's and before.
Even 'Herbie' was entertaining (terrible flic) but the cars on the track were nothing less than great fun to watch.

Regards,
Alberto