I think I enjoyed Fast Five more than any of the franchise, perhaps even the original.
I agree. It's easily the best since the original, and it may even be better. It's like they figured out everything that worked about the franchise and distilled it down to AWESOME. What does a
Fast and the Furious
heist movie look like? Well, it surely ends with
A GIANT SAFE BEING TOWED DOWN THE STREETS OF RIO DE JANEIRO.
But, yeah, collateral damage up the wazoo. No deaths confirmed, but they had to happen.
"Did you guys just take out a bank?"
Heh.
I like how there's even offscreen drag races (not really spoilery). I mean, they figure they know you know how they work, so take it as written, and they'll save the petrol for a more amazing stunt, which, but the way, is REALLY FUCKING BIG.
That was kind of disappointingly hilarious. It's like, come on, you know they're going to win, we don't really need to show you; we'll save our drag race scene for when it really matters.
Will and I saw Fast Five the other night as a date night and it was a lot of fun! Now Iv'e got the movies up at the top of my netflix queue.
Donald Sutherland will play President Snow. I think that will really work, actually.
I never would have thought of him, but I think he'll be awesome!
Yeah, out of all the casting this one is closest to what I had in my head, but like sj, I would not have thought to cast him.
I like that - I remember him as an evil fascist in 1900.
ping!..
and just like that, President Snow has become Donald Sutherland in my brain.
Oh, nice. I think Zeljko Ivanek was more of the mental image of Snow in my mind, but I think Donald Sutherland will bring a little more ambiguity to the character (not that I think there's anything good about Snow, but it could make it more interesting when he doesn't look so eeeeeevil).
Will and I saw Fast Five the other night as a date night and it was a lot of fun! Now Iv'e got the movies up at the top of my netflix queue.
Fun times!
