Guest Blogger: Bryce 2

For my second movie blog I chose The Fast and the Furious. This is the very first movie, not to get confused with the fourth movie in the series, Fast and Furious. In this movie, undercover cop Brian (Paul Walker) tricks a notorious street racing family into letting him into the crew. The whole reason is to figure out who is stealing large truckloads of very expensive electronics from semis while the semis themselves are still in motion. When he is fully accepted into the family, he becomes friends with Toretto (Vin Diesel) and falls in love with Toretto’s sister. As he spends his time with them, investigating other families of street racers, he starts trusting them. But as time goes on, he starts to realize that Toretto is the one he is after for. In the end, Brian is torn between arresting Toretto or letting him go. Throughout the whole movie are crazy, sleek racing scenes, and some fighting scenes. In my opinion, I believe all the actors were casted just as I would like them. It also helps to watch the other movies in the series because you kind of get used to the cast and look forward to seeing them in their usual role. Some of the themes I saw in the film were stay true to your own beliefs, or maybe even do what you think is the right thing to do. Something the audience could take away is, before you start trying to figure out who other people are, you have to figure out yourself first. When looking at critics reviews I was very surprised to see that most of the reviews were very negative. They mostly said that there was lack of a plot and just a ton of racing scenes, but no heart. I disagree with that completely. The entire point of the film is to have gearheads drool over fast cars and watch epic race scenes, the love story and Brian’s relationship with Toretto is just an added bonus to help make it feel more real. Overall, this is one of my favorite movies ever since it was released, and with each sequel it only makes the series as a whole much better.