This might be a good flick?

[siteunseen]

 

[Jeff G 78]

Hopefully it's good, but I just can't picture him as a convincing Carroll Shelby since he looks nothing like him.  We are getting a private screening a few days before it comes out, so if it's crap, at least I won't waste any money. 

[siteunseen]

You'll share if it's crap right?  I won't waste any money either. 

[Jeff G 78]

Of course!  I promise I won't spoil the ending either.   

[wheee!]

I think I’ll go regardless...

[Namerow]

I've seen some excerpts.  I think it will be entertaining... but not necessarily 100% accurate in character depictions and historical facts.  It looks, for example, like Henry Ford II is portrayed as a buffoon, which is not exactly accurate.  He may have been a lout, but he has nobody's fool.  I will be especially interested to see how they play Ken Miles -- a complicated character if there ever was one.

But then, I loved 'Grand Prix' and it was very accurate either!

[Jeff G 78]

We finally saw the movie today in a private Ford Performance showing.  I had heard good reviews from friends and I'll admit I was in a theater full of Ford employees so I was a bit biased, but the movie was beyond what I expected.  It will appeal to pretty much anybody who sees it and the story holds up even if you are not a gearhead.  I was surprised to see that it wasn't so much Ford V Ferrari, but rather a story about Shelby V Ford middle management.  All I can say is some things never change...

[240260280]

Excellent film. Entertaining.  They skip the Shelby Daytona period and go right to GT.

[go z racer, go]

Christian Bale nailed it as Ken Miles - though puzzling why they cast Matt Damon as Carrol Shelby. That said, I walked away entertained. 

[Jeff G 78]

11 minutes ago, go z racer, go said:

Christian Bale nailed it as Ken Miles - though puzzling why they cast Matt Damon as Carrol Shelby. That said, I walked away entertained. 

I don’t pretend to look anything like Christian Bale, but there is a photo of me getting ready to go on track that many have thought to be similar to his portrayal of Ken Miles  ? 
 

Edited November 21, 2019 by Jeff G 78

[go z racer, go]

you're dead ringer

23 hours ago, Jeff G 78 said:

I don’t pretend to look anything like Christian Bale, but there is a photo of me getting ready to go on track that many have thought to be similar to his portrayal of Ken Miles  ? 
 

you could be Christian's stunt-double!

[26th-Z]

On 11/20/2019 at 9:19 PM, 240260280 said:

Excellent film. Entertaining.  They skip the Shelby Daytona period and go right to GT.

Ha!  They skipped the GT period and went straight to Shelby!