andrew wrote:It's only the Gaurdian. A paper read by tree hugging, sandle wearing, unwashed, pretentious, public schooled gonks who aspire to be working class 'cos it's trendy to kid on your folks ain't minted.
The Gaurdian'll be crying it's eyes out as the film will (in their view) glorify the burning of petrol and therefore the melting of the polar ice caps. In short, they'll be blaming global warming on this film.
Either way I'm going to see the film in an hour so should give be able to say if it's worthwhile going to see it tonight. Or you can follow me on my Twitter @TheCrawford *SHAMELESS PLUG!!!!*
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andrew wrote:It's only the Gaurdian. A paper read by tree hugging, sandle wearing, unwashed, pretentious, public schooled gonks who aspire to be working class 'cos it's trendy to kid on your folks ain't minted.
The Gaurdian'll be crying it's eyes out as the film will (in their view) glorify the burning of petrol and therefore the melting of the polar ice caps. In short, they'll be blaming global warming on this film.
Have you even read the article Andrew? Or have you just done your usual and pre judged it. Sometimes I wonder how you progress through life when you are so negative and cynical about everything.
andrew wrote:It's only the Gaurdian. A paper read by tree hugging, sandle wearing, unwashed, pretentious, public schooled gonks who aspire to be working class 'cos it's trendy to kid on your folks ain't minted.
The Gaurdian'll be crying it's eyes out as the film will (in their view) glorify the burning of petrol and therefore the melting of the polar ice caps. In short, they'll be blaming global warming on this film.
Have you even read the article Andrew? Or have you just done your usual and pre judged it. Sometimes I wonder how you progress through life when you are so negative and cynical about everything.
Jabberwocky wrote:To be fair Andrews statement: A made me laugh B is true about Guardian readers I have met.
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Come on LRW, can't you see the humour or maybe you read the Guardian?
I've got to wait two weeks before I see it. Hope it's still around cos I can't wai to see it!
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. Abe Lincoln Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abe Lincoln
andrew wrote:It's only the Gaurdian. A paper read by tree hugging, sandle wearing, unwashed, pretentious, public schooled gonks who aspire to be working class 'cos it's trendy to kid on your folks ain't minted.
The Gaurdian'll be crying it's eyes out as the film will (in their view) glorify the burning of petrol and therefore the melting of the polar ice caps. In short, they'll be blaming global warming on this film.
Have you even read the article Andrew? Or have you just done your usual and pre judged it. Sometimes I wonder how you progress through life when you are so negative and cynical about everything.
Negativity and cynicism is the only thing that has propelled me forward in life I mean that...
anyway, I'm quite excited to see the movie. I'm getting a VIP room at a theater nearby with some friends and (hopefully) unlimited alcohol during the movie
Go. Bloody. See. It. Fantastic film and very well done. Racing scenes are perfect and Buher(?) Actor who played Niki, should get an Oscar for that.
Side note if you're squeamish, look away at the part with the operation after his accident. *spoiler niki had an accident
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Views on Rush
Well it has been a few days since isaw the film (I don't like to think of writing reviews until a few days afterwards) so here goes.
Ron Howards "Rush" was ok.
I did not feel as if I had connected with the character's, it was all a bit basic in the story telling sense. Page 1 introduce the characters. Page 2 tell them about the moment. Page 3 tell them how the moment come about. Page 4 tell them the next hour from the moment. Page 5 epilogue.
Dont get me wrong the racing scenes where amazing, the attention to detail about the whole film was second to none.
Maybe because I did not feel attached to the characters, I did not feel how titanic the battle was.
However I will buy it On DVD and rank it between Senna and Driven.
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. Abe Lincoln Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abe Lincoln
I was not expecting anything grand, and my expectation was met. The movie has its strong suits in the actual racing scenes, and the recreation of the crash is very accurate but it just felt like a movie that was always trying to highlight the different philosophies between Lauda and Hunt. It felt a little like a grand father explaining a story to his grand kids instead of watching a movie unfold. There were too many moments with drivers in close up making speeches where they defined the things that made them who they were. Not really something you'd see in reality. James Hunt was busy living fast except all the times he stopped to tell everyone why he lived so fast. near the end there was some real footage of Hunt and Lauda which in some ways made me think that I would have rather had a big budget documentary instead of an idealized storyline of things behind the scenes.
On a technical note, it felt a bit closeuppy, so many things were just shot too close and (I guess for budget reasons) they never showed the grandeur of the various racing circuits and the variety of their environments. I know they reused the same track and changed signs and building facades and banners etc to make them feel like different circuits. (I guess more budget reasons) and relied a bit too much on wowing us with the racing scenes.
Ultimately it's a film that stands on it's own and is certainly worth seeing, but it won't leave you with long lasting cinematic impressions.
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I mean that...
