u/Boss452

Just a question about what readers think are the preferred Sherlock experience? There are 4 novels written by Sir Doyle and I beleive 5 collection of short stories. I have read the first 2 novels and tbh was a tad bit underwhelmed. But I feel like the short stories would be more fun due to possibily being breezy reads.

Too often it seems that studio films either tell a proper story or go for spectacle. It often depends on how much interference a studio has or how much control the director has.

FvF is a film which marries both really well. I didn't expect much going into the film, but very quickly I was engrossed.

FvF is really about the Ford Motor Company going to Europe and building a race car to compete at Le Mans 24 hours of racing event to beat Ferrari, the established champ. It's a good premise for a film where Mangold takes us deep into the company, its leadership structure, the workshop where the car is built down to the nuts and bolts that go into the car. Credit to the filmmakers for making the cars feel alive. They have a presence in this film not often seen in racing films where we quickly cut to the races themselves.

Then there is the character drama. While Shelby and Ken Miles aren't the most compelling characters out there, Matt Damon and Christian Bale do make the pair very watchable. Bale gets room to chew the scenery and play a very different kind of character, an old school guy with a mind of his own, mostly obsessed with cars and racing. Damon's Shelby is the link between the corporate and the car/driver.

While Bale gets the meatier part, it always feels like both of the two leads are the main protagonists, which Mangold again deserves credit for. Nobody is trying to upstage the other and both are equally important to the story.

Then comes the spectacle. The movie excels in this department as well. From the incredible sound design, to depicting the era appropriate cars in fantastic racing scenes. There is a good 35-40 minutes dedicated to the Le Mans race and it never gets redundant or boring.

The sets/production/costumes and mannerisms were spot on too. I always appreciate when films take you into a specific era convincingly. Again, too often films are set in one era but the feel is never captured, it's always modern. An example of this is Marty Supreme.

Ford v Ferrari might just be the best racing film ever made. It has to be in contention at least. A couple of negatives are that they do come up with a cliche villain figure. That part could have been nuanced. And Mangold ends the film somewhat in a random fashion. The final 3-4 scenes do not really feel cohesive or thematic.

It's a 9/10 for me.

Too often it seems that studio films either tell a proper story or go for spectacle. It often depends on how much interference a studio has or how much control the director has.

FvF is a film which marries both really well. I didn't expect much going into the film, but very quickly I was engrossed.

FvF is really about the Ford Motor Company going to Europe and building a race car to compete at Le Mans 24 hours of racing event to beat Ferrari, the established champ. It's a good premise for a film where Mangold takes us deep into the company, its leadership structure, the workshop where the car is built down to the nuts and bolts that go into the car. Credit to the filmmakers for making the cars feel alive. They have a presence in this film not often seen in racing films where we quickly cut to the races themselves.

Then there is the character drama. While Shelby and Ken Miles aren't the most compelling characters out there, Matt Damon and Christian Bale do make the pair very watchable. Bale gets room to chew the scenery and play a very different kind of character, an old school guy with a mind of his own, mostly obsessed with cars and racing. Damon's Shelby is the link between the corporate and the car/driver.

While Bale gets the meatier part, it always feels like both of the two leads are the main protagonists, which Mangold again deserves credit for. Nobody is trying to upstage the other and both are equally important to the story.

Then comes the spectacle. The movie excels in this department as well. From the incredible sound design, to depicting the era appropriate cars in fantastic racing scenes. There is a good 35-40 minutes dedicated to the Le Mans race and it never gets redundant or boring.

The sets/production/costumes and mannerisms were spot on too. I always appreciate when films take you into a specific era convincingly. Again, too often films are set in one era but the feel is never captured, it's always modern. An example of this is Marty Supreme.

Ford v Ferrari might just be the best racing film ever made. It has to be in contention at least. A couple of negatives are that they do come up with a cliche villain figure. That part could have been nuanced. And Mangold ends the film somewhat in a random fashion. The final 3-4 scenes do not really feel cohesive or thematic.

It's a 9/10 for me.