Movies Talk Archive September 01 2013 to October 01 2013

20 Sep 2013 10:06:36
ed what do you think of the fast and furious movies {Ed001's Note - to be honest, I am torn, they are terrible movies, poor scripts, poor leads (hence why they have to keep bringing back Vin Diesel as a co-star to cover up for Walker's ineptness) and the race scenes are badly done. For all that, I still enjoy them. Though 2 & 3 are barely passable, the rest are entertaining nonsense, you can just switch off, forget how stupid they are and just relax. They are not good films, but they are entertaining, and that should be the most important thing when you watch a film.}

20 Sep 2013 21:49:08
I like them, they are as you say entertaining. Sometimes you just want to chill out and their just the job. Yes they have flaws but they know that. But most if not all of Hollywood has flaws. The worst ones are the pretentious crap that gets churned out. Critics get sniffy over the franchise forget films a mainly to entertain. Ed I didn't think two was that bad, Tyrese does act Walker off the screen though. And three is a personal favourite. Mort {Ed001's Note - why 3? It was dire. The drifting stuff foes nothing for me, it is a nonsense sport in my opinion. Far quicker to just drive round the corner properly than drift and blow the tires!}

20 Sep 2013 22:57:02
Well it didn't have Walker for a start! I just think it had a better story than some of the others and always good to see something not set in America. Mort. {Ed001's Note - good first point, if it wasn't that they replaced him with a block of wood!}

Have you seen initial d? I bought it on a whim one day and really enjoyed it! I like tokyo drift also less vin diesel is sometimes for the best.
Liono74 {Ed001's Note - I had never even heard of it to be honest, I see it is based on Manga stuff though and I am not a big fan of that at all.}

You should try and catch it mate, it makes f and f look like a cartoon. It also shows how drift racing is really done ( no handbrake ). Its strange compared to western films but you should give it a go!
Liono74 {Ed001's Note - I really don't like drifting mate, that is why I don't like Tokyo Drift. Drifting is not real racing, it is much quicker to just take the racing line, rather than pose round the corner destroying your tires!}

Yeah but Ed any racing really is all about posing. {Ed001's Note - not really, it is about finishing first.}