Fast and Furious

So What Do you Think about Fast & The Furious 4?

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Universal’s Fast & Furious is likely to cross the finish line first for a second consecutive weekend, following up last weekend’s almost $71M with about $30M, which would mark a 58% drop. Still, it must be considered a triumph that the re-teaming of Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez may have $120M in US sales after just 10 days. That will mean that Fast & Furious will have almost doubled the domestic gross of The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift (the last film in the franchise), and this souped-up thrill ride could be headed for $160M US.

FINAL PREDICTED BOX OFFICE FOR APRIL 10-12
1. Fast & Furious (Universal) - $30M
2. NEW – Hannah Montana The Movie (Disney) - $24.6M
3. Monsters vs. Aliens (Dreamworks/Paramount) - $21M
4. NEW – Observe & Report (Warner Bros) - $19.5M
5. NEW – Dragonball: Evolution (Fox) - $10.7M
6. The Haunting in Connecticut (Lionsgate) - $5.1M
7. I Love You, Man (Dreamworks/Paramount) - $4.9M
8. Knowing (Summit) - $4.8M
9. Adventureland (Miramax) -$3.4M
10. Duplicity (Universal) - $2.4M

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/04/09...aster-weekend-to-an-all-time-best/#more-24400


This would be awesome!! :)
 
FINAL PREDICTED BOX OFFICE FOR APRIL 10-12
1. Fast & Furious (Universal) - $30M
2. NEW – Hannah Montana The Movie (Disney) - $24.6M
3. Monsters vs. Aliens (Dreamworks/Paramount) - $21M
4. NEW – Observe & Report (Warner Bros) - $19.5M
5. NEW – Dragonball: Evolution (Fox) - $10.7M
6. The Haunting in Connecticut (Lionsgate) - $5.1M
7. I Love You, Man (Dreamworks/Paramount) - $4.9M
8. Knowing (Summit) - $4.8M
9. Adventureland (Miramax) -$3.4M
10. Duplicity (Universal) - $2.4M

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/04/09...aster-weekend-to-an-all-time-best/#more-24400


This would be awesome!! :)

Well it's possible but I have a feeling the Hannah Montana movie is going to bring in some major cash.
 
It's going to be very close come Sunday. Somehow I think Hannah Montana will end up at #1, but barely.
 
Then again, didn't the Jonas Brothers movie crash and burn?
 
Just saw this. I really liked it. Got what I was expecting and wanted, and a little bit more. 8/10
 
just saw it. i thought it was pretty awesome. exactly what i expected.
 
Holy hand-grenades! Fast & Furious kicks off with an exuberant bang courtesy of an action sequence that would be perfectly at home opening the next James Bond adventure. Set on a dusty, windy Portuguese mountain road, a team of daring crooks, led by Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his tough-cookie girlfriend Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), attempt to liberate a considerable load of liquid gold from a gargantuan gas-hauling semi-truck. As the unwieldy behemoth swerves aggressively from left to right, and Rodriguez and a female accomplice hang on by the skin of their finger nails while Diesel and co. spin their jacked-up roadsters around like demonic dervishes, we thrill at witnessing a truly effective and brilliant combination of gutsy stunt-work, expert driving and dazzling practical effects combined into a Molotov cocktail of high-octane ecstasy.

Based purely on the stimulating success of this automobilia-erotica foreplay, one would be more than forgiven for expecting director Justin Lin’s stupidly titled film, the fourth in the popular homo-erotic Fast and the Furious franchise - famed for their multiple scenes of shirtless, sweaty men locking eyes and stroking chrome - to provide a heady collection of candy-glazed car-smacking and entertaining gee-whiz discourse. Unfortunately though, after blowing his movie’s wad prematurely, the remainder of Lin’s limp work shows very little grind or thrust.

Arguably set after the epic events of the awesomely campy 2Fast 2 Furious, and preceding the coma-inducing Tokyo Drift, this entry picks up with Diesel’s outlaw Toretto on the run and seeking revenge. Following the off-screen murder of a close colleague (which is later recreated in full CSI glory), and hunted by the authorities, the lumbering, bald gearhead returns to his American homeland, intend on shutting down the shadowy heroin operations of the mysterious crime-lord Arturo Braga (played by ???). His investigation brings him into uneasy contact with his former “bro”, FBI Agent Brian O’Connor (Paul Walker). Fortunately for the two, Mr. Braga is a street-racing enthusiast – a shock, I know – and soon the two are vying to be a part of his merry band of gear-poppin’ drug transporters.

As Toretto and O’Connor quickly find themselves immersed in the devious goings-ons of Mr. Braga, old wounds and tensions speedily find themselves rising to the surface. While Brian attempts to find a balance between his role within the government bureaucracy and his allegiance to the Toretto clan, including ex-lover Mia (Jordana Brewster), Dominic must battle his own inner demons and seek an end to his high-flying criminal ways. When **** starts to hit the fan, and the identity of Braga is brought to light, the duelling car junkies are forced with a decision: to play by the rules or to shift into maximum overdrive and attack the foe head-on... Fast and furiously!

Now, before going any further, I’d like to take a little moment and examine Mr. Braga’s criminal organization. Fronted by the deceptively friendly Campos (John Ortiz), one would assume that, due to the elusive nature of the group’s figure-head and the FBI’s inability to bust them, they would be intent on remaining in the shadows, correct? So why then would they hold initiations for drivers by conducting reckless street-races in heavily populated downtown Los Angeles? Wouldn’t the immense amount of property damage and civilian casualties tip the authorities off? And again, where is the logic in capping your drivers after a single mission? So you can have more deadly automobile contests and rack up more damage in major urban centres? Seems like a pretty questionable tactic for staying secretive... But then again, the FBI can’t seem to find Diesel’s Torreto the entire film, and he’s just hanging out at his sister’s place – which is under strict surveillance!!! Gadzooks!

I know, I know, I shouldn’t concern myself with the plot. Fast and the Furious flicks aren’t about intricate storytelling but rather “sweet” rides and “off-the-hook” car chases. So why has Justin Lin gone to such effort to rob viewers of the expected spectacle? The big L.A. driving competition is filmed in pitch black, choppily edited and shot through a particularly murky lens. Likewise, the climactic pursuit, set in a cramped, under-lit mining tunnel which separates Mexico and California, is too dusty and poorly CG-altered to make any sense or deliver any excitement. For the life of me, I was completely unable to make out the details of Toretto’s miraculous escape and survival.

So, the car stuff sucks, but what works? Well, Diesel, when not moping, is still a forceful and engaging presence and his work here helps erase the lingering ache of dreck like Babylon A.D. or The Pacifier. Similarly, Walker has actually grown into his role, which is refreshing after the character’s previous incarnations as a bleach-blonde haired doofus, calling everyone ‘brah’, and appearing like a home-schooled Eminem-wannabe playing dress-up. He’s better now, I swear, and has a good physicality in a cool early foot-chase and in a nice bit pounding a co-worker to a pulp.

The women fair far worse, obviously. This IS a series built on mutual man-love and sensual displays of automotive arousal after all. Michelle Rodriguez is a lot of fun in her truncated returning role and the film would have been better served by including more of her. Less Jordana Brewster would have been a big plus though, as her emotional histrionics are painful to endure, and a late-game love scene between her and Walker is baffling in its suddenness. Gal Gadot as, um... Gisele Harabo (thanks IMDB!), a bad girl with a heart-of-gold, is a complete waste of time, not even named within the film and used only for cheap ass and tit shots as well as a whole lotta groan-inducing romantic come-ons.

You have to admire the initiative of the producers who have milked this series of Point Break rip-offs for everything they’re worth and are now guaranteed a chance for a fifth go-around. Fast & Furious, to put it mildly, doesn’t live up to its title but will probably modestly entertain the masses until the summer’s heavy-hitters stampede into theatres next month. With that said, by failing to meet the standard for sharply rendered automotive-awesomeness set by the previous films, apathetic movie-goers just may not be rushing quite so fast to the next Furious.

2.5 out of 5
 
Caught it last night, it was entertaining, but pretty lightweight in the storytelling.
 
BOM Friday Estimates
$10,590,000

Domestic: $99,849,000
+ Foreign: $30,746,049
= Worldwide: $130,595,049
 
Whoa, when did I vote a 9 for this movie? :confused:
 
BOM Weekend Estimates

Fast and Furious l $28,783,000
Domestic: $118,042,000

“Fast & Furious” may not have won the domestic race, but it raced to the top of the international box office chart. More impressive, the film jumped the $200 million mark at the worldwide B.O. in 10 days.

Domestically, film declined 59% to $28.2 million for a cume of $118 million in its first 10 days. Overseas, it grossed a sizeable $46.5 million from 5,118 runs in 50 territories for a cume of $91 million.


http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002345.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Amazing 2nd weekend.


1 N Hannah Montana The Movie BV $34,000,000 - 3,118 - $10,904 $34,000,000 - 1
2 1 Fast and Furious Uni. $28,783,000 -59.4% 3,472 +11 $8,290 $118,042,000 $85 2
3 2 Monsters Vs. Aliens P/DW $22,617,000 -30.6% 4,136 +27 $5,468 $141,009,000 $175 3
4 N Observe and Report WB $11,140,000 - 2,727 - $4,085 $11,140,000 $18 1
5 4 Knowing Sum. $6,670,000 -18.1% 2,925 -398 $2,280 $68,006,000 - 4
6 5 I Love You, Man P/DW $6,412,000 -17.0% 2,643 -186 $2,426 $58,997,000 - 4
7 3 The Haunting in Connecticut LGF $5,710,000 -39.8% 2,721 -11 $2,098 $46,297,000 - 3
8 N Dragonball Evolution Fox $4,650,000 - 2,181 - $2,132 $4,650,000 - 1
9 6 Adventureland Mira. $3,433,000 -40.0% 1,876 +14 $1,830 $11,450,000 - 2
10 7 Duplicity Uni. $2,997,000 -28.2% 1,965 -557 $1,525 $36,848,000 $60 4
11 8 Race to Witch Mountain BV $2,000,000 -37.7% 2,172 -653 $921 $62,056,000 -


http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/
 
The movie was ok. My comments:

- The cars were pretty unimpressive this time around. I'm way more into imports than muscle cars so Paul Walker driving a Skyline AGAIN and a Mazda Speed3 in the end was :dry:

- The chicks were nothing special. What's a movie about cars w/o hot chicks? lol

- That Phoenix guy was the coolest looking villain I'd seen in a long time. If I wasn't growing dreads, I'd totally get that mohawk :D

- When Vin Diesel shot that 1 car with a shotgun before the got into the tunnels, did 3 cars seriously explode and flip over? Haha, I love these types of action movies.
 
Fast and the Furious Five To Be Set in Brazil?

According to widespread reports, Paul Walker let slip some details of an upcoming fifth film in the Fast and the Furious franchise when appearing on the Valentine in the Morning radio show. This isn’t really a surprise - the fourth installment had one heck of an opening, and the series overall is running at an incredibly healthy total.

What’s more, he gave up two specifics: that Vin Diesel will also be coming back for more; and that this time, they’ll be relocating to Brazil. The exact quote below the fold, plus the studio’s follow up statement.

"This was supposed to be it. There wasn’t supposed to be the open-ended closing like there was. When I first read the screenplay, I was like, ‘Man, look what they’re doing.’ But without question, with the way things opened up, Vin and I will be coming back, we’re making a fifth one, and we’re going to Brazil, that’s it."

Brazil seems to produce and unholy amount of supermodels, so I expect we’ll be seeing at least one in the film. Here’s hoping she’s given a car of her own, or something else worthwhile to do, and isn’t relegated to tiresome arm candy duties. Or, if she’s got to be nothing more than bikini-stuffing set dressing, let her at least be that in context and just give her a flag to wave at the start of a race.

I tried to research something of the street racing culture in Brazil, and all I really managed to find out was that it exists. Sao Paolo by night certainly fits the colour scheme of the Fast and the Furious series so far, anyway.

It seems fairly likely from Walker’s comments that the original plan was to wrap the series up conclusively with part 4, and in a way that was, to him at least, noteworthy. I suspect they were originally planning to kill off both the Brian O’Conner and Dominic Toretto characters, or at least somehow render them incapable of driving. I also suspect this may have been part of a studio gambit to get further sequel contracts out of the stars. Perhaps I’m just being cynical - but if that was their plan, it worked.

I know it’s not really sensible to trust celebrity quotes from radio shows, but E! have chased down confirmation from Universal that yes, indeed they are lining up a new installment.

I’m predicting right now that this series has 3D in its future. Just a hunch.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/04/11/fast-and-the-furious-five-to-be-set-in-brazil/

Actual interview: here.
 
I think that Paul Walker and Vin Diesel should be in Brazil with Han racing and doing their thing aka "hiding from the fbi". Han runs off to Tokyo. Vin gets word that Han was killed, Vin heads to Tokyo... Races Lucas Black. Lucas Black, Neela, and Twinkie join forces with Dom, Brian, and Mia down in San Paulo, Brazil. They work together as a full crew and have there own little shop.


P.S.

I've been to San Paulo and it's big time street racing during the night time. All over the place!
 
I think that Paul Walker and Vin Diesel should be in Brazil with Han racing and doing their thing aka "hiding from the fbi". Han runs off to Tokyo. Vin gets word that Han was killed, Vin heads to Tokyo... Races Lucas Black. Lucas Black, Neela, and Twinkie join forces with Dom, Brian, and Mia down in San Paulo, Brazil. They work together as a full crew and have there own little shop.


P.S.

I've been to San Paulo and it's big time street racing during the night time. All over the place!

Not possible, before Dom hits Tokyo he has to "tear up asia" So he won't be coming from Brazil
 
F&F here in Brazil?
Haha, that's be awesome. I wanna see they doing it here in my city.
It has speed bumps, filled with holed tracks and hills.
That would be a true challenge.
 
Loved the movie, until the ending. What a ****ing dick move

I'm gonna be pissed about that **** every time I watch the movie. imo itd probably be a 8.5 or 9/10 with the full rescue. As it is... 7.5. an 8 on merit, but I can't stand that kind of slap in the face to the audience.

Also, it wouldve been a great time to have a Tyrese cameo in the third car
 
Also what was up with paul's car in the ending?
 
Still never gave a hoot about Tyrese. Never really liked the second movie all that much.


DON'T TELL ME TO SHUT UP

/angry face
 
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