Monday, February 09, 2009

I love this movie

Whats up. Im just back to Ireland from a South American trip, but lets pay no mind to that just yet..

Guess whats on TV right now... its even better news.

The Fast and the Furious..

boyah. Ive only watched this movie about a 100 times... give or take a dozen. Its that astounding. Its soo good that when it plays for free on terrestrial TV, I go ahead and blog about it. I think the last time I did that was 4 years ago (oh gawd) with Karate Kid. And for the sake of this posting, Im not talking about 2 Fast, or Tokyo Drift. They barely count because it gots no Vin Diesel. Or Jordana Brewster.

Why is this movie so good? Classically its not. But in terms of a movie for a generation, theres no better. I cant really even explain it. Its just enjoyable to no end. It just is. It makes me giddy! Im giggling... its absurd. And its timeless, apart from that dated Ja Rule on the soundtrack and the dated Playstation in the chinese racer's car. What it does have, is complete ludicrosity. Like since when did NOs work that way, and since when was my future wife attracted to Paul Walker, and since when did people just casually pull out rolls of 2 large from their front pocket, to bet during line races. Better still, it is essentially the exact same movie as "Point Break" but with cars instead of surfboards. If you are going to rip off a movie idea, might as well use the best, right?

And most importantly, there is Marty and I's favorite movie scene of all time.. in the desert when Mia turns around and walks away as the dust flies... Ohhh soo much cinematographic perfection it blows the mind..

The bonus... Fast and Furious comes out this summer. New Model. Original Parts. Im excited beyond ... everything. I might even have to fly to New York to watch it with Jill, because it seems that appropriate. Seriously.. only if Eric and Marty were closer.

"For those 10 seconds or less, Im free" Is there a better enjoyably cheese ball line? NOPE.

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