Fast and furious series.. overrated, underrated?

[bladefd]

I have seen all of the fast and furious series except for the 6th one. First few were terrible, but now they have gotten better. I just read they plan on releasing a 7th one next year; Vin Diesel said there will be a 8th and 9th. 7 of them in 13 years(2001-2014).

Total budget for all 6 films: $569,000,000
Total revenue for all 6 films: $1,643,404,818 AND COUNTING (will easily reach 2.1 billion when the 6th one goes through its entire cycle)

Has there been anything like this before? Only other series I can think of is Harry Potter with 8 films in 10yrs, but I don't think it's a fair comparison. Harry Potter series is a masterpiece and all part of a single massive story interwoven with hundreds of minor plots+characters. Fast and furious stories are somewhat stand-alone and first 3 don't need to be seen in certain order except 4&5&6.

Overall, what's your take on the Fast&Furious series?

[MavsSuperFan]

If you just want mindless entertainment they are fine.

If you want a good plot look somewhere else.

If you want a thought provoking experience that will challenge you and stay with you, wtf are you doing going to a movie called fast and furious.

[Bucket_Nakedz]

unbelievably cheesy... i love cheese!

[Rose]

Great series, underrated. Taught me to live my life a quarter mile at a time.

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

Erring on the side of underrated.

First one was rock solid.
Fifth and Sixth were decent to very good.

That's more than Saw can say.

[Rameek]

[COLOR="Navy"]terrible series... you have no idea how many times i got questioned about tokyo drift.... [/COLOR]

[Bandito]

Overrated, they only had one good movie and that Tokyo drift.

[Myth]

I've only seen part 1 and part 5. Hated part 1. Liked part 5, it reminded me of the Italian Job remake.

[DuMa]

its the kind of movie series where its so bad and cheesy that it can get away with a lot of different kinds of things. they lucked out actually. the first movie has a lot of liners that are so memorable and so unintentionally funny.

[Cangri]

Overrated, they only had one good movie and that Tokyo drift.

I guess I am not the only one that thinks this

[Qwyjibo]

I didn't mind Tokyo Drift either.

The only one I truly hated in this series was the 2nd one. It was awful. The 4th one was kinda "meh" too. The rest are fun for what they are. It's a solid series for what it is and I give it credit for staying relevant and kinda fun into its 6th movie.

[Derka]

It's actually rated? K.

[bladefd]

I didn't mind Tokyo Drift either.

The only one I truly hated in this series was the 2nd one. It was awful. The 4th one was kinda "meh" too. The rest are fun for what they are. It's a solid series for what it is and I give it credit for staying relevant and kinda fun into its 6th movie.

At what point does it lose its appeal tho? 8th in series? 9th? 10th? Feels like they just juicing it out now and i'm just surprised it is getting more and more popular. You don't see this happening with very long sequels

[bdreason]

I'm typically not a fan of mindless action films... but I love me some Fast and Furious.

[Hotlantadude81]

****ing garbage. And seriously, **** the people that pay to these movies. If you do, don't bitch about sequels and remakes because they keep happening partly BECAUSE OF YOU.

Go ahead and hand me all the cliches.... Leave your brain at the door... It's a popcorn summertime action flick... It has cars and titties and the overrated C rate action star Dwayne Johnson.... Who's best days were over a decade ago.

The bar has been so lowered now... Even in the action genre. A couple of decent stunts and people cream in their pants now. And OMG! It has that meat head Vin Diesel in it. Another failed action star who would be out of Hollyweird by now if it wasn't for this terrible franchise.