Furious 7
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Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skpu5HaVkOc
I waited a long time to finally be able to watch Furious 7 and it was worth the wait. It was a fun, over the top thrill ride for most of the film. I thought the film makers and Special FX crew did a great job of completing the film to honor Paul Walker's final film given that there wasn't a whole lot of film to work with and it is noticeable in the reduce screen time he has. As much as I wanted to see Furious 7, part of me didn't want to knowing this was it. Ironically enough, it was the tribute at the end that I wanted to see more than the movie itself given how many people were pointing out this particular moment when talking about the movie. As I said, this movie is over the top to the point of being a cartoon.....but it was fun. It's expected and I think had they not done that, it would have been a let down in some ways.
I enjoyed the movie for what it was, but I was kind of disappointed with a couple of things. I was expecting to see Lucas Black join the crew since they were tying up loose ends with Tokyo Drift. That didn't happen. Also, I wasn't expecting to see Dwayne Johnson basically riding the bench for the bulk of the movie. He has 5 minutes at the beginning and then we don't see him again until the 3rd Act kicks in. But when he does, he owns it. I highly recommend this as a Rent and the tribute alone is worth it if you're not into these kinds of flicks. One last thing, it was strange to see Ronda Rousey (http://pennycan.createaforum.com/books/my-fight-your-fight-by-ronda-rousey-(2015)/msg36088/#msg36088) in this given the fact that just last Saturday I watched her get her first career loss in her brutal beat down and now today, she gets another "beat down" albeit it Hollywood style. I couldn't help but watching her scenes akin to a flat tire now that her aura of invincibility is gone.