Thursday, December 5, 2019

"Ford vs Ferarri" is well worth seeing......

I saw "Ford vs Ferarri" last week and I loved it. What's so good about it, is even if you weren't a gearhead and didn't know a lot about cars, you'd still enjoy it. It's the story of Ford going racing at LeMans with the express purpose of shutting Enzo Ferarri's arrogant mouth.  Matt Damon is excellent as Carroll Shelby who Hank the Deuce ( What insiders called Henry Ford II ) tasked with building the car-eventually the GT40. Christian Bale is excellent as Ken Miles-the driver Shelby thinks is the man for the job. The film shows some of the politicking in the car business, and Shelby and Miles' uphill fight to do it the right way. There's excellent racing action, and good performances all around, but it's really Matt Damon and Christian Bale's show. Their love-hate relationship is awesome. They can punch each other in the face and still have each other's back when necessary. It's not just the best car racing film, it's a great movie period. Too bad Carroll Shelby didn't live long enough to see it. He'd have loved it.  Mastermind.

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