Ford vs Ferrari

[Postsedan]

I just watched Ford vs Ferrari, with my Daughter. WHAT A GREAT CAR MOVIE.

I highly recommend it. It's a must see on the Big Screen.

Christian Bale and Matt Damon.....are both Fantastic.

Dan

[mockingbird812]

Big CONCUR!!! Great story great action!!!:3gears::3gears::3gears:

[Steve Shauger]

I agree fantastic film. Very real racing scenes, and loves the focus on Ken Miles. interaction between Ford management and Shelby .

[marxjunk]

watch the "24 hr war" on netflix...it fills in the gaps..and is really a documentary...a good one too

[Mr70]

The 24 hour War is Fantastic!

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[mssl72]

We went to see it yesterday. Loved it!! It takes you through a range of emotions. Great driving shots! Some of which you find yourself almost out of breath. They did a great job of recreating the environments. The parking lot at the theater we went to usually hosts a "Cars and Coffee" early in the morning. Well, some of the guys/cars were there for the movie. When we came out we had a little show to attend. As was mentioned, see it on the big screen!

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[scuncio]

I’m looking forward to seeing it...

[big gear head]

This was an interesting video. World championship went to Shelby. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqMNR7Qe82g&t=2s

[Stefano]

Very entertaining an ideal film / story to watch on a "Big Screen". The bigger the better. While it does have some basis in history, it is by no means a documentary.

Great video, btw.

[GearheadSS]

Great movie, great acting and really fun to watch. I have some nitpicks due to lack of screen time for the development of the actual car and some of the facts that the movie got wrong but overall, a great movie for car guys and gals.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Def give it 2 thumbs up!! I saw it yesterday with my younger son Danny (age 12), he was visibly upset about the Ken Miles crash scene at the end - he said that its 'ok' that I'm not a race car driver. Funny how kids can relate themselves to situations in real time.....

[Tracker1]

It should go down as one of the great, great racing movies of all time. They fudge many "timeline" details for dramatic effect (seeming to forget that Lee Iaccoca gave Carroll Shelby money and engines for the Cobra in 1962 and putting their "first meeting" in the movie to well AFTER Shelby American's Cobra was a success already in '63-64). And there's the niggling on-screen attention to detail things (Cooper Cobra GTS radial tires being rolled around in the Ford pits at LeMans in '66 on the Halibrand knock-offs is a hilarious gaffe, as well as Corvettes wearing 1965-67 factory style side-pipes and big-block Stinger hoods at what is supposed to be Willow Springs in '63 or '64.)

Those are tiny things in the grand scheme of a movie that was obviously made with respect for its story and historical characters, has real heart and little visible CGI. And the sound in IMAX is just glorious, I'm definitely gonna go again...and again...Ken Miles FOREVER!

[carnut4life]

I thought it was a great movie too and was shocked that my girlfriend picked it to watch Saturday night since my car obsession usually wears her out. I noticed several small details that weren't correct but the biggest question I came away with was if Shelby really said he'd give up Shelby American if Miles didn't win the 24 Hours of Daytona? I figured that was BS for added drama, anyone know for sure?

[L78M22Rag]

I saw it tonight with a bunch of car guys. Fantastic movie! That will be a legendary flick to have in the library. Oh to have a Cobra as a daily driver like Carroll Shelby.

[GearheadSS]

I thought it was a great movie too and was shocked that my girlfriend picked it to watch Saturday night since my car obsession usually wears her out. I noticed several small details that weren't correct but the biggest question I came away with was if Shelby really said he'd give up Shelby American if Miles didn't win the 24 Hours of Daytona? I figured that was BS for added drama, anyone know for sure?

I read a couple of days ago that it never happened.

[Tracker1]

I read a couple of days ago that it never happened.

Agree, I've read tons on Shelby and that's never come up.

[mssl72]

I wondered about the end as well and just did a little digging. I found this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans

I know, I know, you can't believe everything on the internet, but this seems to support what happened in the movie somewhat. I would think that if it was true Shelby would've made a lot of noise, but maybe with the relationship with Ford he didn't. I don't know, just speculating. Maybe now with the movie out a lot of people will dig and we might find out the details.

[WILDCAT_65]

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[Woj]

Great movie. My wife and I saw it yesterday on the big screen and loved it.

Now all I have to do is get Shelby's driver Cobra out of my head. I came home and started looking at kit cars. Ugh!

Go see the movie if you haven't already.

[A12pilot]

Send that kit my way Philly!!:biggthumpup:

Oh.... you know you want to!:eek2:

Cheers:beers:
Dave

[KenMaisano]

A great follow up movie on Netflix SHELBY AMERICAN

[69 Post Sedan]

Karen and I went Sunday and we both thought it was a great movie....definitely going to watch it again.

I watched Shelby American a few days earlier and it too was very good. It helped understand more about Carroll Shelby and the story behind Ford vs Ferrari a little more.

Kurt

[TimG]

We should start a post about cool cars on junk trailers.

[SS427]

Annie suggested we go see it so Tuesday night we did just that, dinner and a movie. Great date night. All in all it was an excellent movie. Like others have said there were some time line issues and things out of place. Gave me a whole new respect for Ken Miles however. Great mechanic, driver and friend for Shelby. My only real complaint was how some of the events were so embellished for the screen or never happened in the first place. That I can do without as I was hoping this was more of a documentary type movie than a drama movie but needless to say, it was still an excellent movie and one I am sure I will see many times again.

[Mr. Chevy]

My Wife and I went to see it today. Excellent movie and not just for car people, great story line. My Wife and I really enjoyed it.

Rich

[Keith Seymore]

We should start a post about cool cars on junk trailers.

Probably a good start:

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=121116

except it's just how we rolled back then.

K

[Dave Rifkin]

I saw Ford vs. Ferrari and then watched the Shelby American movie on Netflix. To be honest I enjoyed the Netflix movie as much, maybe more, than Ford vs. Ferrari.
I had no idea that Carroll Shelby was such an accomplished driver.

[markinnaples]

Went last night with my 19 yo stepson who's into cars. He absolutely loved it, and said he wants to buy it when it comes out on DVD. I liked it too, but thought it was maybe a little too long. I was only minorly familiar with the story so when Ken Miles died only a few months after his magnificent driving at Le Mans, it was like a punch in the gut. And on top of his amazing driving skills, Ken Miles was an interesting character to say the least (if played accurately by Cristian Bale), and it was really cool to see that he was much like the early NASCAR drivers who built the cars they drove and weren't just hired guns. And I know that above in this thread someone mentioned that Leo Beebe wasn't exactly like he was played (great performance by Josh Lucas as well), but sheesh, that guy came across like a major corporate climber and bully.
I think the best part of the movie is that there were some really good actors who did some really good work making the movie very professional and with good character development and story-telling. I think they probably could have done some better work with the CGI or whatever they used for the racing scenes. They weren't bad, just didn't seem that realistic in some scenes. Overall, very good movie.
Oh, and Miles wife seemed like quite an interesting person as well.

[lbnaz]

Saw the movie, watched The 24 Hour Lemans, watched Shelby American they were all good. Read the book "Go Like Hell" its the best by far. Larry