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Ford vs Ferrari
Nov. 23rd, 2019 05:12 am
We went to see Ford vs Ferrari last night (it was released as Le Mans 66 in the UK, don't ask me what it's called in the rest of the world.)
It's a film I was definitely ambivalent about. The trailers I've seen for it were actively BAD and left me with no interest in it. They reeked of a formulaic, Rocky-style film but with cars instead of boxing. Yet the reviews I'd seen of it were all fairly positive about it, which didn't fit with the seriously crappy trailers.
Anyway, we got an invitation to a free screening with free food thrown in, so we went. And it genuinely was enjoyable, and pretty damn good. It took that Rocky formula that the trailers stank of and messed with it and made a genuinely engaging story with really good acting, especially from Christian Bale. It's only half true, of course, with some added drama that didn't happen in reality, but I'm glad I went to see it.
It's a film I was definitely ambivalent about. The trailers I've seen for it were actively BAD and left me with no interest in it. They reeked of a formulaic, Rocky-style film but with cars instead of boxing. Yet the reviews I'd seen of it were all fairly positive about it, which didn't fit with the seriously crappy trailers.
Anyway, we got an invitation to a free screening with free food thrown in, so we went. And it genuinely was enjoyable, and pretty damn good. It took that Rocky formula that the trailers stank of and messed with it and made a genuinely engaging story with really good acting, especially from Christian Bale. It's only half true, of course, with some added drama that didn't happen in reality, but I'm glad I went to see it.
