New moto movie on Netflix

level
Profile picture for user level
Posts
6184
Joined
8/27/2006
Location
Acworth, GA US
level 5/9/2020 10:47am
5/9/2020 10:47am Edited Date/Time 5/9/2020 10:48am
Sweet. Forgot about that movie. Going to watch tonight. I know it’s going To be cheesy but can get my moto fix in so I don’t care. Still gonna be cool to watch.
1
APLMAN99
Profile picture for user APLMAN99
Posts
12222
Joined
4/1/2008
Location
Tualatin, OR US
Fantasy
383rd
APLMAN99 5/10/2020 9:05am
5/10/2020 9:05am
No racing movie is ever going to be truly “accurate”, and people who follow the type of racing featured can always point out the discrepancies all day long.

Just watched this movie this morning, and it wasn’t too bad. Not an Oscar candidate by any stretch of the imagination, but entertaining at least.

The whole thing is actually really smart. It was an advertisement for Lucas Oil, without it being an over-the-top advertisement for Lucas Oil. Forrest Lucas was pretty smart to make this movie to help the Lucas Oil investment in the Nationals reach a larger audience than it otherwise would. Great job of thinking outside the box, so to speak.
1
Mossy
Profile picture for user Mossy
Posts
438
Joined
7/6/2018
Location
Newport News, VA US
Mossy 5/10/2020 9:26am
5/10/2020 9:26am
I actually thought the movie was pretty good. Of course there were a couple parts that made me roll my eyes, but for the most part, the main actor wasn’t a massive cheese ball, the owner of the shop was actually pretty cool and funny.

I thought he had some cool parts. I liked the part where he stood up for Bennett and the guy backed out of buying the A-Kit suspension.

I didn’t like how the whole “gang” rolled up on motorcycles lol. It was kind of a corny part.

And one thing I didn’t like was how at the end they used pro national footage and acted like the actors were the riders. Dry

The parts where they raced before the final race was pretty good though. I enjoyed seeing those parts.

I understand that it is quite expensive to act that one out but I was let down a little cus of that.

But to conclude my thoughts on the movie, it was definitely a worth watch.
3
PFitzG38
Profile picture for user PFitzG38
Posts
1743
Joined
11/6/2009
Location
Newport Beach, CA US
PFitzG38 5/10/2020 10:09am
5/10/2020 10:09am
Rickyisms wrote:
I think a guy on vital said his son is one of the background riders on a different post.
I remember the day they were filming part of it. It was an REM UnRace day. I noticed the second time I watched it I have a 3 sec cameo loading up my bike. A couple REM guys have a speaking part at sign up (shoulda used Myra or Frank - but they probably refused) and are announced as temporary leaders in one of the races. (Robert P - well deserved for all the volunteer track prep he does) Terry V. is also in a lot of the scenes - even gets to dot someone's eye. I like the fact they mention REM and the track by name and even show an REM plaque and that Pasha number L7 got lots of play. A little cheesy but the closest to reality as far as capturing the spirit of racing to all the other moto movies IMHO, but I'm a little biased.

The Shop

See All »
hubbardmx50
Profile picture for user hubbardmx50
Posts
2774
Joined
11/17/2016
Location
Rancho Cucamonga, CA US
hubbardmx50 5/10/2020 10:23am
5/10/2020 10:23am
It actually wasn’t anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be, glad I finally got the chance to watch it. The Cyrus character was great. I also didn’t know you could buy KYB A kit suspension from your local dealer. And yes Marshall keeps his chains VERY clean.....
foreman52
Profile picture for user foreman52
Posts
633
Joined
5/29/2018
Location
CA
foreman52 5/10/2020 11:23am
5/10/2020 11:23am
Does anyone know where this guy finished? Or is his contract SX only?
6
Mxracer607
Profile picture for user Mxracer607
Posts
212
Joined
2/9/2018
Location
Fair Oaks, CA US
Mxracer607 5/10/2020 11:38am
5/10/2020 11:38am
You can find it for free on YouTube that’s where I watched it because I didn’t have money at the moment
1
hubbardmx50
Profile picture for user hubbardmx50
Posts
2774
Joined
11/17/2016
Location
Rancho Cucamonga, CA US
hubbardmx50 5/10/2020 12:29pm
5/10/2020 12:29pm
Am I tripping or is Terry Varner one of the crew members for the iron grip team? Lol
olympiamann
Profile picture for user olympiamann
Posts
282
Joined
1/25/2014
Location
Sheridan, WY US
olympiamann 5/10/2020 1:14pm
5/10/2020 1:14pm
This flick would have been 4 stars if they would have only kept a few of those corny amateurish things out of it ..like the chain cleaning more than once and the 2 stroke sounds at the worst possible time...How does this sort of thing even make in the final product. WOW..I did like the part where the old man heard him fire up that bike for the first time after the accident and was like oh crap, here we go. That was awesome...Great movie could have been so much better with just a few things being more realistic..
1
1
sdmx
Profile picture for user sdmx
Posts
403
Joined
10/30/2013
Location
Oceanside, CA US
sdmx 5/10/2020 2:45pm
5/10/2020 2:45pm
Saw it last night. Maybe it's the lock-down, but I really liked it. So did my wife and daughter.
2
Aussie_power_sports 5/10/2020 7:46pm
5/10/2020 7:46pm
foreman52 wrote:
Does anyone know where this guy finished? Or is his contract SX only? [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/05/10/426315/s1200_F324F9FA_8F00_4DF3_ADBA_FFAA39003781.jpg[/img]
Does anyone know where this guy finished? Or is his contract SX only?
Pretty sure he now lives in chicago, owns a bar and has a couple kids.
8
avidchimp
Profile picture for user avidchimp
Posts
5700
Joined
7/9/2008
Location
EGL, MN US
avidchimp 5/10/2020 8:58pm
5/10/2020 8:58pm Edited Date/Time 5/10/2020 9:01pm
olympiamann wrote:
This flick would have been 4 stars if they would have only kept a few of those corny amateurish things out of it ..like the chain...
This flick would have been 4 stars if they would have only kept a few of those corny amateurish things out of it ..like the chain cleaning more than once and the 2 stroke sounds at the worst possible time...How does this sort of thing even make in the final product. WOW..I did like the part where the old man heard him fire up that bike for the first time after the accident and was like oh crap, here we go. That was awesome...Great movie could have been so much better with just a few things being more realistic..
I don't want to be "that dude", but I have explained this many times. You don't hear thumper sfx in a movie because the sound waves/hertz range are too overpowering to mix with dialogue, bg sfx, and music properly.

Kinda like how neighbors hate 4 strokes more than they did two strokes.



EDIT: This is why Edward Furlong was riding an XR and it was mixed with a 2 stroke. Trust me, Cameron knows the difference and he hated doing it, but four stroke farts and sound mixes don't work.
sumdood
Profile picture for user sumdood
Posts
8657
Joined
3/11/2013
Location
San Clemente, CA US
Fantasy
644th
sumdood 5/10/2020 9:09pm
5/10/2020 9:09pm
foreman52 wrote:
Does anyone know where this guy finished? Or is his contract SX only? [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/05/10/426315/s1200_F324F9FA_8F00_4DF3_ADBA_FFAA39003781.jpg[/img]
Does anyone know where this guy finished? Or is his contract SX only?
Heard he went back to cleaning pools
LOOnatic
Profile picture for user LOOnatic
Posts
724
Joined
5/20/2019
Location
New Orleans, LA US
LOOnatic 5/11/2020 4:27am
5/11/2020 4:27am
So thanks to this thread and boredom i gave the movie a go.

Yeah the chain cleaning was overdone and walking into a shop to cash and carry A kit suspension is a little silly but the movie wasn't actually as bad as i expected.
2
Bramlett321
Profile picture for user Bramlett321
Posts
1070
Joined
9/14/2012
Location
Texarkana, TX US
Bramlett321 5/11/2020 4:49am
5/11/2020 4:49am
If they would just fix their visors, goggles, and even my chic goes....they don't even have tear offs it would have been a little better. It was corny but what the hell I watched it anyway.
navalseabee
Profile picture for user navalseabee
Posts
1086
Joined
5/5/2011
Location
Virginia Beach, VA US
navalseabee 5/11/2020 5:05am
5/11/2020 5:05am
Wasnt bad, solid exposure for the sport some good companies and VetMX.
yak651
Profile picture for user yak651
Posts
8589
Joined
8/26/2006
Location
Appleton, WI US
Fantasy
1237th
yak651 5/11/2020 5:29am
5/11/2020 5:29am
Like others, after seeing this thread I used this to pass some stay at home time. Wasn't too bad, the wife was easy to look at, and not some over the top socal moto chick...worth the watch!
crowe176
Profile picture for user crowe176
Posts
6613
Joined
9/8/2006
Location
Spring Lake, MI US
crowe176 5/11/2020 6:09am
5/11/2020 6:09am
yak651 wrote:
Like others, after seeing this thread I used this to pass some stay at home time. Wasn't too bad, the wife was easy to look at...
Like others, after seeing this thread I used this to pass some stay at home time. Wasn't too bad, the wife was easy to look at, and not some over the top socal moto chick...worth the watch!
My wife watched the first half of the movie and hated the pre-race over controlling version on that chick lol.

Pit Row

See All »
yak651
Profile picture for user yak651
Posts
8589
Joined
8/26/2006
Location
Appleton, WI US
Fantasy
1237th
yak651 5/11/2020 6:27am
5/11/2020 6:27am
yak651 wrote:
Like others, after seeing this thread I used this to pass some stay at home time. Wasn't too bad, the wife was easy to look at...
Like others, after seeing this thread I used this to pass some stay at home time. Wasn't too bad, the wife was easy to look at, and not some over the top socal moto chick...worth the watch!
crowe176 wrote:
My wife watched the first half of the movie and hated the pre-race over controlling version on that chick lol.
But she supported him when he went off to war!! Going racing again was too much!!
1
HighPlainsSquid 5/12/2020 5:33am
5/12/2020 5:33am
crowe176 wrote:
The visor being in goon position didn’t help any.
Ha!!!! That was the first thing my son pointed out!!! He said "You can tell the pros from the actors immediately because the pros all have their visors way up and the actors all have them down over their eyes."

He also said, "I keep waiting for 'Bennett' [makes the little finger quotes in the air] to do a heel clicker over the finish line." LOL.

1
Question
Profile picture for user Question
Posts
3177
Joined
6/26/2014
Location
FR
Question 5/12/2020 6:37am
5/12/2020 6:37am

Thanks for the info. It was decent. At least got to watch some moto during this time.

(although currently passionnated by the 97 GP season from motovision's channel on youtube Wink )
Flipsid33
Profile picture for user Flipsid33
Posts
167
Joined
11/24/2011
Location
Canyon Country, CA US
Flipsid33 5/12/2020 1:31pm
5/12/2020 1:31pm
I was in it. I bought the bike from the movie(KTM) and still currently ride it.
SKIDLID
Profile picture for user SKIDLID
Posts
1254
Joined
4/9/2013
Location
Fairmont, MN US
SKIDLID 5/15/2020 6:04pm
5/15/2020 6:04pm
First thing my wife said “how come you don’t clean your chain that much”? I did find it to be a fun movie to watch even with some of the cheese.

Post a reply to: New moto movie on Netflix