{"id":6731,"date":"2019-11-25T04:51:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T12:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=6731"},"modified":"2019-11-25T04:51:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T12:51:31","slug":"movie-review-the-24-hour-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/11\/25\/movie-review-the-24-hour-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: The 24 Hour War"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gresh’s review of Ford versus Ferrari<\/em> had my attention, and SWMBO wanted to see the movie, so off to the theatre we went.\u00a0 My take on it was pretty much identical to Joe’s:\u00a0 Grand entertainment, lots of grimaces and Hollywood liberties with the facts, but overall, an entertaining if not entirely accurate flick.<\/p>\n

Later that evening, we were channel surfing and we flopped over to Netflix, and what do you know, a documentary titled The 24 Hour War<\/em> popped up.\u00a0 I know Amazon, Facebook, and others use all kinds of spyware to figure out what to pitch to us next, but wow, this was amazing.\u00a0 That very day, and a pop up for another movie about the great Ford versus Ferrari war and Le Mans.\u00a0 Hey, in for a penny, in for a pound, so we watched The 24 Hour War<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Unlike Ford v. Ferrari<\/em>, The 24 Hour War<\/em> took no liberties with the truth, the facts, the timelines, or the vehicles themselves.\u00a0 It was a damn fine bit of actual, factual reporting, and I enjoyed it more than the movie we had seen earlier that day.\u00a0 If you get Netflix, it’s free, and if you own a microwave and a refrigerator, you won’t have to pay $15 for popcorn and a couple of Cokes (like Gresh did).<\/p>\n

A few more good things about The 24 Hour War<\/em>:\u00a0 It went into much more detail about Henry Ford and Enzo Ferrari (I found that interesting), and portions of the show were narrated by A.J. Baime.\u00a0 Mr. Baime does a series on interesting cars people still drive in The Wall Street Journal<\/em> and I love his writing. \u00a0 I’m just finishing up a book by Baime about our industrial mobilization prior to and during World War II, and it, too, focuses heavily on the Ford family. \u00a0 The guy is a great writer, and I’ll have a review here on Baime’s book, The Arsenal of Democracy<\/em>, in the near future.<\/p>\n

One more thing regarding the cars themselves:\u00a0 To me, it’s not really a contest and I don’t much care who won Le Mans. \u00a0 Given the choice between owning a Ford GT or a Ferrari, to me the answer is obvious: \u00a0 It’s Ferrari all day long.<\/p>\n

But I digress.\u00a0 Back to the review.\u00a0 The bottom line?\u00a0 Ford versus Ferrari<\/em> was an entertaining movie, but the The 24 Hour War<\/i> is an absolutely outstanding documentary.\u00a0 I think you’ll enjoy it.<\/p>\n