Faster

I watched Fastest earlier this year for the second time. This was my first time checking out the first in the series, Faster. The Director definitely learned a thing or two from the first movie and really improved upon it for the second.

Faster was shot ten years prior to Fastest. It's essentially the same film, but just following different riders. A different time period in MotoGP racing. He had Ewan McGregor do the voice-over for this film and got him back again in 2011 for the follow-up.

It's good. It's fascinating. But I think he did a much better job of introducing non-bikers or people who don't follow MotoGP, to the sport in his second attempt. This one is a little more disjointed. A touch more by-bikers-for-bikers. Definitely not as polished as Fastest. And as such, it doesn't have the same compelling drama. I'm not really knocking it; it's a good movie in its own right. But it's just that Fastest is considerably better.

It's interesting to see Rossi ruling the roost in 2002...and still on top in 2011! What the fuck.

Anyway, this is streaming on Netflix. Watch Fastest first. Go watch it now. Then if you need more...go watch Faster.

Some of the FSMC are making it out to the MotoGP this August in Indy. I'm planning on going. Maybe we'll see Ewan McGregor...

Life's tough when you're a young Italian motorcycle world champion.

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