Really enjoyed reading your reveiw. I went for the action of the summer blockbuster action movie and I received it with much delight! Sat in a ranked theater, close to the screen, and felt I had "got my free ride" including the fireworks display! When approaching this movie, the plot expectations were secondary/incidental; it was for the 'speed of the race'. Your review provided
me with a 'second look' at the movie as it realtes to reality.
I saw F1 with the same mindset, Holly, and, like you, I wasn't disappointed when it came to the sheer excitement of the racing. I didn't expect much from the plot, either, though it was interesting for me to dissect it anyway. But isn't it strange that we go into certain movies expecting nothing from the plot?
Great stuff! The character cliches definitely hampered the film when compared to the strength of the action scenes, but I also appreciated them as short had to get around the personal conflict and speed us toward the action.
This was a fun read, thank you! I also felt the conflict between Sonny and his teammate was very underdeveloped. The motivations his teammate had for hating him were very flimsy, that he was old and an "asshole" was pretty much the extent of it.
Thanks for reading, Bernadette! Good point about Sonny's relationship with Joshua. Joshua's animosity did indeed arise too quickly and defensively, and therefore the antagonism between them was artificial. Hope you're having an insanely great summer!
I do agree it is strange that our mind set is programmed to relishquish the plot for the action or whatever is driving us 'to go to the movies'. Possibly, are we 'programmed' to the summer block buster? or are our minds reaching for a 2 hour release, some form of non.....sense? Most of the time I use movies to let my brain 'relax' and focus on whatever is on the "big screen", the result is typically effectiveand sometimes refreshing.
Really enjoyed reading your reveiw. I went for the action of the summer blockbuster action movie and I received it with much delight! Sat in a ranked theater, close to the screen, and felt I had "got my free ride" including the fireworks display! When approaching this movie, the plot expectations were secondary/incidental; it was for the 'speed of the race'. Your review provided
me with a 'second look' at the movie as it realtes to reality.
I saw F1 with the same mindset, Holly, and, like you, I wasn't disappointed when it came to the sheer excitement of the racing. I didn't expect much from the plot, either, though it was interesting for me to dissect it anyway. But isn't it strange that we go into certain movies expecting nothing from the plot?
Great stuff! The character cliches definitely hampered the film when compared to the strength of the action scenes, but I also appreciated them as short had to get around the personal conflict and speed us toward the action.
This was a fun read, thank you! I also felt the conflict between Sonny and his teammate was very underdeveloped. The motivations his teammate had for hating him were very flimsy, that he was old and an "asshole" was pretty much the extent of it.
Thanks for reading, Bernadette! Good point about Sonny's relationship with Joshua. Joshua's animosity did indeed arise too quickly and defensively, and therefore the antagonism between them was artificial. Hope you're having an insanely great summer!
I do agree it is strange that our mind set is programmed to relishquish the plot for the action or whatever is driving us 'to go to the movies'. Possibly, are we 'programmed' to the summer block buster? or are our minds reaching for a 2 hour release, some form of non.....sense? Most of the time I use movies to let my brain 'relax' and focus on whatever is on the "big screen", the result is typically effectiveand sometimes refreshing.