Bummer. I had been looking forward to both of these. To date, I'm aware of anyone who has done justice to either epic story.
I haven’t watched Ferrari’s movie; I recently saw Lamborghini’s though. And for what it’s worth, I think it has a greater degree of entertainment and amusement to watch a regular bowl turning inside your microwave oven than Lamborghini’s film.
The Lamborghini film was beyond atrocious. I was astounded as to how bad they were able to make a movie about such a compelling story. The Ferrari film is nothing like that.
Somehow since covid came, i can only name 2-3 good movies. rest was pure BS. It's like everything came to a standstill.
Friend of mine attended an advanced screening with the local chapter of the Ferrari club. They weren't thrilled with it. Too much focus on just this one year and on the life of Enzo between wife and mistress. They loved the action scenes with the drivers but thought that was too short a portion of it all. They loved "Ford vs Ferrari" but not this one.
My reaction was just the opposite. I thought that Ford v Ferrari was a farce, Mann's movie was a serious attempt at telling the story of Enzo Ferrari. Different strokes I guess?
Well, I'm merely repeating what they thought; I haven't seen it yet. That said I loved "Ford vs Ferrari".
I liked it. It wasn't accurate and it treated some people like cartoon characters but as a movie it was pretty entertaining.
I attended that FCA advance screening and I will say I was disappointed also, but not so much with the film. The venue was not the best. It was one of those theaters that serves dinner during the film. The house lights were partially on so that people and servers could see and there were too many distractions from people eating, talking and moving around. This film was shot with low light levels, so it is a bit moody and dark. It needs to be seen in a dark, quiet environment for maximum impact. I will be going to see it again in a proper theater once it opens. It is indeed a snapshot of a single year in Ferrari's history, but it was a pivotal, important year. The DePortago crash not only ended the Mille Miglia, but also resulted in manslaughter charges against Ferrari the man and potentially devastating lawsuits that dragged on for years. The graphic crash scenes were indeed a bit intense, but they served the purpose of emphasizing how horrific and senseless the tragedy was. As for the King Hussein scene, yes it was a bit of an "out of place" distraction. That's just the point. Here was a case where a royal head of state came to the factory and Ferrari barely gave him the time of day. That's who he was. There were many bits of carefully researched history sprinkled throughout the film and I look forward to watching it again to discover them. The average moviegoer may not have the required level of interest to fully appreciate the film, but at least everyone who sees it will finally learn how to pronounce Modena.
Saw an advanced screening last night. I thought it was great, not perfect, but very good. No enthusiast for any genre, back story, biopic, or historical film should go in expecting a documentary with every fact checked, T crossed and I dotted. At the end of the day movies are a form of entertainment. There are Documentaries for those who like to find fault with casting and story telling. I think Adam Driver and Penelope Cruz were both excellent. Adam Driver is an actor who grew to fame as a poorly written character in Star Wars. Everything I've seen him in outside Star Wars, I think he's a brilliant actor, and I think he did a great job of portraying Enzo. Possibly not a 100% historically accurate version of him, but a very well nuanced character who could switch on and off emotions and affection for different people/situations in his life. Likewise with Cruz, it was great to see her very convincingly in the role of betrayed wife, mother, business partner rather than playing a sex symbol. The cinematography, colors, composition were all a visual delight. While the cars looked and sounded amazing, they did fall into one, predictable, trap. On the Migle Millia they made it look as if you had a gaggle of 5-8 cars locked solidly together swapping places for the whole 1,000 miles. Some of those shots could have been better served by some wide angle distance shots, slowly moving in as the car passes etc. There were also a couple of 99 speed transmissions hiding in there from the number of upshifts. I can forgive all that though as overall the sound and visuals of the race cars were awesome. Not a criticism, but I was surprised at how graphic they were with de Portago's accident. If you, or whoever you see it with, are squeamish, you might get them to avert their eyes for a few seconds. Note. I don't count that as a spoiler as anyone on here who knows the brand and the man knows roughly what's coming in a movie around the year 1957. A very good, but not brilliant movie, with excellent visuals and some great performances by good actors without too much CGI.
Saw the movie Ferrari(2023)......for free on my IPad. This movie is 90% drama with Enzo, his wife and the mistress(where Piero Ferrari comes from) from a certain period in time. The last 30min or so of the movie is the Mille Miglia. I was disappointed in the movie by Michael Mann.....and that's because I love Michael Mann as a director-->Miami Vice(saw all of them in the 80's), HEAT, The Kingdom(he produced it), Collateral. Mann is awesome in directing movies with firearms(CQC-->close quarter combat tactics).
I'm still a fan of the movie...even more than "Heat," which got a little crazy in the pyrotechnics. Here is an interest article on the technical aspects of Ferrari...and no CGI was used in the race sequences. I've got my WGA screener so I will watch it again tonight. The Cars - and the Speed - Are Real in Michael Mann's ‘Ferrari' (msn.com)
I myself put HEAT way above Ferrari....HEAT at the time it was made has some very good actors as well-->Al Pacino, Robert Di Nero, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Ashley Judd, Danny Trejo, Wes Studi, Jon Voight, Dennis Haysbert, Natalie Portman.
Also, there was a North Hollywood shootout in 1997 with 2 heavily armed automatic large caliber rifles and armored men. Reports were the 2 fired 1,100 rounds at the police whom were outgunned. Reports also said that this Hollywood shootout was spurred by the Bank shootout in the movie HEAT.
If you’re a fan of Leonard Bernstein be prepared to be let down again. (Maestro). Three fascinating men who had enormous influence in their fields….Napoleon, Bernstein, Ferrari…and we can’t get a truly first rate biographical film on any of them?
They are not documentaries. Read that again. These movies are entertainment. Do they succeed at their intended goal? Let's exclude 'Napoleon' and 'Bernstein'(what's that?) because...who cares? Contrary to the Tifosi's expectations, 'Ferrari' is not intended to be an historically accurate portrayal. Any expectation of that should have been quashed by the venue and their pre-release hype; i.e., not on PBS/History Channel or ??.
I neither said nor implied that the films are documentaries. The fact that they aren’t doesn’t remove some responsibility for their writers’ and directors’ fidelity to the facts. Can’t a film be entertaining and still be “historically accurate”? If the facts of a man’s life are boring then nobody would be making a movie about it. And why exclude Napoleon and Maestro? “Who cares?” I’m pretty sure at least as many people are interested in their lives as much as in Enzo Ferrari’s.
This movie Ferrari(2023) takes place in a certain point in time in Enzo's life as depicted by the cars in the movie. The only race in the movie is the Mille Miglia(1957).
