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Originally Posted by Alfa02
Maybe I should add a little more to the way Hollywood portrayed of "Our Ken" Granted I only spend 3-days with the 'Gentleman' as the correct way to describe this proper, soft spoken, British gentleman (Aka. Teddy Tea-Bagger). I was there, on a race weekend, with the normal, mech. swearing, racing around getting parts, etc. But every afternoon (Tea Time) we all sat and had tea, with Ken, now I may have had more Honey, sugar, then the rest but I was only 8yo  , still no one there, watched they P's and Q's around me (I felt part of the crew). Ken Miles was always a Gentleman, not this guy on the "Big Screen. |
WOW !!! What an unbelievable memory !! You're very lucky !!!
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Originally Posted by Igofastr
I was disappointed at the treatment of Phil Remington. He was a genius who made important contributions, but was made to look like an old dweeb. I know this wasn't the "Phil Remington" movie, but they didn't have to do that.
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I agree. Maybe add one or 2 scenes with phil having conversations about making modifications, as well as having more significant contributions to the conversations.
Also, I believe it was Shelby himself that came up with the idea of the 3 car finish, to rub it ferrari's face, and the Ford management agreed, not realizing the consequences.
Yeah, I think the movie portrayed Beebee, Ford management , as somewhat "bad", and I'm not sure if Ford themselves enjoyed their portrayal !!!
And the final scene with Miles crashing I thought was OK, even though the car was not correct. It gets the point across.
I think I would have liked a scene the first time Shelby and Miles met.
Yeah, there were a lot of incorrect details, but overall, I enjoyed it a lot. Hollywood always changes things to bring more drama to the story, to keep the audience interested.
I will be getting it on DVD.