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Author Topic: 2 Fast 2 Furious Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 06-06-2003 03:43 AM                        2 Fast? My grandmother usually drives faster on her way to church. 2 Furious? Nobody really seemed to get upset during the whole moive. 2 Much of a waste of my time? Yeah. I knew this was going to be a POS since, well, since I saw the first one. Maybe I'll get lucky and somebody will break into my theatre and steal the print so that I never have to see it again! Oh yeah, that wasn't a HEMI either!  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 06-06-2003 03:50 AM                     Cinemark Movies 14, Mishawaka, IN Auditorium 11 Dobly Digital One does not go to a movie like this and expect a tremendous story, excellent dialouge, and characters that grow. If you are, go see something else. If you instead want a mindless 2 hours full of summer fun and audio nirvana, go see this movie. I really enjoyed the first film because it was just so much fun to watch. Movies can have several purposes. In this case, the purpose is to have fun. The chases and races within this film are spectacular. Although the first film had some great races, I felt that the ones in 2 Fast were just done much better. I found myself on the edge of my seat as I sat there and got sucked into the race. Of course, on the presentation side of things, all was great. The scope picture was very nice looking, but a little on the grainy side for me. Of course, it was most likely intended. But the real star here is the audio. The mix on this film was just great. It uses every channel to its fullest. The reving of the Challenger (please correct me if I'm wrong, it was the orange muscle car) was just insane. Also, the first race of the film makes incredible use of channel separation. Crank this up! Overall, I really liked this movie. Not only was it just fun to watch, but the audio is worth the price of admission. Also, after such a slow spring, I feel that it's gonna bring in some nice business. Cheers! AJG  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-06-2003 05:49 AM                     With myself being such a huge fan of the original "Fast and the Furious" starring that imbecil Vin Diesel I have been dreading this night for some time. The first movie just plain sucked and I expected this to somehow top it on the scale of suckiness. Fortunately Vin Diesel was not in it!!! Without giving away any of the plot, this movie is MUCH better than the first one. Granted the sheer fact that Vin was not in it made a tremendous difference, but even putting that gag-a-minute "actor" aside, this movie was indeed much better than the first. If you liked the first one (how I don't know, but we'll pretend for now), then you will definitely like the second one. If you hated the first one like I did, then you may still like this one. The print I screened was gorgeous and like was said above, the sound was fantastic and very well mixed. If you're going to ever watch this movie, go ahead and see it now in a cinema on a big screen with a good sound system. This is not one of those that would be best left for DVD.  |  IP: Logged Greg Mueller Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1687 From: Port Gamble, WA Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-07-2003 10:15 AM                        I caught the first one with Vin Diesel, on Starz last night. I like Vin but thought this movie was pretty stupid. I hadn't made the connection with "2" Fast (blah blah). I won't bother to see this sequel as it doesn't even have what I like about the first one (does it?) Maybe they should call the next sequel "Half Fast, Half Furious"  |  IP: Logged Paul Salley Expert Film Handler Posts: 105 From: Liberal, Kansas Registered: Jan 2001 posted 06-08-2003 09:16 AM                  Like Aaron said "One does not go to a movie like this and expect a tremendous story, excellent dialouge, and characters that grow. If you are, go see something else. If you instead want a mindless 2 hours full of summer fun and audio nirvana, go see this movie." I totally agree and the first one was the same way, the only thing that really made it worse was the effects they used when racing through the streets most of it was done by a computer and then also everytime they used the "NOS" button they went into some hyperspace/starwars super duper fast mode...  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-15-2003 02:00 PM                     Quote: "If you instead want a mindless 2 hours full of summer fun and audio nirvana, go see this movie."" _________________________________________________________________ Normal drivers in Utah would beat the pants off those wimps! Ya really got to be kidding....this piece of crap was a waste of good release print film as well as a good film crew!! I'd be willing to bet that "Howard The Duck, and "Million Dollar Mystery" are on your all time favorite list too....... I can just imagine what Jim Careys next film will be called....."2 Dumb, 2 Dumber" Mark  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 06-17-2003 04:03 AM                        Jim Carrey was in this movie ? I only saw half of it, so I must have missed him. Or was he one of the Latino bodyguards?  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 06-24-2003 05:07 PM                     AMC Hamilton, 6/22, 7:15 PM show. Hall #9, attendance ~50. Even if it weren't a sequel 2 Fast 2 Furious stands on its own. Just move the setting from California to South Florida and the Asian types to Cubans. Not having Vin Diesel hurt 2F2F after the first weekend. After all, he made the original. quote: If you're going to ever watch this movie, go ahead and see it now in a cinema on a big screen with a good sound system. SDDS! SDDS! SDDS! It's in every hall of the AMC Hamilton. That's what makes 2F2F sound great.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 06-24-2003 08:33 PM                     According to imdb.com, Fast and Furious made $144 million in its release, and 2 Fast 2 Furious is #3 at the box office currently, with about $103 million I think. I checked the weekly charts on imdb, and 2 Fast opened up bigger, but had a bigger drop the second weekend than F and F did. But it seems to be holding on it's own without Vin so far. I'm a fan of both, and both stand on their own too, I agree.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-26-2003 04:25 PM                     I haven't seen the original. 2F2F was very entertaining despite some bad acting (the Asian girl was spectacularly dreadful). However, a second viewing left me cold. I don't know why. The film features another really good analog SR soundtrack.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 06-27-2003 03:15 AM                        quote: The film features another really good analog SR soundtrack. Wow... I thought that they went out of the way to make the analog track sound bad on this one, and I heard it on two well aligned and normally kick-ass SR systems.  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 06-28-2003 06:23 PM                     Strictly visual eye candy. Good image and great sound made for an intereseting diversion, quickly forgettable after watching it, but not a bad way to spend a couple of hours.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 10-19-2003 05:08 PM                        Mindless entertainment someone said... As in, yes, you would have to be a true retard to remotely believe anything in this film. The race sequences were half computer generated PS2 crap... The gear changes every five seconds, the hyper space effects when they sprayed (the big N2O button., the acting... Sweet Jesus... what WAS right with this film? Oh, Eva Mendes. Total eye candy.... what a beatiful latin woman she is... I can't believe the wife wasted $16 on this DVD. It would have been a little more tolerable on the big screen (sound/visual effects). Overall, I'd rather take a , or have to than see this one again.  |  IP: Logged

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