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Originally Posted by PMok
Dude, maybe it's me but I thought Tokyo Drift was the absolute bottom of the series. I mean 2F2F was kind of bad, but then TD totally sucked for me. The actors were terrible (even by F&F standards), the only redeeming quality was Sung's character. And that sweet orange RX-7? he was driving. Maybe it was because I had already seen the live-action version of Initial-D but I felt like that was a far better "drift-racing-type movie" than TD... even if that one did also in hindsight have terrible acting as well, the driving sequences were so much better. I do feel like with F&F and F5 the series picked up again, I mean it had to after hitting rock bottom with Tokyo Drift.
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To be fair, maybe Tokyo Drift was the way it was because of a lot of other factors. Ever since drifting got really popular, damn near everyone was expecting a third Fast and Furious movie to involve drifting, if it came to fruition. Also, maybe the stars like Paul Walker and Vin Diesel didn't really want to have a lot of involvement (hence their absence and Vin Diesel's appearance being limited to a cameo) since they may have assumed that the franchise was going into a downward spiral based on 2F2F and its reviews. But someone must've liked Tokyo Drift for Universal to have approved a fourth installment, one that brought back much of the original cast. If it were so bad, they would've just let it die, or at least use a different director.
Regarding the Initial D live action movie, it just didn't "feel" like a movie. The car stunts were cool, but the camera angles made me feel like I was watching Best Motoring more than a car movie. And I hate those stupid commercials at the beginning of the DVD that you can't skip on most players.
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Originally Posted by Moshpit37
I agree. Should have used the FR-S instead. Maybe actually SELL those BRZs rather than keep them to give away to a movie studio. Supplies are limited enough as it is.
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Or perhaps they could've just used gutted FR-Ss with BRZ bumpers.
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Originally Posted by sofrsnsokleen
The worst film was the 4th. It was absolutely ass, more action than a racing movie, more fiction than any of the others.
The strongest film is tokyo drift. Best storyline out of all of them.
I cringe at the frs or brz being featured. Last thing I need is a bunch of ugly ass pimply faced ricers trying to race me at every corner.
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I still think that the second film was the absolute worst, even though it at least had star power. The fourth one definitely had its unrealistic segments (street racers being hired to smuggle millions' worth of heroin through imaginary underground tunnels large enough to allow cars through it) while transforming the characters into superheroes (just think of how all of a sudden Vin Diesel becomes Batman when it comes to deductive reasoning or Superman when he took a bullet in the shoulder and kept moving along like nothing happened).
But frankly, you'll have to deal with all that. A car like the FR-S/BRZ is not inaccessible to teens, so it comes with the territory.