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Eight Movies In and Still Going Strong

So I've seen the review percentages for Fate of the Furious and it's meh.  I've also seen the movie and it's fucking awesome.  I didn't even realize that it was almost two hours in when I finally looked at what time it was.

Now at this point I will say that there will be spoilers from here on, so if you're sensitive to those then well stop reading.

Part of me went into the movie thinking there was going to be more wrestling heel turns then actually happened.  I expected Hobbs and Mr. Nobody to turn, but they didn't.  I knew Dom would have had a reason for what he did and sure enough it was a good one.

The one thing I didn't expect is that Charlize Theron's character wouldn't be such a hateable bad girl.  I hated her character, but in the good way.  Actually the bad guys in this movie were probably the best in the series.

Now, there was a point (ok many points) in the movie where I was just like "well that's not how that would work".  I kind of laughed at all the "hacking" that went on in the movie.  I don't think that many different models of cars have an autodrive mode.  And I'm pretty sure that when you use an EMP it isn't possible to then easily reboot it and take whatever it was over.  Pretty sure that an EMP destroys all electrical devices functionality in it's range.  I could be wrong though.

Now those silly things didn't ruin anything.  This is a movie that you don't go in expecting super serious stuff.  You go in expecting crazy awesome shit to happen.  And it delivers.  The Hobbs/Deckard Shaw prison scene (that sounds dirty) was pure awesome.  I wanted to yell out I was so pumped during it.

And it also did a good service to the Paul Walker loss.  There was mention of Brian (Buster) and Mia at times in the movie, and the end of the movie pays homage to the character, much in the way Vin Diesel paid respect to the real life loss of Paul Walker.  It was well done.

I'll probably go and see it again.  I loved it.  But I love the series.  From the trailers I knew I was going to like it, but I didn't expect that I would like it as much as I did.  I can't wait for 9, and at least there is now a thread that was actually seeded in the movie.

Oh and there was no after credit scene, but from what I read I would have liked it.  Too bad Vin Diesel apparently didn't want it in the movie after he found out about it.  Hopefully they do make a Deckard Shaw and Luke Hobbs movie.  That would be awesome!

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