Senna

I watched this again the other day and cried like a baby.

Saw this opening day in the theatre and loved it. It brought a wee tear to my eye then, but the other night I was just a mess! To be honest, I think my emotions are out of whack due to the sickness and medications I'm on, but that aside...it's a tragic story whether you're on drugs or not.

The sadness to me is similar to that you feel for Freddie Mercury. They were both bringing joy to millions of people, they meant the world to their country's, they were pure artists, and they simply didn't deserve to die so young. You can't fault those dudes and you feel a sense of deprivation because they had so much more to give. They could have done so much more and enriched more people's lives. That's the tragedy. The unwritten potential to lift people's spirits.

Anyway, sadness aside, this is a great story of a driven artist becoming the greatest on Earth through his talent alone. He didn't fuck with the bullshit politics of his sport, he just raced. Pure racing.

And he gave back to his country and his community. The dude was an incredible athlete. Great documentary.