If you want to talk about the best racing movie in 2019, it is the " Speed Car King " made by James Mangod.
Douban 8.5 points, IMDB 8.3 points, Rotten Tomato Film Reviewers and Audience Scores both exceeded 90%, double explosions.
even scored 81 points in strict MTC, and even got A+ in Cinemascore. The result of
is not mentioned for the complete defeat of the "Fast and Furious" series. Even the racing classic "Fast and Furious" is three points inferior.
Can you get so many people's recognition by just the racing scene of competing with adrenaline?
cannot.
Do you think it is just a racing story? In fact, the film silently outputs an American spirit that never admits defeat.
However, the American spirit made out of thin air is less powerful after all, and the "Speed Speed Car King" supported by historical facts lies in the sense of reality everywhere.
film is adapted from A.J. Bemi's documentary novel "Driving in Hell: Ford, Ferrari and Le Mans", which is set in the Ford Le Mans vs. Ferrari, focusing on the story of racer Ken Miles and car designer Carol Shelby .
What is obvious to all is the relaxed and natural acting skills of Christian Bale and Matt Damon in the film, the extremely exciting racing scene of 7,000 reels in the real shot, and the love, hate and affection between Ford and Ferrari bosses.
It is obvious that throughout the film is the struggle between Bell and Dai Meng. However, before talking about the combination of the two heroes, many people ignore the big-bellied bureaucratic Ford in the movie, which is an important manifestation of the American spirit.
01. Ford's ultimate revenge forever: the American car spirit that coexists creativity and challenges
Henry Ford was founded in 1903. Ford Motor Company . After a century of development, it has become one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world.
The film focuses on the history from 1963 to 1966. At this time, the Ford boss had been passed down to the third generation of Henry Ford II.
In the movie Ford II, played by Tracy Letz, said as soon as he appeared, "I want you to go home" as a capitalist squeezing workers.
At this time, Ford dominates the domestic automobile market in the United States, but in the eyes of Europeans who like Ferrari and Porsche , they are unknown.
So, at this time, Ford was thinking, how to enter the European high-end automobile market?
In the film, Lee Icoca, general manager of Ford played by Joe Bornser, was initiated by him, and he made a big splash in the French Le Mans Championship!
You should know that Le Mans 24 Hours Endurance , which is known as the three major automobile events in the world, is famous for its rugged and dangerous tracks.
At this time, the Le Mans Championship had been won by Ferrari for four consecutive championships.
However, it is precisely because Enzo Ferrari has invested all the money and has invested in the Le Mans game that the company is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Seeing Ferrari's situation, Ford slapped his head. Although we don't have a team, we can buy the strongest team to race!
This shows the scene of Icoca signing a contract with Ferrari preparing to cooperate in the video. Ford has the final say whether to participate in the competition in
or not! Ford, who was preparing to take full control of the fleet, directly made Mr. Ferrari get angry.
video presents this scene with added fuel to the fire. The old man Ferrari said righteously:
"You are insulting me, the garbage truck in the garbage factory, your idiot boss is just a second child!"
What's more interesting is that when Ikeca went back to tell Ford that he even added "You pig head, fat pig" without authorization to arouse his competitive spirit.
days of 0 days Ford II can bear this insult. Ford is ready to find the best engineers and racers. He doesn't care how much it costs and wants to build a racing car.
"We want to bury that old turtle in a pit 100 feet deep below the finish line of the Le Mans race."
At this point, the prelude to Ford's battle with Ferrari.
1963 made a fortune, and in April 1964 Ford spent a lot of money to build the Ferrari killer GT40 MK1.
The first generation of GT40 was still not good. In the 1964 Le Mans race, three of the four cars were blown into pieces, and we watched Ferrari win the top three.
Ford II did not give up, so he found Shelby, who was played by Daikeng in the film, and joined forces with Miles, who played by Bale, to start a major racing transformation.
. Ford, which has no racing DNA, has only half a year left for Shelby. It is indeed a bit difficult to transform a car that can withstand 24 hours of madness and win the championship.
Therefore, none of the six GT40s that participated in 1965 finished the race, and Ford was once again humiliated by Ferrari's championship.
At this time, Ford learned from his mistakes and slept with firewood and tasted gall, but chose to continue to transform the racing car and fight again next year.
Just as Shelby bluntly stated that Ford's company is highly bureaucratic, Ford, after hearing this, responded to Ford's experience of building missiles for the US military.
You should know that this is not the first time Ford has been on the European battlefield. During World War II, three-fifths of the United States' AIM-9 air-to-air missiles were built by Ford.
Just a few short sentences show a capitalist's vision and courage to operate a world-class automobile brand.
In the next 1966, like in the movie, Miles replaced the car with a monster-level engine and put a cover on it. The GT40 MK2 that will definitely lose in the beauty pageant was finally born.
What is impressive is the scene where Shelby took Ford II to drive and Ford was scared to tears.
When you hummed for the scared Ford, and even used a handkerchief to wipe his tears, his sentence:
"I really hope my father can live until now, see this car with his own eyes, and feel this speed."
was instantly full of humanity, and it hit the tears.
It was also in this year that Ford GT40 MK2 finally defeated the Ferrari 330 P3 and won four consecutive championships in the next three years.
Ferrari, who ended his six consecutive championships by Ford, also seemed to be cursed and has not won the championship again in the Le Mans game to this day.
So far, Ford II finally completed his revenge at a cost of difficult to calculate. The GT40 is famous for its history and has become a classic supercar. Its collection is worth up to one million US dollars.
Overall, combining history and movies, the image of Ford II has been portrayed quite successfully.
is not a movie that many viewers say is damaging him, but a comprehensive portrayal of a powerful capitalist.
video not only shows the capitalist's nature of profit-seeking, but also shows his longing for his father and his desire to defeat his competitors.
On the surface, it was Ford's battle with Ferrari due to revenge, but in fact it was because of his ambition to expedition to Europe and his indomitable battle that he created the legendary sports car GT40, which drove Ferrari out of the Le Mans race.
Behind Ford's ultimate revenge, it demonstrates the American automobile spirit that coexists with creativity and challenges.
02. Myers and Shelby combine to fight against capital: victory in American individual heroism
One is the first American Shelby to win the 24-hour Le Mans championship, and runs his own car company after retirement due to a heart disease.
One is a powerful racer Miles who modified his own racing car and won 14 consecutive victories in the SCCA league. He is unable to make ends meet in his own car.
Two people gathered together because of Ford's convening. In the movie, their friendship of confidants like Boyaziqi is the most touching to fight Ford.
videos always revolve around a question:
Who are you?
This process of constantly questioning self-identity is also a process of Shelby and Miles constantly maintaining themselves in compromise.
Before the spring game of Winro, Miles, who was judged to be unqualified, was so angry that he beat the car's wrench because the car's trunk lid could not be closed.
was talking about breaking the rules, and he became full of unruly challenging the rules from the beginning, and Shelby was the thread on Miles' kite.
"Without a sponsor, you don't have a car, and without a car, you can't win the SCCA championship."
In fact, Miles didn't know that when he faced Shelby Rachi joining the team, he pointed directly at the way of survival in the workplace, pleased you behind the scenes, and they didn't like this in their hearts. They were conservative and incomplete, and hated people whose thinking patterns were different from others.
It can be said that this is Miles' maverick confession.
In Shelby and Myers' view, Ford's bureaucracy is prevalent and the system is bloated.
The warning that Ikoka must keep a large machine with 100,000 parts running harmoniously, even his most touching confession in the film ended with compromise.
People who know what they want to do are truly lucky people because such people don’t feel like they are working when doing things. Those things fascinate them, and if they don't do those things, they will feel their brains are hollowed out, and I am such a person. I know there is a person who is the same kind of person as me - he is Mr. Henry Ford.
In order to make everyone feel comfortable when speaking the scene, Shelby called Miles' name Ford.
Similarly, when he faced the repeated difficulties of Ford Motor Company's senior executive vice president Leo Bebe, in order to get Miles to participate, he bet on his own company and bet on everything he has.
It was in such a difficult confrontation that Miles, who won the 24-hour endurance championship in North America, was finally able to participate in the Le Mans Championship. The climax of the video is undoubtedly the final result of the 24-hour endurance race in Le Mans.
7000, Miles, who drove desperately, finally stood out. The champion was undoubtedly ordered to slow down because Bebe believed that the three Fords in a row were better looking and more explosive news value.
The final compromise of Miles' championship was taken away like this. He could have become the first person in history to win the Laurent 12 Hours, Daytona 24 Hours and Le Mans 24 Hours.
Even drivers, speed, strategy, and even speed are determined by Ford. The essence of racing is nothing more than a competitive game for capitalists.
, and Miles, who broke through layers of resistance, was already a kind of victory after resistance, and was a well-deserved uncrowned king.
After Miles died in an accident in driving a test car in the California desert, this three consecutive championships that have not been achieved so far have become a century-old regret.
"When the engine speed reaches 7000, everything will pass away."
was born and died of love, and Miles and Shelby completed their personal heroism victory.
can be seen that the whole film is not sensational, and it shows the romance of the big men and firmly believes in the other party, which is actually a constant confidence in one's own identity.
Both of them are trying their best to fight capital, one on the track and the other outside the track, they are one side of one person.
In addition, the film blurs the strength of the Shelby team in history, and highlights the personal confrontation between Shelby and Miles.
It can be said that whether from the way the film is shaped or the connotation expressed, what is highlighted is very typical American personal heroism.
We will be attracted by the film's refreshing extreme racing, and Ford's endless revenge, and the struggle between Myers and Shelby to challenge capital with their personal strength is also sad.
Did Ford lose?
does not.
Did Myers and Shelby lose?
also does not.
Ford, Myers, Shelby left us with a GT40 that is great enough and an immortal legend.
is a racing car on the surface, but both sides are invincible in the confrontation. Their strength interprets the spirit of "The Old Man and the Sea" in "The Unyielding Spirit":
"A person can be destroyed, but cannot be defeated."
This is the charming part of the movie, and the inside is the soft output of Hollywood movies on the main theme. Although
type films are easy to achieve commercial achievements, a truly successful movie not only allows fans to enjoy a feast, but also can touch the soul of the audience in the core of the film.
Simply put, a good movie must not only be connected with the kidneys but also with the heart. Do we have movies like
? There are, for example, "I Am Not a God of Medicine" in 2018, and "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World", "Youth of You" and "Manslaughter" in 2019 are all good attempts.
But there are still too few. We need more "bold" and thoughtful Chinese filmmakers to let Chinese films truly go global and go to the world.
Qingshi Movie Editorial Department | Chenchen
