The Film Reviewer

[Al Fowler]

I suspect the Prost/Senna thing is quite a good way of testing someone's personality. You either go for the cold, calculating but grey genius of Prost or the devil-may-care, exhuberant brilliance of Senna.
Both arrogant as hell but in different ways. It was one of those great sporting match ups alongside Ali/Frazier and McEnroe/Borg.

Back to films. Scariest moment ever? The steaming footprints in the wood in Night of The Demon. Still gives me the willies now!

Wheeze, what do you think to the actual Senna crash? I know this will obviously be one of these "chicken or the egg" debates.

Somone close to me in convinced he put himself in the wall on purpose. To end it all. Because he said he wasnt happy. And that extract his sister reads out of the film, talking about reading the bible before the race and him receiving the greatest gift of all.
Food for thought.

[Alf]

Wheeze, what do you think to the actual Senna crash? I know this will obviously be one of these "chicken or the egg" debates.

Somone close to me in convinced he put himself in the wall on purpose. To end it all. Because he said he wasnt happy. And that extract his sister reads out of the film, talking about reading the bible before the race and him receiving the greatest gift of all.
Food for thought.

I posted this on the Today's movie thread when I watched it a couple of months ago:

Senna (2010)

More a documentary than a film and very sad as you know its conclusion. His face before the race at Imola bordered on resignation aften Ratzenberger's death.

[CL]

Going back to actors, what about Ulriche Muher in 'The Lives of Others'? He was fantastic, so expressive. I really like that film, it makes you think.

That film was or was almost, great. It was one of the best films I've seen in a long time. He started off with strong socialist principles and then gradually realised how corrupt they were.

I think Hollywood could learn a lesson or two in creating good films from those abroad.

[CL]

Oh yes! Stupid film but he was BRILLIANT! The first scene is spine tingling. The personification of smiling evil. You could feel the knife edge he had others walking along.
Also, I never understood shoe fetish till I saw that film.
Tarantino likes putting actors into different places. Who would have guessed that Travolta or Thurman had those roles in them?

Sorry GB, I'm the worst person to fence with about Senna seeing as I is a self-confessed petrol-head who worships at his altar of brilliance! Probably blinded to the view you have of it. It's still a great film though!!...because I say so!

I think Graham is a bit more skollish than usual because of his accident the other day. Glad you are alive and kicking Graham.

[Graham Breeze]

I think Graham is a bit more skollish than usual because of his accident the other day. Glad you are alive and kicking Graham.

Thank you.

That makes two of us.

[Hes]

I agree with you there CL!

That film was or was almost, great. It was one of the best films I've seen in a long time. He started off with strong socialist principles and then gradually realised how corrupt they were.

I think Hollywood could learn a lesson or two in creating good films from those abroad.

[DazTheSlug]

...I think Hollywood could learn a lesson or two in creating good films from those abroad.

to add insult to injury, the only notice Hollywood seems to pay to foreign films is to churn out sh!te/unnecessary re-makes (Ring, The Vanishing, El Mariachi, Solaris)

[Hes]

I agree with you too Daz, although I rather enjoyed Solaris (if enjoyed is the word) but I haven't seen the original so I'm definitely going to look that one up.

to add insult to injury, the only notice Hollywood seems to pay to foreign films is to churn out sh!te/unnecessary re-makes (Ring, The Vanishing, El Mariachi, Solaris)

[Wheeze]

Wheeze, what do you think to the actual Senna crash? I know this will obviously be one of these "chicken or the egg" debates.

Somone close to me in convinced he put himself in the wall on purpose. To end it all. Because he said he wasnt happy. And that extract his sister reads out of the film, talking about reading the bible before the race and him receiving the greatest gift of all.
Food for thought.

We'd all love to accept anything but the sad truth when something like this happens. Like all conspiracy theories, this one gets legs because of our wish that it wasn't just a tragic accident...but thats all it was. The person who would know most about this is Adrian Newey because he knew the car had been made dangerously unstable by the late regulation changes that outlawed his brilliant adaptive suspension design. Because of this the car was aerodynamically compromised leading to 'floor stall' which would suddenly and unpredictably remove downforce. The actual lethal consequence...penetration of the helmet by a suspension arm, could not have been planned or predicted. So its sad fantasy to say that he drove off the circuit deliberately to kill himslf.

[Graham Breeze]

Skyfall: starts spectacularly, subsequently sluggish, sometimes silly. Summarising simply? So so.