RUSH - Ron Howard's 1970s F1 Movie

I give it about a B.

I felt like the problems with the film were that the 2 main characters were so unlikable that you really need stronger dialogue for them, and a better paced underlying story.

The movie was just over too quick, and Howard barely allows the audience to even feel the rivalry between them. I feel like a Director of his caliber should have done a better job overall.

But these are not written characters but real racers. Dunno about the dialog in the racing world its less smacktalk and more see whos right on the track.
The scene about the reporter dude getting his (deserved) beating shows these guys were less talk more do it and think about it later types.

Also Lauda reportedly stated their rivalry was on the track only and they actually got along well outside the racing scene, and that part was made up to better carry the rivalry through the 2 hour movie.

But these are not written characters but real racers. Dunno about the dialog in the racing world its less smacktalk and more see whos right on the track.

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I read the above statement, and think do people really believe that? Are they so uneducated about production that they actually think they are watching a word for word re enactment of real life events?

It's a movie, and at the end of the day it still abides to all laws of good storytelling.
A movie about two men that competed in one of the most dangerous sports on earth, and yet the movie was very dull most of the time. That alone is a failure in communication.

There are many examples of well put together movies based off true events. The excuse of it's based on reality, so they have to make it as real as possible while shunning storytelling completely doesn't fly in my book.

I finally got around to seeing it this week, what a fantastic film.

Real Lauda crash vs. movie CGI version.

Yeah F1 crashes are pretty crazy.

Movie was incredible, only thing i questioned was if Hunt beat the shit out of the reporter

Homsar_sl said:

Movie was incredible, only thing i questioned was if Hunt beat the shit out of the reporter

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A controversial scene in the movie "Rush" depicts James Hunt punching out a journalist who had made an insulting comment to Niki Lauda about his appearance, after his head was horribly burned in a fiery accident.

Did this incident happen in real life? It did not happen, as depicted in the movie, but.

"It could have happened," said a friend of Hunt, who died 20 years ago and isn't around to speak for himself. The friend made the comment at the recent Italian Grand Prix. "That was something James would have done." Hunt's son Tom concurs that it was possible, "That's the way dad was."

Lauda said he had no direct knowledge of the incident.

fromhttp://jerrygarrett.wordpress.com/20...-a-journalist/

I read somewhere that before they made it big and were driving in the lower racing series in the UK. They actually shared a flat in London.

You can see though why that would be left out of the movie as it would be a further complication to the story. Show their different characters, focus on the rivalry on the track, yet sitting down to watch TV together that night.

fantastic movie. the cgi fire kinda sucked but other than that amazing. i know it was low budget so i give that a break. solid 4/5 possibly 5/5. i don't do half stars.

For how low budget it was, incredibly well done and didn't feel at all like it was.

Finally got around to seeing it. Definitely met my expectations. I feel like had I never started watching Top Gear, I would never have gained an appreciation for F1.

A few more things of this quality and Senna, and maybe F1 will start to gain some traction in the US?

Movie was entertaining but the rivalry felt superficial and unconvincing.

Elurin_sl said:

I feel like had I never started watching Top Gear, I would never have gained an appreciation for F1.

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Same here. Seeing the laps that people like Lewis Hamilton do compared to normal people is just mind blowing.

Chiming in with another "fantastic movie" comment. At no point did I think that the racing looked bad or even movie-like. It was extremely well done. The acting was also extremely good. I'm not sure if the pacing and overall story start/end points were perfect, it felt like something was a bit off there, but it didn't really detract from the movie significantly. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it from start to finish.