Ford vs Ferrari was excellent. Damon and Bale were both in fine form. I was a bit worried they’d make it a movie about US overcoming odds to defeat the evil and overconfident Italians but they portray Enzo and Ferrari as a tough but fair competitor, even if they take a few humorous shots at them.
Really it’s about Shelby and Ken Miles overcoming the vast overconfidence and incompetence of Ford, their red tape and bureaucracy, for the sake of building a pure racing car. Quite long at a full 2.5 hours but never felt like it was dragging.
As with any “based on truth” film I’m sure they took liberties but it was entertaining and heartfelt. Some of the best racing scenes I’ve ever seen in a theatre. Better than Rush for sure and I thought that film did a great job.
A movie that isn’t a tent pole blockbuster that truly needed to be seen on the big screen. And it was friggin loud in the theatre I saw it in. It felt like you were there. They portrayed the rush of being in a supercar so well.
Now if you’ll excuse me I have this strange desire to play some project cars 2.
Last edited by Cecil Terwilliger; 11-17-2019 at 12:05 PM.
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