On Friday, November twenty-seventh, I went to Ogden 6 theater to watch the new movie Ford VS. Ferrari. This movie accomplished its goal. The movie was clearly trying to convey the true story as accurately as possible. The story is on how Ford beat Ferrari in “Ferrari’s race”, The 24hr of Le Mans.
The movie starred Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby and Christain Bale as Ken Miles. They showed the distaste towards each other in the beginning and as they became more familiar with each other they showed the respect shared between these two historical figures.
This movie was historically accurate, showing the ups and downs in building the Ford GT40. The several failed tests, lead to multiple revisions to the original car. This movie showed how building the race car was more than just taking an already existing Ford model and making it faster, but how they had to start from scratch.
The movie didn’t only portray an accurate story line, but also the cars and the tracks used resembled the time period of the race.
The Ford VS Ferrari movie didn’t only bring in a lot of money, it brought a lot of car enthusiasts together. Every time I have seen the movie there has been an exotic car in the parking lot, especially at the movie’s opening night. In Madison Wisconsin on opening night, a multi-billionaire car enthusiast had some of his extremely rare cars transported to the movie theater so movie-goers could see the cars in real life. Multiple of his cars were race cars that raced in the very same Le Mans that was shown in the movie. Two of his cars included the Ford GT40 (left) and Ferrari 250 GTO (those are the two main cars in the movie). The Ferrari 250 GTO (below) is the most expensive car ever bought/sold at auction at 83 million dollars.
I believe the movie achieved its goal of portraying a true story and bringing people together to share the experience. I would recommend this movie to anyone who loves cars and to anyone who loves a movie that immerses you into the plot. This movie makes you feel like you are riding shotgun in the race car.