The F1 movie

[Bagwan]

Has anyone else seen the F1 movie ?
I saw it last night .

The first thing I want to say about it is that it's a dumb name .
It's not that that isn't what it is , but it isn't very imaginative . They could have come up with better .

As a long time fan of the sport , I found Carlos to give the best advice on seeing it . He said the real fan needed to remember that it's a Hollywood take on things , and that helped a lot as I watched it .

So as not to be a spoiler , I won't spew any details about it , but will say that things move rather quickly for Sonny Hayes , the Pitt character who makes his comeback to the sport to help out a struggling team .

It is an ad for the sport , and tries to portray the mindset of the driver , with demons and superstitions sprinkled in , and puts aside the "boring" technical aspects until needed for drama's sake (you'll get what I mean when you see it) .

It certainly depicts the speed and brutality very impressively .

All said , even though I went in with dread that it might be really horrible , I enjoyed myself .
There's a lot you could pick out to make one groan , and one that was particularly close to the bone regarding an F1 icon , but I think it will end up being a pretty good ad for the sport to the general public .

[Tazio]

Dawg..... I purchased my ticket so far in advance that I got my dates confused, and missed the dog-blasted thing (one day late). A real lame-o move on my behalf. :dork: I'll catch it on down the line. It should be entertaining.

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[Bagwan]

Ouch , Taz .

The trophy wife and I saw it with only around 30 or so others in the theatre , so maybe you're not alone .
A small buttered popcorn and a small drink cost us more than the entry .
It's been a long time I guess .

One cool thing I saw in the previews was that we should be seeing a Gilles Villeneuve movie next summer .
But , don't buy your tickets yet , man . There's no release date so far .

[Tazio]

Yes, I had heard about the Gilles movie. I'm really looking forward to that.

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[Used to be Starter]

Yes, I had heard about the Gilles movie. I'm really looking forward to that.

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I hope the movie covers more than just his F1 career. He was fantastic in F Atlantic. (Yes, showing my age.)

[airshifter]

I hope the movie covers more than just his F1 career. He was fantastic in F Atlantic. (Yes, showing my age.)

I'm actually much more interested in this than the current F1 movie. At least it will be some documentary type facts behind it and not a made-up script.

I'm not a big fan of movie theaters in general, but even if the current one was free I doubt I would make the time. Although some of the camera angles in action might be interesting to see from a different view, the whole script thing really ruins it for me.

[The Black Knight]

As soon as I heard about love interests being in the move etc I had no interest in seeing this movie. Much like Drive to Survive which I watched and episode of and had enough. Zero interest in seeing this movie either. I detest all things Hollywood.

Glad you guys enjoyed it though ;)

[F1nKS]

I saw the F1 movie last weekend with three other people who don't follow F1. They all enjoyed it. I thought they did a good job catching the essence of F1 without boring people with all the nuances. Overall, it was a fun movie, and we found that Toto can't act.

[Bagwan]

I saw the F1 movie last weekend with three other people who don't follow F1. They all enjoyed it. I thought they did a good job catching the essence of F1 without boring people with all the nuances. Overall, it was a fun movie, and we found that Toto can't act.

And , finally , a post from someone else who saw it !
You're right that Toto can't act , that's for sure .

It was likely a good idea to go with some folks who weren't F1 fans . I wish I had thought of that .
At times I had to remind myself not to be too critical and just run with it .
It was pretty hard to read the faces of the others leaving as we went out to our cars , but there didn't seem to be any "buzz" among them .

[F1nKS]

And , finally , a post from someone else who saw it !
You're right that Toto can't act , that's for sure .

It was likely a good idea to go with some folks who weren't F1 fans . I wish I had thought of that .
At times I had to remind myself not to be too critical and just run with it .
It was pretty hard to read the faces of the others leaving as we went out to our cars , but there didn't seem to be any "buzz" among them .

It appears to have performed decently in theaters. It looks to have covered production costs already. Apple I believe is hoping that it will help generate additional interest when they take over the streaming to F1 in the U.S.

Rotten Tomatoes reports that critics like it at 83%, and the Audience reviews are at 95%. People are enjoying it, which cannot be said for many movies currently showing in theaters. I probably won't see another film in the theater until the Downton Abbey movie comes out in September.


US ticket sales: $138 million
International sales: $257 million

UK $17m
Mexico $13m
France $12m
Australia $10m (overall Asia Pacific, it seems to be selling well)
China $9m
UAE $7m
Germany $6m
Italy $4m

Another brilliant marketing thing that F1 has done is the Lego F1 cars. They are getting major space in Walmart and Target.

[Matthew]

Brad Pitt’s ‘F1 Movie’ Leaves Keanu Reeves’ $447 Million Blockbuster in the Dust at the Global Box Office

Having already established itself as the highest-grossing film ever produced by a tech company, Apple’s F1 is racing towards the coveted $500 million milestone at the global box office. In its fourth weekend of release, the movie zoomed past the $450 million mark thanks to another solid hold, despite fresh competition from a trio of new releases that all underperformed. Starring Brad Pitt, F1 remains in a contest with holdover hits such as Jurassic World Rebirth and James Gunn’s Superman. In a few days, it’ll have to fend off additional competition from Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps. But it can bask in the glory of becoming the year’s biggest original blockbuster, having overtaken Ryan Coogler’s Sinners.

https://collider.com/f1-movie-global-box-office-beats-john-wick-4-460-million/

[airshifter]

Glad to see that it is doing well. It might help expand the viewership and grow the sport. I'm actually surprised that it is doing as well as it is, but you just never know with movies.

And as much as some seem to dislike it and claim it brings in uninformed new viewers, I think Drive To Survive has helped the sport quite a bit as well. And in my experience, the new generation of fans are no less informed than a lot of the fans that have been watching for decades. Some dig into every detail and all the data, some just watch the racing. But in the end, new fans are new fans and a good thing.

[Bagwan]

Glad to see that it is doing well. It might help expand the viewership and grow the sport. I'm actually surprised that it is doing as well as it is, but you just never know with movies.

And as much as some seem to dislike it and claim it brings in uninformed new viewers, I think Drive To Survive has helped the sport quite a bit as well. And in my experience, the new generation of fans are no less informed than a lot of the fans that have been watching for decades. Some dig into every detail and all the data, some just watch the racing. But in the end, new fans are new fans and a good thing.

Go ahead , shifter .
Go see it .
You know you want to .

We won't think less of you .