Furious Seven Rant! (Quotes From A Facebook Conversation)
They just gave up on writing a good emotional action story
I actually don’t know who wrote 7 but it doesn’t seem like any of the 4-6 writers were involved. Such a shame. This movie had so much potential as an awesome one shot adventure that could leave Paul Walker on a soaring note. Instead, they wrote a soulless mesh of action movie cliché’s, added an unnecessary second plot that ruined the tone, pacing, and style of the movie, and added a kinda sloppy Paul Walker tribute at the end.
They abused Dom like a dead horse while giving him cheesy dialog, underused literally EVERY OTHER MEMBER of Dom’s crew. reinterpreted Dom and Letty’s rebellious outlaw love story as a fucking Twilight teen romance. Used slapstick humor on a character who not only didn’t deserve it, but should’ve been shown WAY more respect! (Hector was not only a character NO ONE wanted to see punched in the face, BUT FOR FUCKS SAKES, HE IS THE GUY THAT INTRODUCES BRIAN TO THE RACING WORLD IN THE FIRST PLACE!!)
And don’t even fucking get me started on “The street always wins”.
The action scenes had no heart and very little logic to back them up. At least when Dom rescues Letty in mid air in the sixth movie, yes the stunt is ridiculous but there’s enough well established emotional tone and motivation for you as a viewer to not care. Because it feels like it means something. The last big action sequence didn’t feel like it meant anything. Yes you were told the stakes of the mission but there was no sense of haste or meaning. It was watching a cat with a drone play with three mice until Daddy Dwane stops it all. Show me any other FF action scene from 1-6 and I can instantly feel the emotional weight behind it.
But that’s just what I got from watching it. Its cool that you enjoyed the movie. But in my opinion, F7 stepped on the soul of the franchise.
AND THE DESTRACTING AMOUNTS OF BOOTY SHOTS. Yes every Fast movie needs a traditional booty shot. Its a way of paying homage to the franchise and paying tribute to where it all started. But there’s a right way and a wrong way. The right way is to have ONE, MAYBE TWO booty shots…TOPS, and they should only last up to 3 seconds. The wrong way is having FUCKING FOUR OF THEM and each lasting EIGHT FUCKING SECONDS AT LEAST! Ugh
5 and 6 were obviously the best. It just sucks that 7 was so bad. Like I wouldn’t even be this mad at it if it was at least as good as 2. Ya can’t go worse than your already worst movie (which is at least still watchable BTW). But damn. Like…damn. Lol
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