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Rush is great!
My girlfriend loves F1 and wants to see this and get the racing helmet full of popcorn.
I'm sure it will be a fine summer flick. Vroom vroom. But that's it
Marry her!
Rush is great!
My girlfriend loves F1 and wants to see this and get the racing helmet full of popcorn.
I'm sure it will be a fine summer flick. Vroom vroom. But that's it
Yeah, more first person or cockpit view would always be welcome but it's worlds better than Gran Turismo which had zero.Great movie. It hovers between an A- and B+ for me.
My only small gripe with it was that I was hoping for more uninterrupted first person camera angles mid-race. Those were the most exhilarating moments in the movie and whenever they cut away from them to show a 'secondary character reaction shot' I felt that it took away from the moment'.
Instead I would have had them do the 24-style multi-window, and keep the driver view as the larger screen while popping up the other character reactions on the side in smaller frames, sort of like a comic panel. I understand why some here wouldn't like that, but at least that way they could have satisfied the ones who are looking for those reaction shots.
Otherwise, this was great to me and Hans Zimmer only enhanced it even further, making it feel like the Dark Knight bike chase but for a whole movie.
Apple leadership clearly can't handle anything with edge in it. You can see it in how safe and box-ticking all of their movie and TV releases are. Real A-level filmmaking has to be dangerous. But yes, this worked well for them, since it has a pure and nostalgic feel to it with talent behind it.2.) F1 is the type of movie Apple should be going after. No question. This is easily the best movie Apple has done. By a mile. They should be looking for big budget safe bets and also have a few Hallmark style "feel good" movies which they are good at.
You are 100% right. If i am not mistaken, Apple has a mandate to not make anything "too edgy" and they are not allowed to show "drug use, violence against women or children", or use any "race or orientation" in a "less than" way.Yeah, more first person or cockpit view would always be welcome but it's worlds better than Gran Turismo which had zero.
Apple leadership clearly can't handle anything with edge in it. You can see it in how safe and box-ticking all of their movie and TV releases are. Real A-level filmmaking has to be dangerous. But yes, this worked well for them, since it has a pure and nostalgic feel to it with talent behind it.
FX Hulu is the Sega Genesis to Apple's Super Nintendo.F1 is the type of movie Apple should be going after. No question. This is easily the best movie Apple has done. By a mile. They should be looking for big budget safe bets and also have a few Hallmark style "feel good" movies which they are good at.
Gran Turismo is a movie that was much better than it had any right to be. It was the first playstation studios movie that showed me 'hey, with enough passion/heart and actually treating this game property like a movie's movie, this could work' and that's why it also rates high with me. It goes for something different than F1 and accomplishes what it needs to.Yeah, more first person or cockpit view would always be welcome but it's worlds better than Gran Turismo which had zero.
I saw this last night in IMAX and throughly enjoyed it. Great race scenes and some funny quips. Dialogue and characters didn't have much depth though. Probably give it a 6 or 7 out of 10, but recommend it especially in IMAX as the whole movie is in the IMAX ratio.
They'd make a really great double feature... F1 is more visceral, Rush is more character driven so they achieve their highs in different ways. F1 hits harder IMO, it's an *experience* and Rush never feels that way. I mean, I left the cinema thinking I've never seen anything like that before!For those who have seen both, how does it compare to "Rush"?
Boy do I have something for you.My mind has just exploded!
I'm a fan of the actress Rebecca Ferguson, she plays every role really well so when I watched this I was pleasantly surprised to see her in it, she sounded like she was putting on a fake Irish accent but hey ho, it was the character she had to portray.
I just saw a short on YouTube when 3 of the actors were asked about what movie they would like to watch in IMAX again.. I watched it and it said the names of the actors... None said Rebecca Ferguson
I've just compared the name on the screen to imdb and low and behold it wasn't Rebecca Ferguson at all, it's an Irish actress called Kerry Condon
Talk about lookalike!
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Oh, Rush is probably a better "movie" but F1 is probably more fun to watch.For those who have seen both, how does it compare to "Rush"?
I'll give it a try once it's on a streaming service. From the trailers it seems they promote the (fake) drama more than the racing. Something the sport is already suffering from more and more lately.
Yeah I thought it was her too lolMy mind has just exploded!
I'm a fan of the actress Rebecca Ferguson, she plays every role really well so when I watched this I was pleasantly surprised to see her in it, she sounded like she was putting on a fake Irish accent but hey ho, it was the character she had to portray.
I just saw a short on YouTube when 3 of the actors were asked about what movie they would like to watch in IMAX again.. I watched it and it said the names of the actors... None said Rebecca Ferguson
I've just compared the name on the screen to imdb and low and behold it wasn't Rebecca Ferguson at all, it's an Irish actress called Kerry Condon
Talk about lookalike!
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The movie was decently fun as an adventure but overall I can't get past what a terrible sports movie it makes.
It is hard to be really feel-good about a sports team that mostly wins by cheating. Imagine any other sports game where a team deliberately abuses the penalty system to barely scrape out a win when their skills weren't good enough. Yeah, it is technically a win. Yeah, it technically happens in sports to a degree. But this is not really noble or something to be celebrating.
At the end of the film they are up against Lewis Hamilton, the reigning F1 champion who is a legitimately great racer. At this point in the film they have abused circumstances and used teamwork in cars designed to screw people over in order to gain their positioning. Now it is presumed that Hamilton has not only out-raced them the whole time but now is also successfully contending with the two of them who are in cars designed to fuck with people more than they are to go fast and he is still holding up admirably.
At this, I am more impressed and interested in rooting for Hamilton than the two jerks harassing him. Then one of them dangerously challenges him, risking both of their lives, which is something both of his team should know better than to do since both of the characters were in terrible crashes. Yet they still do to fuck over Hamilton sending him spinning off track so the other can win. This is supposed to be inspiring? I don't buy it. That isn't really a good story for the sport. Imagine if there is a NBA movie where they purposefully make Michael Jordan bust his knee so they can get the last minute of the game that they have been fouling out the whole time.
Also, the "he's flying" thing along with the associated near silent front bumper cam… Uhhh, do these guys understand the appeal of driving? Okay, so his character wants a sense of freedom and escape, but generally the thrill of driving a car fast is completely different than the weightless gliding of flight. It is very much about weight, power, traction, and masterful control over these shifting about on a razor edge. That is why Fast & Furious appealed to drag racing and drifting. This movie makes me think it was made by non-car-people.
Adding onto this, there was a disappointing amount of shots from the cockpit with the roaring engine at high speeds. F1 can push harder than most, so I was desiring a nice glimpse into this seat I'll never be able to sit in. Compared to, say, Top Gun Maverick, it really failed to deliver on the cockpit views and thrill of the position these guys get to be in.