Something about the lead singer's voice is like finger nails on a chalkboard to me.
Something about the lead singer's voice is like finger nails on a chalkboard to me.
orly?
With all the publicity for the movie Rush I can't see how anyone would think band when the word Rush appears on your TV or movie screen OR ON A CAR FORUM!
carguy123 wrote: With all the publicity for the movie Rush I can't see how anyone would think band when the word Rush appears on your TV or movie screen OR ON A CAR FORUM!
I'm telling you, Rush fans are not rational people. 
A few of my industry friends have seen Rush at advance screenings. They ALL say it's a killer movie----- the best racing movie since Grand Prix! I guess Opie really knocked it out of the park with this one.
I can't wait to see it, and I hardly every see films in the theatre.
I dig the band Rush.. They are definitely influential musicians, Beyond the Stage (their documentary from a couple years ago) was really good and Moving Pictures is a nearly perfect album. However, along with other progressive type groups like them, I can take listening to it in spurts. If they are on the radio, I won't turn it to another station also.
I don't believe I'll go to the midnight screening, but since I can go during off hours I won't have to fight the crowds at the 7 o'clock showing either.
Adrian_Thompson wrote: Rush the group. The most undeservedly over rated band ever to disgrace the airwaves.
I see you've never heard of these guys:
Sky_Render wrote:Adrian_Thompson wrote: Rush the group. The most undeservedly over rated band ever to disgrace the airwaves.I see you've never heard of these guys:
Tom_Spangler wrote: I'm telling you, Rush fans are not rational people.
Now, let's get back to talking about the kick ass movie, not a bunch of has been eerrr, musicians
I thought it was sensational, it nailed the atmosphere and the gritty racing scenes. What really won me over was that although Chris Hemsworth is a hottie, they didn't make him Hollywood-pretty - he was well cast.
In reply to Lesley:
Yeah Hemsworth as Hunt was a bit of a dick, wasn't he? Then again Lauda had the warmth of Greenland. However you respected them for being themselves, blemishes and all, because they were the best at their chosen professions.
OK, I'm late to the party. I just saw the movie last night. WOW!!
It only took 40 years to do another good racing movie, but Rush was great.
ArthurDent wrote:DirtyBird222 wrote:I can't stand the band and I'm Canadianpatgizz wrote:There will be a full onslaught of Canadian Commandos seeking to kill you in the near future. I'd bet before hockey season starts and in full denim camo.irish44j wrote: I was thinking you were talking about the band for a second there. And then I was going to come kill you.i hate rush the band, bring it on
Yeah, you strike me as more of an Alanis Morrisette fan anyhow... 
carguy123 wrote: With all the publicity for the movie Rush I can't see how anyone would think band when the word Rush appears on your TV or movie screen OR ON A CAR FORUM!
With all the people saying tongue-in-cheek things here on GRM forum, I can't see how anyone would think that I actually thought he was talking about the band on a car forum. That said, Rush is a dumb name for a great movie, just like "Heat" was a dumb name for great movie.
I enjoyed the movie alot. It was genuinely a good movie, not even just for racing fans. They could have messed this thing up SO EASILY, but the actors did their characters amazingly (Lauda himself said "I think he did an incredible job because when I first saw the movie, I said, 'S---! That's really me"), the accuracy of it all seemed about right, and the pacing was good too.
I guess some of the race scenes could have been a bit longer/more dramatic, but I felt it was kind of realistic in how candid it all was.
Anyways, 8.8/10 would recommend!
1 - using filters to get a nostalgic aura is a cheap trick (now we are into another band, sorry). It reminds me of the fountain pen nuts who buy ink made to look 'old timey' - sepia tones that are in reality simply a result of more normal colours of ink aged for a century or so. They ignore the fact that when the documents were originally written, they didn't look like that. But I am sure Howard is right and the majority of the viewing public IS simple minded enough to be fooled by, and may even enjoy this sort of trickery
2 - Rush (the band) is OK, but Geddy Lee has always struck me as sounding like someone trying to sing while someone else is tightening a tourniquet around his scrotum, the thought of which tends to put me off the whole thing!
wspohn wrote: Rush (the band) is OK, but Geddy Lee has always struck me as sounding like someone trying to sing while someone else is tightening a tourniquet around his scrotum, the thought of which tends to put me off the whole thing!
Geddy who? I thought Niel was the famous one?!?
In reply to 4cylndrfury:
Two china's... because one just isn't annoying enough...
(brings back bad memories of my first drummer... his china was his ONE half-decent cymbal... so he hit it... all... the... berking... time....)
Is Rush on Netflix yet?
wspohn wrote: 1 - using filters to get a nostalgic aura is a cheap trick (now we are into another band, sorry). It reminds me of the fountain pen nuts who buy ink made to look 'old timey' - sepia tones that are in reality simply a result of more normal colours of ink aged for a century or so. They ignore the fact that when the documents were originally written, they didn't look like that. But I am sure Howard is right and the majority of the viewing public IS simple minded enough to be fooled by, and may even enjoy this sort of trickery
You may not like the effect, but your arguement isn't a great one, since movies in general are a series of tricks and special effects. If it were real, it would be called a "Documentary". You're basically saying "I dont like Subaru, because they utilize turbo systems in alot of their engines".
Ian F wrote: Is Rush on Netflix yet?
Yes, that's how I saw it this weekend.
I stopped going to the theater years ago. It just isn't worth the anger over people who are wasting my money by behaving like they are in their living room.
Look up "1976: Hunt vs Lauda" on Netflix.
I just finished it, a well-made documentary about the season with interviews and plenty of photos and video from the era. 48 minutes, totally worth it.
Rush is both better and not better than Grand Prix at the same time. Basically better than Grand Prix in all areas not involving the racing scenes. Rush is one of my favorite racing movies for getting behind the heads and competitiveness of the drivers, but Grand Prix just did the cinematic presentation of racing scenes better.
I bought the 1 documentary which was released the same time as Rush on Blu-ray as well, and it's one of the best racing documentaries I've seen - gives Senna a run for the money. 1 concentrates on the safety aspect of F1 throughout the decades and ties in well with Rush with a nice segment on the 1976 season and its craziness.
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