I was oddly looking forward to this, even though I knew, when it comes to car racing films, it was never going to compete with Ford v Ferrari.
It met my expectations if nothing more. I had a lot of fun watching it despite its predictability. Some storylines that I expected to have more weight disappeared around the second act, but what we got was enough.
I was never on the edge of my seat, but I was never bored by it. I would recommend it to pass the time.
It’s not that Nolan can do no wrong, it’s that he has as of yet not done wrong by me. What can I say, I just really like his approach and ideas when it comes to making movies.
While I’m always up to watch all kind of movies and character studies are “my thing”. A film about Oppenheimer didn’t feel that compelling for some reason...
Well, compelling it was. And with Cillian Murphy front and center how could it not.…
The one silver lining of the pandemic so far: The usually celebrated week of German cinema in Mexico City was moved online, with the films being available to everyone for free. I’m not in the capital at the moment, so I wouldn’t have been able to attend any screening, and now I have the complete selection at my disposal in filminlatino.
Anyway, this film belongs to such selection. It leaves tomorrow, so I made it my mission to watch it…
I’ve heard this movie be described as a small scale offering from Pixar. But aside from Inside Out and Soul where emotions and souls are literal characters, I don’t see the difference in scale compared to the rest of Pixar’s repertoire. All their movies have always thrived in exploring their characters’ needs and wants and taking them on journeys of self discovery; Luca does exactly the same and for that reason it felt like classic Pixar to me.
Does it…
