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Terrific movie but doesn't beat 'Grand Prix'

posted 10 years ago by kingofschwing
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I understand the praise for this movie for the fine job it did in portraying one of the rivalries that defined F1 even though many elements of that portrayal were over dramatized a bit.

The big reason why I still have to give the best F1 movie title to 'Grand Prix' over 'Rush' and even 'Senna' is because GP was contemporary for its time.

Yes the storyline, dialogue etc were cliche on many occasions but John Frankenheimer managed to do something that F1 could do with these days; and that is a contemporary portrayal of it.

While watching this movie I kept thinking what if someday we could get a semi-fictionalized portrayal of F1 from the period of 2007 to 2010; which includes everything from the off-track tensions between the paddock folk, the great title battles of '07, '08 and '10, the changes in the technical regulations, new points system, Stepney, Mosley's stripper-gate, Singapore crash scandal, the rise of Hamilton and Vettel and return of Schumacher.

At the very least a documentary like 'Fastest' (the MotoGP) one should make for far more relevant and compelling viewing than even 'Senna'.

In fact after watching Rush end with a shot of Lauda at a GP weekend I started to think that a sequel to Rush could very well start with Bruhl being aged to look like Lauda of the present and kicking off the story of the 2007 to 2010 season. One can only dream I guess.

But still, a solid 8/10 for this movie and 9/10 for both 'Fastest' and 'Grand Prix'.

End note: while Hans Zimmer's work in this movie is second only to his score for Man of Steel in terms of blockbusters, Rush's score has nothing on the opening credits of 'Grand Prix'.

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[–] haynese_98 10 years ago

I liked Rush but I didn't love it. My favorite part of Rush was just the way they shot the Japanese finale in the rain. Cool stuff. I'll have to check out Grand Prix for sure!!!!

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[–] kenny-164 10 years ago

To some extent it must be noted that Grand Prix and Rush are two different films that have in common a general F1 context. But one is very much about a specific rivalry. There to be sure is rivalry in Grand Prix, between Pete Aron and Scott Stoddard, but it really is of lesser importance than the rivalry in Rush. I think Grand Prix attempted, and largely succeeded, to show the overall sport and the characters in it. It was not all about the races, either, but I do think it adhered more to the sport than Rush did.

Not that Rush is not a good film. I in fact gave it a 9.

[–] dangus 10 years ago

Rush may be a better drama, but the racing footage in Grand Prix is just jaw-dropping. The hd-dvd picture and sound quality are superb.

[–] denise1234 9 years ago

I liked Rush, but Grand Prix is a legendary film -- utterly awesome...

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[–] misbegotten 10 years ago

I started to think that a sequel to Rush could very well start with Bruhl being aged to look like Lauda of the present and kicking off the story of the 2007 to 2010 season.

Ideally I'd like to see a sequel focusing on the rivalry between Prost and Senna.

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[–] tumbling_dice-93918 9 years ago

Grand Prix is better movie especially racing scenes which are far superior then in Rush, especially considering the technology they got today and what they have got in 1966.