Shelby American

Saw the Ford vs. Ferrari movie, visited the Shelby Museum in Boulder CO, and still wanted more. But the mix on the soundtrack is so bad. I mean.. SO bad. Come on guys. You can do better.

I learned alot in this documentary. Some of it followed the Ford v Ferrari movie but most of it was the before, during, and after of Shelby.. and Ford that wasn't shared. I'm happy a watched this. I now know alot more about Shelby than I ever have. He was cheated for awhile. After all he'd done it's a shame. I have no respect for Henry Ford II. Anyway, I'm glad Carroll Shelby was living the life he wanted in the end.

OK. So it's not great documentary making. No soul, flat presentation and leaves you asking questions all the way through.

But the subject matter is greatly interesting and it give it 10 for the content, 6 for the making and so even it out at 8.

I was entertained all the way - no skipping.

I learned a lot,entertained the whole time, ended wanting more. The back ground music did not stand out too me. Watched with earbuds.

A must-see for everybody who's interested in racing history. It seems like everybody who survived those years is in it, even Ken Miles' son. Fantastic archival material (great footage, superb stills, vintage interview bits) make for a great documentary about Shelby / Cobra / the GT 40 etc. It would have been a total winner if the filmmakers would have trusted their own skills and the content more - most of the running time the film is spoiled by a terrible, noisy, never ending musical sound carpet. TV guys do this all the time, fearing that the audience suffering from attention deficit disorder might switch the channel if there's a second or two without noise. Which is very unfortunate - I had to stop the film every 20-30 mintes, I got headaches from trying to follow the narration / interviews (no pauses there as well unfortunately, no "mood scenes") buried under 2 hrs of music. A good documentary needs to live and breath as any feature film. But the film is a great treasure regarding all the ingredients and effort behind it !!