Fast 6 discussion (spoilers)

Was fabulous. Except for the part where they said the flip cars had turbo diesels, after clearly showing a ls intake manifold. Of course you cannot expect a fast and the furious movie to be realistic, you must turn off brain at the door and enjoy the movies for what they are, a visual and auditory feast. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and would recommend it to any car junkie.

Or the fact that they sounded like Indy cars. That being said the writers have done a pretty good job of not making it overly "we can keep selling tickets so lets keep making them" that a lot of long running franchises fall victim to. Maybe we need a spoiler alert thread so we can all talk about the movie.

I am proud to day I have so far managed to avoid all of those stupid movies. Sadly though, not the idiots who are inspired by those movies to make their cars look and sound obnoxiously fast

mad_machine wrote: I am proud to day I have so far managed to avoid all of those stupid movies.

Why do you hate cars?

The wife and I are planning on going tonight. I wonder if astronauts bag on Star Wars/Trek movies for being unrealistic.

moparman76_69 wrote: Or the fact that they sounded like Indy cars. That being said the writers have done a pretty good job of not making it overly "we can keep selling tickets so lets keep making them" that a lot of long running franchises fall victim to. Maybe we need a spoiler alert thread so we can all talk about the movie.

I just changed the thread title to include a spoiler warning. Carry on.

I have not seen it yet, so I'm out of this thread.

mad_machine wrote: I am proud to day I have so far managed to avoid all of those stupid movies. Sadly though, not the idiots who are inspired by those movies to make their cars look and sound obnoxiously fast

Speaking of that afterwards we saw a s2000 totaled in a ditch from what I assume was some sort of asshattery.

I think we are going to go see it tonight but I am sure.

We went as a group to see it last night, there was a assortment of interesting Iron in the parking area, couple SRT4 neon, a WRX, and SVO fox body, and of course we drove the bone stock Civic to maintain a low profile. This was the first F&F movie I saw in the theater with no overtly strong law enforcement presence. I was entertained by the movie, there were plenty of things that didn't make sense like the Diesel Le Mans car type reference, but you take the good with the bad.

I just don't see how someone doesn't say "look how well these bad movies sell, clearly there is a market for good car movies."

Gone in 60 Seconds was probably the last good fictional car flick I remember.

I think the key is to make a film that isn't about the cars, but has cars be a crucial part of the story. Ronin, for example, made the Audi S8 famous.

PHeller wrote: I just don't see how someone doesn't say "look how well these bad movies sell, clearly there is a market for good car movies." Gone in 60 Seconds was probably the last good fictional car flick I remember. I think the key is to make a film that isn't about the cars, but has cars be a crucial part of the story. Ronin, for example, made the Audi S8 famous.

I guess the biggest stretch (other than normal action movie flaws) is the fact that Dom's crew went from small time hoods jacking trucks to high tech criminals stealing from drug dealers to now a group of anti-heroes taking down those that threaten the free world.

The first movie was meant to focus on the "street racing underworld" and less on the good guy/bad guy. The newer ones seem to be more "action movies that have some awesome rides in them."

In reply to moparman76_69:

This is correct. They figured out that they make better action flicks than car films, but to keep to the theme, they need car chases and cool cars doing ridiculous things.

I completely disagree that Gone in 60 seconds was a good film. It might have been OK if anyone other than Nick Cage was the lead but I'd prefer to watch any of the F&F flicks before that POS.

Hit the first showing available after I got off work, no regrets.
Mothertrucking Jason Statham killed my boy Han, he needs to go down for that.

What're the odds that Fast Seven has Dom's crew vs the Expendables?

Well Han is listed in the credits for 7 so its unknown if he survived or if its a flashback scene. Jason Statham plays Owen Shaw's older brother. You know the one that said you need a "code." Apparently he believes in "you don't mess with family" after all.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: In reply to moparman76_69: This is correct. They figured out that they make better action flicks than car films, but to keep to the theme, they need car chases and cool cars doing ridiculous things.

You mean the consistent theme of doing burnout wheelies? Yeah they are keeping to that tradition.

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6: no actual pic of the wheelie was available.

When I was looking for pics of the charger daytona wheelie from 6 I ran across something that said there is a rule that every movie must have Dom in a charger.

mad_machine wrote: I am proud to day I have so far managed to avoid all of those stupid movies. Sadly though, not the idiots who are inspired by those movies to make their cars look and sound obnoxiously fast

If you haven't seen them, how do you know they are stupid. The last 3 were legitimately good movies.

Catatafish wrote:

mad_machine wrote: I am proud to day I have so far managed to avoid all of those stupid movies. Sadly though, not the idiots who are inspired by those movies to make their cars look and sound obnoxiously fast

If you haven't seen them, how do you know they are stupid. The last 3 were legitimately good movies.

I sat through the trailer for F&F6 a week ago. I felt ripped off for the 2 minutes of my life wasted watching it. I would have rather seen 2 minutes of the dancing popcorn singing "Come On Out To The Lobby".

SnowMongoose wrote: Hit the first showing available after I got off work, no regrets. Mothertrucking Jason Statham killed my boy Han, he needs to go down for that. What're the odds that Fast Seven has Dom's crew vs the Expendables?

Now, not having seen 6 as of yet (kids and all) I don't know this, but from what i've understood of the timeline of all of these films, it was previously 1,2,4,5,3 in order of chronology. Given the way they've represented 6 to be following 5 almost immediately (at least from the Hobbs bit at the end of 5) it tells me that 6 is still before 3. This means- Han is still alive. He still has to get to Tokyo and die again in the explosion after the drift escape. Now, they're already showing as not WHOLLY following canon (Tej in 5 mentions wanting to open a garage- which obviously he's already got all hooked up in 2.) But this seems a bit of a stretch, since Han is a Justin Lin character- and Tej Parker and Roman Pierce (Brian's main cohorts from 2) are John Singelton characters.

berkeley me, I watch too much of this crap. Either way, I suspect Han isn't dead.

Everybody has their own opinion and every thread that involves F&F movies turns into a back and forth about how they suck or don't suck. Lets try and keep it civil. Not saying that it hasn't been so far, just that I can see it getting ugly fast.

mndsm wrote: Now, not having seen 6 as of yet (kids and all) [snip] berkeley me, I watch too much of this crap. Either way, I suspect Han isn't dead.

The chronological order is 1245637 the end of 6 ties tokyo drift into it all. Basically Han's accident isn't really an accident.
I always figured that Tej lost his garage in 2 because of the illegal activity involved in hindering the cops during the final chase. Makes me feel better anyway. And yeah I watch too much of it too. I've seen every movie on opening weekend.

I don't mind dissenting opinions from people who have actually seen the film/s. It's the blanket statements from people who haven't even seen the film/s that irk me. I think maybe it's a generational thing?

In reply to Catatafish:

It probably is, most people I know that are 40 or older either are car guys that don't like them or non-car guys that like them as action movies. Most people I know that are younger like generally like them, even if they pick apart some of the goofy stuff (like burnout wheelies).

moparman76_69 wrote:

mndsm wrote: Now, not having seen 6 as of yet (kids and all) [snip] berkeley me, I watch too much of this crap. Either way, I suspect Han isn't dead.

The chronological order is 1245637 the end of 6 ties tokyo drift into it all. Basically Han's accident isn't really an accident. I always figured that Tej lost his garage in 2 because of the illegal activity involved in hindering the cops during the final chase. Makes me feel better anyway. And yeah I watch too much of it too. I've seen every movie on opening weekend.

Ok, that makes me feel a little better.

Wow! Just wow! You people are REALLY worried about a spoiler alert for a Fast & Furious movie?