Movie: F1
Running Time: 2:35
Nominated for: Best Picture, Editing, Sound, Visual Effects
How I watched: Apple TV
When it had me: The First Race
When it lost me: Racing!
What systems does it challenge: Participation Trophies
Congratulations F1 for having the shortest title of all! I was not at all looking forward to a movie about cars racing because I know that kind of movie is not for me. Putting that aside, let's take a look.
This is probably a favorite for sound and editing. Both categories were well done here except that I don't think this movie needed to be this long. At all. I just keep repeating myself, but I must call out the need to shorten these films. However, this is a movie where you can really see the editing, which people like to vote for.
There was a grumpy "kids these days" theme to the first act, with Brad Pitt being all gruff and too blonde and wanting everything to be the way it used to be which I found trite. There was a lot of trite, actually. In the first ten minutes my teenager guessed that the plot was basically the same as Cars 3 and was essentially correct. The exception being that Lightning McQueen has a character arc in Cars 3 and the entire arc for Brad Pitt was that he learned a new slang term. A twist or a surprise or some growth wouldn't have hurt.
Acting across the board was very solid from a really great cast. The first few races were pretty exciting and then I got numb to it. The final race ended up being the least engaging for me. It was the only time they just jumped in and didn't explain strategy first and it went on for a very long time. I wanted to be more in it than I was.
F1 is a movie, competently made, but not a special watch for someone not into the subject matter.
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