F1 The Movie - no spoilers please
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Yes booked for IMAX!
Looking forward to it after hearing some of the early reviews.
The fact that they used the current F1 grid/teams/tracks, etc is hopefully a good thing.
We have not had many F1 movies considering how many movies are around based on other sports:
Grand Prix (1966)
Senna (2010) - Technically a documentary.
Rush (2013)
Let's hope this is a good one and not another Driven (2001). It was originally based on F1 but changed to CART when F1 wouldn't let them film. The less said the better about this one!
Looking forward to it after hearing some of the early reviews.
The fact that they used the current F1 grid/teams/tracks, etc is hopefully a good thing.
We have not had many F1 movies considering how many movies are around based on other sports:
Grand Prix (1966)
Senna (2010) - Technically a documentary.
Rush (2013)
Let's hope this is a good one and not another Driven (2001). It was originally based on F1 but changed to CART when F1 wouldn't let them film. The less said the better about this one!
I'm listening to F1: Chequered Flag | Back at Base: Bonus 2. Inside F1: The Movie on Podbean, check it out! https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-9g4ha-25cddac3
^^^^ Podcast interviewing those involved in integrating the movie action into live F1 sessions.
Fascinating stuff.
^^^^ Podcast interviewing those involved in integrating the movie action into live F1 sessions.
Fascinating stuff.
Panamax said:
I have zero interest in paying to watch CGI motor racing, so I'll be sticking with the real thing.
You've clearly not been watching any F1 races for the last few years because they've been at the bloody tracks filming the thing! 
I'm looking forward to it, I'm actually tempted to go and see it in 4DX. Saw Top Gun Maverick that way and I've never had so much fun, was nearly thrown out of the seat several times
I have a very close friend whose son has been very involved in the F1 film, he is a set designer. In his words…..It is a great film for those who watch F1 on TV, but for those who follow F1 they will see loads of holes and technical fudges. It is entertainment and to make the studio money.
Panamax said:
I have zero interest in paying to watch CGI motor racing, so I'll be sticking with the real thing.
Very much not CGI - it is in part, a homage to the Grand Prix film with James Garner.Here's a good insight just how ground breaking that film was. I've seen it and Le Mans numerous times, but never realised the engineering and cinematography that went into making them. Ford V Ferrari also borrowed heavily from Grand Prix and it seems F1 is almost a homage to all these.
Some really good stuff on here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPnTm8C_OfY
(Specifically Grand Prix at 12:12)
Longer, more in depth watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPEaTN522XQ
fooman said:
I'm a fan of the director Joseph Kosinski, he has mastered mixing action with jaw dropping visuals, as soon as I knew he was involved I booked tickets.
Watched the trailer, saw the Red Arrows at Silverstone - realised we were there than! (but well out of shot at Luffield)Dave Hedgehog said:
the-norseman said:
I'm in the not for me camp, big F1 fan but not a fan of Americanism of stuff.
I'll stick to the movies made about proper people.
doenst help, ford v ferrari was dog sI'll stick to the movies made about proper people.
t awful Don’t like the sound of this one. Pitt is a driver?? What is he 60?
I can't wait to see it, and I'm not even a huge F1 fan, more into rallying.
Kosinski did a masterful job with Top Gun : Maverick, and so much of the spectacle was because he shot a huge amount of the flying footage in real planes rather than resorting to green screens and CGi. Out of all the movies I've seen in recent years, it felt the most like a proper old school cinema blockbuster that absolutely deserves to be seen on a big screen somewhere and not in your living room. Going by the trailers and the amount of filming they did at real F1 races, I'm hoping this film will take that same approach and deliver some thrilling racing sequences.
Kosinski did a masterful job with Top Gun : Maverick, and so much of the spectacle was because he shot a huge amount of the flying footage in real planes rather than resorting to green screens and CGi. Out of all the movies I've seen in recent years, it felt the most like a proper old school cinema blockbuster that absolutely deserves to be seen on a big screen somewhere and not in your living room. Going by the trailers and the amount of filming they did at real F1 races, I'm hoping this film will take that same approach and deliver some thrilling racing sequences.
milesgiles said:
F vs f is absolutely fine. Unexpectedly so was Rush, although Hunt was miscast I thought
Don t like the sound of this one. Pitt is a driver?? What is he 60?
He's 61. Though, being Brad Pitt, he doesn't look it, so I suspect his character in the movie may be early or mid 50s. Which is still 'old' for an F1 driver, but let's face it, this will be a Hollywood dramatization of F1 and not a documentary, so it will probably be all about perserverance in the face of adversity, blah blah blah. If Stallone could play Rocky in another film at 60yrs old, I'll take Pitt as a racing driver Don t like the sound of this one. Pitt is a driver?? What is he 60?
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