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Wow, two great movies in two weeks. First midway and now this.
Movies that I felt good about bringing my kids to knowing that both illustrated what one can do when faced with overwhelming odds.
The difference in the movies is Midway has some fantastic action shots and mediocre acting, while Ford versus Ferrari has superb action little in scenery and action that will keep you on the edge of your seat often.
The best thing about both movies is are both based on true stories of individuals and a country overcoming overwhelming odds and winning
The article below it explains the fact that there are two great actors in this that may be up for Academy Awards next year.
The Actor they don't mention is the gentleman who plays Henry Ford 11, Tracy Letts who I felt when he went from fear to crying to gratitude to positiveness all in one short scene was one of the best acting roles I've seen in a long time.
Take your family this positive movie which the World needs during these dire times.
Definitely a four thumbs-up
Susan Wloszczyna
Oscars
October 22, 2019 11:00AM
20th Century Fox
The conventional awards-season wisdom these days when it comes to pitting co-stars against one another as leads in the same film? That the smart move is that one steps down and joins the lineup of rival supporting players — the better to avoid splitting votes while possibly boosting the movie’s trophy count.
But ‘Ford v Ferrari,’ the biographical tale of how the American automaker took on the elite Italian sports-car brand while competing against one another in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1966, has decided to speed down the road rarely taken these days.
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The film with its visceral vroom-vroom sequences, clashing male egos and manly fisticuffs is basically racetrack filet mignon, deluxe red meat with a high-octane kick for male filmgoers. But it’s the partnership between Christian Bale‘s devilish British driver Ken Miles and Matt Damon as car designer Carroll Shelby who acts as the speed demon’s protector that keeps the film’s motor running. Just as Ford boldly entered the race-car game with the odds against it, so, too, have distributors 20th Century Fox and Disney are taking a chance to have both stars go up against each other — according to Deadline, which got the scoop.
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I happened to see the film at the Middleburg Film Festival in Virginia this past weekend and in my mind — before this news was known — I figured Bale was clearly the lead since we learn about his relationships with his feisty wife (“Outlander’s” Caitriona Balfe) and his young son along with their home life. Miles gets more of a character arc while Damon’s Shelby basically helps facilitate his success and protects him from both his own worse impulses and hiss-worthy Ford execs who resent how the racer’s success upstages the brand. But both these popular stars do lend somewhat equal weight to the movie.
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How rare is it that two top-billed male performers from the same movie both land in the lead category together? Not since 1984’s “Amadeus” have two actors gone head to head. F. Murray Abraham as composer Salieri and Tom Hulce as Mozart faced off, with Abraham taking the trophy. The lead actor category right now is pretty stuffed, with Adam Driver (“Marriage Story”), Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker”), Robert De Niro (“The Irishman”), Leonardo DiCaprio (“Once Upon in America”) and Antonio Banderas (“Pain and Glory”) in the top 5 on Gold Derby’s combined Oscar odds. Bale ranks No. 9 with 58/1 odds to win while Damon is at No. 30 with 100/1 odds. But the supporting ranks is even more crowded, with more than 60 names on the prediction site.
There are many more male pairings in films that are in contention for awards consideration: Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt in “Once Upon a Time In Hollywood,” Jonathan Pryce and Anthony Hopkins in “The Two Popes,” Matthew Rhys and Tom Hanks in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe in “The Lighthouse,” Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx in “Just Mercy,” Taron Egerton and Jamie Bell for “Rocketman.” Only Pitt and DiCaprio are up in the air about who is on first and who is second tier for now.SEETrailer for ‘Ford v Ferrari’ will get your motor running
While Damon boasts a screenplay Oscar shared with Ben Affleck for their original screenplay for 1997’s “Good Will Hunting,” he has had to make due with lead nominations for acting in “Good Will Hunting,” 2010’s “Invictus” and 2016’s “The Martian.” Bale won for his supporting performance in 2010’s “The Fighter” while scoring lead nods for 2013’s American Hustle and last year’s Vice along with a supporting bid for 2015’s “The Big Short.”
The best thing you can do right now? Shift into high gear and head to the Gold Derby prediction site to help determine whether Bale, Damon — or perhaps both — is in the driver’s seat and deserving of your support. Then head to the theater on Nov. 15 to see “Ford v Ferrari” and adjust if need be.PREDICTthe Oscars now; change them until January 13
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4 thoughts on “‘Ford v Ferrari’ turns into Christian Bale versus Matt Damon as both actors will vie as leads during awards season”
Adrian Khoo says:October 22, 2019 at 11:31 am
Even with neither of the two actors being in the top 5 for the Lead Actor Oscar nominations, although at least one will be in most of our top 10, this film is going to be thoroughly enjoyable and the acting is definitely going to be top-notch.
One of the films to be definitely kept a look out for, in terms of its coming release and how it will do in the rankings in the forthcoming months’ conversation generated.
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Adrian Khoo says:October 22, 2019 at 3:27 pm
It turns out Ford vs. Ferrari got the Best Director Award for the Hollywood Film Awards 2019.
This is understandable because of shooting the car race scene. It manage to beat even 1917, presumably because it has n excellent and strong storyline to boot.
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Adrian Khoo says:October 25, 2019 at 9:40 pm
Okay, one of the first conversations I heard about this show outside Goldderby is from Grace Randolph who is now a member of the BFCA and she now has the privilege of voting in the Critics Choice Award.
She said Christian Bale is a spark plug in the show and his acting actions is comparable to the car race actions and is his best role to date! Imagine that. He epitomizes the artistc camp person (as opposed to Matt Damon who represents the artistic cum husiness camp person). His temperament exhibited on the show, fuuly encapsulates a personbeho is dedicated to his craft snd don’t care less what the giant corporationnpersonnel thinks.
I more or less forsee Bale would do well in this role after his loss in Vice, when I made some comments at that time. But I took him out from my top 5 in favour of Joaquin Phoenix in Joker.
If now I have to reinstate him back, most likely I have to take out Leonardo de Caprio from my top 5. That means Christian Bale, Joaquin Phoenix, Robert de Niro, Adam Driver and Antonio Banderas.
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