Just finally watching the movie now.... finally.... wanted to watch it to launch the new season.

Few comments...

Selina Scott was hot, the clip with Prost flirting is just lol
More importantly, Balestre was such a huge tool, terrible pompous douchebag... he not only disqualified Senna, but fined and gave him a suspended 6 month ban, for doing same thing other drivers had done with no punishment at all? Even Mosley will cringe at that... anyone that criticizes Senna for feeling they were very unfair towards him then is blatantly wrong. The handling of that GP was seriously unfair...ugh

Let me get back to the movie

Just watched it myself. Wow. That was some film, fitting of the great man I am relieved to say. I will even admit to becoming quite 'emotional' by the end, having been a die hard fan since 85. There was something strange that I noticed and I see others have picked it up also (see quote below from another review)


http://community.evo.co.uk/users/Aaron-Smi...na-movie-review

I found this a bit unsettling if I'm honest!

But the humanity and the idealism of Senna shone through. What a film, but what a man, we miss him greatly.

Finished it.... great movie... and yeah of course I got a bit emotional at the end (probably the main reason I put off watching the movie for so long)

He was a great man, he came he saw he conquered....he lived. R.I.P.

My viewed tally has reached 26 i think i have serious problems

BAFTA SPOILER:

BAFTA
#BAFTA WINNER: Editing – Senna (Gregers Sall, Chris King) bit.ly/2012BAFTA @SENNAmovie
7 minutes ago

BAFTA
#BAFTA WINNER: Outstanding British Film – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy bit.ly/2012BAFTA @tinkertailor_uk
1 minute ago

One BAFTA in the bag, two more to go. I pray for an upstage.

SENNA wins Best Documentary! YES!

Congratulations to "Senna" on winning two BAFTAs! Thoroughly deserved!

Always nice to hear "Senna" winning something ~~!

Congratulations on "Senna" winning 2 BAFTAs, even though I'm one of those who thought it was overly biased. Also, watching the red carpet, Chris Hemsworth (Thor) mentioned that he will be taking on the role of James Hunt in the F1 movie "Rush".

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1165110/

Congrats to the folks behind Senna (in case they happen to read this read).

It's a damn shame that the Academy left Senna out of the Oscar race.

Yeh a strange omission by the Academy. But glad it has received some BAFTA success.

I have to say, that i watched it and i loved most of the parts of it.
I even have bought the DVD with extra materials.

What I dont like is the bias in this DVD, and especially the bad picture they made of Alain Prost, who hasnt deserved such a bad propaganda.
And thats why i dont think that this movie has deserved any movie awards.

It is okay for Senna fans, but for people who like to have objective movies, this movie is a failiure, and doesnt deserve any awards.

I don't get this, and I never will. I actually came out of "Senna" with a HUGE amount of respect for Alain Prost, far more than when I went in. I actually have turned into a bit of a Prost fan since watching the movie. I didn't think they did too bad a job, really. I mean, obviously neither party was perfect. Neither party was innocent, especially in the Suzuka debacle. I'd never seen the 89 footage before I saw that movie and as soon as I saw it I said out loud (no-one else in cinema), "Prost did that on purpose."

But I'll say it again: anyone who went into that movie thinking that Senna was going to be portrayed as anything other than a faint shade of grey, and Prost would be whiter than white, is just a foolish, naive idiot. The movie was made with the sanction of the Senna family and they had the ultimate say-so. They weren't going to accept anything that made Senna look like a villain. And if Senna was the good guy, Prost was the not-so-good guy.

I actually think they made Belastre out as the really evil character. (Er, not that that was hard.) Even my knows-nothing figure skating coach came out hating Belastre more than Prost. That should say something.

They acknowledged that in the end Prost became close with the family, through the foundation. I think they did a pretty good job, really.



My Dad didn't like it. He felt they left too much out.

Speaking of which, there might people not knowing about Rush:



http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/201...uda-howard.html

congrats to Senna teams...at last some mainstream accolades...

Although it's great that Senna has been so well received by the general population, I'd have liked TT3D: Closer to the Edge to get a nomination as well. That was brilliant too.

Well deserved awards.

First set images from the Lauda/Hunt Ron Howard film Rush:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=87467

I think that deserves its own thread, please ;)

Went to see Senna at the Waterloo IMAX last night.. Hadn't seen it before and found it incredibly immersive at IMAX, despite the video not being HD quality. My thoughts on the film echoe everyone elses, a fantastic story crisply told. Senna's silent prayer in the car just before that last race was incredibly intense, fantastic piece of work overall.
If you missed it the first time around I highly recommend seeing it on the big(gest) screen, 2 more dates left this week

Just seen it. Couldnt make anything of the Portuguese as no sub titles. Was waiting the whole movie for Berger or Ramirez to appear but no show. Weird, that. In the end I didnt thought it was an impressive movie-docu. The years I didnt watch him they only gave a very short spotlight on, and the years I did follow him, nothing new was added. Well, maybe the Stewart interview and some others wich gave me the impression he had a serious personality disorder. The last minutes were touching, but nothing like the sheer drama and shock of the hours of watching Senna fight for his life, live on tv in 1994. Anyway, rip Ayrton Senna. You are missed.

What made you think he had a persinality disorder?

Well, as a fan I'd say he probably had that. Disorder in the sense that he certainly didn't have a guy-next-door personality.

But there's another thing to reckon with re: the Stewart interview. The polemic kind in which Stewart asked the question was only ever provoke the reaction it did with Senna. On another occasion (not an interview) Fangio hinted something (paraphrasing, don't have the quote at hand) like Senna being a great racer but not a great sportsman, and the humble response from Senna was that he would strive to become that. Both times he was critizised but the responses couldn't have been more different. Always takes two to tango.

Sir Jackie had a serious personality disorder?

I think he meant Senna.