F1 (2025)

Really odd music choice for that trailer

allegedly $300m budget which is nuts but apparently they filmed at multiple F1 events including silverstone to get the crowds and real road conditions

i guess Apple TV+ doesn't give a fuck thats like 5 mins of selling iphones for them

Top 3 racing movies

Rush w/ Thor
Ford v Ferrari
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Senna, Days of Thunder, Talledega Nights, Gran Turismo (yes its pretty good!), Grand Prix, Le Mans, not sure what else i'd put in the list. I haven't watched last years Ferrari, heard it kinda sucked

Araysar said:

Am I the only one who doesnt find racing films appealing?

I'm just puzzled why so many were made in recent years with so many big names

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Racing is just the setting, it's really a film about diversity

spronk said:

allegedly $300m budget which is nuts but apparently they filmed at multiple F1 events including silverstone to get the crowds and real road conditions

i guess Apple TV+ doesn't give a fuck thats like 5 mins of selling iphones for them

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$300M? Does that number include the marketing budget or is that just production?

I'll watch it. I tend to like racing movies, but not all of them. Ferrari wasn't really a racing movie. It was a drama that happened to have a Ferrari or two present in it.
Rush was fucking awesome. Ford vs. Ferrari was also pretty damn good. I enjoyed Gran Turismo as well. I never saw Senna, but Days of Thunder & Talladega Nights are both nascar ones, and I could care less about those. That said, I like Tom Cruise, so I've seen Days of Thunder a couple of times over the years.
Another racing movie is Driven with Sylvester Stallone. When I was younger, I got a real kick out of the sequence where they took the F1 cars through the crowded streets.
Not realistic at all, but still enjoyable.

Senna is one the best documentaries I have seen and I have never watched a single F1 or Nascar race. Since it's a documentary, it isn't really comparable to other racing movies.

Everyone knows the greatest racing movie of all time is The Phantom Menace

spronk said:

allegedly $300m budget which is nuts but apparently they filmed at multiple F1 events including silverstone to get the crowds and real road conditions

i guess Apple TV+ doesn't give a fuck thats like 5 mins of selling iphones for them

Top 3 racing movies

Rush w/ Thor
Ford v Ferrari
?

Senna, Days of Thunder, Talledega Nights, Gran Turismo (yes its pretty good!), Grand Prix, Le Mans, not sure what else i'd put in the list. I haven't watched last years Ferrari, heard it kinda sucked

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Talladega Nights is the perfect level of Will Ferrell stupidity. Bonafide classic.

Days of Thunder will always have that nostalgia kick though. Also they had a simulator at Canadas Wonderland where your seat moved with Days of Thunder in front of it and it was awesome to early teens me. Talladega Nights is one of the last great prior generation comedies though, Gary Cole as the deadbeat dad was perfect casting.

Burns said:

Senna is one the best documentaries I have seen and I have never watched a single F1 or Nascar race. Since it's a documentary, it isn't really comparable to other racing movies.

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I watched this today, and it was very good. I had never heard Senna's story previously, so it was a great eye opener. He was a phenomenal driver.