i also enjoyed Rush. Grand Prix is quite good; Gardner did hos won driving and was apparently a quite talented driver.
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Apple's 'F1: The Movie' Now Available to Buy or Rent
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$20 to rent or $25 to buy? I guess they want people to go ahead and buy it...
Makes sense. Specially with all the extras.
Makes sense. Specially with all the extras.
I haven't watched it yet. I was waiting for the Apple TV release but $20 is too expensive to rent...
They are bringing it back to IMAX in October.... I think I'll wait until then
They are bringing it back to IMAX in October.... I think I'll wait until then
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Does it not absolutely enrage you that your ATV+ subs have paid for this film, and it's a pay for item first before appearing on ATV? - the cinema I get not ideal but part of the current model. but coming onto streaming platforms and requiring purchase/rental before hitting the streaming platform (When our subs have literally paid for it production) its frankly unacceptable!
Does it not absolutely enrage you that your ATV+ subs have paid for this film, and it's a pay for item first before appearing on ATV? - the cinema I get not ideal but part of the current model. but coming onto streaming platforms and requiring purchase/rental before hitting the streaming platform (When our subs have literally paid for it production) its frankly unacceptable!
Does show a certain lack of appreciation and respect for current customers. Opens up space for customers to consider other options.
You act like a Brad Pitt movie is a Kickstarter. Producers paid for the film. They expect returns from theatrical, blu ray, digital, and streaming just like any producer would.
Ok, so every movie shot on Sony camera equipment is a Sony move? 🤦♀️So its a Sony movie
And that was so horrible. I didn’t even notice it.
In Australia it’s $30 to buy and $25 to rent.
I remember in the 90s hiring a new release video for one night was about $7 even with inflation that’s about $13 AND that included physical stores, staff and media!
So we now have significantly cheaper distribution systems. Higher prices.
No one people are retuning to physical media.
They keep making a big deal about brad supposedly driving '200mph' ... which begs the question how often he actually did it. Dude isn't a real f1 driver. He's a 61 year old actor pretending to be a f1 driver. Stop glorifying false idols.
Not keen on racing at all.
But this film is excellent.
The whole tactics playing with million dollar toys...
well wrtiten, directed, acted, edited. Close to flawless.
Deserves some recognition at awards.
But this film is excellent.
The whole tactics playing with million dollar toys...
well wrtiten, directed, acted, edited. Close to flawless.
Deserves some recognition at awards.
This film has been such a mindblowing hit that Apple needs to make sure it gets to be "the Formula 1 streamer" — whatever it takes. Dropping MLB kind of gives me the impression that they're giving up on baseball to go all in on racing.
I'd love to see some of the technology developed for the film make it into broadcast. 4K POV and driver facing cameras would help bring the viewer into the car and really feel the speed instead of watching cars driving laps which doesn't measure up to the excitement portrayed in the movie.
I'd love to see some of the technology developed for the film make it into broadcast. 4K POV and driver facing cameras would help bring the viewer into the car and really feel the speed instead of watching cars driving laps which doesn't measure up to the excitement portrayed in the movie.
"Train Wreck" is a nice word for said mess.
Good film, saw it in IMAX. Think it will be available for streaming around Thanksgiving. Won't purchase or rent it but will probably watch it again once it is streaming on TV+
You mean Final Crappening ? "Cut blue wire, then connect USB then blue wire then green wire then....." .... worst spent 2h 49m of my life.
It's like the cost of 1-1½ movie tickets. That price is for movies that are in theaters currently and you want to see it at home so you can talk about it with friends. The films end up land on the streamers as normal a few weeks later, and movie theaters aren't undercut so severely. I like movie theaters and don't want them to disappear.
By this logic you're owed a free first run stream of every movie Disney puts out because Disney+ exists and they used its revenue to "pay for" producing it. FFS, you're paying less than the cost of one theater ticket every month to stream potentially thousands of hours of TV and movies.
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No, because ATV+ subs did not pay for this film. Cinema tickets, PVOD, Blu-Ray sales and ATV+ subs paid for this film. We are now in the PVOD stage. As explained in the article.
I’m also not enraged that I can’t see Transformers 4 for free just because I already bought tickets for Transformers 1-3, which paid for the production of transformers 4. Your logic is flawed.
All you have to do is wait two more months.
He did drive a real McLaren F1 car once, after the movie release. In the movie he is driving a modified F2 car, which tops out at about 200mph (vs 230ish for F1). I don’t know how often he reached that speed, but he drove alongside real F1 cars in video shoots that were done in connection with the actual GP’s. He has been training extensively to be allowed to do that, so I can’t imagine he has not driven 200mph routinely during training. He might not be competitive in real racing, but what he did is very different than almost all other actors in racing movies have done. If you don’t respect that, you’re the biased one.
I don’t think anyone, not even previous F1 drivers, has ever been allowed on the same racetrack as a competing F1 car, ever (except for the safety car course). Not even in the 1966 Grand Prix movie. This alone makes Pitt unique. Various Red Bull etc clips are never done with the actual, current season cars. This movie was.
