ARCHIVE: F1: Boomer Propaganda
For the glossy Hollywood Treatment of the world's most glamorous extreme sport, Kosinski asks the question: Should we bring back Brad Pitt Blockbusters? (Spoilers: No, thanks.)
Editor's Note: To...celebrate?...F1's nomination for Best Picture, I'm rerunning my review of the film which was...let's just say, less than favourable...
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I think it was around the third shirtless Brad Pitt scene, being clearly goaded into being thirsty instead of entertained (which almost worked), that I realised that the entire device of Brad Pitt in this film was wish fulfilment for Boomer men.
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