Escape to the Movies: Furious 6
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To answer your questions Bob: Christensen and Portman hands down...it was brutal to watch
CAPTCHA: make a bee-line (describes my reaction to Christensen and Portman's romantic scenes)
CAPTCHA: make a bee-line (describes my reaction to Christensen and Portman's romantic scenes)
Okay everyone, I just got back from reading the big post credits scene on Wikipedia, and I just have to say I was NOT expecting that.
Spoilers ahead here, but when Dom calls a family meeting in his secret underground car bunker that he's totally had this whole time, he announces that they're adding a new member to their ranks, a sleek and gorgeous red car drives into the room, does a kick-ass doughnut and winks at the audience. Yes, winks. Because this particular red car is none other than LIGHTNING ****-MOTHERING MCQUEEN! Man! I was NOT expecting the giant Furious/Cars crossover, but I think it's pretty obvious that F&F7 with Lightning McQueen is going to blow us all away.
Spoilers ahead here, but when Dom calls a family meeting in his secret underground car bunker that he's totally had this whole time, he announces that they're adding a new member to their ranks, a sleek and gorgeous red car drives into the room, does a kick-ass doughnut and winks at the audience. Yes, winks. Because this particular red car is none other than LIGHTNING ****-MOTHERING MCQUEEN! Man! I was NOT expecting the giant Furious/Cars crossover, but I think it's pretty obvious that F&F7 with Lightning McQueen is going to blow us all away.
Bob has been over exposed to it be shown something horrible enough times and you start to like it.
Maybe Bob got tired of people bitchin at him because he doesn't believe in the "its stupid fun" excuse and decided to actually believe that a movie can just be stupid fun.
This is why I love your reviews Bob, you actually take the time to give a proper if quick reason as to why you think this or that about a film.....
I hope the next one is named The Fast And The 7.
But I am finding it really hard to take Bob's word for this one. I...I've just been burnt too many times.
But I am finding it really hard to take Bob's word for this one. I...I've just been burnt too many times.
Do the cars have personality themselves? Doesn't really matter if the acting is wooden, a lot of people will see them for the cars. The only one of this series I have seen is the first one and the final car of the movie was the one everything was leading up to and was a beast.
The first Mad Max movie was an action movie and also meant as a statement of the road carnage experienced by the director in his work as a doctor in accident and emergency. The series flamed out so quickly it has taken 28 years for a sequel. At least it did it with big hair and shoulder pads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YfXvGYexts
The Transport Accident Commission (TAC) still screens regular ads of graphic car crashes in this vein. They were very effective at first, but now they up to the "don't smoke pot or your get out of the car and get run over".
There were a string of car movies from Australia after Mad Max, not all of them are well known.
The Chain Reaction (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPVbPc3-fuM
Smash Palace (1981) from New Zealand, but anything popular is claimed by Australia sooner or later
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByYLsF4CmC4
Goodbye Pork Pie (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP29ff2i0f4
A road trip in a mini! Also notable for the bloke hanging out of the car window going "Wankers! Wankers!" to the cops. They can't pull over a mini?
Running on Empty (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiFsTFaB8mY
Midnite Spares (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HngKRVjUL0M
Running From the Guns (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csdy22AXVxE
The Big Steal (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6viyAC6GuFY
A coming of age story revolving around cars.
Metal Skin (1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6rj3Vajgag
Was this a bit before that movie, but it was about cars.
FJ Holden (1977)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzHDZ8vS2tk
The Cars that Ate Paris (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q424p7lWD-U
Strangely enough one of the photos from Mad Max Fury Road reminded me of the porcupine bug in this movie.
The Man From Hong Kong (1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfqGQKIiW4k
Has some kick-arse chase scenes and a car crash with Uluru in the background. George Lazenby gets set on fire.
Australian cars of the 70s and early 80s were very boxy and beast-like. The Formula 1 race in Australia is the only one that includes a race for the V8 touring cars as part of the event. This is the most famous racetrack in Australia at least to Australians http://www.mount-panorama.com.au/
Cars are still pretty big in Australia, even with Ford announcing they are ceasing to manufacture them in the country. Even to this day people still yell things out car windows and motorists look down on public transport users. The big cities spread out a long way and there is not much to do out in the far suburbs with limited services.
The first Mad Max movie was an action movie and also meant as a statement of the road carnage experienced by the director in his work as a doctor in accident and emergency. The series flamed out so quickly it has taken 28 years for a sequel. At least it did it with big hair and shoulder pads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YfXvGYexts
The Transport Accident Commission (TAC) still screens regular ads of graphic car crashes in this vein. They were very effective at first, but now they up to the "don't smoke pot or your get out of the car and get run over".
There were a string of car movies from Australia after Mad Max, not all of them are well known.
The Chain Reaction (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPVbPc3-fuM
Smash Palace (1981) from New Zealand, but anything popular is claimed by Australia sooner or later
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByYLsF4CmC4
Goodbye Pork Pie (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP29ff2i0f4
A road trip in a mini! Also notable for the bloke hanging out of the car window going "Wankers! Wankers!" to the cops. They can't pull over a mini?
Running on Empty (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiFsTFaB8mY
Midnite Spares (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HngKRVjUL0M
Running From the Guns (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csdy22AXVxE
The Big Steal (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6viyAC6GuFY
A coming of age story revolving around cars.
Metal Skin (1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6rj3Vajgag
Was this a bit before that movie, but it was about cars.
FJ Holden (1977)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzHDZ8vS2tk
The Cars that Ate Paris (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q424p7lWD-U
Strangely enough one of the photos from Mad Max Fury Road reminded me of the porcupine bug in this movie.
The Man From Hong Kong (1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfqGQKIiW4k
Has some kick-arse chase scenes and a car crash with Uluru in the background. George Lazenby gets set on fire.
Australian cars of the 70s and early 80s were very boxy and beast-like. The Formula 1 race in Australia is the only one that includes a race for the V8 touring cars as part of the event. This is the most famous racetrack in Australia at least to Australians http://www.mount-panorama.com.au/
Cars are still pretty big in Australia, even with Ford announcing they are ceasing to manufacture them in the country. Even to this day people still yell things out car windows and motorists look down on public transport users. The big cities spread out a long way and there is not much to do out in the far suburbs with limited services.
I actually thought the whole review would just be the title music and the words FURIOUS 7 scralled across the background for 5 minutes.
I think the question at the end is a guy thing because my girlfriend's unironic favourite sex scene (as in the sexiest sex scene) in a movie is the garage scene in the first movie and I often find women agreeing with that.
I think the question at the end is a guy thing because my girlfriend's unironic favourite sex scene (as in the sexiest sex scene) in a movie is the garage scene in the first movie and I often find women agreeing with that.
Fun fact.
In Russia, the first movie was localized as "Форсаж" which is something like "Overdrive" I guess.
And then subsequent movies are:
Overdrive 2
Overdrive 3:Tokyo Drift
Overdrive 4
Overdrive 5
Overdrive 6.
Makes a whole lot more sense, don't it?
In Russia, the first movie was localized as "Форсаж" which is something like "Overdrive" I guess.
And then subsequent movies are:
Overdrive 2
Overdrive 3:Tokyo Drift
Overdrive 4
Overdrive 5
Overdrive 6.
Makes a whole lot more sense, don't it?
I think if you watch all of Bobs reviews on the F&Fs you may have a decent study on Stockholm Syndrome.
That was . . . unexpected. I thought Bob would eviscerate Furious 6. I never thought that this movie might be something that he would find praise worthy. It truly, almost, makes me want to go out and see it.
