Senna

I saw this at the Barbican, cinema 1, where it was very chilly with the air conditioning but then they turned it the other way and it was nice and toasty. I thought of my friend Mark as I was watching this, as he is such a Formula One fan - getting up in the middle of the night to watch the Japanese grand prix, etc. Anyway, suffice to say that I am not a massive fan of the sport, and I didn't find the film particularly enthralling. Although there were clearly plenty of strong characters involved in the sport in the eighties, I didn't feel we got under many of their skins, with the possible exception of Senna himself. But even with him, you have to wait until close to the end of the film before he is actually asked an interesting question - which driver past or present he most enjoyed driving against. Having been unengaged with most of the film, I have to say I was quite surprised how moved I was by the last ten minutes.