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TheJoker138 posted:Mirren as the Shaw matriarch, with Timothy Dalton as her husband and their father. This would be so awesome. Though my issue is that Dalton so masterfully nailed Hot Fuzz at every second I wish he'd do more comedy. Dalton is a great actor.
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Saw it late last night with the girlfriend. It was excellent. The ending tribute for Walker made me tear up at the end for sure.
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Apr 5, 2015 01:35
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Loved it. I think it's one below Fast Five for me. I think Kurt Russell's character loving ruled. Also Vin Diesel will be 48 in July and that's weird. CORONAS.
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Apr 5, 2015 01:54
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Tim Whatley posted:Also Vin Diesel will be 48 in July and that's weird. CORONAS. 
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I blame this on the fact that I'm a rhetoric major specifically studying narrative, but did anyone else notice that the film took a positive stance on the whole NSA/PRISM/government spying thing? I know its an action movie and a ridiculous one, and I loved it, but I did think it was strange that they didn't have any characters make a comment about how the God's Eye tech was a bad thing. This didn't bother me as a moviegoer, but I did find it interesting.
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Apr 5, 2015 02:07
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Nah it's okay 'cuz the girl who actually makes these things is part of Their Family now. Cars. Cars cars. Did anyone else think that the Brazilian cop lady -- Elena? -- was hella gonna get killed the second that Hobbs gave her a promotion? In any other movie that would've been her "one week away from retirement" moment. In this movie the Rock falls out of a building with her to break her fall with...his back. On a car. Cars.
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Apr 5, 2015 02:17
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BrianWilly posted:Did anyone else think that the Brazilian cop lady -- Elena? -- was hella gonna get killed the second that Hobbs gave her a promotion? In any other movie that would've been her "one week away from retirement" moment. My friend turned to me saying he thought she was going to get blown up and I said I thought the same thing.
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Apr 5, 2015 02:25
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Yeah that seemed like such a telegraphed setup especially as she seemed to be superfluous after the end of 6. They should re-integrate her into the crew now that the numbers have dwindled
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Apr 5, 2015 02:34
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BrianWilly posted:Nah it's okay 'cuz the girl who actually makes these things is part of Their Family now. Cars. Cars cars. The best part of that scene is that it's nearly identical to a scene with in The Avengers, with The Hulk in Hobbes' place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXXrXyvNtcg
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:How the hell does he look like he hasn't aged that much since the first one came out Maybe it's all the Dungeons and Dragons. Movie owns bones, but the vault heist still is my favorite. cool things: - Dom duel wields a pipe and wrench set while Shaw just rips twisted metal off his car - Honsou screaming one syllable words never gets old: "WHAT?!" - the Rock not so cool: - Iggy Azalea was garbage and Rousey too - Dom's terrible on the nose one liners -
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I'm pretty sure this movie has the only instance of Brian and Letty saying anything to each other ever. "You good?" "Thank you."
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Apr 5, 2015 03:11
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GraPar posted:I feel like Paul Walker's ability to do great hand-to-hand combat scenes is/was totally underrated - in both his fight scenes in this film he manages to pull off the incredible feat of making it look not insane that he could beat Tony Jaa, and in Fast Six his prison sub-plot is a little bit tedious, but totally made up for by the excellent many-against-one prison cell fight scene. I'm willing to bet you'll enjoy this bit of back story... http://fightland.vice.com/blog/remembering-paul-walker-the-martial-artist
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Apr 5, 2015 03:32
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I loved the "The thing about street fights is the street fights back." line or whatever followed by Vin destroying a street with his foot. It's so sincerely corny and ridiculous.
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Apr 5, 2015 03:47
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Movie was pretty drat silly (except for the tribute at the end), and I enjoyed it. My current order of F&F movies is now 3=5, 7, 6, 4, 1, 2.
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I'm watching all the special features on the Furious 6 Blu-Ray because I'd never seen them before, and Jesus Christ, watching them do all these practical stunts is so loving rad. I can't wait to see the features on the Furious 7 disc.
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I think one factor that helped the franchise's initial success (before Lin's retooling), that isn't brought up too often when people explain the series, was Roger Ebert. Not only did he give the first (and second) movie thumbs up; he repeatedly defended the movie against Roeper. I remembered he even brought up the movie when he and Roeper were guests on Leno as one of their big disagreements. Ebert was thrilled how the movie was about cars with good stunts and practical effects. (In contrast to Gone in 60 Seconds and other forgettable car movies the years before it.) More importantly, while most critics panned the movie for being dumb, Ebert was the big exception. I'll just link to the review so here it is. Ebert helped maintain the franchise's fragile critical credibility when most others were already reducing the films to a punchline. And Ebert continued to defend the movies on the second and third; only disliking the 4th (because it sucked), before liking the fifth again.
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Apr 5, 2015 04:42
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Of all the many funny things in the movie, Dominic Toretto wearing a loving wifebeater to his wedding made me crack up the most.
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Apr 5, 2015 05:15
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Saw this with a bunch of friends, it was big and loud and stupid and fun and great. The tribute at the end was nicely done too. I had actually never seen a F&F movie before besides Tokyo Drift and the first on mute on a ferry, now I want to go back and watch them all. That scene near the end with Statham and Diesel jumping into the air with wrenches and scrap metal as the music blares up like it was a swordfight in a gladiator film was amazing too. Also I had no idea Kurt Russell was going to be in this until I saw his name in the credits, drat. We hit a bar afterward for some food and my friends ordered some belgian ale.  e: Also Race Wars is a hilarious name for a race competition and when they were talking about fighting Statham on their streets and their terms I kept expecting the gag to be that they were going to start a "race war". 
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Apr 5, 2015 05:20
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JesusSinfulHands posted:Of all the many funny things in the movie, Dominic Toretto wearing a loving wifebeater to his wedding made me crack up the most. I did enjoy his patent leather work boots when he's in black tie.
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As opposed to the devotee (as in he could tell the difference between Paul Walker and his brother by their eyebrows  ) who cornered me after the movie was over, I'm more of a casual Fast & Furious fan. If I find one on cable some Saturday afternoon I'll watch it and enjoy it. I went to see 7 in the theater mostly because of Statham, and good god I was not disappointed, he was a goddamn force of nature and I do sort of hope they figure out some way to make him a part of the crew.
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blue squares posted:I blame this on the fact that I'm a rhetoric major specifically studying narrative, but did anyone else notice that the film took a positive stance on the whole NSA/PRISM/government spying thing? I know its an action movie and a ridiculous one, and I loved it, but I did think it was strange that they didn't have any characters make a comment about how the God's Eye tech was a bad thing. This didn't bother me as a moviegoer, but I did find it interesting. None of the characters do, but you notice how the bad guys are Blackwater, have drones, and want the God's Eye for no real rational reason? Not to mention that the God's Eye gets blown up and nobody cares.
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TheScott2K posted:I'm pretty sure this movie has the only instance of Brian and Letty saying anything to each other ever. They also had a brief conversation near the end of 6 where Brian apologizes for setting her up with Braga and all that and she says it's ok, I never do what I don't want to or something.
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Also the character relationship in the 4th movie was off screen and told entirely through exposition if I remember correctly. And the two didn't have lines with each other in the first movie if I remember it right.
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Apr 5, 2015 06:17
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Movie owned. I hate calling these movies a guilty pleasure because that implies I'd ever feel guilty about loving them
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Coffee And Pie posted:The best part of that scene is that it's nearly identical to a scene with in The Avengers, with The Hulk in Hobbes' place: And then he's watching the 70s Hulk show on tv while in the hospital.
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^ Apparently he also watches a clip of himself playing college football at the University of Miami too
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Holy gently caress  Okay, so apparently the way they did the bank vault chase in Fast Five was they sawed off the end of a pickup truck and put just the front of it inside the vault casing. There was a guy inside driving the vault around and hitting exactly what needed to be hit by the vault and nothing else. But they closed him up in it so that it would take 15 minutes to get the driver out of the vault, so they ended up attaching hoses to him that fed to coolers of ice water for him to drink and they cut out the passenger seat of the truck and put a portable toilet in its place in case the driver had to go to the bathroom.These movies and their stunt work are absolutely loving ridiculous and I love them so much.
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Echo Chamber posted:Also the character relationship in the 4th movie was off screen and told entirely through exposition if I remember correctly. And the two didn't have lines with each other in the first movie if I remember it right. I don't know if it's the only time, but in the first one after Dom tells Brian he owes him a 10 second car, Letty says 'drat!' or something along those lines to him.
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I thought the movie was a bit bloated and the director overused the "roll the camera when someone gets flipped" move. Also Djimon Honsou continues to be wasted by Hollywood. But drat if it wasn't propelled forward by how self aware it is. It almost felt like a parody at times, especially the very beginning. Fitting that we got trailers for Mission Impossible and the next Bond film. Also the D&D campaign theory is proven as goddamn Lord of the Rings-esque epic choral music blares when Dom and Shaw start their "street fight." Rageaholic Monkey posted:Holy gently caress
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This movie was cool, good, dope, and baller. One scene I really liked that (understandably) hasn't gotten as much attention as the Azerbaijan sequence or the LA climax is the opening with Statham at the hospital. Such a fun way to open the movie. I agree that Djimon Hounsou was underused and Statham didn't really get to do much cool poo poo after the opening scene. In conclusion, I liked it. The Rock rules.
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:I agree that Djimon Hounsou was underused WHAT?!!!! poo poo!!!!
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I unironically think the evolution of the Fast franchise is the most interesting movie series progression ever.
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Just came back from it. It was ridiculous in all the best ways, and the part I laughed at the most was Dom wearing a wife beater to his wedding. I honestly don't know what they can do to escalate things from here. Drift across a large body of water? Drift on ice in Antarctica? Have women in bikinis walk around in Antarctica? Drift from one aircraft carrier to another? Drift on the moon?
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Steve Yun posted:Just came back from it. It was ridiculous in all the best ways, and the part I laughed at the most was Dom wearing a wife beater to his wedding. They are about to become a super secret black ops team working on missions that can be handled by no one else. Those missions being handed out by Kurt loving Russel. Fast 10 is going to have them overthrowing governments and assassinating presidents and poo poo.
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Echo Chamber posted:I think one factor that helped the franchise's initial success (before Lin's retooling), that isn't brought up too often when people explain the series, was Roger Ebert. That review is amazing: Ebert posted:The races involve cars four abreast at speedway speeds down city streets. This would be difficult in Chicago, but is easy in Los Angeles because, as everybody knows, L.A. has no traffic and no cops. Ebert posted:He works for a unit that has its undercover headquarters in a Hollywood house, and as he enters it his boss says, "Eddie Fisher built this house for Elizabeth Taylor in the 1950s." I am thinking: (1) This is almost certainly true or it would not be said in a movie so stingy with dialogue, and (2) Is this the first time Paul has seen his unit's office?
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Dexo posted:They are about to become a super secret black ops team working on missions that can be handled by no one else. Those missions being handed out by Kurt loving Russel. I could see Fast 10 being like Armageddon but instead of oil drillers it's the rag tag street racing team.
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Tokyo Drift is a god-awful movie with god-awful acting and I don't understand why everyone in CD loves it. During one of the mountain races, they blatantly reuse a reaction shot of the love interest and it's incredibly distracting. It was so bad that I didn't end up seeing Fast 4 until after Fast 6's huge opening weekend. Also Lucas Black is the worst. The theme song is amazing though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuJDhFRDx9M Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 11:27 on Apr 5, 2015 |
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I've literally never seen a single Fast and Furious movie before this. I only know 1) they're about cars, 2) Paul Walker died and it was very sad, 3) The Rock's in it and 4) a Japanese guy's in it. For the entire movie I was confused, thinking "There's no Han at all? Why do they kill him at the start?" and thinking that his death was faked and he's going to return triumphantly at the very end or something. Should've read something about F&F before seeing it so I won't hope. Other than that it was very good and I cried at the very end, despite knowing only (from a comedy podcast) that "There will never be another buddy feel like that [Diesel-Walker] buddy feel." For fans who actually knew Walker it must be devastating. Few questions: 1) So the movies aren't always this ridiculous? Don't get me wrong, I like ridiculous movies and this movie's 'ridiculousity' is certainly different from, say, Transformers. I was already loving it when they dropped out of the plane in their cars and about the time they drove through a skyscraper I was so on board. But apparently the first few movies are relatively much more low-key? 2) Kurt Russell's character dies, yeah? What's the 'health insurance' thing he talked about? 3) Weird question, but if Statham's character got his hands cuffed with that rod-cuff thing at the very end, how could he clean himself after using the toilet? 4) From my brief travel through the world of people who watched previous films, it seems like 5 is the cream of the crop, with 6 (or 7) after it. Is it worth watching the first four movies if all I want is more exciting car stuff?
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Han was killed during the credits for the last film, which he was in. I suppose it could be jarring for someone who hadn't seen the previous installment. Kurt Russell doesn't die. Special forces medics come flying in on a helicopter.
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In case you are wondering, that is Lucas Black actual accent. He's an Alabama native, and so is his NCIS character with the really distracting accent. Djimon Hounsou's character gradually losing his grip on sanity during the final battle as he realised the realm of madness he has entered is pretty amazing.
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