Fast and Furious (2009) Review

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go. Fast four, Mike, what are you talking about?

It's a continuity thing, folks. I hate going

on a continuity order. Tokyo Drift honestly should

have never happened. But it did happen. It only

took them X number of years to actually figure

out how to fit it into the continuity. But for

now though, tub it up. for now though fast and

furious which year was this god i don't even

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I'm of course to join Mike and join me Once again

is my buddy Sean aka old schools. Hello, sir.

How are you? Good, how are you on this fine Wednesday?

I'm pretty good pretty good by the time people

hear this who knows who the hell knows what day

it'll be because we're recording this for the

future But for you Yeah, just for me, that's

right. I'll see if I can work this to be a Wednesday

in the future. That's right. Today we are continuing

on in our 11 episode arc covering every Fast

Saga film from the first one nearly 25 years

ago all the way up to Fast X from 2023. This

time around we're talking about Fast and Furious

from 2009. The naming scheme on these movies.

Oh my god. I don't know what's worse. the naming

scheme on the fast saga movies or the naming

scheme for cell phones like i swear yeah like

iphone 16 iphone 16 plus iphone 16 minus iphone

16 plus pro minus max yeah and you know they

used their team and spent like 16 million dollars

just to come up with the name of the next one

absolutely 100 % so it's funny. So we've talked

about the first Two films we're talking about

this one and people are gonna be like and I'm

gonna remind people every episode We are doing

this in story order Tokyo drift fits in order

in a different place So this is a direct sequel

to the fast and furious and Too Fast Too Furious.

So these events that happen now in this movie

happen after the fact of the end of Too Fast

Too Furious. And it's funny because I remember

all three of these films, like I've watched these

over and over again over the last 25 years, and

I have never... Haven't gone back to these in

forever. I watched these films when they came

out I watched them maybe once or twice when they

hit DVD or whatever when they came out on on

physical media back in the day But I watched

this movie and I remember every scene from this

yeah, it's kind of like Watch one you watch them

all Remember in the last podcast that we were

talking about was One of the things that really

disappointed me about the movies as we went further

on into the saga, they, you know, the CGI or

whatever you want to call it, just the stunts

and everything were just so unrealistic. Like,

you know, the very beginning of this movie, was

it a cool play out? It was. I loved it. But is

that really, you know, something that could happen?

No, not really not not in my eyes, I mean to

me things that It was just it's like they were

reaching but you know, hey, it's just a movie,

right? Yeah, it's just a movie. We know it's

fiction folks, but we can still analyze it That's

the whole point of doing podcast is to look at

it Analytically, even though we still had fun

we can still and the thing is That whole beginning

scene with them stealing the liquid gold as let

he put it. Oh I love when she said that I love

when she said that this is hilarious That's awesome.

But when they do the the 360 turn around and

they put the hitches on To get the tankers you

can do that on the wide road But when that road

goes narrower and narrower it becomes less believable

Well, you can do that with a car, but you know,

we're talking about Trucks with flatbeds and

their Dooley's and you're not gonna get one of

those to do all that But hey, they're car boo

-boos and they can make anything happen. So yeah,

absolutely. It's a good scene though. It's a

fun scene. Yeah, it's a My favorite car ever

so it's the Grand National Dom's car wasn't Has

been that has always been my favorite car since

I was 16 years old when they came out with it

And that's still the one car I've not been able

to get so when that movie started I immediately

thought okay. This is the best movie period Yeah,

this movie is so good this this is It just had

a lot of different versions and and not even

10 minutes into it, you know, you're breaking

hearts and just breaking teams, you know, I mean,

all of a sudden, Dom takes off and and then Letty,

you know, as we get more into this podcast, of

course, you know, things will happen. But not

only that, but then you got, you know, kind of

where maybe Tokyo Drift came into play. Yeah,

you got the kind of the Easter egg of that where

you break off into that It's just this is all

before 20 minutes of the film. Yeah, that's what's

really great about it. Yeah This is a this is

a movie folks from 2009 2009 this is a movie

from 14 years ago Yeah, just think about that

alone. No. No. Yeah. Yeah, but like seriously

this is a movie that is Movies today don't get

made like this movie was made yet. No, I'm sorry.

This is a movie from 16 years ago So here's the

thing This movie has everything this movie has

racing this movie has car crashes this movie

has heists This movie has a story that is actually

told well This movie has characters this movie

has multiple characters with multiple stories

that are told Well, the story is balanced not

only that but that story splits off into You

know It splits off into like four different ways

and it doesn't move the audience no which A lot

of films try and that's the first thing that

happens is half the audience is like, I don't

get it. What, or what happened to this and what,

you know, they do it perfectly as in not only

did they break it off into all these different

parts, but everybody kept up with each story

and totally understood what was going on. Yeah,

absolutely. Yeah. And It's so good. It really,

really is. It's just one of those movies that

just works. What is so great about this movie

is you have the return of composer Brian Tyler

for the music. Now, I noticed scores a lot. I'm

a music person. I noticed the instrumentals a

lot. And ever since, the first film. The Fast

and the Furious from 2001 is when I was first

introduced to Brian Tyler and I have been following

that man, not literally, but I've been following

his career and his work for 25 years, or almost

25 years, because of The Fast and the Furious

and every time a score from this saga is released

I immediately go listen to it because I want

to hear what he does with the music and just

man so this was released let's see March 12 2009

was the Gibson amphitheater debut and then the

wide release was April 3rd of 2009 running time

of 107 minutes, so it's just shy of two hours.

It had a budget of $85 million. They made this

movie on $85 million in 2009. Which is not that

much in the movie world. Nope. Just think about

how much it cost to make Titanic. Yeah. So $85

million budget. The box office for this film.

three hundred and sixty point four million dollars

So it more than made its money back profit boys

That's right and a good start to the next movie.

Yeah. Oh, absolutely. I always wonder How long

of a break did they take between each one? Did

they just jump right back into it? Or did they

actually give the actors and the stage crew and

everybody like a little bit of a break before

they jump? Right into the next So, let me look

I'm trying to think here off top of my head.

All right, so Fast and furious was 2001 too fast

was 2003 Tokyo drift was 2006 this was 2009 fast

five was 2011 So it's about a two or three year

Break it's kind of like how albums used to be

and I know you're gonna Rule your eyes when I

say I haven't even said a thing don't start you're

you're gonna roll your eyes when I say this but

you know the One of my favorite rock bands in

the world Let me guess before you even do that.

Uh -huh. Let me see how well I know I get a couple

first of all Let's just try sevenfold No, I don't

mean you mean seven dust no, no, no, no Okay,

obviously that's not it. So how about Nickelback?

Yep. There you go Yeah, so from that seven fold

or seven Avenged sevenfold is what you're talking

about. No, no, no, they're okay Avenged sevenfold

is okay, but it was seven dust creed nickel back

saliva and a bunch of others But yeah nickel

back. So basically yeah, so before we get up

on a whole Yeah, no, no, it's fine. It's fine.

So nickel back in 1998. They released the state

in 2001 they released silverside up So that's

like a two or so, you know and in 2003 they released

the long road So it's like a two or three year

cycle because they have to go on tour to promote

each album movies are movies used to be Kind

of the same way where if you have a frankly you

look at the Batman franchise You had Batman in

1989. You had Batman returns in 1992 You had

Batman forever in 1995 Batman and Robin in 1997

So you had a three -year gap between Batman Returns

and Batman Forever and a two -year gap between

Batman Forever and Batman and Robin. Same thing

with this. It's like a two or three year gap

between each film's release. Well, maybe that's

why. They were just so well planned, and it's

as if they couldn't have took the time because

it was perfect how one rolled into the other.

Like I said, I mean, With Tokyo's group. I mean

you already knew it was coming before During

the first 20 minutes of that film. Yep. So yeah

anyway, yeah, absolutely. But yeah, I mean and

I I had almost forgot that the The truck seat

that the liquid gold that the the the the oil

or the whatever I almost forgot that that was

this opening to this movie. I remember the scene

I just forgot it was fast for that It was this

movie that that that happened in and I love how

they play with Brian and Dom How they each find

out about David Park? separately in different

ways, but they end up Going to get the guy That

was hilarious within You know, maybe what 10

minutes of each other arrived. Yep Absolutely.

Dom gets there first Nearly throws the guy out

the window and then Brian's running up the stairs.

Okay, so I did find this so Dom Vin Diesel He

originally wanted to make the fourth and fifth

films back -to -back. Yeah, the virtual decided

to take some time to see The fourth movie would

work out before movie. Yeah, this one. So there's

kind of our answer right there. So they did Want

to shoot it back to back which is what it feels

like because it was so insane. Oh Yeah, four

or five and said this movie the fifth movie in

the sixth movie Hell I'll say this four five

six and seven all feel like they are just solidly

One long marathon. Yeah. Yeah, it's like they're

made together Yeah, absolutely and that's good

granted. This is kind of the start of switching

from These movies being street racing to being

heist films They fully switch over to being heist

films in the next one with fast five But I don't

have a problem with that. It adds to it adds

to the story and they do Great stories in these

movies. Everyone always says about this franchise.

Oh, it's just cars. It's just racing It's just

stealing they say all these little piddly, you

know things about how it's just this one thing

It's not just that one thing or they'll say they'll

make fun of it by saying oh It's just family.

They'll just make fun of Dom. I think they would

say it's a gas film before anything Uh -huh.

Yeah But I don't believe that no, I don't believe

it either It's a film for anyone who likes these

types of action. It's an action film. It's an

action film It's a film with a ton of heart.

I brought nearly broke down between is every

Every genre of movie goers. Yep East in my mind

it does there's not one genre out there They

could say oh, I'm not interested in seeing this

I mean, you got a guy in Dominic Toretto who

doesn't want to have his girl hurt. And he basically

thinks he has to leave so she doesn't get hurt.

He wants to keep her safe. Right. So, you know,

like, um, that's the noble thing. Not unbelievable.

No, no, no, not at all. But the point, the point

is, is that, and the sad thing is she's keeping

secrets from him. Oh my God. I forgot about the

fight. I completely forgot. Even though I remembered

this movie, I completely forgot about when he

picks up the phone and he presses the button.

Oh God, that fight, the two of them, man. Oh,

Brian and Dom and Brian. Well, that's when he

got reinstated on. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well,

that's the that's the key here with this movie

is that Brian is back with the FBI actually he's

with the FBI now He's not with LAPD. He's with

the FBI Yeah, you got a promotion. Yeah, you

got a promotion. I mean I miss Bilkins I like

the guy that is in charge of him now, but I do

miss Bilkins. I wish you would come back I miss

that guy. Yeah, but how awesome was when the

one guy who actually has gotten more for film

time than I ever expected. You know, the side

partner, well, not really a side partner, but

he's managed to be in what I feel like is every

one of the movies or, you know, yeah, every one

of them. But, you know, he goes to pick up Mia

and bring her in for questioning. And that's

from Brian Caesar. But when he tried to get all,

you know, buck up to Brian, it's like, you know.

Don't you ever pop I mean straight into the wall

and just That set The rest of the movie is at

least on that side. You knew what was going down.

So, oh, yeah Yeah, not only was he gonna be a

big part of the the bad boy side the race. Yeah

but he was like King ding -a -ling and yep. Yeah,

so he could do no wrong. Yeah the I'm trying

to find the stop you talk about Stasiak Yeah,

yeah guy that got his nose broke. Yeah, right

Yeah, that guy's part of the film man. I could

watch that over and over. Yeah Absolutely. Yeah,

man. Just a great so much fun. I almost didn't

like I literally I wrote two notes I have two

but I have three I have two notes for this entire

movie. I already mentioned about I forgot about

the liquid gold was the opening and then the

other note was the reverse of what what Dom said

to Brian Where Brian said he obviously saying

to himself, but during the race too early Dom

When he hits the nitrous, yeah Dom hits it too

early and then Brian hits it and like back to

the first movie like oh he learned Brian's cat

man Brian's character got so much development

in this Yes, that's what I love about franchises

like this you that was great when that happened

yeah, absolutely you start off with something

that just Like you don't we didn't know like

literally you can watch that first movie and

it could just be one movie That the fast and

the furious from 2001. I remember When I watched

that, I figured, oh, this is going to, because

literally, we just came off of Gone In 60 Seconds

the year before. Gone In 60 Seconds didn't get

a sequel. Gone In 60 Seconds didn't get a franchise,

which is fine. I'm not complaining about that,

I'm just stating facts, because Gone In 60 Seconds

is a perfectly good beginning, middle, and end

film. It's okay. Can you imagine if it did, though?

Yeah, I know, I know. But the thing of it is,

is my biggest thing over the last, I would say,

five years, thing I've always said on podcasts,

while it's great that we have stuff like the

Marvel Cinematic Universe or Lord of the Rings

or Harry Potter or whatever, insert Cinematic

Universe here, I miss the single film. where

there's just one you want more at the end but

you're not really expect I miss that expectation

of will we get another one I miss that surprise

of hey remember this movie from this year and

then three years later we get a sequel so the

fast and the furious from 2001 that movie could

have just been one movie I'm glad it wasn't Because

you know, we're doing this 11 episode arc here

because we have this entire franchise But my

point is the character that Brian was in that

movie Going to too fast too furious and then

coming here to fast. I'm just gonna call it fast

for its growth He is growing. He is learning.

He would have never Yelled at Dom in that fight

about the phone about Letty about Letty going

to him to help save Dom. That fight in the apartment

when Dom finds that in her box of whatever after

she died, that fight would have never happened

in the first movie. If Brian didn't grow a spine,

if Brian's character didn't have character growth,

that would have never happened. And that's what

makes this so fun. That's what makes this so

goddamn good. Yeah, there's just no denying that

part No And I understand if these films aren't

for some people or if they're not but they're

for us because we love it'd be a very small crowd

Yeah But you know, I want to go back to you were

talking about David Park How they arrived at

the same time? Yeah, little tidbit here, you

know Since you know all the facts about the movie

and all the important things. I always try to

find tidbits on, you know, what I think would

be cool to let the audience know. Uh -huh. But

David Park was played by Ron Dillon? Dillon?

Uh -huh. I can't pronounce it, but it's Y -U

-A -N. Ron Yun, yep. Okay. Go ahead. Yep. That

his character is who played David Park now Ron

himself suffers from vertigo. Oh, okay and It

was about where sunset time when that scene was

going on Yeah, and he wanted to close it out.

Plus he wanted to get more into the movie. So

he told the directors Y 'all are just gonna hang

me from the window so There was no stunt involved.

He did that himself. And the fact that he suffers

with vertigo, that's why he looked so frightened

because that was a natural reaction. Yeah, exactly.

Um, and Justin limb was like, he didn't want

any part of it first, but then he's like, let's

just try it once and see, cause we got to get

this done before, but we still had, you know,

daylight hours and boom. The one take and they

hit it off. I mean it just and he did look Totally

freaked out. Yeah little things like that man.

It's just interesting Yeah, absolutely Speaking

of Justin Lin this guy as a director He directed

Annapolis in 2006. Oh, I love that movie He directed

Tokyo Drift Okay, let's talk about a one and

done, huh? Yeah. Yeah We could probably do that

one at one at some point. Oh, wow I'd have to

really catch up on that, but I just remember

that is one that kept me in my seat man That

movie is good Wow, that Cast is stacked. Yeah

James James Franco Tyrese Gibson Jordana Brewster.

So it's got It's got fast people in it. Donnie

Wahlberg. It's got a new kid. There you go. Chy

McBride. Wow. Holy crap. He couldn't have gotten

any better. He also directed Fast Five, Six.

He directed Star Trek Beyond. He directed Fast

Nine. And then upcoming this year He in post

-production I film called last days American

biographical drama film directed by Justin Lin

and written by Ben Ripley is based on the article

the last days of John Allen chow By Alex Perry,

so but I like his directing style. I like I like

Justin Lin stuff I mean, obviously, I mean most

of the stuff that he's done is fast stuff But

and my buddy Steve and I are gonna be doing a

whole Star Trek podcast So we will get to Star

Trek Beyond at some point in the future. But

no man, I like his style. I like the way that

That that he works and this movie went with fast

for it It has everything What did you think of

the tunnel scenes And again another one of those

Scenarios that just almost impossible to do Not

realistic at all even the way it was shot for

me at least personally I Kind of sat in there

thought no way, you know Nobody has a reaction

time like that in this I Mean but it fits a move,

you know for what? They did a hell of a job with

the movie, but that's exactly what I'm trying

to tell you You just you know CGI the hell of

a tool because they used it and they used it.

Well Yeah, I Like most of that was done in CGI

It might have been I mean it looks how they're

gonna be a tunnel that long Mean shit back then.

I mean mom must was not there with the boring

company I like the idea of there being Oh God,

I do not want to get into politics and things

but I like I like the idea of there being a set

of underground tunnels Between the border of

the United States and Mexico But not that side

not that size obviously not not to fit, you know

sports cars and a man dude this movie American

you talk about American muscle like too fast

too furious was all the tuner cars and all the

all the Modifications this movie had all your

muscle in it Yeah. Well, but it was still muscle

versus right. True. Very true. But I mean, you

know, man, I, yeah, this is, well, I don't know.

That is one part where I got lost. I mean, like

who was brago? Was it the little short dude with

the buzz cut swinging the golf club upstairs?

Yep. The other guy who drove the Grand Torino

that supposedly killed Letty, okay Yeah, that

car right there. It was like, oh man. What an

awesome car Cobra Jet Torino. I mean Who would

have thought to put that car in there, you know

that particular one? Yeah, just you know things

of that It's stuff like that for the real car

guys like wow, you know, I did not see that coming.

Yeah, absolutely Again, the attention to detail,

the way that the story is told, the way that

at the meetup, you could see it a mile away.

Hell, I saw, as soon as I saw Campos, I was like...

You know, let's braga right there. It's that

guy like we all know it's that guy like although

I did get a little confused about the guy who

drove the Torino the green Torino for a minute

there I thought yeah, you thought Phoenix was

braga. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah Yeah, it's the

way he talks. It's the way he acts. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah That's the great part about that movie was

It's like you knew but you weren't for sure it

kept you guessing that's what kept you on the

seat for Three -fourths of the movie at least

for me. It's yeah Third or you know in the third

person. Mm -hmm. Yep Absolutely. Absolutely.

Was there any scene that you didn't particularly

like? No, I mean I liked it all you know my big

issue with these films Take that away and I love

everything. I just don't like how they made some

of, but I love the theory behind it. You know,

so that's what I meant by, you know, horrible.

Whatever you want to say about that. It's like,

Oh, come on guys. You were doing so good with

the stuff that you pulled off in the first movie,

but now. You're getting way carried away like

too much and But that's not to say that they

were cool as hell Yeah, so it's like a I don't

know a win -lose situation So even the worst

part that I hate about the movie, I still loved

it. Yeah, that makes sense Yeah, absolutely And

the other introduction here is, Hannah is here,

but the introduction here is Gal Gadot, or Gal

Gadot, as Gisele. So Gisele gets introduced in

this movie. She was a big part of the series,

actually. Oh yeah, she becomes a big part of

the series. But she gets introduced here and

they try to make her a love interest for Dom.

It did a little bit. Yeah. Well, yeah, I mean

they that's why I said they tried to and it kind

of worked Yeah, I think they wanted to pull The

the fact that okay. Letty is gone because now

Dom's with her. Yep Yeah, you know, I think that's

what the attempt was right. It sure got me Yeah,

it's like I can't believe they actually killed

her off like that But and then I thought you

know if they keep killing off Remember we're

gonna have left You know bring in new people

and the funny thing is they did they did Yeah,

no. Well, the funny thing is when I watched this

I'm like, wait a minute I swear there was an

after credit scene there isn't but I swear there

was because I swear somewhere In this, we know

in this franchise that Letty does come back,

but I swear it was at the end of this one, or

maybe it's somewhere in Fast Five, or something.

Where there's a scene where they explain that

she's actually alive and she's working I think

she was working for Hobbs I swear I saw something

somewhere and it wasn't it wasn't a short film.

It wasn't anything special separate It was in

one of the films where they went She was actually

working for braga. No, no, no, I know I know

she was working for braga, but I'm saying like

when she when They kill her It's a fake dead.

They they faked her death is is my point and

she comes back because they have to bring her

back because Don can't survive that was Doug

Doug was head member. Yeah But he said when Douglas

was introduced into it, he said something like,

we, you see what we want you to see. Yeah. He

was the one who was actually in charge of. It's

like he was putting somebody undercover without

even knowing it. Right. Right. Okay. When you

bring. Yeah. When you bring Statham and all of

them. you know yeah but i swear no i i swear

there was a part where she because we know she

comes back because i remember uh her and uh little

miss hotsy totsy ama fighter ronda rousey fighting

her in furious seven Oh, so that that on its

own. I can't wait. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know I

know You brought it up. I didn't start nothing.

I don't know what you're talking about. Yeah

It was it was definitely Kurt Douglas who you

know Kurt Russ Yeah, you know, then he of course

he's the boss of you know Hobbs and then of course

you got that breakaway part right there with

Hobbs and Oh would it yeah, but yeah, you know

speaking of which I mean You ever known a movie

to have a spin -off of its own and be successful.

I Don't remember anybody being able to pull that

kind of shit off ever this franchise prints money

Yeah this I've never known anybody to be able

to Mean it don't work anywhere. The only place

it works sometimes is in TV for instance Sheldon

Young Sheldon. Yeah, but we're talking about

a major motion picture. It's never Never been

done like that before and not only is it successful

It's big -time successful where it could have

went on and on and on Mm -hmm, and you get to

here. I just think They you know, I Believe that

the the audience would be able to keep up but

I don't think Universal Was willing to put that

much man time into it. I don't know but yeah,

I'm just amazed by the cast Hey, you know that

was able to do all that. That's what you call.

So a key Yeah, absolutely. So this franchise

is blockbuster This franchise is Everybody plays

Like doesn't matter who it is. They can get it

like they've had like like you said between Kurt

Russell and All these other stars The Rock eventually

will come in obviously he'll come in in fast

five, you know, you got Statham coming in so

between Hobbs and Shaw you got Charlie's they're

always there. Yes. Yeah, sure. Yeah Charlize

Theron. Oh Yeah, absolutely he and you've had

so many others that have already come through

you've had You've had Ludacris, you've had Ja

Rule, you've had all these other people that

have already come through this franchise, and

you have the staples. You have the main stage.

You have Brian, you have Paul Walker, up until

at least Furious 7, may the man rest in peace.

You have Dom, you have Vin, because Vin is the

franchise. I mean, it's his. Mean people will

say oh, but the rock came in and stole it from

no, we fucking didn't shut the fuck up I wouldn't

get anything from them. Yeah Rock is no different

than Cena coming into it, you know Yeah, no,

absolutely and that added some again. They always

add something to the story Never expected to

have Dom and Mia to have a long -lost brother

named Jacob played by Mr. F you yeah, that's

another amazing thing is how they can do that

I mean and it wasn't like oh, that's not possible

It was very believable. So the end of this film,

Brian resigns from the FBI and Don boards a prison

bus that will transport him to Lompoc. As the

bus drives down the road, Brian, Mia, Leo and

Santos arrive in their cars to intercept it.

Dun, dun, dun, to be continued in Fast Five,

which is where I pretty much remember without

looking at any videos. That's where Fast Five

picks up is the the prison bus breakout of Dominic

Toretto in Fast Five. And that's where we will

continue it in the next episode of Studio 2009.

Any final thoughts? Anything else you'd like

to say about the fourth movie, sir? Yeah, again,

the introduction of new people and. You know

just some of the Easter eggs that were done in

this film that was cool in itself But I'm never

good at Easter eggs, so I won't usually pick

them up until after I've watched it 15 times

Yeah, but I Don't think You know you want to

put this in all -around movie, and I don't I

don't think there was you know Right turn Clyde

moment at all. I mean It was brilliant You start

to finish as if like We never got to leave the

movie theater, you know Yeah, this was one of

those movies where you sit down you shut up and

you enjoy it, right? You can't go to the bathroom

or go don't pop because you'll miss a ton just

Yeah, no Especially with the lines at theaters

for popcorn and drinks and uh -uh if you want

to get the popcorn and stuff before you go into

the movie sure fine But you really don't want

to get a drink for this film because you don't

want to have to go to the bathroom And miss any

part of this movie, right? So good. It's one

of those type films like you blink to me times

and you just wasted the best part of the movie

So Yes, the couple of questions that we usually

ask around here did the film keep your interest

throughout obviously Are we itching to watch

the next one? Yep Obviously, that's what's so

great about this one. Yeah, it's like I said

Thank you like yeah. I can't wait for the next

one Just almost as if like it was a drug, you

know, you just He didn't want to come off of

that buzz that high because it was just great.

Not that I would know anything about that, but

that feeling though, you know, that's how good

it was. He's got those plants in his garage,

folks. No, I had this weird person in my garage.

Yeah, that too. I was sleeping next to the plants.

Yeah, that's what your problem was. Like a champ

though when I'd like a room up it was that's

right Yeah, right in there like a pro while we

were playing games and just that's right That's

right, but I remember you would complain like

Sometimes I would come if a little bit affected

you and maybe calm down a little bit because

I know we There'd be some times that we really

got into the game. So, you know, like it was

an extra than what we've done before. So I think

a little bit of creeped in. Yeah, maybe you just

didn't know. No, but it was like that. That's

what the film was like. Mm -hmm. Absolutely.

Would you recommend this film to people? Absolutely

100 % Zero to five with half points. What are

we gonna give this one? I I Don't want to be

biased and I don't want to be I don't know I

really enjoyed this watch watching this again

because it is a really good film Usually I can

look at films like this and oh I I can see that

coming a mile away. I can see that coming a mile

away I just enjoyed it and I want to give this

franchise You know certain films, you know a

way to grow or whatever But honestly, I guess

I'm just gonna be biased and say it's a five

because it really is it was so enjoyable this

watch I'm gonna disagree with you on that. I'm

higher but you know, I do want to ask you this

like you're usually the one who asked the question,

but It'd be anything to know your opinion. Like

what was your favorite part in that movie like

of the whole movie? What was the one that just?

Got you for those famous laughs that you do.

It's For this movie or was there even one of

those? I mean it was it's more of the Emotional

moments. It's more. It's more of finding that

Brian is finally Grown a backbone. I mean he

always had one but he'd like that fight like

I mentioned like When he finally stands up to

Dom You know when he tells Dom what let he was

doing And he she was trying to save him and and

and that so that scene in in the apartment is

probably my favorite part in this As far as emotional

moments as far as karma as far as like stunt

moments Hey, I did not see that coming Hmm Which

is fine, I mean, yeah, I agree with you but And

I didn't see that it's not what I saw but Yeah,

yeah, I mean it's just like like you want to

see that character I mean character went from

I I like the tuna here like, you know I mean,

you know what I mean? He went from that to what

he is now in this movie like again his character

growth because Technically we're so even though

even though we follow Dom throughout this and

we follow Mia, Brian is the protagonist. Brian

has been the protagonist from day one from movie

one. He's been the follow character. There are

other characters we can follow along with, like

with Han and Giselle and all that and Ludacris

and Roman. I figured you were different, you

know. Not that that's a bad deal at all. What

scene did you think I was going to talk about?

I don't know, but it definitely was not that.

I thought maybe you would, maybe one of the stunt

scenes, maybe, you know, how Frago, I don't know.

I mean, I love the tunnel scene. The tunnel scene

is great. The tunnel scene is awesome, but Again,

I what I am looking for from this franchise what

I pay attention to the most is The story of the

characters because that's what makes this franchise

great is the story Dealing with the characters

and the emotional moments the cars are great

the stunts the stunts are great. They're all

awesome I love the opening you to have a favorite

part about the car Anybody who knows you totally

understand that. No, no, no. Look. I'm not as

big of a car guy as you are, but I am still a

car guy. My dad was my dad's been a mechanic

since he was 14 my dad In the in the middle of

this recording session I don't know when this

one will go up, but it might be before or after

my dad's birthday is march 7 2025 He will be

70 years old. The dude started being a mechanic

when he was 14 He has been working his ass off

his entire life as a mechanic He is a car guy.

He loves all that stuff. I remember my dad had

a gold trans a gold 1966 or seven trans am like

Trust me. I I like the car stuff. I do it's just

for me with this franchise I attach more to The

emotional stuff that I do the car stuff. I still

love the car stuff That train scene that's coming

up in the in the next movie in the beginning.

Holy crap. That's amazing Yeah, I have no idea.

We found that love Really? Yeah, they they they

I'm not trying to jump too far ahead. I know

Well, it's the next no, it's good that you answered

that way. I mean, that's the whole point of what

we do this for so You know and there might be

You know Say 60 % of your audience that agree

with you, you know Those are things we don't

know that's why I I asked and I found it in So

that's all not it Yeah, absolutely. All right

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