Ron Howard's RUSH

[SS Junk]

And most importantly, Chris Knight.

I liked Chris Shiherlis more.

[Slowhand]

Completely underwhelmed. Cinematography was a let down, and the first half of the movie was pretty slow and not well developed. I realize that the racing scenes were never going to be the focal point and super detailed, but a lot better job could have been done with what was there.

Maybe my expectations were just too high. Burhl and Hemsworth were great, though.

[03mustangdude]

Best movie so far this year imo

[eastsidetorino]

I seent it today. As a car movie, not amazing, but I wouldnt sweat to watch it again. As a story between two rivals, pretty damn good. I think Ron Howard should have spent more time watching LeMans to try to figure out how he was going to shoot 1970s racing action, but other than that, I was disappointed that there were only about 17 people in the theater.

[Slowhand]

I seent it today. As a car movie, not amazing, but I wouldnt sweat to watch it again. As a story between two rivals, pretty damn good. I think Ron Howard should have spent more time watching LeMans to try to figure out how he was going to shoot 1970s racing action, but other than that, I was disappointed that there were only about 17 people in the theater.

Spot on about not being a particularly great car movie and Howard needing to watch Le Mans a few more times. I realize that it wasn't ever going to be a car-centric film, but for what was there, he could have done a much better job.

There weren't a ton of people in the theater I went to either, but on the bright side, all of the non-car people I know that have seen it have been blown away.

[BERT]

Spot on about not being a particularly great car movie and Howard needing to watch Le Mans a few more times. I realize that it wasn't ever going to be a car-centric film, but for what was there, he could have done a much better job.

There weren't a ton of people in the theater I went to either, but on the bright side, all of the non-car people I know that have seen it have been blown away.

I'm a car person and I was blown away by it.


Sounds to me like you would've rather just watched a Formula 1 race. Or a documentary on the '76 season

[momo]

i seen't it. i enjoyed it but i also went in expecting a movie about a racing rivalry and not a racing movie.

[46Tbird]

It was spectacular. Easily the best "car movie" ever made in regards to storyline, cadence, and dialog. Face it, today's movies are made with CGI (which I hate btw) so there will never EVER be scenes filmed like those in Le Mans.

[AdamLX]

It was spectacular. Easily the best "car movie" ever made in regards to storyline, cadence, and dialog. Face it, today's movies are made with CGI (which I hate btw) so there will never EVER be scenes filmed like those in Le Mans.

Completely agree. Went into it expecting a story with a some racing action thrown in (as it was billed) and was not diappointed. It was the story of two drivers, not a documentary on the 70's F1 scene.

[Slowhand]

I'm a car person and I was blown away by it.


Sounds to me like you would've rather just watched a Formula 1 race. Or a documentary on the '76 season

Again, I wasn't expecting a racing movie, I was expecting a movie with some great racing cinematography, which it just didn't have. The problem wasn't quantity of racing footage or scene selection or the off-track plot tacking precedence over the racing, it was the fact that what racing there was just wasn't particularly well done; reminded me a lot of Driven, and that's not intended to be hyperbolic or incendiary. Ron Howard and his DPs have done some really great work in the past, and this one just didn't quite hit the same note for me.

And theatrically, the first half was a mess. The second half of the movie more than made up for it, but the storyline helped with that as well.

[talisman]

Again, I wasn't expecting a racing movie, I was expecting a movie with some great racing cinematography, which it just didn't have. The problem wasn't quantity of racing footage or scene selection or the off-track plot tacking precedence over the racing, it was the fact that what racing there was just wasn't particularly well done; reminded me a lot of Driven, and that's not intended to be hyperbolic or incendiary. Ron Howard and his DPs have done some really great work in the past, and this one just didn't quite hit the same note for me.

And theatrically, the first half was a mess. The second half of the movie more than made up for it, but the storyline helped with that as well.

I agree completely with this.

[BERT]

Again, I wasn't expecting a racing movie, I was expecting a movie with some great racing cinematography, which it just didn't have. The problem wasn't quantity of racing footage or scene selection or the off-track plot tacking precedence over the racing, it was the fact that what racing there was just wasn't particularly well done; reminded me a lot of Driven, and that's not intended to be hyperbolic or incendiary. Ron Howard and his DPs have done some really great work in the past, and this one just didn't quite hit the same note for me.

And theatrically, the first half was a mess. The second half of the movie more than made up for it, but the storyline helped with that as well.

Because that wasn't an important part to the movie

[Slowhand]

Because that wasn't an important part to the movie

[eastsidetorino]

It was spectacular. Easily the best "car movie" ever made in regards to storyline, cadence, and dialog. Face it, today's movies are made with CGI (which I hate btw) so there will never EVER be scenes filmed like those in Le Mans.

On the contrary, with cameras so much smaller I think the ability to outdo LeMans exists in spades. I think there will probably be more amazing ones in the near future, but they will probably be independent movies, and poorly marketed.

[talisman]

On the contrary, with cameras so much smaller I think the ability to outdo LeMans exists in spades. I think there will probably be more amazing ones in the near future, but they will probably be independent movies, and poorly marketed.

And have too much fucking CGI.