Fast & Furious - Advise please

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4 years ago 01/18/2020 5:52pm EST

Guys, I've been on something of an odyssey. Having never seen any of these films before I stumbled into Hobbs & Shaw in the cinema last summer. I've now been worked my way backwards through the series and have now finished Fast Five.

Question is - Do I stop here? Somebody told me this was the true birth of the series and not to go any further back. But what's the views here? Should I maybe go 4 then 1? Watch them all? Miss 2? Or just still to the advice and leave the rest alone?

Any advice from true fans would be sincerely appreciated...

4 years ago 01/18/2020 6:37pm EST

re: Family Guy

Family Guy wrote:
Guys, I've been on something of an odyssey. Having never seen any of these films before I stumbled into Hobbs & Shaw in the cinema last summer. I've now been worked my way backwards through the series and have now finished Fast Five.
Question is - Do I stop here? Somebody told me this was the true birth of the series and not to go any further back. But what's the views here? Should I maybe go 4 then 1? Watch them all? Miss 2? Or just still to the advice and leave the rest alone?
Any advice from true fans would be sincerely appreciated...

Eh, 2 and 3 are pretty bad but 1 is still my favorite. It's a classic. Weird that you went backwards though. The series shifts from being about racing and drug running in 1-4 to being a mainstream action series in 5, so it may be a bit of a culture shock going backwards. I would at least watch 1, though. That's a classic. People have varying opinions on 2-4. I like 4, and 3 is fun but a horrible movie. 2 is generally considered the worst of the series and if you aren't feeling 1 and 4 I would definitely not watch 2.

4 years ago 01/18/2020 8:28pm EST

re: Family Guy

I don't see how you can skip 1-4 if you truly live your life one quarter mile at a time

4 years ago 01/18/2020 8:40pm EST

re: Family Guy

I remember 1 being a good movie and it being a big hit at the time. I also remember seeing 2 and thinking it was ridiculous but not necessarily a "bad" movie by action standards. Saw 5 and liked it too, though like others have said, it's a very different movie than the first few. Never seen the others other than bits and pieces.

Overall, from what I have seen, none of them are GREAT movies, but they are decent action flicks. At this point in my life I don't think I would dedicate the time to watching any of them though. haha.

4 years ago 01/18/2020 8:43pm EST

re: asdfasdf

asdfasdf wrote:
I don't see how you can skip 1-4 if you truly live your life one quarter mile at a time

Well done.

4 years ago 01/18/2020 9:13pm EST

re: Family Guy

Fast and the furious came out right around the time I finished high school.

It was cool to see in a way when the first one came out and a lot of young people liked the movies.

Since then I haven't followed them much. I'll watch them on TV because they are somewhat entertaining. But, the acting is laughably bad and can be hard to watch. Cringeworthy.

Good if you like high speed car chases though!

4 years ago 01/19/2020 4:55am EST

re: birdbeard

Thanks birdbeard et al.

Looks like 4 then 1 makes sense. Stopping at 5 seems incomplete as I'd miss seeing Letty's (non) death and 1 by common regard is a classic in its own right and introduces a few of the characters which will go all the way through.

2 &3 sound like side shows as best and not fundemetal to this backwards experience I am undertaking.

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