"Nobody is that smart or that lucky"....
is what went through my head many a time while I watched the 6th offering for the FAST AND FURIOUS franchise, Van Diesel and Paul Walker...
trading gravity and physic defying stunts with the bad guys and Dewayne Johnson...
I mean "there is no way in earth that is even possible "stunts, while the mere mortals around them were getting smashed, crushed and blown up, a proverbial CLASH OF THE TITANS...
which by the way this offerings bad guy, Luke Evans, actually was Apollo in, he must like playing "god" or god like characters...
This is a innate problems with "Franchises", when the audience is expecting the "next one" to be more exciting, more action and more "bad ass", what are studios suppose to do?
Well like with all "trends" there is a time when the "neck line" can't go any lower, the "hemline" can't go any higher and well, you just got to "reset" and start over. Which seemed to be the case at all the awards shows this season, actress on the red carpets went for something new and refreshing, actually covering their bodies with fabric, may the Action Movies come to the same conclusions and "get real"!
Here are a few suggestions, to get them started...
1. Just have Dewayne Johnson miss and smash into a wall, please- "Coyote style, chasing the Roadrunner"...
2. Never take you own bullet out of your buff bicep like it is a splinter, cause it isn't and I think since hitting you thumb with the speed of a hammer makes most men cry, a small piece of lead shot from a gun is well gonna hurt.....bleeding, bleeping hurt!
3.No matter how buff you are, save the "super hero" moves of hurtling people through the air one handed for the "real super heros", like we don't have enough of those movies sequels coming up this summer....
4. Give us a reason to pay a healthy sum to sit in the dark for two hours other then "those stunts were awesome!!, yes-enough for "some boys" I know, but something the stars, directors and studios have been forgetting lately- most obvious in the last Bond Franchise of SKYFALL....
What do they say in acting school- "What is your motivation?"
