Rush
Posted by Itheliving 12 years, 1 month ago to Movies
Rush / Rated R for language, sex, nudity, and blood letting due to high speed car crashes, fires and flying auto and body parts.
Based on opening weekend results Rush is in no rush to recover it’s budget. Costing 38 million and making just above 10 million on what is probably it’s biggest weekend it will be lucky to break even. I am not sure who this film was being marketed to but the previews looked a little confusing and stuffy. When I attended Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) I was the only one in the theater who didn’t bring a dolly (I was tempted) and I was easily older than all the rest of the audience put together. Now at 66 I watched the audience as they entered and discovered I was easily the youngest person there. At least six of them wore vintage racing helmets and one carried a checkered flag. Three people were brought in on hospital gurneys and at least one appeared to be in a casket. The latter received a free pass.
Rush is a look at a Formula One Racing rivalry that began approximately 1970 and ran through the 1976 season. The two main competitors were Englishman James Hunt, playboy and bon vivant, and his hated rival Austrian Niki Lauda. They were polar opposites both on and off the track. Director Ron Howard has directed what is easily the best movie about race car driving ever. I include Grand Prix (1966) with it’s big time cast and enormous production values and the Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward 1969 film Winning. Both GP and W use both stock footage and scenes created for the screen to make the racing sequences impressive. Unfortunately both these films descended into hokey soap opera and bring the races and film to a stop.
The main competitors in Rush are portrayed by Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and lesser known Spanish actor Daniel Bruhl. DB’s full name is Daniel Cesar Martin Bruhl Gonzales Domingo. The name alone would preclude him from Oscar consideration as the time it would take to read the name would run over the allotted time for that and the acceptance speech. Both CH and DB give Oscar worthy performances. The film itself is so well made and written that it will probably be remembered by the Oscar nominators even though the financiers already wish they had never heard of any of them.
This movie stays focused. It keeps away from almost all of the soap and stays with the totally divergent personalities and their clash over who is the best of the best. It’s a film not just for race car fans but for all who appreciate good movie making.
There is some violence evident and realistically portrayed in the crashes and suffering involved by those involved in the 150 MPH catastrophe’s. There is also sex and nudity but what do you expect from a film in which one of the characters was a well known playboy.
One of these men is still alive and one has passed away. I would recommend you do not look into the facts of their lives if you intend to see the film. There is actual footage of the real people included in the end scenes and part of the films suspense is not knowing what is going to happen to them. If you have an interest in the subject use the Google search on your computer after you see Rush.
Rated 3.8 out of 4.0 reasons to rush to Rush. The finish line is in sight. And they could use the money.
Based on opening weekend results Rush is in no rush to recover it’s budget. Costing 38 million and making just above 10 million on what is probably it’s biggest weekend it will be lucky to break even. I am not sure who this film was being marketed to but the previews looked a little confusing and stuffy. When I attended Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) I was the only one in the theater who didn’t bring a dolly (I was tempted) and I was easily older than all the rest of the audience put together. Now at 66 I watched the audience as they entered and discovered I was easily the youngest person there. At least six of them wore vintage racing helmets and one carried a checkered flag. Three people were brought in on hospital gurneys and at least one appeared to be in a casket. The latter received a free pass.
Rush is a look at a Formula One Racing rivalry that began approximately 1970 and ran through the 1976 season. The two main competitors were Englishman James Hunt, playboy and bon vivant, and his hated rival Austrian Niki Lauda. They were polar opposites both on and off the track. Director Ron Howard has directed what is easily the best movie about race car driving ever. I include Grand Prix (1966) with it’s big time cast and enormous production values and the Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward 1969 film Winning. Both GP and W use both stock footage and scenes created for the screen to make the racing sequences impressive. Unfortunately both these films descended into hokey soap opera and bring the races and film to a stop.
The main competitors in Rush are portrayed by Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and lesser known Spanish actor Daniel Bruhl. DB’s full name is Daniel Cesar Martin Bruhl Gonzales Domingo. The name alone would preclude him from Oscar consideration as the time it would take to read the name would run over the allotted time for that and the acceptance speech. Both CH and DB give Oscar worthy performances. The film itself is so well made and written that it will probably be remembered by the Oscar nominators even though the financiers already wish they had never heard of any of them.
This movie stays focused. It keeps away from almost all of the soap and stays with the totally divergent personalities and their clash over who is the best of the best. It’s a film not just for race car fans but for all who appreciate good movie making.
There is some violence evident and realistically portrayed in the crashes and suffering involved by those involved in the 150 MPH catastrophe’s. There is also sex and nudity but what do you expect from a film in which one of the characters was a well known playboy.
One of these men is still alive and one has passed away. I would recommend you do not look into the facts of their lives if you intend to see the film. There is actual footage of the real people included in the end scenes and part of the films suspense is not knowing what is going to happen to them. If you have an interest in the subject use the Google search on your computer after you see Rush.
Rated 3.8 out of 4.0 reasons to rush to Rush. The finish line is in sight. And they could use the money.
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