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. 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 .