#oh that’s a whole other post hoel on i have more thoughts

[skoulsons]

I just watched gran turismo please be patient with me I’m having an awful amount of thoughts.

MAN. ok first what a film. now moving on.

Specifically Jann and Jack (platonically my goodness I do not enjoy seeing shippers out there).

their relationship. so good.

ok so. main thing I noticed from the movie, and I don’t believe this to be a stretch at all, is the difference between Jann’s relationship with Jack and his relationship (or lacktherof) with Danny

Danny (yes I am fully aware that he is the marketing guy for Nissan. I do not believe that discounts their relationship or how Danny still treated him compared to Jack. Some of this way just be personal opinion and observation. I’ve only watched the movie once.) cared about him and his talent for show. For publicity. When it was convenient. When all the SIM racers are driving and Jann beats Matty by a millionth of a second, Danny wants to pick matty instead, and his main reason bc of how matty is in front of the cameras. His concern is for how it’ll make Nissan look and not the kids themselves.

Jack, on the other hand, says ‘no, jann won. he’s the one’. He notices him for his talents and how he, fairly, beat matty, despite how he may get flustered in front of the camera (something that isn’t even a thought in Jack’s mind).

And then, after Jann has his crash. Obviously it speaks so much closer to Jack than to Danny because Jack, too, was involved in a very terrible crash and took Jann’s very personally.

And yet Danny, sitting in one of the chairs next to Jann’s bed, talks about how “I don’t know how we’re gonna explain this to Nissan” and how they’re going to have to open up an investigation. And without even giving Danny a glance, the first words out of Jack’s mouth are “that’s what you’re thinking about right now?”

Jack’s thought, his only thoughts are spent worrying about the kid in the hospital bed right next to them. Danny, on the other hand, is again worried about the company. Not the kid. Not purposefully, at least.

ok I’m sure there’s more but I have to shut up about Danny and talk purely about the other two bc holy fvkdhjdxh (going in order of movie events according to my screenshots)

Yes, Jack has that tough love sort of encouragement (which can be a very good thing when it’s used well—example being this movie). Telling the kids they’re not good enough and they won’t make it in real racing. Playing that card to push them. And he really nails into Jann when he sees his potential. He does it to push him.

And then, my goodness, from there on out, the man spends almost every ounce of his breath encouraging, reassuring, motivating, and grounding Jann through every race.

I’ll be on comms the whole time. You’ll be fine. Stay with me. You got this.

Breathe! I don’t want you to oversteer! I want you to keep it together!

Even telling others (Danny) that the kid is good. Telling Danny “give him some time” when Danny starts to doubt Jann.

I know you can do this, Jann.

Those are all before his crash. And, when Jann confronts Capa for what he tried to do, Jack pulls him away and tries to put Jann’s attention to getting in fourth place, which is exactly what they needed. He did it! Hey! Hey! You came in fourth! You did it! You did it! Forget that guy! You got your (FIA) license!

And then, multiple times, intentionally checking on him with a “you okay?” Before every single race.

And then, of course, his crash. Jack stands still at the box, completely shocked and not moving for a good few seconds before he just runs. Runs and tries to wave down the ambulance so he can get to Jann faster.

Again, a lot of Jack’s trauma and experience comes through during this whole time, and I feel like his initial shock speaks to that. We see how it’s affected Jack physically on his shoulder and the scars on his back. And now with Jann, this talented kid that he’s mentoring, getting in the crash, it comes back to surface level.

Eventually, they reach the helicopter. Jack stays in, a hand over Jann’s heart the whole time.

When in the hospital, Jann moves slightly and Jack is up, immediately at him with a “hey”. Jann tries to sit up and Jack grabs his arms lightly and lowers him down, sitting on the bed himself.

Hey. Come on. You need to rest, you need to rest.

Immediately, first words out of Jack’s mouth are, yet again, a reassurance. It wasn’t your fault, okay?

And, by God, his eyes are wet and he looks scared.

From experience, that’s what Jack believes jann needs to hear in that moment. Jann doesn’t know what exactly happened or what his crash did, but Jack still settles on trying to reassure him.

It was a freak accident. It was an accident. It is certainly not on you.

And, in almost the same breath, instead blames himself for what happened.

It is on me. I should’ve pitted you sooner.

AND THEN CUT TO HIM DRINKING IN A BAR AND BORDERLINE CRYING??? no. no he’s not upset over that family or who they lost. jann is the freshest thing on his mind, as is his own crash. jack’s regrets are fresh. he wants to see jann succeed and not make the same mistake he made himself. it’s all fresh in his mind.

Jack says that “someone is dead because racing is dangerous”. He does everything he can to try and keep that blame from settling too heavy on Jann’s shoulders. But Jann, fresh out of a gnarly crash and injury + unconscious state, a loss, and a revelation that someone died because of what happened, yells at both Jack and Danny to get out of the room and away from him.

Next is when Jack drives Jann out to Jann’s crash site and tells Jann the story of his crash at Le Mans.

(My screenshots didn’t save NAURRR it’s fine it’s not like I don’t remember the scene at all lol)

Basically, Jack talks about his crash. The guy who collided with him died on the way to the hospital. And, the driving point of his story and what he wanted Jann to hear, was his regret of never getting behind the wheel again. How he quit after the crash and never raced again and how he wished he changed that. He says this to the kid he knows it’s going to resonate with and who he knows needs to hear it. Jack gives him the key, and Jann finishes his lap.

Then cut to Le Mans. 24 hour race. They bring in Matty and Antonio, the two other highest SIM racers. Jann starts off the first three hours.

You make your day, survive the night, you live to fight tomorrow. Good luck.

At the start of the race, two racers collide and one hits the nearby wall, setting on fire. Jann is reminded and his first question is “is he okay?” over comms with Jack.

Instead of Jack saying “doesn’t matter, pay attention. keep going” or any other sort of thing, Jack keeps the conversation on the crash, but optimistic instead in an attempt to clear Jann’s head instead of avoiding it altogether and making Jann worry more.

All right, they’re pulling him out. He seems alright. He seems alright.

Then, after giving that assurance that the guy is OK, Jack goes back to what Jann needs to start hearing. They can’t stay on the guy too long, so Jack goes back to normal.

Okay, keep your head in, all right? Focus.

THEN, oh a delightful part I absolutely loved this.

Jann starts to lose it. He slows down, a lot. He’s passed by a number of racers and he’s not hearing a word that Jack says over comms—yet Jack never stops talking. Never stops asking for him. Never once raises his voice, only tries to get him to hear him.

Hey, buddy? Hey. Hey, Jann? Hey, stay with me. Stay with me, okay? Stay with me. Look, safety’s left, okay? We gotta make up some time. Jann, talk to me, pal. Jann. Hey, hey, hey. Hey. Jann.

He then, with the new gift Jann actually bought for him, Jack plays some Kenny G. The music that usually calms Jann down before races pisses him off. He’s furious at Jack and finally gets his radio off, but Jann still hasn’t picked up any speed or really gone anywhere.

Jack celebrates Jann’s anger. He tells him it’s good. Tells him to use it. And the last thing Jack says to Jann before Jann takes off is a fierce Go get ‘em!

As the race goes on and Jann gets closer to first, he remembers back to GT. How he never followed the lines and would pass on the outside. Instead of following Jack’s instruction on how to navigate and pass, Jann asks him to trust him.

Danny cuts in, scared that Jann won’t get on the podium, which is the whole reason they’re there. Jack says fuck it, follow your line, Jann.

He follows it and he gets 3rd place by a mile. We see Jack celebrating as he kneels to the floor and pulls his headphones off, blown away and equally as happy that they made the podium.

Jann pulls in and congratulates with Danny, Matty, Antonio and some others before he’s met by Jack.

They celebrate and embrace and congratulates him on being one of the best racers in the world

anyway yeah my goodness this made me crazy 🤠

#MY FATHER AND SON #I’ve seen so many shippers and I just #I cant understand it #nor will I ever #and I don’t ever want to #I’ve seen throuples between he Jack and Danny????? what the fuck?????? #my guy has a girlfriend go away please and keep your fantasies in your head #THERES SO MANY FATHER THEMES IN THIS MOVIE #oh that’s a whole other post hoel on i have more thoughts #anyway very fun movie thoroughly enjoyed it #I watched it for david and I stayed for jann and jack #gran turismo