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Rush
2013 · Film · 123 min
Directed by Ron Howard
In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.
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> and even a - frankly absurd, but popcorn-worthy fun - Hollywood film starring Brad Pitt.
Yeah, "F1 the movie" was ridiculous; some of the lines had me laughing out loud at how corny they were. But it was certainly popcorn-worthy, and it had enough Easter eggs for actual F1 fans to keep them entertained. It was hilarious to watch one of the podium scenes where Leclerc had this look of, "am I doing this acting thing right, guys?" that was precious.
But if you want an actual good F1 movie, "Rush" is very well done. It tells the story of the rivalry between drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt during the 1970s.
Yea, I subscribed and used it to watch the Hungarian GP this past weekend. The driver view was really intense!
I’ve been catching up by binging a lot of content that was recommended to me. The movie Rush (2013) was great. Brawn on Hulu was a fantastic story. Currently shopping for some vintage gear from them.
Watching a little Drive to Survive on Netflix too.
Highly recommend the movie "Rush" about the F1 rivalry between Niki Lauda and James Hunt. The movie is highly dramatized but this is one of the themes.
It's a hit at the box office, but not so with the critics. The previous F1 film "Rush" (Lauda vs Hunt) is still better. imdb 8.1 vs 7.8, metacritic 8.4 vs 7.6, letterboxd 3.83 vs 3.81 (with a lot of f1 cheaters not accounted for). It's more comparable to "Gran Turismo", which had equally good race fighting scenes. And more realistic simulator training brought to the track.
I saw Rush the other week (film about James Hunt and Nikki Lauda) and that reminded me that F1 used to have cars with 6 wheels to which I thought "take me back" even though that was before I was born. As an example in contrast today you have tires made as poorly as possible. Why shouldn't you have a gas guzzler if you think you can justify the weight of fuel, or the extra time cost of refueling? Refueling, do you remember that? I don't watch anymore after seeing how the sausage is made.
How long until what is currently photography is either full length video or 3d navigable worlds?
These Star Wars galleries are just phenomenal. I can't imagine it is long until you can apply filters to movies, for example taking Rogue One and applying a Fritz Lang or Stanley Kubrick filter.
Or akin to Cars being a remake of Doc Hollywood with anthropomorphized Cars, being able to say something like "I want to see a remake of the 2013 movie Rush, in the world of Zootopia, with 15% styling from Speed Racker, set in the 70's, with flying animals, and the main two rival protagonists being flying squirrels, one of which has a birth defect and a prosthetic wing."
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Alternative take: in the hiring process education is often used as a proxy for motivation, when actually it only proves that once upon a time someone was motivated long enough to get educated, but it doesn't actually say anything about their present state in terms of motivation.
A 'Do-er' is at least at present motivated, and educating them will get them to the desired combination of education+motivation in the present, even if that education is going to be by necessity a very narrow one (typically: job specific).
Being hungry for money and creature comforts also tends to be conflated with being motivated ('ambitious'), but it doesn't really align well because once financial success (for some very modest success) is attained the motivation will vanish. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it tends to confuse people who were not aware of the driving power being the outwardly visible motivation.
The movie 'Rush' has a nice bit about that, James Hunt just wants to be WDC, once. He doesn't care about anything past that point because it will give him what he wants. But until he's got it he will be super motivated.
The engineer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niki_Lauda from Rush movie fame, if he's working on a race-car-level-system where every little bit of performance you can tweak out counts, like wringing a towel dry, every last bit... and in that mindset, FKs are removed NOT from ignorance!
If you do go and watch the Senna movie, go and read a book about Alain Prost too given that the movie is not as honest as Rush
I didn't know much about Formula 1 until I saw the movie 'Rush'. Its one of my favorites, an had opened my eyes to a lot of things. I left the movie wanting to be as pragmatic and brilliant as Niki Lauda (I failed). He knew what he wanted, how to do it, and execute successfully. Admirable.
I was going to see a F1 race this year (Austin) and hoped to have met the man. It was amazing that he was still out there with his team.
Anyway, here's my favorite scene from the movie.
"Niki Lauda meets his wife" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kl0UBS4ZaM
BTW everytime I heard his name I yell out "Niki Lauda Niki Lauda" like the men in the clip.
Since you liked Rush, you should check out the documentary Senna about the great F1 racer Ayrton Senna (widely considered the best F1 driver ever).
I'm not a Formula 1 fan at all and was only vaguely familiar with Lauda's name (I hadn't even heard of the other guy), but I enjoyed Rush a lot. It's an excellent movie and the fact that it's based on a true story makes it all the more compelling.
The BBC broadcast a documentary in 1996 about James Hunt’s F1 rivalry with Lauda:
https://youtu.be/c19DqS127Ac
This rivalry was also depicted in the film Rush (2013) which Lauda stated he was fairly pleased with.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_(2013_film)
RIP.
Wikipedia :) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niki_Lauda
His grit, came back from a near-death burn injury in _six_ weeks to finish off the F1 season. The movie Rush (2013) made it more known in the popular culture.
Rush movie's ending scene depicts that well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcJkVa7MsrQ
Lauda and Hunt rivalry and lifes is like a story about Stoicism vs. Epicureanism
A true legend. Probably one of the coolest, hard working, inspiring and honest people in recent history. The movie Rush was also pretty neat to watch, which highlights the rivalry between Lauda and Hunt.
The best insights of races always came from Lauda, he was always very much to the point.
His comeback after the nearly fatal crash was arguable the biggest comeback in sports ever.
> The Ron Howard movie Rush is a great treatment of his time in F1.
Agree, probably one of the best racing movies in general.
Cool fact: Niki Lauda is a former F1 driver who is most famous for having severe facial and lung damage from a fiery crash, then returning while his burns were still healing.
The doctors said he still had more operations to undergo to complete his recovery, but when pressed, admitted that the additional operations were for cosmetic reasons and would not affect his ability to drive.
He raced in F1 races with open wounds weeping into his balaclava.
To this day he's known for having only half an ear on one side and very little hair on his head, but until last year when he had a severe lung problem (likely as a consequence of his aforementioned accident)he happily appeared in public at F1 races.
He retired from F1 to focus on his airline, but un-retired and won another F1 championship.
He ran his airline for a while but now is more of a public figure for one of the F1 teams.
The Ron Howard movie Rush is a great treatment of his time in F1.
He lost the championship by one point. The movie Rush on this story is also amazing.
Yes. Guaranteed. Like the movie rush about race car driver Nikki launder. He tuned that race car engine down to every last detail to get performance. With server less their will always be big big low hanging fruit optimizations.
Yes, I have seen the film and it is quite good. The story itself and the cinematic execution are definitely above par, I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars for entertainment and quality.
Also, I'm reluctant to call it an underdog story. It's more a "coming of age" story, which is a different thing. There are many, many emotional aspects to the film (family dynamics - multiple generations in a home, absent father or a deported mother) which serve to enhance the overall themes of what happened.
Lastly, it's one of the few films I've seen recently that doesn't rely on CGI to show off important parts of the story. As the credits indicated, there were teams of robotics professionals who built the units used in the film.
I recommend the film and will buy it to have in my house to put on in the background when the mood strikes me. Others that fit that bill for me are Rush, Shawshank Redemption, The Crow, and The Big Lebowski. YMMV.
I have an old muscle car with a built V8. The crackling sound of the engine start, and the sound it makes when it 'digs in' under acceleration, is viscerally thrilling.
The smell of a hot engine, and the shaking of the car also add a lot of fun.
One of the best movie montages ever is the opening sequence of the movie "Grand Prix" where they start the engines and warm em up.
In "Rush" they ruined the movie by having a rock soundtrack laid over the sounds of the cars.
"Bullitt"s car chase has never been equaled because the director had the guts to let the V8s and various car noises be the whole soundtrack. The music overlay stops when the chase starts, the complete opposite of every other movie.