Ford v Ferrari 2019

★★★★½ Watched 31 Dec, 2019

I had a lot of fun with this movie. It was highly enjoyable while being extremely well made which is tough to say for a lot of movies this year. James Mangold, who is hot off of Logan, carries the momentum even overtaking the brilliance of his previous outing. This movie does phenomenal things with its blockbuster budget which improves the quality and the scale of the production tremendously. It should go without saying that Christian Bale and Matt Damon are amazing as usual. The cinematography makes you forget that you are in fact watching a movie and teleports you to an otherworldly reality. This movie will make you interested in cars, even if you have zero interest in cars and that says a lot about the quality of the direction. My only issue was that until the second act begins there are scenes which drag a little bit and are slightly off-putting, but as we zoom into the second act, the film races past you at a breakneck speed and doesn’t slow down for the rest of the runtime. I feel like I can recommend this movie to anyone, what a way to end the decade!