Exhilarating. Watch it even if you aren't a car fan.

Rating: 8/10 (26 November 2019)

I was around cars as a child because of my dad and grandfather. I never took an interest in them though. I feel like this is the type of movie that could inspire an entire new generation of youngsters that want to race for a living.
Christian Bale is excellent! Matt Damon is excellent! The sound design and editing sticks out to me on this movie and it's almost sure to win Oscars because of that. The cinematography does a great job of immersing you in the races and making your heart race! It'll be interesting to see what other films step up to compete in cinematography. If none show up, this will likely take that category too(Although I hope Parasite takes it).
The script is good but I did find myself a little bored during parts of the character development scenes. Christian Bale is always Christian Bale but I do think Matt Damon was the stronger character here. I love Bale's movies and I'll always see them but Christian Bale reminded me of how he is for his role in The Fighter so in Oscar respects it's kind of an already been there done that kind of thing.
This movie brings up competition for me. While it seemed to be heavy back then, I'm curious how much of a cut-throat competition it is nowadays.
While this story favors America, I do think when it comes to industrial things or car-related things... American ingenuity is going to win out every time when it matters.