OK, super disappointed with everyone here for their uninformed F&F takes
I was converted to “The Family” from listening to How Did This Get Made. I figured they loved the movies so much I would give them a try. I got hooked and watched the first six in three days. Then I forced my wife to watch them with me, she thought I was crazy at first, but now she wants to watch them more often then I do. We went to Fast 7 opening day.
I was 45 when I got hooked on these movies and my wife is dean at a decent size college.
It’s really only the first two movies that are repetitive. The 3rd movie looks repetitive, but it uses the new ‘genre’ to smuggle in themes about immigration and belonging. But you have to stick with the movies until Fast Five.
You can watch Fast Five without watching the first four, but what Fast Five does to mythology and timelines of the movies is quite literally fucking amazing. It’s like a movie length version of the “Luke, I am your father” moment turned up to 11 and it’s a hell of a lot of fun.
Vin Diesel is a big sci-fi nerd that plays D&D and obviously loves cinema. In other words, he would probably fit in pretty well around Boing Boing.
The movies are big, dumb, and fun, but they are smart about how they are dumb.
You all are really missing out
And the effects are practical with CGI cleanups and enhanchments. They throw those cars outta the plane for real
