[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.