NGL, I enjoy the popcorn blockbuster summer movies and the Fast & The Furious
is one of those series. I probably think the 2nd one was the weakest out of all
the entries and I don't think I ever sat down to watch and finish it (I've see bits
and pieces of the movie), Tokyo Drift was my low key secret indulgence but FF4 was
really the movie that shifted the whole theme & idea of the movie - like it got serious
real quick compared to the somewhat campy'ish, low level stuff of the first 3 movies.
I don't mind when a franchise shifts and I think FF did it really well but somewhere along
the way, it got too serious for it's own good. From low level crimes to effin secret agent
shit, sheeeesh.
Like I understand how Brian can become somewhat good at fighting but everyone else got mad
fighting skills boost too. Everyone is Doms' life is a secret agent? Like how, his dad was
a racer, how can someone from that background be connected to so many secret agents? And in
the latter half of the franchise, the action pieces became more Mission Impossible in cars
rather than Jason Bourne shit (which I thought FF would be good in, a gritty action franchise).
And don't get me started how everyone suddenly gets resurrected out of nowhere. Like I can forgive
Letty but Hans too, and he's also a secret agent (kinda) who got sniper skills.
Don't get me wrong, I still watch it - maybe Fast 9 was the one where I didn't enjoy it as much
but the break speed, fast and furious story and character changes that comes out of left field
has maybe started to take a toll on my "break from reality" filter. I might watch FastX when it
comes out in Netflix, I think I've seen it NGL but I can't remember, that's how memorable the last
entry was for me.
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