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As an F1 fan I’m sure I’ll have issues with the technical details but I look forward to at least being moderately entertained. We shall see.
meh. so niche, why would anyone not into f1 care about this movie
Idk if you’re seriously asking, but, as someone who doesn’t even have a casual interest in motorsports, I’ll answer:
- I like Brad Pitt
- I like the archetypical structure of sports movies
- The director did the new Top Gun, and I thought that the plane action in that was well-done, so I imagine the driving portions here will be equally thrilling.
Like, yeah it’s a niche sport, but look at Moneyball, another highly specific sports movie starring Brad Pitt. Hell, that movie is as much about statistics and sports finance as it is about baseball, and I still think it’s the best “sports” movie of the past 25 years. And I have even LESS interest in baseball than I do Formula 1.
this is fair, good points. for me brad isnt enough to pull me in, and i hate these types of sports movies. the trailer just seemed so… silly.
top gun 2 was mediocre. it just didnt have the character draw from the first one (maybe its just nostalgia). im glad i saw it, but it has the rewatchability of schindlers list.
I don’t disagree about Top Gun 2 in the holistic, “how was the movie?” sense. Well maybe not about it being as rewatchable as Schindler’s List, that’s a touch hyperbolic. However, as I said, I thought the cinematography, editing, VFX, and sound design of the flight sequences was suitably thrilling, even if the narrative elements were “whatever” at best.
From what they showed of the race sequences, it seems like they are employing a similar ethos, and I’m hopeful that, without the appeal to nostalgia that permeated the entirety of Top Gun 2, they might put a little more effort into the narrative surrounding the action set pieces. Granted, that’s unlikely, but it’s not really a deal breaker for me, cause the boilerplate underdog sports story still slaps for me if it’s done competently. Sort of like how so many crime thrillers wind up treading similar rags to riches to ruin plots, but folks keep making them.
I can understand your trepidation though. I admit I’m granting it a lot of grace, simply because I expect it to be a 6/10 movie, with 9/10 action set pieces. As Calvin and Hobbes taught me back in the day, if you keep your expectations low, they are that much easier to exceed.
