Day 8: Ladies Making Out With Each Other, and Other Things

Justin Lin pulls a pretty awesome trick at the beginning of FAST AND FURIOUS. He shows the title and then quick cuts back and forth between it and this shot:

And so now, every time I think of this movie, that image pops into my head. Well played, Justin Lin.

So, I did feel pretty guilty about my meat-like treatment of ladies this weekend, but I have to finish what I started, so as the title says, here's some pictures of ladies making out with each other, and other things, from FAST AND FURIOUS.

Who the fuck is that disgusting-looking bro there on the right in that last shot? Sheesh. I never noticed that guy before.

And I'll end with this shot of Jordana Brewster, who looks even better in 2009 than she did in 2010.

That concludes my misogynistic coverage of this franchise. I'm happy to get that out of the way early.

Day 6: Why Do We Watch These Movies?

Well, why do we? I can't speak for anyone but myself, so that's all I'm gonna do here. I watch THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS saga for two things: the ridiculous eye candy and the gay subtext/text. Justin Lin understands this completely, and so we he took control of the franchise on TOKY DRIFT he went all out on the eye candy, throwing it at you at every opportunity.

(Yes, I skipped 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS. Some bros came over to drink last night, and they had already watched that one with me earlier in the week. So we watched TOKYO DRIFT instead. I'll come back to 2 FAST tomorrow.)

Here is the first shot in TOKYO DRIFT of a woman with a speaking part:

Sure, it's exploitative and crass, but it's ridiculous enough to be amusing, like when Martin Lawrence gets up close and person with a naked dead girl in Bad Boys II. Once the movie moves to Japan, this continues.

One of the bros who watched the movie with me pointed out that many of the cars in the film aren't at all good for either racing or drifting; I don't know if that's true, but assuming it is, the above shot explains why the filmmakers did what they did. This movie is not about logic; rather, it's about putting the coolest looking stuff on screen at all times. This means you put a girl's ass on screen in front of what looks to me like a tricked-out engine. Eye candy.

As a bonus, here's this:

That's basically what the rest of the ladies hanging out in the background of shots look like. Yay for bros!