Le Mans '66/ Ford Vs Ferrari (watched in 2020, originally released in 2019) review

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Le Mans '66 poster
Back in March, a week or so before cinemas closed, at the Silver Screen cinema (I am nowhere near old enough to go to the silver screen because its supposed to be for over 50s, but I sometimes go anyway as I am a paying customer the cinema cannot stop me, plus I was accompanying my Dad who is in that age bracket), therefore this was a re-release of 'Le Mans '66' (James Mangold,
2019). By this point, people where already avoiding the cinema, it was near- empty, though the silver screen showings are usually packed.


Christian Bale as racer Ken Miles
 This film in America is called 'Ford Vs Ferrari'. Normally I hate it when they change the name of a film to simplify it for the US market, but in this case I think Ford Vs Ferrari is a more appropriate name, as the films more about that, a battle between the two car manufactures than the 1966 Le Mans race itself. I was a little disappointed with this giving it had been up for best picture at the Oscars. It was unnecessarily long, scenes which didn't need to be in it. Also it won best sound at the Oscars but didn't deserve it in my opinion, the whole thing was just too loud in places. Matt Damon was good, he is one of those actors that continues to suprise me by how good he is in films, I do not tend to specifically go to see films because he is in them, but I am usually impressed by his performance. I liked the actual racing scenes. It was all a bit long, I wanted more of the racing itself and less of the politics between Matt Damons character and Ford. Surprisingly sad story, based off a real life story. If I have learned one thing through this film and another 1960s set film about Ford "'Made In Dagenham' (Nigel Cole, 2010), which is about the fight its female work force had to go through to get equal pay in its Dagenham factory, is to never work for, or trust, Ford. 3 stars. ✰✰✰

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