Film & 40s: Film & 40s: Furious 7

Man the farewell to Paul still fucks me up. :(

What a journey. Muchas gracias familia.

Get out the tissues. Sad this is over. This has been the absolute best!

I'm too excited for next week, thank you for this series. Was fun to rewatch

@vinny: I'm going to turn up the audio

@danryckert, @alex: loud conversation

guys, I love y'all

but when vinny turns up the audio, you gotta quiet down a bit cause I can't hear shit :(

Remember the buster... that last scene with Paul Walker in the white Supra driving away makes me cry every time. :(

Saw this in theaters. Man, that scene got me. Some girls not far from me were crying.

Death Race deserves more praise!

It's the best only mashup of Mario Kart and The Running Man. I get bummed out every time Dan references Ian McShane in a Fast and Furious context.

Miss you Paul. Rest In Peace.

I'm crying, drunk, sad, and happy, THE FEELS!

What a ride! Thank you GiantBeast.

Much like Dan and Vinny, this was my first experience with the series. I watched every film for the first time alongside these podcasts. I came in here expecting nothing but dumb stunts and fast cars. Ending this now, I'm honestly surprised. I'm shocked to find tears in my eyes for an actor I never watched in a film before two months ago. Thank you, Dan, Vinny, and especially Alex, for introducing me (and I hope others in the GB community) to the series. This has been a wonderful journey, I'm glad I could tag along for the ride.

My final ranking:

5

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7

6

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2

3

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4

1

Movies in the same tier are of debatable ranking within their group, but this is my current opinion.

The hardest part about feeling 5 is the best is that I think it requires having seen 1-4, which I would have a very hard time recommending to someone objectively.

As Alex pointed out, this series takes its lore surprisingly seriously, which ends up making it tougher than you would expect for newcomers.

P.S. - was really disappointed with the Rousey content. It made Gina Carrano look like an Oscar winner.

Awesome! These commentaries have been amazing. I had a big dumb smile on my face the whole time re-watching all 7 of these and listening to you guys.

Man, this GB series was incredible. My dad is way into cars, so we saw the first movie when it came out in theaters when I was a young teenager. Ever since then it was a guilty pleasure for me. My fiancee also happened to be into these movies, and we've seen every one in the theater since we started dating in '10. It's a rare fusion of something I liked pre-giant bomb with the guys doing commentary over it. Movies rarely make me cry, but this one had me going. They handled it better than I could have imagined.

Final ranking: 5, 1 (guilty pleasure), 7, 6, 3, 4, 2

RIP Paul, and salute mi familia.

I'm so glad to have experienced these movies again through your eyes. Thank you. I can't wait to see The Fate of the Furious. RIP Paul Walker. You will be severely missed.

I still can't believe this is one of the few movies that made me tear up. RIP Paul

I love this silly website

"I HAVE ABANDONED MY CAR" may be my favorite GB thing ever at this point. Thank you, Alex.

holy fuck that ending. I was not ready for that. fuck.

o7

I'm so excited for this one. The complete batshit insanity and Jason Statham make this one my favorite. 5 is definitely a close second though. Super stoked for F8

rip paul.

THUS! I have...at LAST!...seen all 7 Fast and Furious films.

At last...speed and fury...have made me a man.

L'chaim!

This is probably as good a moment as any to say something nice about Paul Walker, but there was a movie that came out 2 years before this one called "Hours," that I thought he was very good in. It got some extra attention during all the news coverage after his passing because it was the only recent non-F&F project he worked on.

This is the best thing to happen to the site. you watch kick ass movies, drink, and listen to vinny, danny, and alex. Loce you guys!!

Thanks Beast crew. o7 mia familia

RIP Paul Walker.

They should give us a time stamp half way through to sync up, trying to match the podcast and audio is near impossible.

The complete silence during the beach scene is all the commentary you need.

This might be the only live action movie I tear up at. Pixar movies and Disney movies even going back to The Lion King I tear up at.

But damn. The fact that there is a real death. I'll miss you Paul.

For Paul.

God damn. The only live action movie I cry at. Pixar and Disney since back in the day I cry at. Never do I cry at live action stuff. But these tears are for Paul.

It has been so much fun watching this series again with the Beast crew. I hope they continue to do these with other series. I've always loved the F&F movies though, and it was a blast listening to Dan and Vinny getting to experience them for the first time. Alex did a great job guiding them through it all as well.

My Ranking: 3,5,6,7,1,4,2. I am fully aware of Tokyo Drift's issues but I still love it. The setting is great, the racing is great, and Han is the best character in the series. The acting is bad, but in a good way. There's just something about that movie that even though I think 5 is the better movie, I still like 3 the best.

Man I knew that they were "brothers" and loved each other. But knowing that Vin named his kid after Paul. God damn. I can't watch that ending anymore. It's too much.

So glad the bombers teared up as well.

It really is about family. The reason the fast movies have been able to bring "heart" and "family" to the films is that they crew actually is like family. Especially when it came to Vin and Paul; they really were brothers on and off the set. Makes it even sadder.

Man, that ending. RIP Paul.

7 has some dumb moments and occasional iffy direction by Wan, but it's a fun movie.

Also I love how you guys are on the verge of calling F6 the best one, but never actually do. While 5 was great, 6 feels like the apex of the Lin movies. Really loved watching that one.

After watching them again, I feel like my ranking of the series would be 6, 5, 3, 7, 1, 4, 2.

Thanks again for doing this duders, it was a treat to go through these movies with you guys.

And remember: There's always another gear!

Is there anyone in SF that wants to see F8 with me. I'm gonna see it by myself if not.

Thank you Alex, Vinny and Dan! I hope you do more Film & 40s in the future!

I was on the edge of my seat waiting for some NOS. They deliver.

@alex@danryckert Azerbaijan is in "Eurasia" beacuse it's technically part of both Europe and Asia.

Following the release of Furious 7 (2015), Vin Diesel said regarding a possible sequel:

I was trying to keep it close to the vest throughout the release. Paul Walker used to say that [an eighth film] was guaranteed. And in some ways, when your brother guarantees something, you sometimes feel like you have to make sure it comes to pass... so if fate has it, then you'll get this when you hear about it. [Furious 7] was for Paul, [the eighth film] is from Paul.

Thank you so much for this series (the podcasts and the films).

For Paul.

Folks

I fucking love that Deftones moment.

This one, like 6, was way better than I remembered.

It was nice watching this again. Especially nice with the BEAST crew. Very emotional.

This has been some of the best content GB has done. So awesome. Also i have watched F7 3 times and that ending still makes me tear up.

My ranking: 5-7-6-1-3-4-2

I adored rewatching these films with you guys, thank you.

Ending hits as hard as it did in the cinema :(

Damn it, I cried again at the end. Thank you guys, thanks Alex!

Fuck man, I teared up at the end.

Thank you again for doing this feature, guys. It's one of my favorites.

o7

... God lord, I'm a mess. What a beautiful send off.

Also, a HUGE thank you to GBeast for this amazing series! As a relative newcomer to the F&F franchise (I'd seen a few of them isolated), This has been an amazing way to watch them.

Oh man, Denzel Washington turned down a role in this. That probably would've made this one my favourite, though it's still quite high up there with it's stupidity and the ending. That said, the stupidity was definitely made better and more tolerable because of the Beasties.

This whole series was a great feature, really hope you don't take too long before you give the Film & 40s treatment to a new movie again.

P.S. I'm with Vinny. Ludacris becoming a super genius has been the stupidest thing in this whole series.