Saturday, November 16, 2019

Ford Vs Ferrari, review. It should have been titled Ken Miles was screwed over by a scum sucking Ford boot licker


Probably the best racing movie that's been out in decades, yes, even better than Rush

Oh, maybe you want details

Ok, the actors were terrific, seriously it's not like Christian Bale can do a bad job acting, Matt Damon came on strong in The Martian and this proves he's terrific, not just a lucky actor. Jon Bernthal finally gets a role that isn't just byper action, where he can instead show acting nuance. He's a welcome addition to a historic movie, and though the writers are to be complimented, he plays Lee Iococca and fills in a LOT of history on what role Iococca had in making the Ford GT 40 win at LeMans

This movie is a shocking history of Ken Miles, really, it's a long over due tribute to the truly talented race car driver that I hadn't a clue about. Its setting the history straight on the over looked accomplishments both as a driver, mechanic, and race car prepper. If Miles hadn't been a part of Shelby American's GT 40 race program, they probably never would have won. Now that it's clear that the petty backstabbing bitch Beebe had some vendetta against Miles. OR the movie needed a villain and because NO ONE knows anything Leo Beebe, until now.  https://www.inquirer.com/news/leo-beebe-ford-ferrari-k-tron-ron-jaworski-20191114.html

Doesn't matter, this movie is superbly we structured to show how (at least according to the movie writers) Ford outsourced the LeMans racing to guys who could win, and it could as easily been titled The Ken Miles Story. From his WW2 tank time, to his garage on Cahuenga Blvd, this movie goes into details of what Ken Miles was going through before he joined Shelby's race team.

The only complaint I have is how loud the production or audio editors were with the shifter in the first couple minutes of the movie. Other than that annoying nonsense, its a great movie. Beats the LeMans by McQueen and Gran Prix by Garner by a landslide

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1950186/
Vintage photos at the bottom of https://www.car-revs-daily.com/2015/06/12/ford-gt-le-mans/

2 comments:

  1. I agree, a great movie, I'm going to see it a second time this week.

    For some reason it was released on the evening of Thursday November 14th here in Australia so I saw it then and it was better than anticipated.

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  2. I actually bought a copy (even though I'm a Kindle reader)

    Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0547336055

    and found it entertaining and informative.

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