09-08-2020, 03:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-08-2020, 07:15 PM by Gaith. Edited 3 times in total.)
^ Well, that (Kelly Gang) sounds tortuous. 
Ford v Ferrari (2019)
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I've got naught but contempt for the "sport" (nope) of car racing. That said, I do dig history/period flicks, and at least the cars in this movie look like cars, and not the gross F1 open cockpit or wavy-looking aerodynamic messes soaked in corporate branding seen since the 70s, as I glean from stills of Ron Howard's Rush. We're burning fossil fuels and cooking the planet for this? At least boxers only beat each others' brains into mush.
However, Christian Bale and Matt Damon are great here, and James Mangold gives Michael Bay a run for his money in terms of sunset shots per minute. Above all, I was pleasantly surprised that the movie is straightforward and unapologetic about its portrayal of pretty much everyone involved as self-serving pricks: Damon's character is a petty thief, a nuisance to public roads, and happy to win by flouting the gentlemanly conventions of the contest - and he's the likable one. As for the historical ending, which I didn't see coming... welp, as they say, you go to a Smash Mouth concert during a global pandemic, you get coronavirus, so don't look for sympathy here.
A highly enjoyable flick, and a worthy $4 used Redbox blu purchase.
Grade: B+
Ford v Ferrari (2019)
(01-07-2020, 02:27 PM)TM2YC Wrote: Okay this is fully fueled with sports and race movie cliches but it's so damned entertaining.
I've got naught but contempt for the "sport" (nope) of car racing. That said, I do dig history/period flicks, and at least the cars in this movie look like cars, and not the gross F1 open cockpit or wavy-looking aerodynamic messes soaked in corporate branding seen since the 70s, as I glean from stills of Ron Howard's Rush. We're burning fossil fuels and cooking the planet for this? At least boxers only beat each others' brains into mush.
However, Christian Bale and Matt Damon are great here, and James Mangold gives Michael Bay a run for his money in terms of sunset shots per minute. Above all, I was pleasantly surprised that the movie is straightforward and unapologetic about its portrayal of pretty much everyone involved as self-serving pricks: Damon's character is a petty thief, a nuisance to public roads, and happy to win by flouting the gentlemanly conventions of the contest - and he's the likable one. As for the historical ending, which I didn't see coming... welp, as they say, you go to a Smash Mouth concert during a global pandemic, you get coronavirus, so don't look for sympathy here.
A highly enjoyable flick, and a worthy $4 used Redbox blu purchase.
Grade: B+
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