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Tim Downey's avatar

Thankyou Mr Fforde for skewering a movie I was half heartedly considering seeing - that’s some time and money I won’t waste. Given that the film is the brainchild of F1’s new owners - and they must have signed off on the final draft - they must be relying solely on the said 14yo audience. I’ve read somewhere that the team behind this venture wanted Tom Cruise (let’s get the TG band back together) but he was either busy or recognised a stinker when he saw one. Look forward to yours posts…

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Henry's avatar

You mention Mad Max, and Jack Reacher, but I'm reminded of Cars, which seemingly has the exact opposite character arc -- the selfish young hotshot who learns to abandon his defensive ego in favor of trust. Sounds like Pixar exposed F1 The Movie some 20 years ago.

And, as in the Love Bug, Cars makes the Sonny Hayes character its villain, in the loathsome Chick Hicks.

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