Ayrton Senna - The Movie

dnme

Killinator wrote: »

In that case I fully apologise,
Several people have already stated they have downloaded the movie and I took your wording (especially the word 'format') to mean you had also downloaded it.:o

No need to apologise Killinator
I was lying:rolleyes:

Killinator

dnme wrote: »

No need to apologise Killinator
I was lying:rolleyes:

Sigh,
My brain is working 1/4 speed today:o

matty55

does anyone know when it will b out on dvd?

leposean

best film ive seen in years!!!

alanrebelsw

Best film in years,in a cinema.cars 2 pretty good too,nephew nearly wet himself a couple of times..haha

G-Money

matty55 wrote: »

does anyone know when it will b out on dvd?

October/November I believe.

losthorizon

G-Money wrote: »

October/November I believe.

10 october

dastardly00

Meant to post a few weeks ago when I saw it. I thought it was a fantastic movie and I'm delighted I went to see it.
Not sure if it's still in cinemas, but if anyone hasn't seen it and have an interest in motorsport, then go watch it!

Autosport

Just after watching Senna and it was a great watch and at times i wanted to slap a certain man :mad: but it was also kinda sad when you knew how it was going to end Put together very well and enjoyable for any motorsport fan.

Great to see a young Rubens and Damon

losthorizon

Not sure if I posted this up before but a a film about Lauda and Hunt is being mooted at the moment - it sounds very good.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/06/senna-formula-1-rush-ayrton-hunt-lauda-howard.html

And there is supposed to be a very good doc out there which was released in the USA but not here about Karting called Racing Dreams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHm8d3EJfjE

matty55

Out tomorrow on DVD!! Cant wait!

Sitec

losthorizon wrote: »

Not sure if I posted this up before but a a film about Lauda and Hunt is being mooted at the moment - it sounds very good.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/06/senna-formula-1-rush-ayrton-hunt-lauda-howard.html

And there is supposed to be a very good doc out there which was released in the USA but not here about Karting called Racing Dreams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHm8d3EJfjE

An excellent documentary, goosebump fest at the end!

unkymo

Watched the Senna film last night (the extended version).

A wonderful film, was in tears at the end!

G-Money

Autosport have made this available.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2oJ3GncsKw

Lady Chatterton

I've just finished watching the Senna movie this evening and it is a truly brilliant film. I only wish I had seen it on the big screen.

Senna and Prost's legendary battles on the track and their love/hate relationship off the track made F1 so exciting. However, it's good that the two men made their peace before Senna passed away.

17 years on, I still find it incredibly difficult to watch the footage of Imola, without getting very emotional. It is hard to comprehend how and why the race was allowed go ahead after Ratzenberger's fatal crash - again, probably alot to do with F1 politics and money. Thankfully, it would appear that the deaths of Ratzenburger and Senna have made F1 safer for drivers, so their deaths haven't been in vain. F1 never held the same level of appeal for me after Senna's death, F1 is much duller without Ayton Senna Da Silva.

I think that the following Ayrton Senna quotes best sum up his brilliance as a F1 driver and the man.


Senna's love of the track -

"Racing, competing, it’s in my blood. It’s part of me, it’s part of my life and it stands out above everything else”.

Senna's love for his native Brazil -

"Wealthy men can’t live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance”.

FrostyJack

Finally got around to seeing it today and to be honest I can't see why it got such great reviews. If it was just a movie it would be slated for the editing alone, which was pretty bad even though they were dealing with stock footage. Maybe I missed it but there were little or no mention of his race at Donnigton in the wet, the greatest lap of all time, why? Knowing it was about Senna, you knew it was going to lean to his side, but this made Prost look like an evil man and Schumacher only gets one mention to say he was using illegal traction control. Whole seasons were skipped for some reason, BBC can show a round up of a season in 5 minutes and that is when you include other drivers. I can only think this was done to appeal to non-F1 fans. The greatest offence was to show a dead body lying in the middle of a track near the start but show half of this time to actually see him driving other than his last lap. Worth a watch but other than the pre-race drivers meeting footage (why don't we see those now), there was nothing new or worth raving about.

guyfo

I thought it was a pretty good movie. You have to consider that it is a 90 min movie and had to be a box office draw to be a success. Ive heard that the 3 hr directors cut is supposed to be much better in terms of showing prost in a better light and having more in depth of an insight into his f1 and pre f1 career.

FrostyJack wrote: »

The greatest offence was to show a dead body lying in the middle of a track near the start

I dont remember seeing a dead body lying on the track at any point in the movie. What bit are you talking about?

FrostyJack

guyfo wrote: »

I thought it was a pretty good movie. You have to consider that it is a 90 min movie and had to be a box office draw to be a success. Ive heard that the 3 hr directors cut is supposed to be much better in terms of showing prost in a better light and having more in depth of an insight into his f1 and pre f1 career.

Yeah I read that, but that isn't the one most are commenting on.

guyfo wrote:

I dont remember seeing a dead body lying on the track at any point in the movie. What bit are you talking about?

39 mins in, Martin Donnelly for Lotus at the 1990 Spanish GP, is the one I am refering to, horrible crash.

Grim.

FrostyJack wrote: »

39 mins in, Martin Donnelly for Lotus at the 1990 Spanish GP, is the one I am refering to, horrible crash.

he survived

FrostyJack

Grim. wrote: »

he survived

Just read up on it there, my bad, he was very very lucky considering, still horrible injuries:

"Donnelly’s injuries were grave. X-rays showed he had bruising on his lungs and brain – the impact was so violent it cracked his crash helmet. He also had severe breaks to both legs and lost a lot of blood.

After being treated by Professor Sid Watkins at the track Donnelly was transferred to a hospital in Seville. During a long recovery he suffered kidney failure and was on dialysis for weeks. For a while it looked as though his right leg might have to be amputated."

savagecabbages

Amazing film, really gives an insight into the proper playboy superstar F1 drivers which are a thing of the past, don't know if that's a good or a bad thing;)

One thing which kinda annoyed me was the way Prost was portrayed as such a villan, yet he is shown shouldering Sennas coffin right at the end of the film. I know there was deep rivalry, but there must also have been mutual respect which seems to have been edited out. - I'm too young to properly remember this era...

I found Jean-Marie Balestre highly entertaining, he really ran the FIA like a dictatorship which given his highly chequered past (puns intended) during the second world war makes his cameo even more entertaining. I personally have no time for the man, he nearly ruined rallying (the poor relation to F1 at the time) in the mid-1980s but I found his portrayal in Senna highly amusing. He certainly was a character!

I would also draw a highly suspicious line between Balestre and Max Mosely given their political past. Both were members of national socialist parties, spent time in prison camps (Mosley's were interned, Balestre taken prisoner) and both went on to head the FIA. There should be a thread in conspiracy theories about this:P

losthorizon

It was Mosleys Father was was sent to Prison as he was head of Britains Fascist party during the war not Max as far as I know. Married into the Mitfords a very interesting family some of who lived in Waterford. Nancy Mitford was a very famous author.

guyfo

Well im gona assume he had ties to the fascists since he was caught in a Nazi orgy a few years back

savagecabbages

losthorizon wrote: »

It was Mosleys Father was was sent to Prison as he was head of Britains Fascist party during the war not Max as far as I know. Married into the Mitfords a very interesting family some of who lived in Waterford. Nancy Mitford was a very famous author.

Think the whole Mosley family were interned, Max was quite young at the time. Odd how successive FIA heads had very similar political backgrounds...

Balestre was like a villan from a fairy tale in the movie!

losthorizon

Read yesterday that Senna was favourite for the Documentary Oscar but it hasn't even made the shortlist. Terrible shame as its a great film even if you have no interest in motor racing or sport in general.