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Post by ripley on Aug 30, 2019 23:13:31 GMT
The 1st reviews from Telluride look gord on twitter
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Post by fernanda on Aug 30, 2019 23:34:37 GMT
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Post by fernanda on Aug 31, 2019 0:17:29 GMT
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Post by nathanmorgandrake on Aug 31, 2019 0:46:34 GMT
I mirror my friend’s review on Ford v Ferrari. It’s fantastic and even though it’s not as dramatic like other biopics I think it’s refreshing how straight forward it is with some great comedic parts. Bale steals the show for sure and I think it’s his most charismatic role in a while.
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Post by fernanda on Aug 31, 2019 1:10:06 GMT
I mirror my friend’s review on Ford v Ferrari. It’s fantastic and even though it’s not as dramatic like other biopics I think it’s refreshing how straight forward it is with some great comedic parts. Bale steals the show for sure and I think it’s his most charismatic role in a while. Did you watch this? What are the chances of Bale being nominated and which category?
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Post by nathanmorgandrake on Aug 31, 2019 2:40:42 GMT
I mirror my friend’s review on Ford v Ferrari. It’s fantastic and even though it’s not as dramatic like other biopics I think it’s refreshing how straight forward it is with some great comedic parts. Bale steals the show for sure and I think it’s his most charismatic role in a while. Did you watch this? What are the chances of Bale being nominated and which category? I personally think he has a high chance. It’s a charismatic performance with some great comedic parts. He has a great moment with Catriona when she’s driving. There’s a part that made me laugh when he had an awkward moment with Leo Beebe played by Josh Lucas.
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Post by RhodoraO on Sept 9, 2019 4:29:13 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Sept 11, 2019 22:15:13 GMT
This Vanity Fair review is so great, I HAD to post it all here:
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Ford V. Ferrari Is the Best Kind of Throwback
James Mangold’s old-fashioned entertainment, starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, practically begs to be called “the kind of movie people don’t make anymore.”
BY
K. AUSTIN COLLINS
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
James Mangold’s Ford V. Ferrari has the makings of a hit: fast cars, a top-of-the-line cast headed up by Christian Bale and Matt Damon, male friendship, male rivalry, explosions, pulse-quickening racing scenes fit to leave the audience spent. Someone in your life is sure to joke that it’s a “dad movie,” and the charge sticks.
TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL
Ford V. Ferrari Is the Best Kind of Throwback
James Mangold’s old-fashioned entertainment, starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, practically begs to be called “the kind of movie people don’t make anymore.”
BY
K. AUSTIN COLLINS
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
James Mangold’s Ford V. Ferrari has the makings of a hit: fast cars, a top-of-the-line cast headed up by Christian Bale and Matt Damon, male friendship, male rivalry, explosions, pulse-quickening racing scenes fit to leave the audience spent. Someone in your life is sure to joke that it’s a “dad movie,” and the charge sticks.
But much like last year’s A Star Is Born,it’s also a recent example of Hollywood doing what it’s historically done well: taking a big story, giving it a fair budget, casting genuine Hollywood stars in roles that don’t require capes, and simply entertaining the shit out of us. Somewhat ironically, the industry’s decade-long pivot toward franchise fare has meant that there’s now plenty of room, and probably plenty of appetite, for competent filmmakers to tell more old-school stories.
Mangold, director of Logan and The Wolverine, is no stranger to franchises—but his more impressive work is here. Bale plays Ken Miles, a British-born racer and engineer with a genius for speed. He’s a bit of a hot-head with more than his share of authority issues, perhaps because he can genuinely say he’s better than everyone else: a better driver, a more sensitive engineer, a man with an intuition for vehicles that’s as impressive as it is mysterious. He’s a complete original—which means he’s exactly the kind of guy whose skills a corporate power might want, and also a complete mismatch for any such corporation. He’s too “difficult”; he won’t play by the rules.
Ford V. Ferrari dramatizes what happens when a cautiously capitalistic company like Ford Motors taps a guy like Ken to help build its new racing program. The film is set in 1966, when Ford is under the stewardship of Henry Ford II (Tracy Letts), whose company is looking to make itself seem sexy again. There’s a whole new generation of post-war, middle class adults to cater to, but the company has fallen behind. Enter young exec Lee Iacocca (Jon Bernthal) with a funny idea: Ford should go exotic. Ford should go to France to race Le Mans, which challenges drivers to compete for 24 straight hours.
The script, penned by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth and Jason Keller, takes a tight, fascinating look at the ensuing clashes of culture and will, with racing and engineering hero Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) playing the cool-tempered referee. In one corner, we have a company newly obsessed with its image (thanks, in part, to the insecurities of the boss) courting Shelby, the man with the vision to help the company build that image anew. In the other, we have hot-head Ken: the only man Shelby thinks has the smarts, the instincts, to both build the car Ford needs to beat seminal winner Ferrari on the racing circuit, and man that car.
The fun of Ford V. Ferrari—besides the races themselves, which are plenty and spacious and full of intricate psychological drama—is how thoroughly it leans into this tension. You would be crazy to side with Leo Beebe (Josh Lucas), the guy trying to reign Ken in and keep him off the track for his own petty reasons; you’d have to have a heart of stone not to fall for Ken, whom Bale charmingly, grittily brings to life with his trademark slickness and anger. This is what makes the movie so classically satisfying: it’s a David vs. Goliath story. You root for Ken because you root for individuals, for creative freedom, for people “sticking it to the man” (with cockney charm, no less.)
The broader world of the movie—which includes Ken’s wife Mollie (Caitriona Balfe) and son Peter (Noah Jupe), with brief detours to the Ferrari camp and a broad sense of Ford as a corporation full of men in suits—fleshes out its central conflict, makes it plausible and exciting. Mangold’s direction is more effective than original, but that’s the movie’s central virtue: it practically begs to be called “the kind of movie people don’t make anymore.”
The racing scenes are demanding to the senses, enough that Mangold’s thoroughly imagined sound design, his smart visual pacing all sell you on the danger and exhaustion of the experience. He loves a great reaction shot, and the clench-jawed, cussing, greasy-faced Bale is more than game. You can imagine a version of this movie that’s entirely told from his cockpit, and no less dramatic for it.
Le Mans is a daylong competition, and a clear endpoint for the movie. That scene in itself is a cavalcade of drama, all of the film’s tensions and power plays distilled to in-the-moment betrayals and decisions that make us double down on our loyalties. And the actors, practical charm factories, give the movie the keen emotional hum it needs to make this stuff work. Ken and Carroll are old friends; their fist fights are love tussles, albeit genuinely violent. Bale and Damon and the rest of the cast do what we know movie stars can do: they give life to even the most questionable lines, make you root as much for the characters as for the abilities of the actors playing them.
Ford V. Ferrari is a good ride, and a good example of what so many people are thirsty for. Is it also an allegory? Keep your ears perked for lines about cars designed “by committee,” rather than by the likes of Ken—a story with parallels to the kinds of movies Hollywood currently sees fit to make. Ford isn’t exactly political, and its bark is perhaps outsize of its bite on that front. But it works. That’s its best argument, and clearest lesson.
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Post by RhodoraO on Nov 13, 2019 3:30:21 GMT
Hugh Praise!
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Post by fernanda on Nov 15, 2019 22:21:16 GMT
80 in MC,91% in Rotten Tomates. Projected to make 28+ in BO.
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Post by The Low Dweller on Nov 16, 2019 19:22:39 GMT
saw this today on imax and liked it a lot. the racing scenes are great but it's really the characters and their relationships i enjoyed the most. i would've gladly seen more stuff with letts as ford or girone as ferrari. but perhaps it's best to leave the viewers wanting more rather than overindulging them. then there's bale and damon who have awesome chemistry together. i hope they'll collaborate again some time in the future. i could've easily watched a whole movie about their shenanigans. i probably spoiled my experience a little by watching all the clips and interviews i could find beforehand but that's a small matter. i'm glad to see this getting praised by critics and viewers alike as it's very much deserved. mangold's really proving himself to be a world class filmmaker by excelling in all types of genres. he said in some interview he'd like to work with bale again and i hope that happens.
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Post by nathanmorgandrake on Nov 16, 2019 23:35:52 GMT
saw this today on imax and liked it a lot. the racing scenes are great but it's really the characters and their relationships i enjoyed the most. i would've gladly seen more stuff with letts as ford or girone as ferrari. but perhaps it's best to leave the viewers wanting more rather than overindulging them. then there's bale and damon who have awesome chemistry together. i hope they'll collaborate again some time in the future. i could've easily watched a whole movie about their shenanigans. i probably spoiled my experience a little by watching all the clips and interviews i could find beforehand but that's a small matter. i'm glad to see this getting praised by critics and viewers alike as it's very much deserved. mangold's really proving himself to be a world class filmmaker by excelling in all types of genres. he said in some interview he'd like to work with bale again and i hope that happens. I think this movie is way better than The Fighter(sorry for the O. Russel dislike). I’ve never seen Bale play a character so likable and charismatic in a while. This movie feels like an instant classic. The whole cast was fantastic. I just wish there was more scenes with Bale and Damon to see more of their friendship.
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Post by RhodoraO on Nov 16, 2019 23:54:00 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Nov 18, 2019 1:06:02 GMT
Some great B.O. news 😁
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