You Don't often see the word LOVE in the TITLE of a DOCUMENTARY! Well... The EXCEPTION PROVES THE RULE!!!
BUT FIRST... Let us FOCUS on the Title´s Content and Context:
My wife and I caught this at the 2008 Orlando Film Festival. Overall, I'm glad we did. GENRES Listed here for LOVE The BEAST are: Documentary; Sports Documentaries; Car Culture; Motorsports...among others! They should have added: Eric Bana!
The three major draws here are....
A) CAR Culture-If you're REALLY into cars, you'll probably LOVE it!
As one would tend to gather from the title, The BEAST is an extremely intense labor of love. When you come right down to it, this film is more love story than it is Documentary!.
B) RACING- Over half this "DOC" is full-bore, super-charged racing in the 5-day, grueling annual race in Tasmania!.
There are some excellent CRASH sequences, taken with on-board cameras; and, of course....
C) ERIC BANA--I think he is the primary reason my wife seemed to enjoy this a tad more than I did!
Despite the fact that neither of us have more than a tepid interest in any of the A) B) or C) options, we were surprised at how much we BOTH enjoyed The BEAST. Watching someone on-screen share a single-mindedness of purpose that is the result of a lifelong passion/obsession, is virally infectious! It is certainly something you almost never encounter in the workaday world!
So overwhelming and intimidating are Bana's energy, focus and "try, try, try again" determination, that it gives me pause to re-evaluate his movie acting career and queue more of the films in which he appears! Please note that Eric Bana also Directs and is listed as one of the Producers.
So, LOVE the BEAST is a classic example of putting your money where your MUFFLER is! Ooops! Wait a minute...600+ Horsepower Muscle Car Race Cars don't have mufflers, now do they?!?!
ENJOY! / DISFRUTELA!
My Rating: 6.5* My Wife's: 7*******
Any Comments, Questions or Observations... In ENGLISH... o en ESPAÑOL... are Most Welcome!!!
BUT FIRST... Let us FOCUS on the Title´s Content and Context:
My wife and I caught this at the 2008 Orlando Film Festival. Overall, I'm glad we did. GENRES Listed here for LOVE The BEAST are: Documentary; Sports Documentaries; Car Culture; Motorsports...among others! They should have added: Eric Bana!
The three major draws here are....
A) CAR Culture-If you're REALLY into cars, you'll probably LOVE it!
As one would tend to gather from the title, The BEAST is an extremely intense labor of love. When you come right down to it, this film is more love story than it is Documentary!.
B) RACING- Over half this "DOC" is full-bore, super-charged racing in the 5-day, grueling annual race in Tasmania!.
There are some excellent CRASH sequences, taken with on-board cameras; and, of course....
C) ERIC BANA--I think he is the primary reason my wife seemed to enjoy this a tad more than I did!
Despite the fact that neither of us have more than a tepid interest in any of the A) B) or C) options, we were surprised at how much we BOTH enjoyed The BEAST. Watching someone on-screen share a single-mindedness of purpose that is the result of a lifelong passion/obsession, is virally infectious! It is certainly something you almost never encounter in the workaday world!
So overwhelming and intimidating are Bana's energy, focus and "try, try, try again" determination, that it gives me pause to re-evaluate his movie acting career and queue more of the films in which he appears! Please note that Eric Bana also Directs and is listed as one of the Producers.
So, LOVE the BEAST is a classic example of putting your money where your MUFFLER is! Ooops! Wait a minute...600+ Horsepower Muscle Car Race Cars don't have mufflers, now do they?!?!
ENJOY! / DISFRUTELA!
My Rating: 6.5* My Wife's: 7*******
Any Comments, Questions or Observations... In ENGLISH... o en ESPAÑOL... are Most Welcome!!!