Le Mans (1971)

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   stjaniturbo

   How is this not in any list...brilliant film! 8 years 8 months ago
2. 

   Siskoid

   I understand what Le Mans is trying to do - all you to soak in the atmosphere at the day-long racing event, people communicating with looks rather than words, etc. - but even as a racing procedural, it just doesn't have enough character and story to make a satisfying film. This Steve McQueen vanity project is little more than racing footage with occasional scenes for actors to play, and I'm afraid "the specter of another accident happening" doesn't give us much to go on. Characters have stated motivations, then get in a car and that's it. McQueen doesn't speak until we're 45 minutes in, and doesn't have any kind of meaningful conversation until at least an hour (and even that's debatable). I just couldn't make myself care about the stakes, the implicit danger, or any of the character we spend a few seconds with. I'm sure the people involved didn't set out to make me feel the tediousness of a 24-hour event (boiling it down to people driving around in circles until their cars fail), but that's exactly what they've done. 2 years 9 months ago
3. 

   DisneyStitch

   I love me some good racing but as it turns out I need a little bit of a plot as well, which unfortunately was practically nonexistent. I found it rather difficult to get through. 6 years 1 month ago

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