Fast X - What Happens When a Movie Grows Too Big | Anatomy of a Failure

Fast X is the tenth instalment of the Fast and Furious franchise. Damn. As per usual, someone from Dom Toretto's past shows up to challenge him and his family (this time it's Jason Momoa's Dante). Then there are bunch of cool cars and races and chases and gravity-defying action sequences. And the problem is that the movie and the franchise has grown too massive. So in today's Anatomy of a Failure, let's try to understand what that means.
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Fast X (2023)
The end of the road begins. Fast X, the tenth film in the Fast & Furious Saga, launches the final chapters of one of cinema’s most storied and popular global franchises, now in its third decade and still going strong with the same core cast and characters as when it began. Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who’s fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything-and everyone-that Dom loves, forever. In 2011’s Fast Five, Dom and his crew took out nefarious Brazilian drug kingpin Hernan Reyes and decapitated his empire on a bridge in Rio De Janeiro. What they didn’t know was that Reyes’ son, Dante (Aquaman’s Jason Momoa), witnessed it all and has spent the last 12 years masterminding a plan to make Dom everything wrong with fast x honest trailer fast x best moments funniest moments only action fast x cars rome sequence italy scene bomb fast x explained official trailer fast x ending fast x best action scenes watch fast x full movie online free fast x watch online clip hd 4k pay the ultimate price. Dante’s plot will scatter Dom’s family from Los Angeles to the catacombs of Rome, from Brazil to London and from Portugal to Antarctica. New allies will be forged and old enemies will resurface. But everything changes when Dom discovers that his own 8-year-old son (Leo Abelo Perry, Black-ish) is the ultimate target of Dante’s vengeance. Directed by Louis Leterrier (Clash of the Titans, The Incredible Hulk), Fast X stars returning cast members Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Jason Statham, John Cena and Scott Eastwood, with Oscar® winner Helen Mirren and Oscar® winner Charlize Theron.

[@Filmento]

Filmento challenge of 1 video per weekend is underway. I'll keep it up as long as I can! e: well, the new movies will release a bit later this month, so this challenge will start with my Guardians 3 video.

[@marialopez-ql9ec]

❤️❤️❤️Hey Filmento…can you pleas make a video about the 3 Guardians of the Galaxy Movies? Because I want you to talk about how they were ALL somehow Great movies and how each one was better and felt Bigger than the other? And I have an Idea for the title…”How to make a successful 3 Film Franchise | 3 Film Perfections” I would love this video and I REALLY hope you make this, but you don’t have to of course. I love the video and I love your channel, I hope for the best of you :) ❤️

[@Filmento]

@@marialopez-ql9ec thanks for watching. I'll cover Guardians 3 when it comes out, sure!

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

Please don’t burn out though. Your subscribers are generally a patient bunch who appreciate your quality content. 😄🍿

[@TVChannel350]

@Filmento be cool if you covered The Menu or Don’t Worry Darling as well. Be a nice refresher from all the blockbusters right now. Thanks and take care

[@NekoTrain.]

​@@Filmento17:28 Rocket League X Fast & Furious. 😎

[@ardent835]

When a movie franchise grows too big it becomes Family

[@liamphibia]

👏🏻👏🏻🤣🤣

[@nitrostormskystriker478]

Familia

[@mohamedsalahelmi5230]

For the family 😂😂😂😂

[@bluefinMarga]

Hahaha

[@note5068]

And those family members will make more family to themself and each other🥰

[@TheSammyBMusic]

This movie was literally Avengers Infinity War with cars. Several side plots all connected to the same end goal, an uber powerful villain trying to obtain one goal, a cliffhanger ending where it seems like all is lost, leading up to a big finale movie

[@mrconfusion87]

The difference is that the Fast Saga does NOT take itself seriously! 🤣🤣🤣

[@CTladiesman]

Not to mention, the villain is the only likable character in the film.

[@Goc4ever]

How ironic that Dante was the saving grace of this movie and for a good reason.

[@rollthedice.5973]

This whole movie felt like a support group room for Dominic. It’s hilarious. Every interaction Dominic had with a character outside of the action was just them telling him “Oww you’ve been through so much, you’re a strong person for holding on and pushing through it all” and it was sooo annoying, literally every time and I would feel it coming up in the dialogue every time.

[@CordeliaWagner]

Sounds like a swedish Dialogue Drama about a 1970s lesbian couple.

[@jonathantuerah74]

wow if i never watchi this movie and dont know what movie is that about im thinking that dom is an independent pansexual black muslim female

[@kickass2117]

​@@jonathantuerah74 sir, your homophobia, racism and misogyny is showing.

[@lordbiscuitthetossable5352]

I mean, Vin Deasal and the Rock don’t feature in the same movies because they are both big men who based their career on being a “big badass”

[@agfagaevart]

@@lordbiscuitthetossable5352 and they hate each other.

[@shargo498]

I gotta say the editing you do is insane. If someone watch one of your videos without watching the movie you're talking about they'd have no clue with part comes after which. Hats of to the legend

[@thecommentator9867]

You know why the Fast and Furious franchise never runs out of gas Because they run on Vin Diesel

[@warizonaZ]

Lmaooo you stupid 🤣🤣🤣

[@Mr.ExtrodinThinks]

😂😂😂 good one

[@TheKazragore]

They be telling people to Fast-Ten their seatbelts for it.

[@mangotail6808]

You can expect a lot off nonesense in Fast and Furious and lucky for you, there is a lot of it.

[@razorback9999able]

It's better if this franchise runs on Paul Walker, his character, Brian O'Conner, is the true main protagonist of this franchise. So sad that Paul died. God bless his soul.

[@jonasvolitsa3824]

Remember when you were in school or college, and this franchise was actually just cars racing, handsome men, beautiful women and some fitting music you could play while on Need For Speed?

[@josefinasalinas9555]

Good times, good times 👌🏼🍷💗💯.

[@NFSBeast2365]

Oh how the times have changed

[@andymc96]

It was never just car's and racing

[@MoonWielder]

Aquaman was virtually playing as The Joker in this movie and they really brought Wonder Woman along with Black Adam back at the end credits. It's like all the people from the DCEU joined the _Fast & Furious_ franchise now.

[@realmdarkness]

Thanks to Flashpoint, the universe continues in another

[@VaibhavMane604]

@@realmdarkness Except rock, all rest of them are pretty much will be in new continuity

[@Jose-se9pu]

Ezra is the final villain

[@ProtoMarcus]

Also Green Lantern in Hobbs and Shaw (Reynolds), Roque in Hobbs and Shaw (Elba), Hawk in Fast X (Ritchson), Peacemaker in Fast X (Cena), Blackguard in Fast X (Davidson), and I'm probably missing others. Helen Mirren also played in Shazam! Fury of the Gods but was in the FF Franchise prior _(there's a meta joke in Shazam about it)_ EDIT - Oops Elba also played Bloodsport in The Suicide Squad (2021) and Scott Eastwood played that army guy in Suicide Squad (2016)

[@MarvinPowell1]

They had Aquaman, Peacemaker, Groot, and Clea from Doctor Strange, and cameoed Wonder Woman and Black Adam as well. The Fast franchise is literally just missing Dave Bautista, Henry Cavill, and Ben Affleck at this point to complete the HeroDex. (Although Batista said no to being in this cause he's doing the Gears of War movie.)

[@willy_b_coyote]

Remember the days when F&F was about street racing instead of jumping across the Grand Canyon at 200,000 mph with 1,000,000 tons of gold bullion in the trunk? Pepperidge Farm remembers…

[@eon5323]

Hey jumping across the Grand Canyon that's a pretty good idea

[@mrconfusion87]

​@@eon5323 Fast Saga producers be like: "Write that down! Write that down!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@Biring1]

I was astonished by how little actually happened in this film's runtime of 2,5 hours. Nobody has anything to do and so little happened. Why does this need to be several parts?

[@chasehedges6775]

Modern 2020 movies in a nutshell

[@ompatel5570]

@@Levi-rc8kh Bro snuck in Encanto.

[@ultimateslinger9857]

Extra quick bucks

[@HeatSeeker19]

Diesel wants this to be the Fast series' infinity war

[@willyoscarlehman3223]

Because money

[@fatemakhan3843]

Ngl i think this is Filmento's best edit ever (PERIOD). Bro if you're reading this please keep making videos like these 👏👌

[@captainvader921]

Another problem with these movies is that characters just don't die. First Letty died in 4, but then came back two movies later. Then after Han died, they brought him back in 9. Then I saw John Cena die in this one, and I didn't believe it. Then Gal Gadot showed up at the end, even though she died back in 6, making the theory that John Cena is still alive even more likely. Stakes? What's that?

[@barnabusdoyle4930]

Yeah, Game of Thrones really showed the audience how much better a story can be if everyone can be on the chopping block. I feel like so many series would be better if they were willing to kill off characters. If the whole cast makes it through everything, does it lower the tension in risky situations?

[@infallibleblue]

I totally agree.

[@ricardoklement-yj8sr]

"Nobody dies in this family!" - Dom Toretto

[@berengustav7714]

Death is overrated when characters can have serious lasting injuries or Lose all thier personality and memory.

[@Dinchev666]

@@barnabusdoyle4930 That is the main issue in writing... You establish characters and put them in a situtation and they become fan favourites... From this point on you have two options - 1. Keep them in te story as long as possible, giving them plot armor; 2. Remove them from the story by killing or some other means of them to exit and risk it all to fall apart and loose its fandom... There is no easy way to handle it... In general I support the 2 option and it works great with books, but with Movies and TV in general it doesn't because you have so little time to establish a character and if you kill him, then you did it all for nothing, but if you keep them too long in then you risk to either not move the story or to just create some side shit for this character to do, which will dissolve the story... Many authors do just that and in the end we get fan favourite characters in the 8'th season of some show that just don't have anything to do and are just there for the runtime, which drags the quality down a lot...

[@ErinJeanette]

That "OK, yeah yeah, oh ok" sound effect in the background is always hilarious 😂😂😂 also the beginning where the car just explodes and cue credits lmao!!! Filmento is the best.

[@matthewhunter1193]

When your franchise has already gone to space, it's kind of hard to top that. Giving every character a fight scene, regardless of whether or not it advances the plot, isn't going to solve that issue.

[@warizonaZ]

Exactly. Its almost as if they're tryna see how dumb they can make the movie and people still pay for it

[@strangelaw6384]

Obviously the next level for FF is to break the fabric of subjective reality by transcending their narrative layer. FF 20 should be about Dom defeating his screenwriters in a drag race.

[@EnzoNotFerrari21]

@@warizonaZwhat’s wrong with people paying for a movie they enjoy?

[@Danovio]

i havent watched these films so i thought the space thing was just a meme....

[@Sapeidra]

I mean maybe filmmakers could come up with the idea to just make something different, instead of something bigger, but idk, i watched star wars, what do I know

[@SkippyTheBeerCan]

I absolutely loved Jason Mamoa in this movie. It seemed liked they got him on board with the promise to let loose and do his own thing. He carried on this movie for me.

[@MrZyphR]

Too me it was the opposite I found him intolerable after a certain point. He's character imo turned into a joke.

[@MilosCsrb]

@@MrZyphR yeah , he is in cringe territory there

[@history-jovian]

@@MrZyphR That is why I love his character. He is a joke. That is why I loved him in this movie.

[@KonEl-BlackZero]

Me too. He is not another big brooding guy. He wants revenge and he is having a blast doing so.

[@NewDesignVinylGraphics]

​@@KonEl-BlackZerorevenge for fucking what exactly??!?! He was tasked by Mr Brazil to apparently Torture Dom and crew then got smashed by the bank vault and sent into the water .. wow what a riveting revenge story. Fucking absolutely ass writing. That's trash. I will not entertain that bullshit lazy writing

[@_The_Archive_]

Fun Fact: The word family is said 56 times in this film.

[@M567dk]

You can’t have enough family.

[@DOOMStudios]

Fast X Part ll there gonna say family even more.

[@MurasakiTsukimaru]

Seems pretty low

[@leetri]

@@MurasakiTsukimaru If you rephrase it as "they say 'family' every other minute for 2 and a half hours" it suddenly sounds like a lot more.

[@cy-one]

@@DOOMStudios Fast X Part II: Family harder

[@Dr.Gaming98]

I remember going to see the Mario movie and the preview for this movie came up. I said out loud “please just let it end already” and a guy in front me of said “he saying what we’re all thinking.”

[@josefinasalinas9555]

Exactly The fast and the furious could’ve ended with the 7th movie where Brian and Dom go their separate ways in the ending scene 💯.

[@rogaldorn9178]

And then everyone clapped.

[@GingerZombie29]

The Fast & The Furious (2001) - street racing, some hustling and robbery, an undercover agent (who lets his previous target go). Contained cast. Nothing we haven't seen before, but it's enjoyable and entertaining. Fast X (2023) - Bloated cast, therefore more than half of the characters have nothing to do, the dumbest ideas, DOM PLAYS ROCKET LEAGUE IN REAL LIFE.

[@warizonaZ]

SEE THIS GUY GETS IT 💯💯💯

[@ngultrum1]

>the dumbest ideas Also the most creative & coolest ones you can find in modern Hollywood.

[@cannabishornliu6119]

​@@ngultrum1 But still dumb fun! :-)

[@stephaneh1934]

DOM is strong as captain america as well

[@elharvey5032]

And Dom wasn't even the main character in the first Fast and Furious movie

[@lyndina8492]

How did a gang of just racers became superheroes? For example Mia...she sold sandwiches and now beats up armored dudes without sweat. Once Fast and Furious ends it will be revealed that brian didnt gave Dom his Supra, because Dom crashed so hard with his charger he lied in a coma for 20 years and everything after 1 is just a made up dream. Wouldnt be surprising.

[@141Soap]

The point with Dante could be said to Cena's character too. He acts goofy in some scenes, unlike his consistent performance in F9.

[@Dave0G]

Seems F9 was so forgettable even Cena forgot his character in it 😅

[@righteousrawb7225]

Great point

[@notoriousmigz2427]

Yeah the performances make me feel very mixed. Pn one hand they're great to watch (Momoa and Cena) but they didn't make sense in the context of the story.

[@ngultrum1]

Cena is somewhat better here than F9.

[@surebuddyguardian2121]

He was with a kid in this movie. Of course he is going to act little goofy

[@DWAkhaten]

3:48 - 3:59 This was easily the highlight of the movie, and your editing made it even funnier.

[@majorknight859]

I think we can all agree Jason Momoa's performance carried this film. The guy was obviously having fun on set bcoz of how ridiculous this franchise actually is. I'm sure he was having the time of his life filming this movie Edit:HOLY SH*T🤯2K Likes.... Bless you all 🙏

[@midoeldeeb3223]

Imagine Jason Momoa don't like his performance and choose to not continue part 2

[@Amphibax]

From what ive heard he just did because he had some free time and thought that would be a fun thing to do

[@ExtrusionXDesigns]

and collecting the bag

[@The_Occult_Tutee]

OMG YES 🤣

[@osmanyousif7849]

Him and Alan Ritchson seemed to be giving it their all in their roles.

[@Bariom_dome]

I didn´t even watch the movie. I just clicked on this video to see al the stuff it messed up.

[@evgenkhersonets880]

We had 3 unnecessary fight scenes (Han vs Shaw, Leslie vs Cipher and Tej and Rom) so that the audience wouldn't be bored, because they decided to split the movie in two.

[@michaellawrence7570]

Excellent comment

[@gabrielamorim8377]

3 movies, no?

[@ccateni28]

​​@gabrielamorim8377i t's most likely down to 2 after the meh box office.

[@mg-kush]

​@ccateni28 Finally seeing the end to the fast series!?!?!

[@ericdxfan511]

They haven’t even filmed the second part 😂.

[@Hypestrike1]

I'm just going to get straight to the point: the F&F films just don't work without Paul Walker.

[@Arcananine77]

8:14 - 12:42 I've read that the director allowed Jason Momoa to add personal touches to Dante, that could explain why the character feels so inconsistent.

[@Gogeta2501]

He is horrible actor

[@patchrocket1326]

@@Gogeta2501 he’s not even an actor. Dude has the worst on screen presence his jokes aren’t funny his delivery sucks and the fact they could do multiple takes and this is the best of the best he did????? 😂

[@NewDesignVinylGraphics]

​@@patchrocket1326it's downright sad that people close to them are telling Jason and vin they are good actors.

[@NewDesignVinylGraphics]

​@@patchrocket1326Vin actually was alright in the 2000s but somehow got worse as an actor.

[@jamestolbert1856]

I expected Dante to be a dark, serious, and charismatic villain but he’s too goofy and ridiculous

[@pepperpeterpiperpickled9805]

After going into space, the only thing left to do is *travel through time* It can be revealed that during every moment where Dom should have died, Future!Dom was the one who made sure he didnt. Either that or team up with the Auto-bots.

[@DrTechnoBabel]

What happens when Dom gets behind the wheel of a custom Delorean with some crazy modifications? Find out this summer in: *Fast to the Futurious!*

[@pepperpeterpiperpickled9805]

@@DrTechnoBabel damn it I wish I thought of that...

[@jimthar17]

I mean they kinda do travel through time with how much they keep bringing back dead people that died years earlier.

[@pimplepanda1932]

Nah this movie was incredibly fun to watch, I think in the final movie they should show that all of it after fast 4 never happened and it was all the dreams of a comatose Dom.

[@I_am_a_cat_]

Low iq if this movie is "fun"

[@HeatSeeker19]

Vin diesel treating this movie like an Oscar-worthy performance

[@l.s1103]

I feel like he's the one keeping it going, he's the one always wanting to keep making more of the movies and talking about paul, I mean let's face it would he get parts in other movies if he didn't keep the fast series going

[@mg-kush]

​​@@l.s1103 straight up, pretty much every other Vin diesel movie sucks 🤣🤣

[@prxnceanime6335]

Only movie he does that I actually like is the riddick franchise everything else is well…… I don’t need to say it

[@ninjanibba4259]

​@@mg-kushnot true

[@SteCollects]

@@mg-kushRiddick is his best role

[@louisbogli1804]

3:30 the subtle Goofy sound made me laugh more than it should have 😂😂😂

[@aacmbirdzilla2343]

Ngl, when we were reaching the end and we went back to Antarctica, I completely forgot that Letty was even in the film

[@Heisenberg_747]

The only thing left is time travel and multiverse theory in fast universe!

[@Veins1]

The worst thing about this movie is that it was part 1, without saying anywhere on the title that it's part 1. I don't like it when a movie lies to me.

[@jimthar17]

*WorsT

[@LightBusterX]

Well... Technically speaking is pretty obvious it's part 10.

[@musicmashups]

It is mentioned in Fast X that Dante was in and out of hospitals since he was a child, and the fall from the bridge is implied to have given him brain damage as well, since you can see blood coming out his head. And Dante saying that he lost everything probably has more to do with him losing his father and his father's empire than his wealth. So Dante's insanity and motivations are his actual core. I think the problem is that the film doesn't make it clear that this is the case from the outset, which makes it seem like Dante's core isn't consistent.

[@MrShadowSmith]

I think that could have been explained as well if dante actually lost everything including wealth and had to work his ass of to make a new criminal empire in those 10 years maybe starting as common criminal or something. That would also establish he is so determined he would stop at nothing to get what he wants(in this case revenge against dom). The movie writers probably thought it was unnecessary and filled in some fight scene instead.

[@DatsWhatXiSaid]

The movie is full of big name actors, so everyone wanted their own: - action scene - cool stunt - funny moment - trailer moment And with such a big cast that's just so much time. One one hand it would suck to not have a key character not do anything or under use them, but then not every character can be the on the front line.

[@vitali2980]

The humor in this video is on another level! I was laughing hysterically multiple times

[@LuisSierra42]

Yeah, Filmento is big with the memes

[@goosefraba7510]

Kinda same but a lot of the time I was laughing was at the ridiculous action scenes. Thoroughly entertaining movie though.

[@atuchukwumichael4498]

They had dry humor dude the only thing that made me laugh 98% of the time is the ridiculousness of all the scenes 😂😂

[@blue-phoenix115]

Started as a street racing low level criminal group. Now it's a Superhero + Transformers amalgamation.

[@wiz7553]

and i’m here for it

[@paulbuyondo9589]

Can’t believe even filmento missed the point of momoa’s character, he was already a psycho then got hit in the head after the accident hence he is in and out of crazy 😂😂 watch the movie and listen

[@adityaunnava4304]

I loved Jason Mamoa in this film. He's the only one who made the movie worth watching.

[@vitorafmonteiro]

I couldn't help finding him giggling high pitched at random moments while driving, too funny for some reason.

[@rasengon28]

I found him annoying at first but he started to grow on me throughout the movie

[@ninjanibba4259]

​@@rasengon28same here

[@akosleoszilagyi2529]

Tbh my favorite part was John Cena and the kid going on a trip

[@MrLachapell]

How?

[@FranceManhique]

Fast X was dam too big. The franchise doesn't want to let go the characters, I was expecting Dante to be a highly motivated and relentless syncopate that is on a mission to hurt Don by killing one by one of his Family. This would play out in way to make Don question his ability to protect his loved ones, break Don in way that makes him feel weaker and scared of what Dante can do next.

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

The Fast series was once about fast cars, hot women, cops and criminals. Now it is this: -Superhumans -Endless retcons -Siblings or children that were never mentioned once by the heroes or villains or side characters in past films -Physics doesn't exist -The main cast(including Cipher) have special contracts that say that their characters can not lose a fight(NO STAKES!!!) -META F*CKING HUMOR!!! -BRIE "PLANK" LARSON!!!!!

[@MaxP_88]

It was pretty shit when it was about cars, at least they became fun starting with 5

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

@@MaxP_88 No it wasn't for that was the reason it became popular in the first place. Fast 5 had momentum and then it fall down in terms of storytelling and that is why nothing makes since and all of the excuses that people make for it is laughable for they are just trying so hard to make excuses for Fast just being a parody of itself. You can make money, but that doesn't mean it is good.

[@mangotail6808]

I have seen Fast 9 and only import moment i remember about the movie is that ,,Toreto has a brother,, Beside that it was just crashing and fighting, traveling, crashing, trashing and some driving. I don,t see Fast 10 being any better. 😄

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

@@mangotail6808 It wasn't for like Fast 6 and onward it has become a parody of itself.

[@MrAjking808]

That’s where y’all are wrong lol never was about cars & women .. was always this it’s just been shown way more . Y’all that damn slow

[@tjjordan4207]

Dante is the 3rd antagonist who comes out of nowhere to get revenge, and we're supposed to take him as a far more serious threat than Cipher, despite that Cipher has been a more legit threat than him. She killed Elena, took Dom's child hostage, and made Dom turn on his team. What has Dante done? He just frames the entire gang for something they didn't do (which Cipher indirectly did as well) and puts them all at risk, without killing anyone. Sure, Jacob dies (although his return is very much possible considering Han) but that was indirect and not even part of his plan. There's nothing about him that makes me believe that he is a far worse threat than Cipher is. In fact, I find Deckard Shaw to be more of a threat than him.

[@jimthar17]

I was thinking the same thing, like, "Isn't this about the eighth person coming back to get revenge on Dom or the team?" (I'm not calling it that other word. ) Don't forget Shaw initially came in to get revenge also.

[@tjjordan4207]

@@jimthar17 That's what I meant by "Dante is the 3rd antagonist", in that he is the 3rd big bad to have a revenge plot like Cipher and Deckard. And ironically, Deckard's was far better due to being set up ahead of time in F6, even though he really isn't the main antagonist of F7.

[@barnabusdoyle4930]

It sounds like what this movie needed was 2 separate villains both working against the cast, both working towards different goals, revenge from a loner using very limited resources and the other with nearly unlimited resources and with a different, more tangible goal.

[@Kalizoid]

I’m still waiting for a Lilo and Stitch Crossover to happen. There’s so much potential there, and Stitch would make a great partner to Dominic Toretto.

[@SashaDanisha-g2z]

the fuck

[@wayneanderton4953]

I think Jason Mamoa had to much fun playing this role and they just let him get away with most of it

[@amy_yoshikawa]

I thought he was awesome. I don't mind him doing anything silly in this franchise which should not be taken too seriously and he understands that pretty well. ya it felt he little overdo it but it was still fun to watch as it goes on and honestly he is the only villain in this franchise that actually felt more alive and add more personally. Probably the best.

[@antheajohnson4234]

I love the fact that Josh Dun and Debbie Ryan are cameoed in this movie.

[@lorcostridge2811]

Loved the video, though I would argue that Dante’s core is explained when Dom confronts him and says: “you had all that money…” and basically implies that because he was born wealthy, Dante doesn’t appreciate the life of luxury he has. This matches perfectly with this statement of “I lost everything”. He lost his father that’s what hurt him the most but he didn’t really lose everything. The issue is that he’s a psychopathic spoiled rich child who’s throwing a tantrum. THAT is the true core of his character which informs every single action he does. This is also why he’s such a good foil to Dom. Dom and the gang all come from poverty and rose up, they value wealth for the safety and stability it can bring. Dante doesn’t appreciate any of it and just goes on rampage after rampage because he’s letting off steam. In the intro they also reveal that Dante presented very clear psychopathic tendencies since he was a child. All of this is what informs his character.

[@philipeanatsui6821]

I like this take. It fits.

[@L16htW4rr10r]

Thank you. I absolutely agree

[@ngultrum1]

He also stole all of the Dom Family's money

[@frap4506]

This person gets it XD

[@danielthompson7621]

Good explanation of the character as far as writing goes. Reading it yea that works. But the complaint has more to do with the actual execution of this character by the writers and directors. They could have done 2 times better. Yes its good to see Jason do a different character because he literally acts the same in every movie but this?? Its overdone.

[@Skyx5m50]

I honestly had so much fun with this movie. Straight up action with no regards for realism.

[@nbarbettini]

The sharks are jumping themselves at this point.

[@migueltrujillo8929]

It's essentially a story a kid would come up with while playing with his GI Joe action figures...

[@Skyx5m50]

@@migueltrujillo8929 Dom wakes up from a coma from the crash in the first movie. All the crazy adventures have been a dream and the friends he made and enemies he’s faced are just normal guys. He’s been in a prison hospital during this whole coma. That’s the only way they can make sense out of this whole franchise lol.

[@ragreenburg]

I agree with your first point, though I would like to say that for The Batman you did admit that there were plenty of scenes that didn't advance the plot or build characters but also said that should have stayed in the movie.

[@Filmento]

yeah, it's never binary, never black and white. Some things can totally deserve to exist based on quality alone. That said, though, the safest bet for newer writers is to remain objective when writing the script.

[@LuisSierra42]

Biggest problem with the batman is that it makes the scenes too slow which is why the runtime adds up

[@giovannigiovanni.7220]

​@@Filmento I didn't realize you were a Michael Does Life fan.

[@kungalexander829]

Same could be said for Denis villuenueve movies

[@brezzendorf]

Yea, when i saw it, i literally forgot what makes Letty so mad about that she had to fight Charlize Theron

[@HxH2011DRA]

This may be your funniest video editing yet lol

[@binary1045]

The Fast franchise is basically the film version of the Sunken Cost Fallacy at this point

[@Dave0G]

You either leave it at F7 or live long enough to become F9.

[@r.knight0912]

The Video's Opeining Is Hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@genericusername3518]

I know studio execs will never allow it, but I want the final installment to have a 1 billion dollar budget. It'll lose a lot of money (which is why execs won't let it happen), but it would have the biggest action setpieces of all time and that is the only reason this franchise still exists

[@warizonaZ]

You're the reason we cant have good movies

[@infallibleblue]

Nah

[@ngultrum1]

Agreed, Furious 7 earned that much with a budget less than half of its earnings.

[@irvanray1898]

with 1 billion dollars they gonna have Kang be the villain and Dom will call Batman to help him recruit Jake Sully so they can fight Kang on the new Jurassic Park.

[@krom1753]

Shit that movie would be a week long

[@marquardmeiring618]

This is all just Dom dreaming while in a coma after he had a crash with the train from the first movie. Everything after that last "race" in Fast and Furious 1, where Dom crashed after just missing the train, what if Dom was in a coma after that crash and is dreaming EVERYTHING.

[@GalilEdits]

Filmento, you have been my favorite channel since 2020 when I found you. Thank you for making these in depth videos and putting so much time into editing them, keep up the good work

[@dancersendrecords1469]

same

[@nicholascharles2415]

i thought they did a good job with Donte, they explained pretty clearly that he was crazy. when you establish a character like this, the character can do whatever really.

[@nestormelendez9005]

Not really there's not a clear reason why he's crazy unless he's coping his father's death

[@ericvulgate]

I don't get how movies are getting longer and longer at the same time as our attention spans are crashing.

[@Selrisitai]

My theory is that it's not an inherent attention span reduction, but a contextual one. In other words, if you have to sit and read a book, you can't do it because you fidget and there's not enough stimulation. If you watch a movie at home you get popcorn, a soda, maybe order a pizza and even then, you find something else to do with your hands, or you watch it in the background, or you have friends to goof around with while it's playing. If you go to a movie theater, however, you have this expectation that primes your mental state: I'm here to sit and watch a movie. So you can.

[@warizonaZ]

Oof

[@warizonaZ]

@@Selrisitai Dude you hit the nail right on the head

[@ninjanibba4259]

​@@Selrisitaior the simple answer Studios want more money, so they make runtimes longer no matter what the movie even if it isn't justified

[@ProjektTaku]

next thing you know every blockbuster will be 3 hours longs.

[@boymackamasa5446]

This comment will prolly get burried but "Mr Filmento can you do a video on the butterfly effect 2004? please" I just finished watching it today and its soo good I can't stop thinking about it and it seems like not that alot of people know about this movie and I want to share it to everyone.

[@regisrelic2636]

The fight scene between letty and the former female villainess is to establish that they are strong, independant female characters that will 100% help marketing the movie.

[@brando3342]

I don’t think it’s really “helping” anymore. I would actually say it’s causing more people to roll their eyes these days, because people are starting to realize that focus is only a facade for the fact that they can’t think of anything really interesting to do with the characters.

[@filipmaly6603]

Ah so that is reason why they are fighting in rather reviling clothes! To escape Male Gaze!

[@ricardoklement-yj8sr]

@@brando3342 I actively avoid movies and games that force me to identify with yet another strong chick. I'm sick of it.

[@Rushking20]

Thats why ramsey and mia can fight now

[@amy_yoshikawa]

This movie in some parts felt like they're celebrating the franchise for what it's best known for and the end is near. So they're giving fans what they love and the director, cast and all the team involved understand this. So that's what you get and for some people who had no idea may feel out of place or unnecessary. So yeah.

[@feliciawilliams3625]

Just wanted to let you know, I just started following you and subscribed, and that from what I've seen that you already might be my favorite movie reviewer. Just watched the flash video and even though I disagreed with I think 2 things, you seem to look at movies with the best open mind. Love what seems to be your true thoughts and not just following certain narratives and what not. Keep up the awesome work!!

[@mdram]

Great analysis as usual. My only comment is about Dante. I would imagine, although I'm reaching here, that he became bipolar after getting blown up and tossed in the river in fast 5. In other words he suffered a traumatic brain injury.

[@warizonaZ]

Dude shut up

[@NeilJan99]

I've always thought that was obvious since he himself said something about the incident making him a bit crazy

[@tomlinsona0704]

That's not how bipolar works. Maybe you could get away with MPD.

[@mdram]

@@tomlinsona0704 I'm in now way claiming to be an expert on TBI.

[@lolmanboss]

He certainly is a bipolar psychopath. Believe me, you don't want to know a person like that...

[@natman2939]

Since the Sherlock fight is mostly not a “fight” I also wanted to bring up some other great contrasts, Thanos vs the group on Titan but especially when he fought Dr. Strange and Tony. Both men were just doing a last ditch desperate attempt to stop him, tried very specific stuff (especially Strange like trapping him in the mirror world and the the shadow clones all trying to restrain him) only for Thanos to counter every single time until there was nothing left. The fight is less than 30 seconds but vastly more memorable and exciting than any two people just punching each other back and forth. Not that a story can’t be told with punches (Neo vs Smith in all 3 of the original matrix trilogy films told a little story. Like Neo gaining the confidence to fight, Smith showing he’s still superior physically, only for Neo to expand a little more and innovate enough to start to close the gap before suffering an overwhelming defeat and either running or being aided by an outside force -either a train or a god. Both all 3 fights use these exact same beats and it’s more interesting than just punches because of it)

[@tajcee]

The editing of your videos is so top tier.

[@bradleybuyer5541]

I'm glad you pointed out the problem with Jason Mamoa's character in this film. I had the exact same thoughts. I call it 'The Dead Pool' affect.

[@sonamtashi7706]

There just are no consequences & no weight to events in this cinematic universe anymore. A character dies? Wait for a few sequels for them to be ‘resurrected’. A large physical obstacle? No problem for it’s no match to the power of family. Villain commits despicable acts? No problem after a few forced alliances he’ll be redeemed by the power of family. I mean Shaw presumably murdered Han so no way they should’ve forgiven him in Fast 8. If they ‘redeem’ Cipher after all the shit she pulled then I Riot.

[@DOC_951]

We’re not friends, we’re family. Olive Garden

[@katiepersons6575]

When you've gone to space, about the only thing left to do to escalate further is a Transformers crossover.

[@warizonaZ]

No they don't need to escalate, they need to take the last one and tie it back into real badass street racing, real chemistry between the characters, real fights and brawls (when necessary, when it furthers the plot), and real connection to story. You're the reason we cant have good movies

[@MANKODANA]

@@warizonaZ damn bro u good?

[@apreviousseagle836]

@@warizonaZ I think he was being sarcastic, dude.

[@Khann_2102]

​@@warizonaZSeems like someone can't take a joke

[@JustGenius2001]

Yeah, it'll never happen cuz Transformers is a property of ViacomCBS and the Fast franchise is a property of NBC Comcast.

[@matthewnicholas6365]

I still think it's mental how we went from nicking DVD players off the back of a truck to international jet setting superheroes

[@mclekfkeiwdisidido6858]

Can't wait for anatomy of failure the flash: How to fail at no way home

[@MarvinPowell1]

1. *Have consistent rules:* Don't have every old actor play Batman, but then not get Grant Gustin to play the other Flash (since even one Ezra is annoying enough.) And don't use spaghetti to explain "changing the future changes the past." Han Solo: "THAT'S NOT HOW [time travel] WORKS!" 2. *Have stakes actually matter:* Don't do things that will be completely undone or meaningless by the end of the movie. Tobey and Garfield help Holland's Spider-Man grow as a character; something no other nostalgia-bait cameo character could do. 3. *Don't have cameos outshine your main star.* What good is a Flash movie that's really about Supergirl and 1989 Batman?

[@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511]

Mejor anatomy the flash: como no hacer endgame

[@mclekfkeiwdisidido6858]

@@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511 no creo por qué endgame fue más como el final de una saga y concluyendo varios arcos y reuniendo a todos los personajes, mientras que the flash es una película del multiverso en la que aparecen varios personajes nostálgicos y la trama es por culpa del protagonista, se parece más a no way home

[@EE-iv5ej]

When Vin Diesel said "it's Family time" and proceeds to make a family I felt that

[@WillieD]

If Filmento made a movie it would make $7 Billion at the box office

[@senorhayomayo]

Say what you will, this video makes me want to watch it more now. If anything, those scenes from Mamoa need to be seen. Thanks Filmento

[@Akursedtime]

Fast X just separated the characters to fill the movie time and to extend it for three movies. Second movie has them still trying to get back together and the third final supposed movie will have them find each other at the end. I don't think Vin Diesel realizes that besides for Dom and Hobb, none of the characters have a character arc nor have characterizations that makes them interesting. They are just family and cheerleaders for Dom lol

[@Desma-wf4xo]

I honestly thought that the movie had great potential to pick up the slack of the most recent movies (8 and 9 specifically, 7 is still amazing) with the villain also having potential to be the most memorable antagonist in the entire franchise. Even the ending is shockingly different and sets it a part on its own. Like, everything was there. But as you said, it was just too bloated. If they cut out some fat, refined a few scenes, finalized a few characters FX could've been one of the best Fast movies of all time, definitely top 3 material. It had the potential, everything was in place, the film makers just...fumbled the bag too many times so to speak.

[@concernedhomosapien9807]

At this point only Sensei Steven Seagal can stop Dom and his family

[@KonEl-BlackZero]

I would pay vip money for a Fast and Furious starring the least movable actor to have ever existed

[@rethabilemoloi3490]

😭😭

[@TheMoonShepard]

The Fast and Furious movies should've just been 3 things, Heists, Racing and Stunts.

[@warizonaZ]

Well at some point they had to evolve and they did that perfectly with Fast 5. The stunts got bigger and the action got better yes, but they were still trying to get away, evade the cops and start over with new lives. And they did that. Fast 6 made sense because they wanted to bring Letty back. Fine. It made sense to some degree and stretched reality but not too much. She ran with Shaw because Braga was working for him. They explain it all. Cool. Fast 7 made sense because Shaws brother wanted revenge for attacking his brother. There are always consequences for our actions and things come back to haunt us. Cool. END IT THERE! THE FAMILY IS SAFE AND SECURE! GODDBYE! FINITA LA COMEDIA!

[@ngultrum1]

That would've been extremely boring & killed the series as shown from Tokyo Drift's box office collections. The evolution of this series is the best thing that happened to it.

[@TheMoonShepard]

@@ngultrum1 It's evolved into a far less impressive Mission Impossible franchise.

[@torturedkfpemployee883]

​@@ngultrum1box office don't mean shit when your writing is going in the toilet I like to call it marvel syndrome plus Tokyo Drift is beloved by fans nowadays

[@SashaDanisha-g2z]

​@@torturedkfpemployee883u mean now

[@wambokodavid7109]

For me when Dom's sister Mia beat up the agents in hand to hand is when I quit

[@obviouslyPSM]

I’ll give the movie credit for reworking the F5 scenes to have Dante and bringing back reyes’ character to fill in the gaps and splice Dante into old footage. For a complete retcon, it kinda worked for me

[@ninjanibba4259]

I've never got the chance to see Fast 5 in theaters, so the beginning sequence was so surreal to experience while seeing Paul as Brian again, also tricking me to thinking I was gonna be in for a great movie

[@obviouslyPSM]

@@ninjanibba4259 haha yeah it does almost set the bar too high

[@xagonent4942]

Cool review. As a black man who is insecure about his micro member the constant clip of the women bragging about size really made your review uncomfortable. Size matter I get it, but maybe in the future you can conceptualize that maybe some guy out in the world who feels insecure about it will take offense. Just a thought from those of us with low self esteem and are on the edge about something we can't change and are stuck with.

[@LeonardoKlotz]

Even after going to space like everyone predicted Fans weren't satisfied

[@ethanwebster2501]

Next logical step is dinosaurs

[@ompatel5570]

The whole space thing was a meme, no on wanted that

[@lnvasionProject]

When *Vin Diesel* took that *Fast Franchise Producer* ( also Executive Producer ) Role since Fast 4 This is what we got.....

[@gmarinelarena8675]

This is the real reason why this movies exist and are so shitty

[@theblackmoth1111]

⁠@@gmarinelarena8675 glad I am not the only one feeling like this and noticing the cringe/cheesy tropes in most of his F&F films. Every character in the crew has plot armor. Dom somehow becomes more of a sharp shooter than the CIA task force 😂. Dom has the fastest car , wins every race, make it a close one for tension , Dom the best fighter who always takes down the big guys. He takes down helicopters, bombs . Dom even makes himself taller by the camera angles with taller actors like the Rock 😂 Dom makes himself the sole focus on most of the films.

[@MateWill]

​​@@theblackmoth1111 😂😂😂yeah i agree with you...thats why him and the rock cant work together because the rock also wants that power of winning every fights and etc

[@MikeMJPMUNCH]

Jason Momoa made this film watchable but it does feel over stuffed and it seems like they started out thinking we're going to make a two part movie but then realised they didn't have enough story to fill two films so just filled it with random scenes in order to try and justifiy the film being split into two parts.

[@SashaDanisha-g2z]

no

[@AverageGuy9722]

I actively can feel my brain cells dying just watching you describe this movie.

[@adamfrazer5150]

For many of us that love this channel there was that first 'watershed' video that we saw, probably a while ago - whatever that content was, or whatever film was under the microscope, once we'd actually begun to understand w h y we didn't enjoy watching that film, nothing would ever be the same. Every video that Filmento produces, I'm wondering/hoping that this will be 'the' video that helps one more person connect the dots between emotional reaction and cold logic.

[@Uzil_08]

at this point I just watch filmento to get a sneak peak on upcoming movies

[@superjanembaishappy5512]

About Dante's wealth, it's clearly said in the movie he stole the Toretto gang's money.

[@axel3895]

Which was basically his money

[@Paralelsky11]

To be fair, I think the cars are almost supernatural in these movies. So, of course, they will be defying the laws of physics. That said, after suspending my disbelief, I had fun at the cinema. Just one thing, though, Dom was so quiet in this movie; almost all he did was glare silently.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

I wonder what Vin Diesel is gonna do once he's done with the FF franchise Because he hasn't done anything interesting lately besides saying I AM GROOT

[@ninus17]

Maby he Will just retire. He propably has the money to just do What he wants for the rest of his life if he choses

[@celtic69]

Live off the royalties, as he should

[@BravestNerds]

Silly person, Vin Diesel is not in the final fantasy franchise

[@ak-ub1ym]

Isn't he also producer or owns rights to Riddick? So it's not like he's done only groot but also has Riddick franchise besides Fast & Furious.

[@dhi7058]

Vin diesel is Groot?

[@bgt2848]

Honestly, the more deranged and out of touch they get with reality in these movies the more I like it lol

[@japalocoturbo]

I only wish they put part 1 on the title... Didn't know I would've to wait to see the end lol.

[@TheTillmanSneakerReview]

They're stuck in a state of one-upmanship. They should be in space shuttles by now...but stuck in a state of doing the minimum. All they needed to do was keep the storyline grounded (pun intended). Now, we can't go back to the basics.

[@Carzey]

It doesn't help that they are constantly ret-conning all of the major character deaths from previous movies, because it sets the precedent that no-one is in any danger whatsoever, essentially removing any sense of purpose that the characters have. Why can't they just stay dead? Oh, because the movie needs them to get people talking about it, that's why. It's a really bad habit that the Furious franchise has been abusing way too much over the past few movies.

[@SammEater]

Remember when the franchise was about car culture/ illegal street racing in the ghetto? Now it is all gone. It is like when Marvel Comics tried to make The Punisher fight against aliens and other non street level bad guys, it simply does not work.

[@SpikePowers]

Couldnt you argue some scenes in JW4 were too long too? Like some of the ohsahka fight scenes didnt end and were just repetition a lot of the time imo

[@ngultrum1]

True.

[@ryanatthediscotec7758]

JW is about the fight scenes. The plot makes my brain hurty. What did John accomplish?

[@gontse1386]

​@@ryanatthediscotec7758he accomplished nothing, judging by the ending of vol. 3 i assume he and bowery king were gonna take on the high table and that never happens

[@SashaDanisha-g2z]

this one so suck

[@yourpststudios]

Completely agree. They made Jason Mamoa into a crappy version of the Joker when in reality, they should have made him into Bane.

[@okerejerome561]

I actually liked everything about dante

[@boring_incarnate]

I mean, the movie is definitely better than 9th installment. It's an amusement ride, and it's doing its job well - it amuses. I certainly liked it more than John Wick 4, which gets lauded by virtually anybody, despite being almost entirely a monotone, non-stop shootout. I was hyped for both movies, but while I was essentially disappointed by JW4, I've enjoyed watching FX

[@RayMcElroy50]

From the director of THE INCREDIBLE HULK

[@jhameerconyers7133]

I think that movie is really under appreciated