# Ford v Ferrari -- I haven't seen it yet. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192 "2019-11-09T00:17:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/1 "2019-11-09T00:17:28Z")
But it’s a bullseye in my wheelhouse. Spoiler: Ford wins and the leads all survive til mid June, but don’t get too attached to Ken Miles (Christian Bale). “So it goes,” was the mantra for auto racing enthusiasts until recently. The good news is that THERE IS NO CGI! It’s real cars making really loud noises and back then scaring the bejeezus out of Henry II. It’s getting good reviews and I regret I won’t see it in a theater, but I know the story. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hWrPtUxO2M) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/2 "2019-11-09T01:22:40Z")
[Here are Matt Damon and Jay Leno talking about the movie.](https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/10/14/full-opening-the-first-6-minutes-of-the-built-for-speed-episode.html) ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/3 "2019-11-09T01:38:19Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > It’s getting good reviews and I regret I won’t see it in a theater, but I know the story. > [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6hWrPtUxO2M](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6hWrPtUxO2M) Yeah, and I DIDN’T know the story because I don’t follow racing, but I like the actors, so thanks for fucking spoiling it in the first paragraph. That’s a dick move. I have a reservation on my A\*List to see it the day it opens at the Navy Pier IMAX. I’ll go cancel that now. I’ll see it at some point while it’s still in the theater, probably using my Regal Unlimited, but thanks to your spoiler it went from Highest Priority to Lowest Priority. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/4 "2019-11-09T02:15:48Z")
Aw, hell, the movie seems to end in June and Miles didn’t die til August. Seeing it spoiled lets you feel the foreboding race fans in the day felt every Sunday, back when a driver, very possibly your favorite, died every week. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/5 "2019-11-09T02:43:57Z")
I am so gonna see this. I’m old enough to remember the original story. And in high school my buddy borrowed his dad’s Shelby mustang to do a “lawn job” and it was fucking incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/6 "2019-11-09T03:05:12Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Yeah, and I DIDN’T know the story because I don’t follow racing, but I like the actors, so thanks for fucking spoiling it in the first paragraph. That’s a dick move. Hey, it was ‘50-50’. Not a big deal. 😃 I’m skeptical about no CGI. But I’ll watch it. Only movie I’ve been interested in since _Rush._ (but I’ll wait till its free somewhere) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/7 "2019-11-09T04:10:55Z")
I like movies like this and _Rush_ and _The World’s Fastest Indian_ but they seem to have very limited appeal to a wide audience. I’m a 50 year-old white male so I suppose I fit the demographic. Do they expect this movie to make much? They seem to be spending a lot of money on marketing for a movie that I don’t think a lot of people really care to see. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/8 "2019-11-09T06:47:52Z")
I dunno as I have only seen the trailer but that red car crashing seems to careen way too fast for real life. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/9 "2019-11-09T06:49:39Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Yeah, and I DIDN’T know the story because I don’t follow racing, but I like the actors, so thanks for fucking spoiling it in the first paragraph. That’s a dick move. > > I have a reservation on my A\*List to see it the day it opens at the Navy Pier IMAX. I’ll go cancel that now. I’ll see it at some point while it’s still in the theater, probably using my Regal Unlimited, but thanks to your spoiler it went from Highest Priority to Lowest Priority. Please let me save you $15 more. The Americans defeated the Japanese at Midway. You cant spoil a true story. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/10 "2019-11-09T07:01:18Z")
I’m way outside the demographic but it looks interesting to me. Maybe it’s the ads and trailers. I’m a sucker for a well placed and a well made ad. I’ll see it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/11 "2019-11-09T14:29:29Z")
[Moderating] The words “spoiler alert”, followed immediately by the spoiler, really don’t accomplish anything, and people are especially not going to be expecting spoilers from a thread titled “I haven’t seen it yet”. So I’ve added spoiler tags. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/12 "2019-11-09T15:40:30Z")
You’re no fun anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/13 "2019-11-09T15:44:55Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > [Moderating] > The words “spoiler alert”, followed immediately by the spoiler, really don’t accomplish anything, and people are especially not going to be expecting spoilers from a thread titled “I haven’t seen it yet”. So I’ve added spoiler tags. Doesn’t help. The spoiler still shows in the mouseover. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/14 "2019-11-09T17:04:27Z")
So don’t mouseover. Anyway hasn’t it always done that? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/15 "2019-11-09T17:21:32Z")
OK, that should fix the mouseover. ---
**Author:** ![HyacinthBucket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hyacinthbucket/32/3063_2.png) [@HyacinthBucket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HyacinthBucket)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/16 "2019-11-10T16:22:43Z")
CBS Sunday Morning did a spot on it maybe 40-45 minutes into the program today. Looks good. The CBS site will have it available later today or tomorrow and if you have Comcast they usually rerun the entire program a few hours later on something called “Pop”, 11:30 AM Central. Too bad they had to spoil the show with a Nicky Haley interview. “Well, the deal never went through so what’s the problem?” Blah blah blah. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/17 "2019-11-10T16:34:00Z")
Strange this one, I was brought up on such motor-racing stories and should be champing at the bit but I’m not. It is a plucky British success story (OK, American-British but you can’t use plucky so easily if the USA is involved) against the arrogance of uber-tosser Enzo Ferrari. Trouble is, Miles was as big a knob as Ferrari so I’m not sure I’d be propoerly bought into it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/18 "2019-11-10T17:03:39Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > I dunno as I have only seen the trailer but that red car crashing seems to careen way too fast for real life. > > Dennis I finally just got around to watching the trailer, and I’m pretty sure that is chock-full of CGI. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/19 "2019-11-11T01:14:46Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > I dunno as I have only seen the trailer but that red car crashing seems to careen way too fast for real life. > > Dennis What’s way too fast when it was going about 300 km/hr and was made out of Coke cans? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192/20 "2019-11-13T19:12:13Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I finally just got around to watching the trailer, and I’m pretty sure that is chock-full of CGI. Watched a behind the scenes clip showing one of the car crashes. When the car flew through the air it was a lightweight car body and internal frame shot off an air cannon. I assume that yes, there will be CGI in the movie as it’s everywhere these days, but they appear to be doing practical effects the best they can with CGI rounding off the edges. I much prefer that approach, and I hope that’s indeed what they’re doing, as in my experience entirely CGI cars appear to move funny. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192.md?page=2)