Love the Beast - Eric Bana

[6655321]

Watching this at the moment actually. Can't stand Bana for some reason though.

[adycav]

Really?

I thought that he came across very well, very down to earth and personable.

[badhand]

Bana's on Top Gear tonight, no doubt plugging the UK release of the DVD... Fair enough.

[hairykrishna]

I watched it about a week ago and throughly enjoyed it. He's obviously a proper petrolhead.

[Shropshiremike]

According to Amazon website, you can buy it for £10 from tomorrow

[fred flange]

Picked my copy up in asda yesterday for £8.71 watched it last night and thoroughly enjoyed it,have to admit i had never heard of him until top gear on sunday,but he did seem very down to earth especially with all his old school mates.

[Shropshiremike]

fred flange said:

Picked my copy up in asda yesterday for £8.71 watched it last night and thoroughly enjoyed it,have to admit i had never heard of him until top gear on sunday,but he did seem very down to earth especially with all his old school mates.

Cheers Fred - looking forward to watching it now. Remember seeing the Falcons on the way to school and my Dad had a standard Falcon. Probably coloured my desire for a big V8 Ford when I was younger

[Shropshiremike]

hairykrishna said:

I watched it about a week ago and throughly enjoyed it. He's obviously a proper petrolhead.

+1 - just watched it now - really enjoyed it. Was at the Bathurst in 77 as well so remember the 1-2 that inspired him

[Oakey]

6655321 said:

Watching this at the moment actually. Can't stand Bana for some reason though.

What, why?! He comes across as a thoroughly nice guy. Is it a jealousy thing? Good looking, movie star, rich and a racing driver?

He also races a GT3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSnwTAX_KxY

[Mars]

Just watched this film. Loved it. Proper petrolhead who hasn't lost sight of his roots/mates. A real person. In fact he seemed lost/uncomfortable at that red-carpet event.

[Oakey]

Hmm, you know, maybe he's a PH'er?

[crofty1984]

Oakey said:

Hmm, you know, maybe he's a PH'er?

I am
Just watched it now. Fantastic. That bit where he says "you'd have to be a fool to do an event like that in a car you cared about" broke my heart!

[ScottishSamurai]

I loved this film! A proper mans film!

I'm usually a Clarkson fan, but he didn't come across well at all in the film, I don't think him or Leno understood how Eric felt about the car.

[Mars]

ScottishSamurai said:

I loved this film! A proper mans film!

I'm usually a Clarkson fan, but he didn't come across well at all in the film, I don't think him or Leno understood how Eric felt about the car.

It was produced by Bana so I presume the way it looked to him was different. I agree with you though because I thought he kept very quiet as though he didn't agree with much of what Clarkson was telling him. Could be just "the way he is" though - he came across the same on Top Gear to me. I liked him, but he might be one of those hard to read fellas.

[ScottishSamurai]

Well, any Australians i've spoken to have been like that

[mko9]

It was on SpeedTV here in the States last night, so hopefully it will be available on DVD/Bluray soon. It never made it into any theaters here that I know of. I am incredibly jealous of his life and ability to engage in motor racing like he does. A real shame about the car, it looked and sounded great.

[dave_s13]

Oakey said:

6655321 said:

Watching this at the moment actually. Can't stand Bana for some reason though.

What, why?! He comes across as a thoroughly nice guy. Is it a jealousy thing? Good looking, movie star, rich and a racing driver?

He also races a GT3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSnwTAX_KxY

I really rate him.

You NEED to see Chopper. his portrayal of the psycho mad man is enthralling.

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0221073/

Edited by dave_s13 on Friday 15th January 20:35

[Shropshiremike]

riwiho said:

Really enjoyed this film. Bana comes across really well and I loved the passion he has for the falcon.

Good isn't it? Glad you enjoyed it too

[speedtwelve]

More thumbs up from me. Bana seems like just the bloke you'd want to go on the piss with. Watched the DVD a couple of weeks back with a mate. After it'd finished we took his Chimaera out for a blast in the snow just for a V8 engine-noise fix. Didn't end-up 'cosmetically rearranged' like Bana's Falcon thankfully.

[RetroCosworth]

I only managed to get hold of a copy of this the other day, and I have to say its in my top ten films well worth watching.

I think they should have showed more of the interview between Bana and Clarkson though as the discussion was quite interesting.