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This is the film that distracted me from X-Men : First Class.
Although, you know, given that the main protagonists of both are two men brought together by talent and separated by entirely opposing world-views ...
One of the things I liked about the documentary is that they treated the viewers like grown ups. There wasn't a sign saying 'warning, we're a wee bit biased' they just got on with it and let us figure it out. Then again, I've never met anyone who achieved any semblance of balance on the matter. Because, much though the TV likes to build the F1 world championships up as battles between good and evil (with good mysteriously often being the Brit) but we all know that's lies. But, and this was the reason the whole Prost vs Senna thing got quite so heated, I think, I mean above and beyond them being stuck in the same team for a while, was that they had such different world views with one of them being very much an any means necessary to win the championship and the other one being driven by the need to win every race he ever took part in. Not to mention totally different driving styles, where one of them would do whatever he'd need to win safely, and one of them had to win everything by any means.
( Warning, the documentary, and thus this review reflects what actually happened, therefore there will be some discussion of death )
If nothing else, I got to see Senna in his pomp for a couple of hours, and that's more than worth it.
Although, you know, given that the main protagonists of both are two men brought together by talent and separated by entirely opposing world-views ...
One of the things I liked about the documentary is that they treated the viewers like grown ups. There wasn't a sign saying 'warning, we're a wee bit biased' they just got on with it and let us figure it out. Then again, I've never met anyone who achieved any semblance of balance on the matter. Because, much though the TV likes to build the F1 world championships up as battles between good and evil (with good mysteriously often being the Brit) but we all know that's lies. But, and this was the reason the whole Prost vs Senna thing got quite so heated, I think, I mean above and beyond them being stuck in the same team for a while, was that they had such different world views with one of them being very much an any means necessary to win the championship and the other one being driven by the need to win every race he ever took part in. Not to mention totally different driving styles, where one of them would do whatever he'd need to win safely, and one of them had to win everything by any means.
( Warning, the documentary, and thus this review reflects what actually happened, therefore there will be some discussion of death )
If nothing else, I got to see Senna in his pomp for a couple of hours, and that's more than worth it.
