It's going to be called, "FasTEN Your Seatbelts"
Brie Larson joining cast of Fast & Furious 10
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It's going to be called, "FasTEN Your Seatbelts"
See, I don't have the time (or care factor) to get as granular as assigning merit to the individual films like that, let alone what care critics think. Once you hit a 4th installment, it's apparent you're cashing in on name recognition and just doing it because people will pay to see more. Which I suppose is a sound business model; I mean, why stop when the audience won't, right? But it just harkens back to the collective complacency of said audience. Work smarter, not harder: why try when they don't expect us to? (Looking at you, Matrix 4...)
And this is coming from a massive fan of Ocean's 11. I LOVE the first movie. Then Ocean's 12 came out came out, and I was "oh, okay; could be pretty fun." Then Ocean's 13, and I was "... okay, let's not get too ahead of ourselves; you've already made some solid flicks with solid endings." Then Ocean's 8 came out which I couldn't be bothered to watch because clearly they were cashing in. I think I might have watched it in a drunken stupor, but nothing about it was memorable enough to bother using valuable memory space in my noggin.
TL;DR? If you can't get through a story in 3 films or less, you're not making a story; you're just trying to make money, and I have more self-respect than that.
You could go far in the films industry. Seriously, if that's NOT the name the chose, I'll be thoroughly shocked; you should trademark that, NOW.
Funny enough, my family and I all enjoyed Ocean's 8. Then again, I've only seen the first movie once and that's it. I never watched the other sequels. Both of my parents are big Sandra Bullock fans. My mom especially. I thought it was fine.
Which is all perfectly fine. But 11 was a fine film that didn't need sequels, and both 12 and 13 (I don't consider 8 a sequel) were serviceable enough to the original (which I know was itself a remake of a film done by the Rat Pack in the '60s) that a fourth installment "but with WOMEN!" just felt like they were doing it for doing its $ake.
That said, it wouldn't hurt you to watch 12 and 13 if you enjoyed 8. 12 is very much entertaining (the laser field scene is everyone's favorite,) and 13 is a satisfying revenge comedy that adds Pacino to the all-star casting that hung around for all 3 films. Danny and Rusty will forever be one of my favorite on-screen duos ever.
What?
Anyway I made a facetious remark elsewhere about them going to space but it was then pointed out to me - as @Xprimentyl said - the fuckers have already been to space. I was genuinely shocked because that idea had been a running joke about the franchise’s almost Shonen-like escalation of its own absurdity. And then they went and actually did it. So I don’t know, at this point all I can say to these films is Godspeed you mad bastards.
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That's where I'm at. No interest in watching another film (I stopped at 2 or 3,) but if people are willing to drink the Kool-Aid and keep giving them money, well, let's just say there are mega-churches that are getting away with a lot worse. Maybe around Fast and Furious 20: Give Us Cash and FUCK YOU, people might catch on, and Vin Diesel, in his 80s, will retire comfortably.
He’s laying it on a little thick but it’s just dorky and doofy enough that I’d believe he’s being genuine until evidence to the contrary is presented.
Oh I'm sure he's genuine, which is I think is even weirder. What kind of person refers to the Fast franchise as a "mythology"?
The last movie grossed 726 million dollars globally, during a global pandemic. What intelligence?!
I didn't post it, because I didn't know about it, don't care about it and I don't use Instagram. I like Vin, not that much. Larson I am neutral on, but really have nothing against her.
One that only watches one or two types of movie a year, while pretending to be coming off as cultured, yet will hate/look down upon on anything that is "academic" or "forces you to think". A God damn philistine!
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Oh come on you know the answer to that.
TIME.
It'll be "FastTen your Seatbelts : The Last second to finish"
