POSITIVES:
1) Everything about the portrayal of the rivalry between Hunt and Lauda is absolute gold dust to me. Hemsworth and Bruhl both give brilliant performances, the writing of both characters is extremely well done and I absolutely loved every interaction between the two 2) I think the racing scenes are truly some of the best ever put to film. You really feel like you are in the car with the drivers, especially when the film gives you first person perspective where you can actually see through the visors of the drivers; but even when it is in third person perspective it is still completely gripping 3) The film is a great technical achievement. The score, editing, cinematography, costume design etc etc are all superb, so credit needs to go to the whole crew that worked on this film
NEGATIVES:
1) Because of the fact that the Hunt and Lauda rivalry is the focal point of the film and is done so well, I did think that basically every supporting character felt sidelined and one dimensional. We don't really any character depth from any character other than Hunt and Lauda, which is a bit of a shame, especially given the complete lack of any strong female representation 2) I'm not sure if this is just because I'm British myself, but I did feel like the writing of Hunt wasn't quite as three dimensional as that of Lauda. I think his character is portrayed very well when it comes to his attitude towards racing, being very hotheaded and risk taking which makes him the antithesis of Lauda's approach. However, his friends at Hesketh are all so painfully stereotypically British and I thought seeing him just constantly drinking, smoking and sleeping around got a bit repetitive.
1) Everything about the portrayal of the rivalry between Hunt and Lauda is absolute gold dust to me. Hemsworth and Bruhl both give brilliant performances, the writing of both characters is extremely well done and I absolutely loved every interaction between the two 2) I think the racing scenes are truly some of the best ever put to film. You really feel like you are in the car with the drivers, especially when the film gives you first person perspective where you can actually see through the visors of the drivers; but even when it is in third person perspective it is still completely gripping 3) The film is a great technical achievement. The score, editing, cinematography, costume design etc etc are all superb, so credit needs to go to the whole crew that worked on this film
NEGATIVES:
1) Because of the fact that the Hunt and Lauda rivalry is the focal point of the film and is done so well, I did think that basically every supporting character felt sidelined and one dimensional. We don't really any character depth from any character other than Hunt and Lauda, which is a bit of a shame, especially given the complete lack of any strong female representation 2) I'm not sure if this is just because I'm British myself, but I did feel like the writing of Hunt wasn't quite as three dimensional as that of Lauda. I think his character is portrayed very well when it comes to his attitude towards racing, being very hotheaded and risk taking which makes him the antithesis of Lauda's approach. However, his friends at Hesketh are all so painfully stereotypically British and I thought seeing him just constantly drinking, smoking and sleeping around got a bit repetitive.