CurtisH Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Glad to see you back RJ hope to see the movie soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Lover Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Please hang around, you're missed and arguing here might keep you out of arguments at home! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blwnsmoke Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Saw it last night.. really like the movie. And yes, the audio at the end of the gt40 driving away on the track was awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-dubz Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 There’s a pretty cool documentary on Netflix called the 24 hour war or something like that. It was pretty good too and got me pumped to watch this movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share Posted November 23, 2019 I'm going to see it Sunday morning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aprosnyak Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerLS Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 I just watched the movie with my brother and some of his older kids. I still don't like that fabricated scene with The Deuce, and I still don't like Matt Damon, but I have to admit that it was an excellent movie, and Damon was very good as Ol' Shel, but Christian Bale really stole the show as Ken Miles. There's one other thing, a scene near the end of the movie, after Le Mans. I knew the history, so I knew what was going to happen, but they handled it so well that I really wasn't ready for it. I can understand why it haunted Shelby for decades. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndeerefarmer Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 saw it about a month ago. Great movie! Go FORD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerLS Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 11/15/2019 at 8:59 PM, Bob Rosadini said: Oh and Hank the Deuce so scared during a test run when he is riding with Shelby he starts crying? Fact or fiction? Fiction, and ham-fisted fiction, at that, IMHO. In the second paragraph of the first chapter in his book, AJ Baime points out the stoicism of Mr. Ford: Quote Like many wealthy men of his generation, he had learned to show little emotion; his features had a stony quality, as if he was already turning into a bust that was going to sit in a museum. HFII did get a joyride, but it was with Miles in a Cobra, not Shelby in a GT40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerLS Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 11/15/2019 at 6:14 PM, jpd80 said: Saw it yesterday, good story behind the racing but I think they a little unfair to Leo Beebe Yup. I don't understand why they chose to make him the villain of the piece when he was the one who put the main racing effort in Shelby's hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7Mary3 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 1 hour ago, SoonerLS said: Yup. I don't understand why they chose to make him the villain of the piece when he was the one who put the main racing effort in Shelby's hands. Guess they needed a villain. Leo Beebe by all accounts was a decent guy and supportive of all the Ford teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerLS Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 11 minutes ago, 7Mary3 said: Guess they needed a villain. Leo Beebe by all accounts was a decent guy and supportive of all the Ford teams. There was some thought that Beebe was upset that Miles had ignored team orders at Daytona (or was it Sebring) and had forced Gurney to push it too hard and blow his engine (leading to him literally pushing the car across the finish line), but I don't think there's any evidence that he actually tried to do anything to Miles. According to Baime's book, when they got the idea for the photo finish, they asked the officials if it could be done, and were originally told that it could be arranged. It wasn't until later that the officials changed their minds, but by then it was too late for Beebe to change the team orders. I guess for Hollyweird, that's enough to gin up some friction that the story really didn't need. All that said, it's still an excellent flick, and it's well worth seeing for Christian Bale's performance alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
receveur Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 finally saw the movie. the book was much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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