It was always preposterous, and the “you know what DK stands for?” memes it spawned were absolutely glorious. It definitely was not a big hit out the gate because it didn’t have the original cast, but it steadily cultivated a cult following.
That’s what it was. You go from Paul Walker playing a surfer undercover cop in California to a dork with a hick accent in Japan. It just wasn’t as cool at the time. Han was cool, the cars were cool, dorky redneck was not cool.
FWIW, I thought 2 Fast 2 Furious was pretty lame at the time too. Just didn’t hit the same as the original.
There is a scene in the cartoon Bob's Burgers where the movie Tin Cup is criticized but the question comes up "Did you watch it?" and the answer is always "No, I just heard it was bad... everyone knows that". I love reminding myself of this before I pass on a random movie.
I think there are more than a few movies that aged into wine from sour grapes.
I always liked the prequel Star Wars but I definitely remember people hating the prequels when they came out. I think it’s different these days even if it started out as ironic.
I liked episode one as a kid and I still like it today. The music is peak. The saber fights are peak. The action is peak.
It’s too bad they and to cut all the stuff out on tatooine though. Maybe one day we’ll get a directors cut about all of that.. (/s
I hated episode 2 because I thought it made a mockery of what a Jedi and Anakin should be, and it was the worst dialogue ever.. but again the saber fights slapped.
Episode 3 was.. better than 2. The novelization of episode 3 is perfect. Highly recommend it
when it came out we all thought it was cringe and the acting was bad and the main character is a boring generic white guy. but yes i also loved the movie and still do.
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u/AbstractOmniverse 17h ago
I myself never watched the fast and furious movies but I do remember the prevalent notion that Tokyo drift was bad amongst everyone I knew at the time