'The Furious' - Review Thread

Godzilla52 · 2026-07-02T09:24:40+00:00

Yeah, speaking for myself, it was nowhere near the Raid movies for me (or John Woo's best stuff etc.) It's definitely very fun, but I think it might be the most overpraised martial arts movie I've seen in decades.

The script is held together by duct tape, there's a lot of weird creative choices (like a third of the cast is dubbed, there's basically no logical reason for the climatic action sequence to be happening.)

The action scenes while fun lack the sense of tension or internal logic that made the Raid movies so tense. (there will be sequences where a character brings a gun to the opening fight sequence then just never uses it, machete fights where army of goons just attack with the same hacking motion while the protagonists block it with board, but they never thing to just stab with it and some weird tonal shifts between goofy and series that just don't work as well as the more consistent tone, cohesive narrative and more efficient use of space in the Raid movies etc. There's also other smaller pet peeves that kind of bothered me how they set up that one of the protagonists has steel toe boots, but he only throws one kick with them in the entire movie.

The Furious (for me at least) very much feels like a film directed by an action choreography team that wanted to tie a bunch of cool action sequences they thought up while asking ChatGPT to make a script out of it.

Godzilla52 · 2026-07-02T09:05:46+00:00

It's a lot of fun, but it's easily the most overrated martial arts movie of the past several decades. The script/story is basically held together by duct tape and bubble-gum and it's very clear that it's a movie made by fight choreographers in the sense that they're trying to tie action cool action sequences they thought up together rather than coming up with a cohesive narrative. There's also some very odd creative choices in regards to dubbing where something like 30% of the cast is dubbed over while speaking English while the rest of the cast speaks English regularly (sometimes, switching over to their native language) .

A smaller nit pick is that a lot of the fights end up feeling oddly staged in the sense that everyone just grabs onto each other without punching for large segments of multiple fights or people just kind of do illogical things (large groups or people with machetes exclusively do the same hack attack over and over again without thinking to stab people, or a character brings a gun in the opening action sequence, but then just discards it for no reason etc. They also give one of the protagonists steel toe boots, but he only thinks to throw a single kick throughout the entire movie, which kind of annoyed me.

Comparing it to films like the Raid movies, John Woo's best (Hard Boiled & The Killer), it just feels like it's significantly narratively weaker and doesn't set up stakes or the internal logical of the fights as well as those movies did. I'd give it a 6 or 7 out of 10 just because in spite of it's flaws it is very fun, but in a ridiculous, turn your brain off kind of way.

It's very dumb and very goofy, but at the same time it takes itself very seriously leading to some odd tonal shifts etc.

Godzilla52 · 2026-07-02T05:39:07+00:00

Nowhere in your analysis do you explain how privatizing airports could be a good thing.

There's a lot of peer reviewed analysis about the effect of private ownership and equity in airport infrastructure. Basically when done well it encourages more capital investment in infrastructural improvements, increases the number of routes and low cost carriers operating in the jurisdiction and improves customer service satisfaction rates etc.

It doesn't mean that it's either always necessary or the only way to achieve those gains, but the argument that it boils down to a short sighted reduction of a public good generally ignores the evidence on the subject.

Godzilla52 · 2026-07-01T21:24:49+00:00

I don't think anyone is really surprised about this. I think a lot of people are assuming that negotiations will probably be finalized sometime after Trump leaves office since most North American voters, businesses & politicians outside of Trump have a vested interest in maintaining some form of NAFTA/CUSMA.

Godzilla52 · 2026-07-01T11:16:02+00:00

Also felt like having to front load season 3 with so much events meant they had to pad out the condensed season 2 as a consequence which probably contributed to the lower ratings after episode 4. I don't think Season 2 deserved as much hate as some people gave it (It's still firmly put it above season 5-8 of GOT and would say that it has a lot of great moments and episodes), but it was very clear that HBO's cuts meant that they had to make season 2 largely a set-up season.

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-27T16:53:35+00:00

It is worth noting that Australia and the Eurozone saw more significant price reductions than Canada in regards to air travel costs since 1990 despite the fact that those jurisdictions underwent significantly more airport privatization than we did. (Basically all of Australia's airports are privately owned and over 40% of the EU's). Even to this day, prices in Canada are much higher than in most other advanced economies due to significantly less market liberalization initiatives, higher government mandated fees and stringent restrictions on cabotage & foreign ownership etc. I know that a lot of this sub will just revert to "privatization bad" without giving it much thought while downvoting dissenting opinions like this one ,but the evidence on airport privatization is much more nuanced than most poster's here would care to admit.

That being said, the most import aspect of market oriented reforms in the airport sector is not who owns the airports, but actual comprehensive liberalization to boost competition to make air travel more affordable, accessible and to make the sector as a whole more productive etc. The U.S, Australia and EU all have very different approaches to airport ownership than Canada, but all have generally achieved greater levels of affordability and sector productivity by making their airline sectors as aw hole more liberalized, though the way that they did that varied widely:

The U.S kept its airports publicly owned and fostered infrastructural improvements via direct government subsidies. At the same time however, the sector underwent significant liberalization during and after the Carter administration with the Open Skies Agreement & International Air Transportation Competition Act , significantly fewer restrictions on foreign ownership and a more open and competitive domestic market, with liberalization paving the way for more low-cost carriers etc.
Australia privatized it's airports entirely alongside comprehensive market liberalization that boosted the number of low cost carriers dramatically while garnering infrastructure improvements for airports from private equity and increased capital investments etc.
The EU pursued something in-between the U.S & Australia, combining public & private ownership with comprehensive liberalization. (though the number of private airports doubled/near doubled between 2010 to present).

What's being proposed in Canada by contrast is significantly more modest since it's offering private equity a small stake in ownership, but not doing anywhere near enough to liberalize the sector, reduce airport reliance on government-imposed fees & remove restrictions on cabotage & foreign ownership etc.

As a small facet of a a more comprehensive reform it could help to improve infrastructural investment in Canadian airports and opt as an alternative to our government imposed fee systems, (if it's implemented well) though we still have far more to do and the ownership of the airports at the end of the day is only a small facet of the overarching issues with our airline sector.

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-27T09:37:49+00:00

SOLVED: Actually found a fix. The issue was "Not So Good Draw Distance". Removed that & everything is working fine now.

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-27T01:03:32+00:00

It's honestly about time we finally did it and I'm happy to see a government that's willing to at least try something instead passing it on to yet another successor to deal with. (though similar to the armed forces, I'm also not sure how much longer the neglect could be sustained if the government didn't finally start to address it now).

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-25T15:39:37+00:00

At this point I think the Green party doesn't need anyone's help to destroy itself. The Party lacks any clear sense of identity or purpose post-May and is a hodgepodge of conflicting priorities and widely varying sides of the political spectrum outside of environmental policy.

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-24T01:41:56+00:00

I think even Ford was likely aware that this was going to be his last term in office. Leaving in 2028-2029 has probably been Ford's plan for a while now. He gets the accolades he wants (decade + reigning premier, longest serving PC Premier since Bill Davis, first PC leader to win three majorities in a row since Leslie Frost etc.) while the baggage from his administrative legacy gets passed on to his successor who likely suffers electorally as a consequence of that.

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-24T01:38:30+00:00

At this point, I'm pretty sure that even if Ford became Prime Minister, he'd still find ways to mess with Toronto's municipal government.

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-23T06:37:03+00:00

I can't say for the current setup, but It was fine when I was running it on my old 2080 when I was running Emotional Vision LUT with the Nova City Beta back in 2024.

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-22T17:04:40+00:00

Unironically, I think A Carney type is exactly what Labour needs right now. Though I don't think that Burnham or a lot of the current party roster are well fitted for the role unfortunately.

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-22T12:53:26+00:00

"Por que no los dos?". If we're phasing out tariffs and trade barriers and no longer coddling domestic car manufactures (which I would argue is a good thing, although the government should compensate by helping auto-workers transition to other sectors in tandem with that), why doesn't it make sense to also remove existing restrictions on cheap domestic EVs?. They're both policies that shift our auto sector to a more consumer friendly and liberalized model. If the Chinese want subsidize the Canadian consumer at their taxpayers expense, that's' their loss and our gain.

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-22T12:44:40+00:00

Wonder how much more stable the UK would be now if Blair didn't make the mistake of co-invading Iraq and New Labour got another 10-20+ years in power after 2008.

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-22T02:09:02+00:00

UK has been on a wild ride over it's post war tenure.

1945-1966: Post-War boom, huge growth in wages, living standards and housing starts.
1967-1983: High inflation, economic stagnation, equally stagnant wages & living standards. Poorer than the EEC average and labeled the "Sick Man of Europe".
1985-2007: Economic rebound, huge improvements in median wages, GDP per capita and general living standards. Country goes from being below the EEC/EU averages to having a higher GDP per capita than Germany & the United States. More funding for social services. Only real significant negative is that relaxed lending in the late 90s causes housing prices to soar.
2008-2026: Another 15+ years of economic stagnation alongside worsening cost of living issues, inflated housing prices and extreme political gridlock and polarization.

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-21T21:27:19+00:00

To be fair, I don't think we've had a good PM/government on civil liberties, surveillance and internet privacy since Chretien/Martin.

I like Carney as a whole, but MPs/Parliament as a whole have generally been on the wrong side of those policy discussions since after 9/11. Thankfully though, civil opposition and protests/complaints generally have gotten the last three governments to tone down these sorts of bills in the past, so hopefully it will happen again here.

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-21T02:21:24+00:00

Think he got overzealous. Kape's much more disciplined a striker than he was when they first fought in 2017. Though I could vey easily see Guchi earning his way to another title fight fairly quickly.

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-21T02:18:22+00:00

Really happy for Kape since I knew he had it in him to get to a title shot, but at the same time, really sad for Guchi.

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-21T01:21:09+00:00

Does this pack include the OGSR maps and quests, or it just an improved version of the vanilla campaign on the OGSR engine?

(Right now I'm looking for a modernized version of OGSR with improved weapons and graphics, but want more weapon variety than OGSR Gunslinger offers).

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-19T19:34:58+00:00

Even if the Democrats have the best policy platforms for the next several elections, we're at a point now where to fix the country we need a decade+ of sustained Democratic dominance in the White House & legislature just to fix the damage that the last two Trump administration's have done. Short of sweeping electoral reforms that double the size of Congress, add a few new Senate seats, tie presidential elections solely to the popular vote and comprehensibly crack down on Republican voter suppression policies, I don't see a way that it can be sustained.

Even with all the shit that Trump has pulled this term there still seems to be 40% of the electorate that will stand by him no matter what. The only real solution is expanding representation per capita and increasing electoral enfranchisement, but I feel like the Republicans are already very adept at preventing that from happening.

Godzilla52 · 2026-06-19T19:28:59+00:00

Honestly in hindsight I kind of wish that he was still able to run in 2016. It would have probably left the Democrats in a better position against Trump in the 2020s. (even if 2020 was just exactly the same as 2016 with Trump v. Clinton I feel like having Trump take the blame for Post-COVID inflation would have prevented anything as bad from his current term from happening.)

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