Been busy (busy = napping) so haven't been out to see much. Anyway I saw The Worlds End about a month ago and like the rest of the Cornetto Trilogy (Sean of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) its really enjoyable. The cast has a nice rapport and the film doesn't beat you over the head with references. Its not going to change the world or anything (which is good because, well, The World Ends) but it has a high rewatchability factor and is one of the funnier films I've seen this summer.
Rush on the other hand is the embodiment of a 'solid' movie, but nothing more. It follows two formula one drivers vying for the 1976 championship, one is a hothead who relies on guts, and the other takes a cerebral technical approach to his work and finds the other to be a 'danger to the sport.' If this sounds a little too generic and cliched to you, you're not wrong. The weakest part of the film is the overly broad characterizations and on the nose dialog which did have me roll my eyes at times. However, the film excels in the racing scenes. You really get a nice sense of the power and speed of the cars, and just how dangerous it was to race in the relatively unregulated race series in the 1970's. Really the way the films portrays it I was amazed there weren't more racer, and spectator, deaths. Basically you could just roll right up on the track behind a minimal, or non-existent, barrier and watch the race. Though if this was still allowed I might actually watch a NASCAR race (no I wouldn't). Anyway Rush is worth seeing for the racing action, and that is worth seeing, but don't expect much more.
Rush on the other hand is the embodiment of a 'solid' movie, but nothing more. It follows two formula one drivers vying for the 1976 championship, one is a hothead who relies on guts, and the other takes a cerebral technical approach to his work and finds the other to be a 'danger to the sport.' If this sounds a little too generic and cliched to you, you're not wrong. The weakest part of the film is the overly broad characterizations and on the nose dialog which did have me roll my eyes at times. However, the film excels in the racing scenes. You really get a nice sense of the power and speed of the cars, and just how dangerous it was to race in the relatively unregulated race series in the 1970's. Really the way the films portrays it I was amazed there weren't more racer, and spectator, deaths. Basically you could just roll right up on the track behind a minimal, or non-existent, barrier and watch the race. Though if this was still allowed I might actually watch a NASCAR race (no I wouldn't). Anyway Rush is worth seeing for the racing action, and that is worth seeing, but don't expect much more.
