Fast & Furious 4 – So Vin Diesel is Back

I have no clue what the rest of the Movie Review Squad like about the Fast and the Furious franchise.  To me, it is the fast cars and the hot babes.  Again, what’s the story about?  Who cares when the car scenes are that hot?

Though time and time again I have been saying that (1) I don’t like Vivocity Mall if not for Cynthia’s facial appointments and (2) I don’t like Golden Village that forces us to watch 20 minutes of ads prior to the show, I welcome a change of the routine (ironically this periodic visit to Vivocity is a routine of some sort).  As always, in this momentary of being alone, in Vivocity, I tried to find a place to sit, and read my book.  And I chanced upon this French café.  10 bucks for a cup of drink and dessert.  Like the Parisian style, I found a table facing the sea, watching people passing by.  The sky went from sunny to cloudy to sunny to heavy downpour.  Didn’t get to read my book, I wrote a blog entry using my phone instead, the SMS style.

Except the first installment, I can hardly recall what the “2 Fast 2 Furious” and “Tokyo Drift” were about.  The rest of the squad don’t like these two films.  But, it is hard not to admit that “Tokyo Drift” has popularized the drifting driving technique.  The same way that the phrase fast and furious has become a pop culture.  I love to drive.  And some of these techniques, if you were to put yourself behind the actors, are pretty darn cool.  Like the bumper-to-bumper racing scene inside the tunnel that involves crashing and burning, gosh, it is so darn hard to do in real life.  And yes, that speed booster button works just like the new KERS of F1.  I squeezed Cynthia’s hand so hard for some of those breathtaking scenes.

OK.  We are not suppose to do that in real life.  I got that.

Did you know that the eye candy (Gal Gadot) who didn’t quite get the heart of Vin Diesel’s character is a 2004 Miss Israel?  I have no clue what Vin Diesel’s character was thinking.  But like the pockets of scenes that don’t quite make sense, let’s stick with the fast cars, and the hot babes.

In “Tokyo Drift”, director Justin Lin introduces us to drifting.  This time, it is about nitromethane – a fuel that power racing cars, planes, and rockets.  Now, I want some of that in my engine!