Oscars! F1: The Movie

In celebration of the Oscars and Best Picture nominees of 2025, Greg and Joe buckle up for Joseph Kosinski's F1 — a movie that Greg saw three times and loved every second of, while Joe wanted to "bang his head into a wall to erase the memory of watching it."Brad Pitt plays Sonny Hayes, an 80-year-old driver (okay, he's 61, but the rookie can't tell the difference) who returns to Formula One to help his friend's struggling team and mentor hotshot Joshua Pierce (Damson Idris). It's basically Bull Durham, but with cars. Or Days of Thunder, but with Brad Pitt instead of Tom Cruise.Directed by Joseph Kosinski and shot by Top Gun: Maverick cinematographer Claudio Miranda, this $300+ million movie was filmed during actual F1 races with real crowds, real tracks, and the actors actually driving F2 cars made to look like F1 cars. Apple spent $130 million just to be able to make it happen. There are 2,500 VFX shots, mostly to swap out logos for product placement. Expensify is everywhere.Is it the most formulaic sports movie ever made? Joe thinks so.Is it the most beautiful racing movie ever put to film? Greg thinks so.Does it feature Javier Bardem saying "sometimes when you lose, you win" almost convincingly? You're darn right it does.Also: Does Brad Pitt invoke Shooter for no reason? Yes. Does the movie feature commentators who explain why everything is dramatic? Absolutely. Would it have been better with Nicolas Cage, Christopher Walken or John Tuturro?? Probably.Greg and Joe bring the chaos (Plan C), roll their eyes at the product placement, and discover that Rampage gets five stars but F1 gets... well, you'll have to listen.As with every episode, this is the conversation that needed to happen about this movie. Also: Drinking Games (logo count!), Very Important Questions, Joe's Real Back of the Box, and more.If you’d like to advertise with us or sponsor us, please e-mail [email protected] to Great Bad Movies wherever you listen to podcastsMore Great Bad Movies online:InstagramGreat Bad Movies WebsiteYouTubeEmail us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.