Love That Beast

[MaTBoY]

I went and watched that Love That Beast Movie last night. It's like a car doco about Eric Bana, his mates and his XB Falcon that he's had pretty much all his life. i didn't know what to expect, i thought it would be pretty boring to be honest, but it wasn't. It was really good.

Basically, it's about guys who love cars and car culture in Australia and how he built his dream car and raced at Targa.

I went with a mate who has absolutely no interest in cars what so ever, and he enjoyed it too. He even said he started to understand why and how car people like us can get so attached to a car. So take your missus if she has no idea about why you like cars.

If your a car person and miss out on seeing all the classics thrashing along Tasmania on the big screen your missing out on something special!

i want an XB even more now!!!!

[Bliksem]

Have been greatly anticipating this one... Have to wait for it to come out here though, must not be releasing it at the same time nation wide I have to wait until the 19th

[R31Nismoid]

Its a very well put together piece.

Helps explains 'car nuts', so good to show your mrs or something

[Slow S13]

XB coupes are so so fine!

[MaTBoY]

There's one at my work, I've been trying to get the boss to sell it to me for the last 4 or 5 years with no success. watching this just makes me want it even more.

[Bakes]

Good to hear, will have to watch. Is it "Love THE Beast, or Love That Beast"?

[Shell]

I'm pretty sure it's love THE beast...

A group of us SAU-ACT people are getting together to watch this in a couple of weeks!

[Kel]

Without giving the end away...

Has anyone who has seen it spotted two mangled yellow and purple r32's next to Bana's wreck in the post crash holding yard in Tassie?

Our claim to fame that year sadly was ending up his crashed neighbour, and apparently there was meant to be some filming in that yard?

[MaTBoY]

I don't think they show the car in the yard, you see it in the trees and then again later on not in the trees, but not in the holding yard... i'm being vauge on purpose but no i didn't spot any wrecked gtr's. I woulda noticed. There's a few in the backgrounds in the work shops and stuff. and you can hear one or two in the background.

[phunky_monkey]

Saw it yesterday, great movie. Go see it!

Kel: I didn't spot the cars GT-R's in any shots

[BigDirtyJase]

Eric Bana's XB Coupe he's had that car since he was a kid and rebuilt it for Targa. In a recent interview on SEN (Sports station here in Melbourne) they asked him where is the XB Coupe and he said that it is still in his garage smashed (from the targa accident) and hasn't gotten around to fixing it as he needs the itch of racing to motivate him to fix it up

His parents still live in Tullamarine and I use to the XB Coupe (when it was in its original form) out on the street

Edited March 16, 2009 by BigDirtyJase

[alu-siv_stagea]

i watched it last night....loved it and so did my missus and my mates, would love to get my hands on an XB

[phunky_monkey]

My mates girl;friend and my girlfriend really liked it too, so take your lady friends

[Kel]

Will my non-car loving, non-racing man friends like it too?

Actually Eric Banana lost a few female fans with his comments like this one:

Bana said women were the "target audience".

"It's the partners, friends and so forth that I'm trying to reach out to with this film," Bana said.

He's also been quoted saying things to the effect of the movie being good for showing the wives and girlfriends what racing is all about.

I guess all the chicks in racesuits standing around in the carparks at Targa were there giving moral support to all the men driving & navigating

I don't mind the sentiment, just the implication that men are the only ones who race.

And I'll still go and watch & probably like the movie

[sneakey pete]

Actually Eric Banana lost a few female fans with his comments like this one:

Bana said women were the "target audience".

"It's the partners, friends and so forth that I'm trying to reach out to with this film," Bana said.

He's also been quoted saying things to the effect of the movie being good for showing the wives and girlfriends what racing is all about.

I guess all the chicks in racesuits standing around in the carparks at Targa were there giving moral support to all the men driving & navigating

I don't mind the sentiment, just the implication that men are the only ones who race.

And I'll still go and watch & probably like the movie

heh, i actually thought of you and people like you when i heard him say that on ACA

[Rekin]

Saw the movie, was real good.

Spotted 2 skylines in the film.

Look out for a white r32 a couple of cars infront of his XB during lineup and a r33 in the underground carpark scene haha

skylines represent!

[rtune]

I was curious about the state of the car post wreck, after hearing him on the radio say the damage

was far worse than they first suspected. It took a while to find, but the pic (from his targa blog)

is here:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/Ban...ga-Crash-01.jpg

[heslo]

Heard very good things about this movie, might have to take the missus down with me to watch it

[Kel]

heh, i actually thought of you and people like you when i heard him say that on ACA

haha- I reckon there will be lots of female drivers and navs ready to set Mr Bana straight if he makes it to another Targa!

[Kel]

I was curious about the state of the car post wreck, after hearing him on the radio say the damage

was far worse than they first suspected. It took a while to find, but the pic (from his targa blog)

is here:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/Ban...ga-Crash-01.jpg

The poor old Raceworxs cars were parked in the same holding yard up near Devonport at the end of Targa that year.

Banas car was definitely as messy as it looked in that pic and then some.

But then he was in good company.... this is how Mark Hawkin's finished up