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F9:
Corona beer: Diesel sets it down and does not drink in F9.
“he doesn't take a drink.”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:15:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Better Luck Tomorrow → F9.
Justin Lin folds his earlier film (via Han) into the Fast saga, like Jay-Z and Nas remaking a hot song.
“he's like, oh, the movie that I did before, Better Luck tomorrow.”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:20:21 · Shea Serrano (0.80 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Fast Five → F9.
Same villain structure: the Rock isn't quite a villain in Fast Five and Cena turns good in F9.
“But then they do it again in fast 5 with the rock, and he's not really the villain, but he's the villain.”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:22:57 · Shea Serrano (0.90 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Charlize Theron → F9.
Charlize is wasted in F9 compared with a real villain turn in Fate, a short paycheck job.
“that was an incredible paycheck job by her to come through for what felt like 16 hours”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:25:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Hobbs & Shaw → F9.
Starting with 8, 9 and Hobbs & Shaw the trailers became more fun than the films.
“The trailers became more fun than the movies.”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:33:57 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F9:
Trailer revealed Han walking out of the tunnel; Shea ran around the house screaming.
“I fucking lost my mind.”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:34:05 · Shea Serrano (0.60 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F9:
Magnet set pieces redeem F9 for Sean.
“anytime there's a magnet on screen, I'm like, I'm into this movie.”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:36:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
F9 → The Fate of the Furious.
Amanda puts F9 over Fate of the Furious purely for the magnet set pieces; Fate's submarine and baby sequences are the other side.
“I would put F9 over the fate of the furious.”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:36:53 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
2 Fast 2 Furious → F9.
Sean says 2 Fast 2 Furious is tonally closer to the current franchise than the gritty Rob Cohen original.
“seems like it has a little bit more in common tonally than with the current set of the franchise than that original Rob Cohen film”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:40:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
F9 → The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
F9 gives Tokyo Drift a big shout out and brings back Han.
“it's a movie that has a huge cult fan base that gets a pretty big shout out in F9.”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:43:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F9:
Space sequence disappoints: they just float.
“they're just sort of floating there being existential.”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:54:39 · Shea Serrano (0.60 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
F9 → Gravity.
Sean wants a real space version, with Bullock and Clooney, merged with Fast.
“let's fucking do gravity and fasten the Furious together.”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:55:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Jason Statham → F9.
Amanda and Sean miss Statham, the Rock and Kurt Russell in F9; they want them in space.
“the people I want to see in space are Kurt Russell and the Rock and Jason Stathum.”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:56:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them) -
fun, about
F9:
Shea proposes Zendaya as a street racing champion and sister.
“Let's get Zendaya in here.”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:58:17 · Shea Serrano (0.80 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift → F9.
Wants a return to smaller street racing and Justin Lin back.
“kind of want to Tokyo drift it now.”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:58:27 · Shea Serrano (0.60 sure it was them)