'Furious 7' - April 3rd, 2015

[Britbuffguy]

4.5/5

Insanely awesome action, great one on fights, the Walker CGI was flawless, Iggy Azalea......


and that endng. What a beautiful shot to say goodbye.

Also got like NINE trailers, which was awesome.

[kaykaysud]

To the series vets:

I do have the first FF on BD, and though I think it's decent enough, I can't slot it among my favourite leave-your-brain-at-home action flicks, thanks to some really corny stuff going on in between the chases and stunts... Having seen 2F2F already, I do not intend to revisit it anytime, and neither do I intend to watch Tokyo Drift and FF 4.However, seeing all the good reports for FF5, FF6 and now, FF7, I'm now planning to buy these three on BD.

My question is: Will skipping FF 2, 3 and 4 hamper the enjoyment of watching 5, 6, 7 (and the future installments)?

[jscoggins]

Originally Posted by kaykaysud

My question is: Will skipping FF 2, 3 and 4 hamper the enjoyment of watching 5, 6, 7 (and the future installments)?

Yes.

[kaykaysud]

Originally Posted by jscoggins

Yes.

Thanks... So it looks like it's a matter of either getting the "Tyre" or skipping the franchise altogether...

[DouglasRobert]

I know it's way early to talk about Oscars, but I really hope that See You Again gets a nomination for Original Song. It's such an emotional song.

[JeffTheMovieGuy]

I'm currently showing my Mom the Furious series I was thinking about skipping Drift and saving it last before Furious 7.

[ssjgoku90501]

Originally Posted by Slim Jim

It was stupid of them not to make Lucas black part of the crew. If the plan was to not have him in this full time then what was the point in putting him in the movie at all

10 years i have waited for that race and all i got was 30 secon dialogue

[ManBeast]

Had to sit and watch Fast and Furious 6 and 7 at work last night (as an usher), I felt like I have seen them but I didn't watch. Not seen any of the films before and they seemed cool, from what I could make out the scene from the trailer of Fast 7 with the armored bus was really good.

[Underworld54]

I heard this was like one long Dodge commercial.

[Russ103]

Originally Posted by Slim Jim

It was stupid of them not to make Lucas black part of the crew. If the plan was to not have him in this full time then what was the point in putting him in the movie at all

I haven't seen it yet, but he's signed on for 3 more films, so I'd say it was just a way to reintroduce his character and make his eventual transition into the team a little less jarring.

Originally Posted by kaykaysud

To the series vets:

I do have the first FF on BD, and though I think it's decent enough, I can't slot it among my favourite leave-your-brain-at-home action flicks, thanks to some really corny stuff going on in between the chases and stunts... Having seen 2F2F already, I do not intend to revisit it anytime, and neither do I intend to watch Tokyo Drift and FF 4.However, seeing all the good reports for FF5, FF6 and now, FF7, I'm now planning to buy these three on BD.

My question is: Will skipping FF 2, 3 and 4 hamper the enjoyment of watching 5, 6, 7 (and the future installments)?

Don't skip 4. It has key character and relationship developments that are absolutely essential before going into 5. And they are, Dom & Brian, Brian & Mia, and more importantly, Dom & Letty.

Without seeing the lengths Dom goes to for Letty in 4, part 6 would be nonsensical.

4 isn't bad, not by a long shot, it's just that 5 really started to push it into high-octane action.

[Pounder]

Justin Lin was heavily missed on this one.

[Bruisermoore]

Another 4 star classic!

This series is quickly becoming The Expendables prequels.

[Slim Jim]

Originally Posted by jscoggins

His character is still in high school.

It would make sense to have him join the team for future movies, though.

He could just quit

[dvdmike]

Anyone who saw it in the UK did you get the mad max preview and what chain did you see either in please

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by kaykaysud

My question is: Will skipping FF 2, 3 and 4 hamper the enjoyment of watching 5, 6, 7 (and the future installments)?

I still haven't seen FF2 or FF3, and to be honest I'm not a fan of the original or the fourth entry. I own the fifth and sixth entries because I actually found those to be entertaining, and after seeing the seventh last night, I will own that one too.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

Anyone who saw it in the UK did you get the mad max preview and what chain did you see either in please

The Mad Max preview is advertised at Odeon only.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Foggy

The Mad Max preview is advertised at Odeon only.

Bawls

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by kaykaysud

My question is: Will skipping FF 2, 3 and 4 hamper the enjoyment of watching 5, 6, 7 (and the future installments)?

You're going to miss the introduction of a lot of characters and relationships, and especially part 4 ties directly into Letty storyline in 6 & 7. Part 3 is also directly tied to part 7, but it would be more background info, and the end of 6 and 7 pretty much explain the parts you need to know.

But I would recommend watching all of them. I enjoy them all very much.

Originally Posted by JeffTheMovieGuy

I'm currently showing my Mom the Furious series I was thinking about skipping Drift and saving it last before Furious 7.

That's what I did on Wednesday and Thursday. I watched 5 and 6 then 3 before going to see 7

[Chaotic]

$15.8M intake last night

http://deadline.com/2015/04/furious-...ew-1201403822/

[spiderfan1985]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

$15.8M intake last night

http://deadline.com/2015/04/furious-...ew-1201403822/

I don't think there is any doubt now that Furious 7 is going to blow up the BO this weekend. It's going to slaughter the competition, but then again it doesn't have much in the way of that until Avengers AOU comes out.