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[erkishhorde]

The Hobbit has started shooting.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150223186041807#w400-h224

[Mother]

that's cool

Peter jackson did his hobbit blogs in costume...

[Monster Dave]

Anyone seen Fast Five yet?


Check this out:

Vin Diesel



Guess all of our careers have to start somewhere!!

[duccarlos]

I wonder if he can still dance...

[fastwin]

that's pretty funny! bet he wishes that didn't exist.

[Monster Dave]

Went and saw Fast Five last night. Although it got high ratings, I was somewhat disappointed. Don't get me wrong, it was entertaining, and there were some outstanding actions sequences, but it an altogether different "type" of Fast and Furious movie.

In the directors chair since Tokyo Drift, Justin Lin's style has been a bit up and down. I didn't care much for Tokyo Drift, but I did enjoy Fast & Furious. In comparison to Fast & Furious, the run time for Fast Five was nearly 30 minutes longer, and after seeing it, I really think they could have cut that down and helped the plot move along better.

Warning - Spoilers Ahead:

There were these long disjointed stretches of the movie where nothing of value was really happening - I assume that it was intended purely for character development - but even that wasn't totally necessary.  

It was nice to see that they brought back Vince from the first movie - but they could have done more - unfortunatly, he was a very minor and unsubstantiated supporting character. They alluded to possible plot connections, but never explored them. It was a nice historical touch though that they alluded to the scar on his arm from the first movie.

The role of the Rock was just dumb - it was purely a "I'm a big badass" role, supported by bossing people around and standing in poses like he was back in the WWF, and wearing shirts that were about 10 sizes too small. In one scene where he and Diesel are face to face outside, the Rock is dripping with sweat while Diesel isn't perspiring at all. It just didn't work well.

Conversely, seeing Johnson and Diesel fighting against one another was awesome - it was like watching two hulking Rinos beat the crap out of one another! Again, at the end of this scene was a nice historical reference that I won't spoil.

It was great to see all the characters come together and effectively bump Tokyo Drift further down the line of movies. However, the supporting crew weren't fully realized and seemed more to serve as comic relief than plot supporters. So much more could have been done. For example, when the first introduce Tyrese into the mix, there's an obvious tension between he and Diesel, but they never expand on that. Sung Kang who plays Han was great in Tokyo Drift, but here he wasn't developed at all.

Best part of the supporting cast though was the Ducati Street Fighter that they used - always brings a smile to my face to see a Duc used so much in a movie!

Anyway, it was entertaining but not great. It was more of a bank heist film than a traditional Fast and Furious movie. This movie has clearly been left ready for the next installment, but if you stay through the credits, you'll see that Lin has some plot ideas for the next movie that are...shall we say, stretching it.

[duccarlos]

I liked it, but I showed up with very low expectations.

[derby]

I liked it, but I showed up with very low expectations.

it's a summer popcorn movie... expectations should always be zero. 

[duccarlos]

it's a summer popcorn movie... expectations should always be zero. 

Except for Harry Potter.

[akmnstr]

it's a summer popcorn movie... expectations should always be zero. 

But it isn't summer yet!

I feel myself getting sucked into watching this piece of garbage and I ain't got nobody to blame but myself. 
I watched the first two and wondered afterward why, when we have so little time on this planet, I pissed away about 3 hours while I'm still in the prime of my life.  I like Vin, and wonder if I will ever see him in a good movie.  I guess I like the voice, certainly not his films.   

[derby]

But it isn't summer yet!
 

no,. but the "summer" movie season has started.

[akmnstr]

no,. but the "summer" movie season has started.

Note to self, never disagree with the Derby

[duccarlos]

Note to self, never disagree with the Derby

Calling a derby. It has been said in many other threads that Derby is always right.

[zooom]

  I like Vin, and wonder if I will ever see him in a good movie.  I guess I like the voice, certainly not his films.   

what?!?!?!...he's been in several...in ascending order...

Pitch Black, Find Me Guilty, Boiler Room, Saving Private Ryan...

and as far as voice work he did The Iron Giant....

[Monster Dave]

what?!?!?!...he's been in several...in ascending order...

Pitch Black, Find Me Guilty, Boiler Room, Saving Private Ryan...

and as far as voice work he did The Iron Giant....

Pitch Black was great!