The Reel Rejects - WOW! Just Watched F1: THE MOVIE!! Instant Reaction & Review!

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Starting point is 00:01:12 Roxy and Greg are here at IMA's headquarters right now. What did we just watch, Roxy? F-fricken

Starting point is 00:01:19 one. When I saw a trailer for this, I was like, Okay, I got to watch this on IMAX because I saw the trailer in IMAX. This is shot for IMAX, the format it's meant to be seen in, as you know, massive shill. You're the IMAX guy. I would love for that to be my reputation.

Starting point is 00:01:37 If I die, I would love to be like, he loved IMAX. You don't wrap anything the way you wrap IMAX. No, no, but that doesn't mean a movie's good just because it's shot with eye. It usually elevates a movie. Leave a like on this video, by the way. So, look, I didn't even know what F1. was like i didn't know about the as a sport i didn't know about any of that so i don't close to nothing when it comes to racing i had no idea like oh this is kind of like a whole

Starting point is 00:02:03 worldwide thing that they got going on here i had no idea about jack it certainly is Greg um i'm a huge sports girl in general f1 is not my thing but i have so much respect for formula one because you see what they do you see what kind of athletes they have to be i'm a little more familiar than you perhaps. However, I don't know the rules and regulations. And I actually feel like this movie did an amazing job for people like you and me who don't know what's going on of making sure that we were very much in the know in a not annoying way. Yes. Yes. That's one of the big positives about this movie. So I'll try to explain the plot as someone who doesn't know what the hell this sport is really about, even though I was able to follow the movie the entire time. Brad Pitt is kind of like

Starting point is 00:02:47 an old timer. He's never really won the F1 before. Now he's brought it to F1. won by his friend, Javier Bardem, and they all need to rise to this, this, uh, this challenge here. And there's 30 years of not racing. And then there's this new guy. It's named Damon Idris. I believe that's the actor's name. Yeah. And he's like a young hotshot guy. And Brad Pitt is like, oh, I kind of know what I'm doing.

Starting point is 00:03:10 And I'm a little bit of like the American rebel. And, but it's all about teamwork. This whole movie is about teamwork more than just them as a team learning to work together. It's like everyone. The other guys when they, when they have to like put the car. and the tires back together. It's even about them. I was so surprised

Starting point is 00:03:25 by how much of an ensemble this movie was with Brad Pitt as the lead, but Roxy, what are your feelings on this film? What are your first thoughts, your feelings? So I heard from people

Starting point is 00:03:34 that this was actually one of the best movies of the year and I was like, F1? F1 is going to be one of the best movies of the year. Are you telling me that? And it didn't really make sense

Starting point is 00:03:43 to me because this is kind of, it felt like a popcorn movie the way that it was advertised. I just felt like it was going to be a fun summer blockbuster. but now I completely understand why they're saying it and it is absolutely without a doubt one of the best movies of the year.

Starting point is 00:03:57 I think because of the heart and like you spoke about, the teamwork, the teamwork element makes this more than just about one man's journey. It makes it about the sacrifices we make, the mistakes we make along the way, how we use those to become either better or bitter and to help other people avoid the mistakes that we've made.

Starting point is 00:04:18 I just think that the plot was simple and yet very complex, because every character's motivation was a little bit different, and I think that they were all relatable, which is hard to do in a movie like this. I fully, fully agree with you. When I saw the trailer for this, I was excited by the racing. It looked formulaic in terms of the plot. And while it is formulaic in the plot, this was an exciting, rousing time, moving. There is so much racing. in this film. And yet, it never becomes numb. It actually gets more exciting, even though it starts exciting, remains exciting, and continues to get more exciting till the very last race of this movie. It's kind of a long movie. Doesn't feel its length. What'd you think of Brad Pitt, man? Oh, gosh. Well, first of all, Greg, that's such a solid point about the amount of racing that there is,

Starting point is 00:05:13 because with Brad Pitt at the helm of that, but a lot of sports movies, I think, are afraid to be a sports movie. And so they really don't focus on the actual sport that they're showing. They focus on the characters. This is at least half of the movie. We're on the race track. It's a good balance. Yeah. Because the plot is also like the character development and the plot is driven a lot during the races as well. Pun intended. Yeah. That's the kind of vibe this movie is this tone that we're striking. Yeah. Yep. Okay. So Brad Pitt, though, I think that he's perfect. I think he's perfect. You know, it's not a surprise that this is the same team that did Top Gun Maverick, the director and the cinematographer, because this felt very much like how they let Tom

Starting point is 00:06:00 Cruz lead that ship and also be a mentor to all of these up-and-comers. They let Brad Pitt do the same thing. And I was thinking about this, it's been a long time since I saw Brad Pitt in a movie and I was like, yeah, I love that Brad Pitt movie. But growing up, he was the it guy. Oh, this bug around G, what are you going to do? I'm trying to ignore it. And act like it's not in front of my face right now is what I'm trying to. Imagine you were in a car right now racing. You can't flinch because of the bug.

Starting point is 00:06:25 Oh, no. I would totally destroy the 405 freeway right now. He did what Tom Cruise did for Top Gun Maverick. Brad Pitt does for this movie. And I think they needed a real star because the rest of the people you might recognize from one thing or another. But we'll Javier Barnab. But the two of them are the only like A-list names in this.

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Starting point is 00:08:24 seventy five dollars fuel dot com slash rejects and use code rejects to get 50% off fuel your body right even when life's busy you will not regret it thank you huel for being a part of my fitness journey this really showcases that brad pitt truly is a movie star he really is he loved him too. I loved him in this film. He is, he's got that, like, cool guy laid back thing that Brad Pitt has, but he could feel like this pain underneath. I felt like a passion from him in this movie that I haven't quite seen in him in a while. Do you think he related to the character at all? I think there's, like, specific things that they expositionally throw out there. I'm like, sounds like this is a personal thing for Brad Pitt that he's doing right now. Yeah, yeah, definitely, definitely. I think there's 100% ways to liken it to him. And what you were saying, about the director, Joseph Kaczynski, with his direction. I actually feel like this might have been even more personal for him than Top Gunn because Top Gun is like a legacy sequel. You really know that when Tom Cruise is involved, it's very much a Tom Cruise production.

Starting point is 00:09:24 Whereas I noticed that this story was by Joseph Kaczynski. There's this perfect blend, how we liken Edgar Wright, to choosing soundtracks or James Gunn for soundtracks. The soundtracks in this movie feel very specifically calculated and chosen, edited to it. Not to mention Hans Zimmer does the score. Whilst the Hans Zimmer score, feeling, a little bit like what Daft Punk did with Trong Legacy or Harry Gregson Williams. Like he actually uses a little bit more electronics this time around, which is very fitting

Starting point is 00:09:49 for the movie. The rest of the cast, like him and Javier Bar, damn, have incredible chemistry. So good. They're so freaking good together in this movie. Let me ask you this. This is what I thought about the second this ended, which I can't believe I'm asking this question. Do you think this is going to be nominated for Oscars?

Starting point is 00:10:04 I feel like there's plenty to nominate for. I don't feel like script-wise probably not. I mean, because like the plot is very much like a formulaic plot, but it's still like rewarding and cathartic, but I think for now that they've introduced the stunt awards, I think there's a lot to nominate their sound design, especially on IMAX. The sound design is the first 10 minutes of this movie is going to grip you. And then you're like, okay, I know what I'm in for. And it's, if you watch this trailer, a lot of times these movies like what you were saying of how they're afraid to embrace the sports element. This movie

Starting point is 00:10:33 like knows like what to give its audience. And even with it being formulaic, it somehow feels appropriate for what this movie is saying out to do because they bring the complexity within the nuance of the characters and that's all you really need because the racing scenes in here are the shit. Yeah. I mean, they're so interesting and they get more interesting as we go and you start to understand the sport even more as you know. I feel like I'm getting it. That's so true. Is there a world in which Brad Pitt is nominated? I don't think so. I don't feel like Brad Pitt would be nominated for this. I mean, he's really good in the movie, but this is not the kind of

Starting point is 00:11:10 have performance, but it is a good thing of like, you know, with Top Gun Maverick, I, like, even though you got like Glenn Powell in there and you got Miles Teller, it still feels like the Tom Cruise show, what I loved about what they did with this one, not to just make this like a one-on-one comparison, even though there's obvious ways you can do it, like this is top gun on wheels, is that Brad Pitt really leads an ensemble and like the other characters get a shine. The character named Kate, I don't know the actress's name. She's a feature quite a actually, I thought that was Rebecca Ferguson in the trailer. It does not Rebecca Ferguson. It does look so much I went into this 100% thinking Rebecca Ferguson.

Starting point is 00:11:44 That's so weird. I thought the same thing we were watching it. I was like, it's crazy how much this woman looks like Rebecca Ferguson. But she brings a lot of power to the screen. She's got a great presence. The young rookie guy, Damon Idris, I think is a great up-and-comer as well. He was fantastic. Hot stuff.

Starting point is 00:11:59 He was really hot. I was watching it. I will definitely go. Totally Roxy's type right now. Where we sit in the theater, we sit in a complete opposite ends. Because we can't stand each other in real life and just pretend for camera. It works. No, it's because Greg insists on sitting in the middle.

Starting point is 00:12:16 And I insist on sitting on the edge for our own press. By you was the theater cheering because anytime something would happen, like people were clapping, fist pumping, but in the best way, it felt like we were watching live sports. Yeah, this movie did not have, like, normally when we see a screening at IMAX that someone comes out is like, turn off your phones or all that shit that I prefer that they do. And that usually kind of primes the audience to like be a little. bit more engaged or whatever and you could feel the movie earning its audience over quickly and you could feel it earning its cheers like I was there like nipple chills and all hair there standing on my body like I was like wow this is truly a film that I feel like people will be cheering about it's it's sad to see that it's it's a tracking low domestic it's only tracked for like 30 to 40

Starting point is 00:13:02 million when the movie shocked to hear that but damn is I really hope people give this movie a shot. Yes, it's an original movie. Yes, it might look like a formulaic in the trailers, but I like this way more than like Mission Impossible final record. I thought this was an incredible time. Easily one of my favorite movies I've seen this year. Definitely one of my favorites of the year, too. I also loved Mission Impossible, but this is an original, so it feels a little bit more elevated to me. Even though it's not Tom Cruise like, you know, risking his life, Brad Pitt risking his life this time instead, I find it way more exciting than the last Mission impossible. What did he do? What did, do you know what? Yeah.

Starting point is 00:13:38 he did all the driving he did all of it did all the driving you could like and they have a lot of great like pov locked off shots like so cool some of those i was like there's no way he can be in the car for this oh a thousand a thousand percent he was and like even even when they take the time to to to do the pov of just the car like there's this one there's this one sequence where you're not seeing the driver or the car it's just the p ov like you are the car yes and it is like this is even scary Like, you're not even seeing anybody. Yeah. This is scary.

Starting point is 00:14:09 Yeah, I thought this was suspenseful, exciting, well-acted, great music. This is like a cinematic experience. And yes, IMAX is the preferred format, for sure. How'd you feel about the very end? That was fun. I think it's a good, I don't want to say any adjectives that would spoil it, but I think it's, they still definitely know their characters, you know? It doesn't feel like they constructed a movie.

Starting point is 00:14:29 Then they're like, let's just throw some characters in there, which is often how these movies can feel that they managed to find like this perfect. feels very much like a classic Jerry Brookheimer film. Yeah, I thought this was a thrill ride and I hope everyone watches it. Do you have any final things that you want to think it's really smart that they had F1 people involved with production

Starting point is 00:14:46 because I think that this is going to be for non-F-1 fans and F-1 fans equally and I definitely think that this is at the end of the year going to be on a lot of people's top 10 list. Yeah. Oh, my final thing, directing and editing masterfully done. I have no idea how they shot these sequences.

Starting point is 00:15:03 I'm like, did they get like a gazillion in different angles and coverage. Even through the graphic. Yeah, the graphics, the cinematography, everything on a technical level, but on an enjoyment level. Wonderful. Thank you, Roxy, for being here. Thank you, IMAX, for inviting us.

Starting point is 00:15:18 Did I hold this the wrong way, Greg? No, you're fine. No, you're totally cool. You just were advertising road microphones for everyone the whole time. Thanks for that big check, you guys, Gabe. And Brad Pitt was wearing a ninja advertisement, like, in the brand, like the blenders and all that. And I just bought a ninja blender for the office.

Starting point is 00:15:34 today. So I work at that office. Yeah, you do. Watch F1. High recommendation.

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