Posted 19 October 2021 - 08:02 PM
Watched the first The Fast and the Furious. I believe it's the second time I've watched it start to finish. Probably 15 years, I'm guessing, when I originally watched the flick. Oh my, it is dated. The film seems to be going directly for the demographic of illegal street racing and no one else (all the high performance auto part jargon!). And double oh my, the plot revolves around busting a heist crew who jacks consumer electronics (all Panasonic) off of big rigs. It's fun for what it is, but man it seems tepid and pretty lame on the whole. The effects are so aughts too. Nostalgia feels for sure, but man, also very corny looking at it from a 2021 lens. Do you think George Miller ever watches the movies from this franchise and thinks to himself "awww, that's quaint, I guess they are trying." I haven't seen Paul Walker in much, so I don't recall how good of an actor he was, but *cringe* his acting in the first fast and the furious is pretty bad. That can probably be chalked up as being a green horn in the biz at that time. But surprisingly, I think Vin Diesel is better in this and his acting has gotten shittier over the years. "I live my life a 1/4 of a mile at a time." Amen brother, amen.
I'm going to watch 2 Fast 2 Furious sometime soon. I've never seen it. Should I expect more of the same? or do they switch it up?