F1

I was expecting a lot from this movie with the way people were talking about it. I left the theater disappointed.

First off, amazing cinematography, color grading, and infrastructure. Joe Kosinski really knows how to shoot action. You can tell they spent a lot of money on this movie. Some good humor here and there, too.

But it all quickly goes downhill. Absolutely no realism in terms of racing; one team getting 12-odd DNFs in 9 races, 'Plan C' should have received multiple black-and-white flags, physics just doesn't work, and penalties for rash driving don't exist. This seemed like more of a guide on how to crash your car than a movie worthy of its title.

Worst of all is the story itself. By Hollywood standards, it's very, very average, maybe slightly above. The shallow attempt at actually creating a story... just no. This movie was filmed in a way that told me it wanted to scream 'action' all the way. Why include the romance between Sonny and Kate? It was completely nonsensical and unentertaining.

The biggest positive: I came to the theater to watch a movie. I left with 16 new songs for my playlist. Hans Zimmer never misses, and Don Toliver and Doja Cat didn't either. The only bad part about the music was its complete underutilization. Other than Lose My Mind, every song was played for no longer than 30 seconds.

The unexplained hype for winning a GP in a place where it made no impact was the absolute best way to sum up this movie: aimless but filled with action. Still worth a one-time watch, though.

All 6 stars for the racing. Nothing for strategy.

I'll keep if brief

9/10 visual. Very top gun.

7.5/10 racing accuracy. Overall good except the fact that sonny didn't see one black flag for any of the things he did, and, curbs don't launch f1 cars like that.

4/10 story. Same old individual heroism hollywood story that has been told 200 times.

6/10 characters. Only sonny's character motivation is established. Other characters have varying degrees of "why do they want to be here" syndrome, some worse than others. But the main characters have visible character development throughout the film nevertheless so overall not shockingly bad characters.

A lot of people complain about the runtime. Sure the story can comfortably be told within 90min. But they stretched the extra 40min to mostly show some gripping fictional f1 races. Not the worst usage of screen time.

6.5/10 my final score rounding up to 7.

...and I went into this expecting a Hollywood movie and thrilling entertainment...it delivered.

Look, even die-hard F1 fans have to admit that not every waking moment of a race is fun. This film took elements from race history and used it over the space of nine races. Whether it was Grosjean's fireball, or the moment Senna grabbed the fire extinguisher from the marshal, they took and they used. Yes there were some over the top elements, but what would you prefer? Track limit arguments?

Go into this expecting a polished action movie with nice nods to F1. I liked it, my kids liked it, and I think if you go in not expecting an Oscar winning movie, or a masterpiece, it is a fine watch.

Reviews harping on about the story miss the point. Embrace the corn and enjoy yourself.

The action is good, although unbelievable it's clear the team cared about F1 and did their best to make it exciting to watch. I personally love how corny the whole thing is, it helps you turn off and enjoy the ride. Brad Pitt plays his classic cool guy persona, the supporting crew is entertaining the nods to the real F1 drivers and team directors are nice but not overplayed.

They did a phenomenal job with the practical effects and racing scenes. Honestly if you go to a racing move what else do you want. If you want everything to be realistic go watch a documentary.

It's sort of fun,Brad pitt is his usual charismatic self, Damon iris is solid in support, kerry condon is always great and a very underated actress, but to.be honest if you are a fan of actual formula one the story is beyond ridiculous, not one part of it makes any sense, its all style and not much substance, the dialogue is very cheesy, nothing is in anyway surprising as a blind man could see what was going to happen All in all its a well shot film, the racing sequences are great, but again if you've ever watched actual formula 1, they are beyond ridiculous, the real team heads that are used for cameos are especially poor, its mildly entertaining but ultimately pretty forgettable.