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There seems to be exactly one showing in English within a hundred km of us, and it is at a time we can't make, and I don't think I can stomach watching it dubbed into German. Guess I'll wait for it to come to streaming which is a shame as this looks like a film that would really benefit from the big screen.

MissChief said:
It'll be a film aimed at the casual fan, or perhaps not even a fan at all. As avid watchers of F1 I'm sure we will see inconsistencies and things that just wouldn't happen in real life on screen, but as said, it's not a movie made for us.
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I've seen a couple of reviews from F1 fans who say that it's full of Easter Eggs aimed at F1 fans, and although some of it is obviously unrealistic it didn't spoil their enjoyment.
 
Motorsport.com had some of their writers give their thoughts. Some pretty un-complimentary thoughts expressed, especially with regards to the not particularly inclusive inclusion.

ES: One criticism that I don’t think stems from our cynicism as reporters is the way women are portrayed. You can tell Lewis Hamilton wanted to highlight diversity and we saw women in technical roles, but then they undercut that by making the technical director the love interest.

She designed a backmarker car, and suddenly it improves only after Brad Pitt’s feedback. A female pit crew member makes basic errors, and while it’s a good story arc, why do all the female characters have to show weakness?

MMB: That character didn’t even have a name. She was just “wheel gun girl”. It was reductive.
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You don't wanna judge something without seeing it, but I'll be damned if this wasn't entirely predictable:

What did you make of the storyline beyond the track?

MMB: It’s quite weak. There’s a love story that doesn’t go anywhere. It’s all quite predictable. Someone who hadn’t even seen the trailers could correctly guess the storyline.

Honestly, this would’ve worked better as a 10-part Apple TV series. But because it had to be a summer blockbuster, they packed it into two and a half hours. There’s not much to love.

BH: I think it’s for a different audience. We’re being critical because we’re cynical Brits - and an Aussie. But like Netflix, maybe it’s just about dramatising reality for entertainment.
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Maximum Triceratops said:
Looking like one for the Cinema then, complete cheesy nonsense just like TG2, I did love TG2 though, just go in with this in mind.
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Jerry Bruckheimer Confirms a 'Days of Thunder' Sequel Is in the Works With Tom Cruise (Exclusive)

Jerry Bruckheimer chats with ET's Nischelle Turner at the New York premiere of 'F1' with Brad Pitt, in theaters June 27. The legendary producer confirms he and Tom Cruise are working on a sequel to their 1990 film 'Days of Thunder.'
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To be fair, the entire character age thing is nonsense. So the plot is that he was F1s most promising driver in the 1990s, so lets take it at a push and say that he was 20 years old in 1995 and ranked as F1s hottest property...so that means he is 20 in 1995. Which would mean in 2025, he would be a 50 year old F1 driver. If he was 25 in 1995, he'd be a 55 year old F1 driver in 2025. Just doesnt work. They should have just said he was originally a driver in 2005-2010 , that would have made more sense.

(And thats without even going down the path of just how wildly different it is to drive an F1 car now , with the regulation changes and technology changes in-car, in 2025 compared to the 1990s F1 cars)

But you know Hollywood will be Hollywood and the American audiences in particular will lap up the machismo and vroom vroom. No doubt the US general public will want to know all about this Sonny Hayes American F1 driver and how one of the greatest F1 drivers was an American. You'll probably be able to trivia test them in the streets in a year or two and ask them to name a great F1 driver and they'll answer Sonny Hayes :D
 
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I've seen a two-star review and a four-star review (both out of five). That's enough to tell me it's worth watching to form my own opinion.

But those quotes don't really make sense. Clearly they're not film reviewers :p

JRS said:
You don't wanna judge something without seeing it, but I'll be damned if this wasn't entirely predictable:
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Honestly, this would’ve worked better as a 10-part Apple TV series. But because it had to be a summer blockbuster, they packed it into two and a half hours. There’s not much to love.
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How is there not much to love, yet he's suggesting it should have been a 10-part TV series? :confused:
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But like Netflix, maybe it’s just about dramatising reality for entertainment.
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He does realise it's a fictional story, and that it's a movie made for entertainment purposes? Or did someone tell him it was a documentary or something? :p :confused:
 
It will be exactly what we expect it to be. A cliche ridden, half decent film about F1. There's 6/10 without needing to watch it. Any higher is a bonus :)

Wasn't it Carlos Sainz who said it is a film for people that don't know anything about F1 :)

If it increases F1 popularity then why not give it some slack. If you think about it, how else would they make a film about F1? Look at Le Mans and Grand Prix. They have almost no plot and lots of race scenes. They are given cult status but if you're not into cars, they're boring as heck. It's made for the American market so has to have that spoon fed story. If it was made for car-mad fanatics like myself, 95% of the audience would think it was pants.
 
Tombstone said:
To be fair, the entire character age thing is nonsense. So the plot is that he was F1s most promising driver in the 1990s, so lets take it at a push and say that he was 20 years old in 1995 and ranked as F1s hottest property...so that means he is 20 in 1995. Which would mean in 2025, he would be a 50 year old F1 driver. If he was 25 in 1995, he'd be a 55 year old F1 driver in 2025. Just doesnt work. They should have just said he was originally a driver in 2005-2010 , that would have made more sense.

(And thats without even going down the path of just how wildly different it is to drive an F1 car now , with the regulation changes and technology changes in-car, in 2025 compared to the 1990s F1 cars)

But you know Hollywood will be Hollywood and the American audiences in particular will lap up the machismo and vroom vroom. No doubt the US general public will want to know all about this Sonny Hayes American F1 driver and how one of the greatest F1 drivers was an American. You'll probably be able to trivia test them in the streets in a year or two and ask them to name a great F1 driver and they'll answer Sonny Hayes :D
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Hate stuff like this, its so easy to write out as its doesn't change the story, but it makes it make sense. He could be those years you said, and just say he was promising etc etc, but remained as a test driver for many teams over the years till he was moved up to help rookie be better etc etc. Give an easy reason he still knows the cars etc.
 
Scam said:
I've seen a two-star review and a four-star review (both out of five). That's enough to tell me it's worth watching to form my own opinion.

But those quotes don't really make sense. Clearly they're not film reviewers :p
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Well, no. They're motorsport journalists.


Scam said:
How is there not much to love, yet he's suggesting it should have been a 10-part TV series? :confused:
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I think his point was that they could have taken the time in a multi-episode series to properly flesh out characters and their motivation, whereas in a film all manner of stuff gets glossed over or lost in the edit.

Scam said:
And..

He does realise it's a fictional story, and that it's a movie made for entertainment purposes? Or did someone tell him it was a documentary or something? :p :confused:
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I mean...believability probably is something that could be strived for, no? ;)
 
JRS said:
I mean...believability probably is something that could be strived for, no? ;)
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Yeah but he said this;
But like Netflix, maybe it’s just about dramatising reality for entertainment
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Presumably he’s comparing it to DTS there - which purports to be a documentary. Whereas this is quite obvious a work of fiction. Made for entertainment:confused:

I dunno. The way that article reads it seems like they’d made their minds up before seeing it that as “real F1 fans” they weren’t going to like it.
 
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