Ahm didn’t you critized first that it isn’t based on something real (like Le Mans or Rush), and then say that it’s bad that it’s based on something real as the success of Mardenborough?
If you actually read more closely, I literally said they just took Jann Mardonborough's Success story and slapped a original character on top (something that was NOT done with Rush or Le Mans, Or Ford Vs Ferrari). Not even remotely the same thing.
And what does Kaz’s involvement as a executive producer das about the movie? I think you are overestimating the role of this position.
Like I said, its not the main problem but its another questionable choice on top of multiple questionable choices.
And at last, just because you don’t care doesn’t mean that the other hardcore gamers or casuals don’t care. What is also hard to have a opinion on it actually when there’s isn’t neither a trailer nor some script pieces or anything else known yet.
What we know is the director, who is kind of outstanding in my opinion on todays movie landscape, and an actor, who also isn’t that bad.
Except that isn't at all what I said:
Still find myself trying to grasp who asked for this. Who is even gonna watch this? Casual fans do not care THAT much about Gran Turismo and there is no way in hell you will convince the die-hards this is worth watching. And then there's the fact that unless its a Kids movie (CARS), a decent action flick (Day Of Thunder), some comedy (Talladega Nights) or a decently written story centered around something real (Le Mans, Grand Prix, Rush, Ferrari Vs Ford), no one in the casual movie going audience cares about racing movies. Annnnd on top of that, There isn't enough good productions to have completely gotten rid of that stink of bad video game movie adaptations.
Notice I didn't mention myself at all so why on earth am I even being mentioned here? Based purely on what I have observed at large, I have yet to see who out of the Hardcore GT audience, the Casual gaming audience or the casual Movie Audience asked for a Gran Turismo Movie. As for who they got, I can name you multiple movies that have had huge name directors and/or actors (Good ones too) and it still wasn't enough to save the movie.
Who cared for Fast & Furious before the movie was out, who cared for the underground hardcore tuning scene before the movie? In comparison to that, Gran Turismo has a lot more to build upon theoretically, so this isn’t a really an argument against it.
The thing is, it is just too early to say anything about the quality of the movie.
Not even remotely the same thing. You are comparing a franchise with a cast of characters put into a story scenario flexible enough to based in the real world and that just happened to double as a big exposure to a previously unknown automotive scene to a Video game movie (a format that while it does have success stories like the Original Mortal Kombat Movie and the Recent Sonic Movies, also has quite alot of stinky flops like the afformentioned Super Mario Bros Movie). Where the very first Fast and Furious wasn't taking a property into a new uncharted direction as it was an entirely new IP in itself, this one very much is and its a IP that frankly has no usable basis for a movie as its a driving game with no narrative story and no Characters.
There may not be alot known about it yet but based on what little we do know and what I have personally witnessed for years, I do not see "Gran Turismo" as the next great Video game-to-movie adaptation no matter what info comes next. If this was God Of War or Horizon, my biggest concern would be how much they would stick to the source material first (Both of which already have a narrative story and established characters, things Gran Turismo does NOT have) before the casting choices but otherwise I wouldn't see either as impossible.
I'd love to see any of them in the cockpit of the Nissan NISMO GT-R LM. I'm 5'10 and I don't fit properly in the static show car...
To be fair, Waltrip is the same guy that managed to fit in the Ferrari 458 GTE:
And lets not forget the time where this much Italian man:
Managed to squeeze himself in yet another Ferrari:
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