Jay Beezy

When your previous four films have fresh ratings on RT, why would it not matter?

The director said it was studio sabotage there.

What movie was that?

I would have at least preferred some acknowledgement on Statham’s part on what he did.

He’s not in Fast 9, but he’ll likely be in 10.

I can't imagine the actual movie being any less basic.

Bullshit as in you don’t like it or bullshit as in it’s not true?

Aquaman was *not* without sincerity.

I think the problem is the notion of self-awareness tends to get the wrong interpretation sometimes. There's a sense that self-awareness gets interpreted sometimes as the filmmakers being aware of the movie they're making when how it's really defined is that it's the movie being aware of *itself*. Dwayne Johnson movies are certainly not the latter, not even a movie like Baywatch which was pitched that way but ultimately wasn't. To that end, it wasn't even the former either since it had a clear cut identity crisis. When it comes down to it, Dwayne Johnson insists on making movies that are supposed to be "fun" yet is content making them in the most generic ways possible that they’re ultimately just empty and hollow. And it's not enough for the filmmakers to be aware of the absurdity of a movie they're making when the movie itself is not.

How does one define a movie that is aware of what it is? I mean, Dwayne Johnson movies are not known for Jump Street or Deadpool level self-awareness. And even those movies were able to implement a certain level of sincerity without taking away self-awareness.

Vertical distance wasn't the only factor. The most relevant comparison was Owen Shaw who got tossed from the plane but still survived.

Totally forgot about that show. 😆

For pretty much every generic “fun” Dwayne Johnson movie, embargo is always two days before release.

It feels like she’s lost the drive for acting. The last thing I remember her in was that kidnapping movie with Halle Berry six years ago I think. I don’t remember the movie but I remember her being in it.

He did elevate the franchise, but he is not the only thing people care about with this franchise despite what some would have you believe. I would wager most fans of the franchise want them to work out whatever problems they have. They don't want to take sides, which is why I think both H&S and Fast 9 will suffer BO wise.

Maybe. Vin Diesel was in PR mode when H&S was announced saying it was for the best to allow Dwayne Johnson to get the spinoff he wanted. It was really only Tyrese complaining openly about it.

Helen Mirren’s presence in both H&S and Fast 9 probably suggests a Statham return in Fast 10, but maybe not the Rock, unless he gets the stick out of his butt.

A little too early to celebrate. Let’s wait to see how Fast 9 performs. The regular F&F movies have more heart than the usual Dwayne Johnson movies, though, and that may give Fast 9 an edge over H&S, which is being made out to be a regular Dwayne Johnson movie surrounding his F&F role.

I’ve always believed Vin Diesel wasn’t the only one at fault here for the feud. Dwayne Johnson doesn’t respect the family element of the Fast franchise because he himself has too much of an ego issue.

True Friday is 23M less than that. You really expect a 20M jump to Saturday from a high-50s True Friday?

I looked at that one you were talking about. Wasn't the one I was expecting to read about, but at the same I can't say it's unexpected, either. The last time there was anything significantly spoiler-worthy in a Fast movie was the Fast 6 credits scene with Statham.

Depends on what press is there.

Hopefully Dave Bautista's comments get Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson back on common ground in time for Fast 10. Gonna make press for Guardians 3 very awkward, though. Filming it won't matter since Vin Diesel is only in the recording studio for that one.

Wasn’t there an initial expectation that with David Leitch as the director this would be more grounded? Lol

There’s a shady aura surrounding the Fast franchise as well.