Movie Discussion (Fast And Furious 7)

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Mad Max or Furious 7: Which will be Best Car Movie of the Year?
I adore the Fast and Furious franchise, so much so that I've collaborated with the video team on a very special, very large project that will run later this week. And yet I'm still a little skeptical of Furious 7. Based purely off the trailers, the film appears to have less emphasis on practical effects than its predecessors, replacing what I love with gun battles and computer-animated set pieces. The movie that appears to nail the stunt work I loved in previous Fast films is Mad Max: Fury Road. The long in-development reboot of the Mad Max franchise has its share of CG, no questions, but its car sequences — which are rumored to comprise the entirety of the film — appear to have been shot with actual cars. That's all I want, y'all. Well, that and a story about the power of family. When it comes to family, Furious films will always have one muscular leg up.

Fellow Fast and Furious super fan Chris Ziegler and I are debating which film that we haven't seen will be the car movie of the year. Let's have a vote! I've include some Mad Max gifs to help you decide.

https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/3Z...loads/chorus_asset/file/3554836/mad-max.0.gif
https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Yl...ads/chorus_asset/file/3554756/mad-max-3.0.gif

Here are some Furious 7 gifs. Ignore Ross' comment, posted before the story event went live. Who does this guy think he is? Anyway, I hope you love CG!
https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Ha...loads/chorus_asset/file/3554886/ff7-2.0.0.gif

https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/rY...loads/chorus_asset/file/3554890/ff7-3.0.0.gif

 

[LiveFreeX]

FF is very meh... can't stand the whole ninja/stunt driver/soldier woman routine that seems to be present in nearly every movie to date... takes me right out of the film.

Mad Max on the otherhand is living in a world of sh1t and its a bit more believeable if they have a woman who is one of those things because if she isn't, she wouldn't have survived. Besides, every MM movie is interesting, every single one. Not every FF movie is interesting... I think 3,4,5 were just OK. Tokyo Drift was interesting but that story line never really went anywhere...and I have no idea why he went for a white woman when there were TONS of hot Japanese lying around.

Strange when you think about it but I think SCI-FI movies have more plausibility than action movies like the expendables or Fast and the Furious. Has anyone ever met a ninja/model/soldier girl in real life? I haven't.

 

[El Suave]

I've seen FF 7 and if I were 14 I would've liked it. I don't know, it seems just too fake and stunts are over the top.

 

[SmooveMooves]

Way to over-the-top for me. I like action movies grounded in reality. Or at the very least, somewhat plausible. FF movies (the more recent ones) are too fake for me, I might as well be watching the Avengers.

Tokoyo Drift was the last one I enjoyed, because it was kinda realistic.