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career (career):
Javier Bardem → F1.
Bardem is so good at F1 they want him used more, in a suit that fits.
“I also put Javier Bardem on here because he's so good at F1.”
The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 1:52:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them) -
theme (same star, same persona):
Moneyball → F1.
F1 is very Moneyball because Pitt is channeling Billy Beane, the guy who never made it; called a demerit for F1.
“a lot of what Pitt is doing is just channeling Billy, you know? Like the guy who never really made it.”
The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:31:54 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Simmons opens by calling F1 the number-one movie of the 2020s on feel; the production looked like a bust for two years.
“I cant believe this actually worked out movie of the 2020s CR.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:02:42 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
F1 → Avatar.
Simmons reacts to F1's filmmaking the way he is supposed to react to Avatar's tech.
“I feel the way, the way I'm supposed to feel about Avatar, I feel that way about F1.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:03:50 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Seeing it in IMAX at the Grove, the whole family left exhilarated and nobody touched a phone.
“nobody was on their phone the whole time.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:04:37 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
F1 → Gleaming the Cube.
F1 revives the 80s star-plus-cultural-phenomenon movie like Gleaming the Cube and Over the Top.
“we used to do these movies, gleaming the cube, skateboarding over the top, arm wrestling”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:05:18 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
F1 → Chef.
Racing movies and Chef's cooking scene both beat watching the real thing.
“I love racing movies because they're basically awesomely edited.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:07:16 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
F1 → Chef.
Cooking is cinematic in Chef the way racing is in F1: movies render the activity better than the real thing.
“I would say cooking movies or another one like that.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:07:37 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
F1 → The Color of Money.
Color of Money shows billiards as the most exciting cinematic thing; so racing movies work better than racing.
“if you watch Color of Money, you're like, Billiards is the most exciting cinematic thing”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:08:56 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
The Monza crash stuns on first theater viewing because you cannot be sure JP lives.
“The Monza Crush? When JP crashes, you're like, it's like when you just can't believe it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:09:56 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
F1 → Days of Thunder.
Same kind of 1990 star-driven racing picture, but F1's camera work leaves it behind.
“This movie in 1990 was Days of Thunder, which was a very cool movie that I like a lot that we've done on the rewatchables, but it's night and day”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:10:12 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Final-lap scene works with no soundtrack, just sound and Pitt's face, because it was set up in the monologue.
“there's no soundtrack, and it's just the sound, and it's just Pitt's face”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:10:48 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
The trope list of the show: the best that never was, old versus new, the spark-needing team, the climactic race.
“The best that never was.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:12:20 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
F1 → Road House.
Road House uses the 'you don't understand how good this guy was' trope.
“Like roadhouse, best cooler.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:12:58 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
F1 → White Men Can't Jump.
The movie dodged the White Men Can't Jump interracial-buddy joke.
“like white man can't jump.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:13:19 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
F1 → Top Gun: Maverick.
Same director and a broadly similar story of an aging star in the cockpit.
“this movie gets compared to Top Gun Maverick a lot, same director”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:14:21 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
F1 → Moneyball.
Scrappy underdogs exploiting the margins to beat richer rivals.
“It's kind of money ball on steroids, though.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:14:29 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
F1 → Moneyball.
Pitt might have made three or four more Moneyball-type movies in the Brangelina gap.
“I feel like there was like 3 or 4 more money ball type movies for him in there and he just didn't make them.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:21:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
F1 → Napoleon.
Napoleon was an overspent streamer mess; F1 looks like craft and care.
“the movie itself is just a mess.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:42:46 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
F1 → Sinners.
Sinners, One Battle After Another and F1 show that the Apple/Warner window formula works in 2025.
“we saw one battle, we saw it with sinners.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:43:30 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
F1 → Superman.
F1 beat Superman at the 2025 worldwide box office.
“Take that fucking Superman.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:43:56 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
F1 → Cars 2.
F1 passed Cars 2 as the highest grossing sports film worldwide.
“It surpassed cars too as the highest grossing sports film worldwide.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:44:05 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Hans Zimmer → F1.
Zimmer scored the soundtrack.
“soundtrack by Hans fucking Zimmer.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:44:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
F1 → Rush.
Ebert gave Rush four stars, the high end of the racing reviews.
“He gave Rush 4 stars.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:44:39 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
F1 → Top Gun.
Ebert's racing reviews imply a three-star F1, floor set by the filmmaking.
“Roger would have given this 3 stars, too long racing scene's incredible.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:45:10 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Most rewatchable scene: the opening, Sonny in the trailer with Led Zeppelin and an ice bath.
“Led Zepp just coming in.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:46:47 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
F1 → Rocky IV.
Sonny and Kate's beer scene cuts into an old-school versus new-school training montage like Rocky IV.
“Right into the Rocky 4 training montage”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:48:10 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Sonny and Kate's canal-side beer scene: a pint and no cigarette, to CR's disappointment.
“It's also a very idyllic pub on a canal.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:48:48 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Sonny causing minor crashes to help JP is what F1 fans dismiss as ridiculous.
“You love this movie and if you do understand all the details of F1, you're probably like, well, that's bullshit.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:51:34 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
F1 → The Big Short.
Both movies must teach the audience the rules while telling the story.
“the big short is the only other movie that I can compare to this film that has to do work in order for the narrative to be understood.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:51:44 · Van Lathan (0.50 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
F1 → Margin Call.
Margin Call also pauses to have a character ask for the explanation.
“there will be times in margin call where a character will be like, explain this to me like I'm 10.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:52:20 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Hottest take: the movie is better if Sonny crashes and JP wins, even if it ends up bad for the movie industry.
“This is a better movie if Sonny crashes.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:55:40 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
F1 → Top Gun: Maverick.
The older ace winning the final race is the same choice as Maverick saving everybody.
“sunny winning Abu Dhabi, much like Maverick, where Maverick has to be the one who saves everybody's asses”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:55:42 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
F1 → The Color of Money.
Color of Money handles the old-dog/new-dog handover best, which F1's ending does not.
“So the best version of this, to me that's ever been done in this old dog, new dog thing.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:56:48 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
F1 → Creed.
Creed did the handover to the new generation best.
“Like the movie that probably did the handover, the best is Creed.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:58:03 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
F1 → Any Given Sunday.
Any Given Sunday also hands over to a young player, with little stake in it.
“Like once again, in that movie, there's no stakes in Willie Beaman taking over Cap.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:58:18 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
F1 → Any Given Sunday.
A Pacino-style speech from Sonny to JP would have been the way to keep Sonny out of the final race.
“That probably would have been the way to have Sonny not race in the final race as he gives a Pacino, like any given Sunday speech, to JP.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:59:38 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Most rewatchable scene pick: Monza in the rain, the fire-extinguisher whip, then the slingshot move.
“The virtual safety car, the rain coming in, sunny cuts off.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:59:49 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
F1 → Drive to Survive (series).
Drive to Survive is the 2020s reference point for F1's popularity.
“I'll give you a drive to survive reference.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:01:08 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
F1 is the new soccer: a sport you must pretend to care about as a cosmopolitan fan.
“So to me, F1 is the new soccer.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:01:38 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Pitt's trailer: no one lives in a trailer better than Pitt in a movie.
“I don't know if anyone's ever lived in a trailer better than him in a movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:04:07 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
F1 → The Wizard.
F1 may be the most effective movie commercial since The Wizard sold Mario 3.
“This might be the single most effective movie commercial, maybe other than the wizard.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:07:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
F1 → Final Destination.
Sonny's likeliest death would be a Final Destination-style distraction on the track.
“Final destination and shit.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:10:50 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Weak link of the film: Josh's manager, a nothing part.
“Give that character something. Make him a little sinister.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:11:36 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Nitpick: Sonny is far too old; the oldest winner of a Grand Prix was 53 in 1951.
“Sonny is way too fucking old to be an F1 driver.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:11:47 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Working title was Apex; both title options are criticized.
“In 2023, ESPN reported that the film was titled Apex.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:12:44 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
The movie ends three times, and Baja is one ending too many.
“This movie ends 3 times”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:14:24 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
F1 → Lean on Me.
Joe Clark on the roof is number five among old-guy-schooling-young-guy scenes.
“Number five, Joe Clark to Sam's and Lean on Me.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:14 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
F1 → Above the Rim.
Shep out-dueling Cal is number three among old-guy-schooling-young-guy scenes.
“Shep. Out dueling Cal Watson in the one-on-one game and above the rim.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:56 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
F1 → Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.
Obi-Wan cutting Anakin's leg is a second Star Wars old-guy-schooling scene.
“I'm talking about in revenge of the Sith.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:18:13 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
F1 → Good Will Hunting.
Williams to Damon on the bench ranks first on the old-guy-schooling-young-guy list.
“The best old guy schooling young guy scene ever to me is Robin Williams to Matt Damon on the bench.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:18:28 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Martin Donnelly → F1.
The crash that ends Sonny's career was based on Donnelly's real crash, and he advised on the film.
“The crash that ended, Sonny's career was based on the actual crash of Martin Donnelly in the 1990s Spanish Grand Prix.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:25:28 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Research: the crash that ended Sonny's career was based on Martin Donnelly's at the Spanish Grand Prix.
“The crash that ended, Sonny's career was based on the actual crash of Martin Donnelly”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:25:28 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Bernie Collins, a former F1 strategy engineer, inspired the Kate character.
“provided the inspiration for the Carrie Conan character.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:25:47 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Brand sponsorships brought at least $4 million, one reason the budget was disputed.
“sponsorships from Bears Brands in this movie brought in at least 4000000 bucks.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:26:14 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
F1 → Days of Thunder.
Kosinski has joked F2 could be Days of Thunder 2, with Cruise.
“F2 could be Days of Thunder too.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:30:54 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
F1 → Jurassic Park.
A Spielberg F1 would be Jurassic Park with cars.
“This is essentially Jurassic Park, but with cars”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:31:31 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
F1 → Cliffhanger.
JP's mom yelling at Sonny is the new Michael Rooker in Cliffhanger award for pointless blame.
“It's the Michael Rooker and Cliffhanger.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:33:46 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Where did Sonny's van come from in Las Vegas? A nitpick.
“Why is Sonny's vein in Las Vegas?”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:35:36 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Sequel ideas: F minus one with Austin Butler as young Sonny; F2 with Pitt running the team.
“Austin Butler, as Sunny?”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:36:57 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Herb Street impression: calling Sonny's last lap.
“Sonny's gone for that last lap in Herb Street halfway through the lab goes, oh, I think he can win this.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:37:35 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
F1 → Grand Prix.
Frankenheimer's 1966 racing picture is the double-feature pick.
“I'm going Grand Prix, the John Frankenheimer movie from 66.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:41:07 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
F1 → Days of Thunder.
Days of Thunder was the favorite racing movie before F1 and is a pairing choice.
“Days of Thunder was my favorite racing movie before this.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:41:12 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F1:
Double feature and who won the movie: Pitt or Kosinski, answer Kosinski gains the most.
“this means more for Kaczinski than it does for Brad.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:41:28 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Species → F1.
The empath touching the dirt to find the alien is compared to Sonny Hayes touching the track.
“like Sonny Hayes touching the track.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:41:38 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)