Ford v Ferrari

[Sleepless]

They don't make them like this any more.

This was a thoroughly entertaining, solid film that is unquestionably in my top 10 - if not top 5 - of the year. I'm honestly a little surprised I loved this as much as I did. It's undoubtedly a casualty of the Disney-Fox merger, as I don't recall seeing any marketing push around it, and the fact that it doesn't have three more nominations - at least - for Bale, Director, and Screenplay is testament to what must surely have been a neglectful awards campaign.

It's not the type of movie Xixax typically goes wild for, but trust me, this is a good 'un.

[WorldForgot]

Ken Miles makes for a great character study, propulsive and as down-home as racing gets -- an interesting coincidence I stumbled reading through Xixax'z backlogs is that Christian Bale was once attached to Mann's Ferrari biopic about Enzo.

Caught this at the Chinese theater a couple months back, pure cinematic thrill. It's funny, too, not a stodgy biopic by any means (it's Mangold so you know this already, probably). Surprised there wasn't already a thread.

[wilberfan]

I enjoyed it, too.  (Although I felt obligated to invent a drinking game that involved taking a shot every time there was an insert of a foot stomping on a clutch pedal.)  As engaging as the racing scenes were, I actually enjoyed the one-on-one dialogue scenes even more.   Yes, solid entertainment. 

[Drenk]

wilberfan had to recover from weeks of nightmares involving a Tarantino version of Ford v Ferrari: Once Upon a Time...In Vroom-Vroom Land.

[wilberfan]

It's not the type of movie Xixax typically goes wild for...

I actually saw this back around the holidays, but didn't mention it because I thought you guys would eye-roll yourselves to death.

[Alethia]

Ok I'll see it.

[jenkins]

one day i'll double it with Rush and grow as a person

[wilberfan]

I'm eagerly awaiting "Ford vs Ferrari vs Paywall"--a weekly podcast alternately examining each of the bearings on both cars.  (To run thru 2023.)

[Robyn]

Yeah, I liked this too.

I wish the racing scenes looked more interesting, tho. The Mann version would've been great.