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Author Topic: The Fate of the Furious (2017) Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 04-15-2017 06:37 PM                        CINEMA: Warren East, Wichita, KS AUDITORIUM: 4 PRESENTATION Warren 21 Recline-O-Vision 2K with the WAVE (surf's up, dude) PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: Fucking seat heater didn't work RATING: Three stars (out of four) Part way through the Mummy trailer I was thinking "What the fuck is this, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider starring Tom Cruise?" THE PLOT: Dom turns heel. Wackiness ensues. They've been promoting this as being "darker". Vin Diesel even said "We had to go darker." Bullshit. This is SO MUCH DAMN FUN. A high-budget grindhouse feature with Kurt Russell providing the grindhouse cred. Johnson and Statham's one-up jibes and threats at each other are so hilarious that, at one point, THEY crack up. There's one or two downers along the way, but a Guy Richie-type plot twist and tons of stupid ridiculous and WAY entertaining action makes up for it. My favorite movie franchise did not disappoint. And I was fully expecting it to.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-21-2017 09:07 PM                        Maybe it's just the type of people who come to these movies vs. the Disney fans, but when we had Beauty and the Beast, virtually everybody who came out was just gushing about how great the show was. With this movie, no gushing. Most of them walk out with blank expressions. I don't know it that means they hated it, they feel like they've been hit over the head from all the mayhem, or these fans just don't gush. Whatever.....this pushes the meaning of "over the top" higher than ever. A fun watch, indeed.  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 04-22-2017 08:50 AM                     Well, go in before the next show and ask the audience who had previously watched B&B. These guys are COOL as shit. No gushing, ya know. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 05-11-2017 11:02 AM                     I wasn't impressed - thought the two prior one's were goofy fun, but this is just getting to be overkill.  |  IP: Logged

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