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Author Topic: Fast & Furious (2009) Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 04-10-2009 06:39 PM                     Mike, from what a friend told me it is in all the seats in the one theatre.  |  IP: Logged Stu Jamieson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 524 From: Buccan, Qld, Australia Registered: Jan 2008 posted 04-18-2009 08:06 PM                     Um, anyway, Fast And Furious...... Genesis 2:3 (and a half) And on the 8th day God created fast cars and Vin Diesel and, behold, it was very good. It was very good indeed! Scholars and critics have subsequently wished that The Lord had skipped smoko, lunch and dinner in order to find time to create a decent accompanying script writer but alas it was not to be. Perhaps He did it for the good of all mankind as fast cars plus Vin plus an excellent script would cause audiences heads to explode through sheer awesome overload. It would have been tempting to find out though. After a couple of wayward entries in this seminal street racing franchise, Fast And Furious finally winds it's way back to the roots of the original The Fast And The Furious (note the clever grammatical difference between the two titles) and naturally begs the question, why oh why were any of the sequels made without Vin's input? That the best part of Tokyo Drift was Vin's fleeting cameo in the final frame is testament to this. It's a fine line that Fast And Furious traverses with it's exhilarating albeit supremely infeasible action sequences but it is partly this outrageous impracticality which makes the film so much fun; you'll find yourself joyously laughing out loud at the proceedings rather than groaning in disbelief. The dialogue is quite awful at times....well, OK, most of the time.....and the plot is likewise predictable but it's all about the cars, man! And I for one just can't get enough of this stuff. With it's abundance of Torinos, GTOs, Skylines, Imprezas and Silvias (among others), Fast And Furious continues this franchise's rivalry of American muscle vs. Nippon pocket rockets with a small showing of European racing engineering (Beemers and Porsches) thrown in so as not to snub our continental friends. Aussies remain snubbed however; not a PhaseIII GTHO or Monaro in sight. Definite room for improvement there! Exactly where the film sits in the chronology of this franchise is not made entirely clear but a throw away line referring to the Tokyo drag scene would suggest it sits somewhere between 2 Fast 2 Furious (more clever grammatical acrobatics) and Tokyo Drift. The films conclusion also segues nicely into Tokyo Drift so we can expect a direct Vin Diesel-starring sequel to that film sometime in the future. Nobody expects sterling performances in a movie like this but, make no mistake, when it comes to high octane, nitrous injected action, Vin Diesel is da man! Paul Walker remains the weak link in this duo but he's certainly adequate and possesses the requisite spunk required to keep his side of deal afloat. Besides, he's no more wooden than Keanu (a highly appropriate analogy given that the first film in this franchise is narratively identical to the Keanu-starring Point Break and likewise Vin is the charismatic equal of Patrick Swayze). Naturally the girls are sidelined in this macho machine-dominated world. Michelle Rodriguez (who is barely in it - probably a good thing) delivers her special brand of I'm-Vin-Diesel-with-tits sass and Jordana Brewster injects some requisite racy curves and glamour, but they're both adequate and well suited to their limited roles. Fast cars and Vin Diesel - little else is needed really. 7.5 out of 10.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-02-2009 08:12 AM                       Killed some time waiting for shows to end the other day, and sat down for the last half of this one. I was pleasantly surprised. "Diesel" is more likeable than I imagined. Action scenes had that "CGI" look to them, however (when is Hollywood going to start taking more time with this stuff?), and detracted from the experience somewhat. However, I was enjoying the character play. 3 stars.  |  IP: Logged

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