Ford v Ferrari
SCORE: 71
I am very thankful I had the money to
purchase a copy of Ford v Ferrari on DVD. It takes one hundred and
fifty-two minutes to watch this movie. Ford v Ferrari deals with the
events around Ford and Ferrari and how they went head to head at the Le
Mans n France in 1966. There was so much that went into getting a race
car ready at that time. There is probably even more that goes into it
today.
For those that do not know Le Mans is a twenty-four race with multiple
drivers taking legs. The cars can have all kinds of parts swapped out.
In fact one of the things that Ford v Ferrari shows is replacing the
entire brake assembly instead of just the brake pads. There is an
argument with the official that nothing in the rule book says they
cannot do so. The reason for doing it is how hot the brake assembly gets
going those speeds and slowing down so fast.
Ford v Ferrari is also a lot about the race car driver Ken Miles, and
the car designer Carroll Shelby. Christian Bale plays Ken Miles, and
Matt Damon plays Carroll Shelby. Ford hires them to win the Le Mans. The
problem is Ford wants to keep control of things. Ford v Ferrari shows
over and over again how upper management made missteps that slowed
things down. For example they don't want Ken Miles to race because they
feel he does not represent the company well.
The issues families can have with Ford v Ferrari are bad language, lack
of attire, enticement to lust, violence, blood, and more. I am not clear
how much of the Ford v Ferrari is accurate with true history. I did some
research and found some things are right and some things are wrong.
There is also humor in Ford v Ferrari how certain executives are
handled. There is also a funny fight scene in Ford v Ferrari.
I looked up the rule at the end of the Le Mans and found it was there at
that time. The Ford executive wanted all three Ford cars to finish at
the same time. Ken Mile was way ahead. He slows down so the other two
Ford cars can catch him. He loses because the rule was how far a car
traveled in 24 hours. Since the other cars were farther back from the
starting the line one of them won over him. It was neat to see Ken Mile
perform the perfect lap and to break multiple lap records.
I enjoyed watching Ford v Ferrari. There are car crashes and the Le Mans
race seems really Wild West to me. I was not aware Ford had tried to buy
Ferrari at one point in time. That slight is mainly why Ford got into
the racing business. They also needed to improve their image with the
younger crowd. I liked how Ken Miles explained seeing the track in Ford
v Ferrari.
- Paul
Graphics: 66%
Sound: 68%
Replay/Extras: 70%
Gameplay: 80%
Family Friendly Factor: 70%
System: DVD
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Developer: Turnpike Films
Rating: ‘PG-13’ for Parents Strongly Cautioned
{Some Language and Peril}
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