A big factor that really contributes to movie is the quality of performances, especially from Matt Damon and Christian Bale. These characters felt so real. They felt lived in if you had a little sense of history, otherwise just google the names and you won’t regreat it. Damon as the smooth-talking legend struggling to find a middle-ground between two very different approaches to racing and Bale as the hot-headed, but incredibly skilled mechanic and racer. But, it is when these two characters are together that they are at their best. They are so different, but complement each other extremely well and the history and friendship between the two really shines through. Having a believable set of characters to provide the backbone of a story like this is important.
Well, let me tell you
this movie does not disappoint. When it comes to sporting events, I really can’t
think of anything that ís more magnificient than watching cars drive around in
circles and the thrilling roar. Car races in movies are obviously a bit more exciting
than what we see on tv, but still there is
only so much you can do with it. Seriously, if they had filmed all 24 hoursof
the Le Man in this style, I would have enjoyed watching it. This movie doesn’t
use the same two or three camera angles of the cars that you see in almost
every other racing movie. There are shots during these racing sequences Live
never seen before. More often than not, you are right in the car with them and
it makes for some incredibly exciting sequences. The visuals and cinematography
during the racing portions of this film are fantastic.
Ford v Ferrari is a period
piece, so it’s got that 60s aesthetic we have come to expect from a movie like
this, but it’s also full of these wonderful, but subtle shots that I think
might go under people’s radar, especially when compared to the action-intensive
racing scenes. Things like perfectly framed reflections in a character’s sunglasses. “There was one shot that really
stood out to me as exceptionally well done. It comes about halfway through the
movie and Miles is working on a car alone at night. He is in a hangar at an
airstrip and he ís surrounded by other cars
& works in progress. And as he works, he ís listening to a race on
the radio. We hear the announcers and the sounds of cars speeding around a
track and at that moment a plane turns out of another hangar, casting a lot of
light into the hangar that Miles is working in which puts all these shadows on
the wall from the cars around him. And, as it turns, it gives the illusion that
these shadows are moving like the cars in the race he ís listening to are. It ís
a really quick moment, but this movie is full of little things like that really
help to raise this one a bit higher than
other similar movies. I was engrossed and really invested in the story.”
Scenes to notice :
1. It has definitely gotta be the racing sequences. Ford v Ferrari is distinctively different when it comes to filming and editing these racing sequences. It also has a ton of shots from within the car. This gives us unique angles of the driver and a view of everything that goes on inside during a race, but I think more importantly, it physically puts us inside the car.
2.The
performances,most notably Matt Damon and Christian Bale as Carroll Shelby and
Ken Miles, respectively. These are both high-caliber actors, so we expect good
performances from them. And that is what we get : good performances.They just
feel like regular guys. Regular guys who built and drove cars that could go 200
miles per hour.
3.
I especially liked performance of Christian Bale where he struggles with faulty
door in First Lap and Trying to make lead. He acted with such a conviction as
you could feel his dilemma, to which car drivers definitely gonna connect with.
Also couple of scenes where he makes you feel thrill of controlling brake
failed/faulty car.
Although movie is like a blessing gives chance to live Le Man 66 thrill. Film succeeds in giving viewers their lifetime racing moment. Anyway you like the movie or not, you interested in story/ rivalry or not still the movie gives you drop of tear in corner of eyes at the end, with huge respect at bottom of heart for Miles.
