I have been one of the millions of fans of this franchise ever since my sister bought a VCD of the film back in 2001. I have re-watched all of the movies for like a dozen times. Its like a part of my life already.
After watching the film, I can’t help myself but feel really emotional. After all those years of following the lives of Brian O’Conner, Dominic Toretto and the rest of the gang, I just can’t help the tears from flowing out right after the movie because I know that the franchise will never be the same again. The films succeeding it may improve or deteriorate in quality but we all know that its never the same without Paul Walker’s sincere yet fierce eyes while holding the wheel and looking straight on the road and how those same eyes look over at Mia. We will definitely miss you, Paul Walker. May you rest in peace!
Why not give it a perfect 10? It was very fast, you can get furious(really). Some of the sequences were so FAST that you can’t even distinguish who is driving what car. And then you wait some more to see if a character just died from a crash or something. Some sequences were so mind-blowing, they came off as messy. The characters were also travelling from one place to another way too fast. It was like merging two films to one. It kinda felt like majority of the scenes were deleted - most probably due to the early death of Paul Walker.
The film definitely deserves the eight points because of its crazy stunts, unbelievable car sequences, amazing cinematography, and of course, for the tear-jerking ending.
Any avid fan of the franchise would definitely say that, unarguably, the best part of the film was their tribute to the late Paul Walker. Right after Paul Walker died, all I could think of was how they would kill the Brian O’Conner character. I had hundreds of scenarios through my head but the film did it way better than what I had expected and imagined it would be. I loved how Dom emphasized that its never goodbye with him and Brian after what they have been through throughout the entire franchise. It was short, subtle, sweet, and realistic.
Letty: Why didn't you tell me we were married?
Dom: You can't tell someone they love you.
Their love is one-of-a-kind. Its a love that any girl would like to have and any boy would like to feel. It may come across as too cheesy for others, but for me, it speaks just how complicated and vast their love is for one another.
Dom: “I don't have friends, I got family.”
This line just summed up the message of a more than a decade long franchise. This movie not only tells you that stealing has its consequences, like not being able to go home and choosing another foreign country to live in which does not have extradition, but it also teaches you that friends can be family and that you never walk away from family. ;)