Goodbyes and Flashbacks

It's a little embarrassing to cry in an action movie, but wow, the Paul Walker montage at the end of Furious 7 got me tonight!  I doubt that I'm their target audience in any way, but I'm pretty sure I've seen all the Fast & Furious movies at some point, and Rach and I watched that first movie (released way back in 2001) about a hundred times on the Starz channels!  It's where my "Letty" nickname originated... you know, because I'm so hardcore. lol  I'll be honest - Rach and I made fun of Paul Walker saying "cuz" and "bruh" - but overall, we liked the movies even when they were cheesy and ridiculous.  We were kind of obsessed with Vin Diesel, and especially loved his intensity in the scene where he figures out that Brian is a cop! 

Since this one was (hopefully) the last movie in the series, they brought back a lot of things from the first one, so that was fun for me. (It was absolutely over-the-top action scenes and some gratuitous sleaziness, but that's pretty much what I expected. I have to say my favorite was the scene where The Rock flexes his arm to break the cast he's been wearing... hilarious, and so appropriately ridiculous for who he is. lol) I didn't expect to leave the theater in tears - not just tearing up, but full-on crying - thanks to the last five minutes or so where they did a montage of Paul scenes flashing back through the past 14 years and all seven movies, with Vin giving a speech about how they're a family in the background. After a movie full of unbreakable tough attitude, there was a scene near the end where they slowly panned across the main characters in the cast watching Paul play with his son at the beach, and each of them was tearing up, and it was real, and it was surprisingly emotional for me.  They're all hurting because they lost their friend. #iknowthefeeling Even the final song choice was well done (see bottom video below). The video of Vin talking about Paul is pretty great, too - raw and real in a way you don't often see in Hollywood - and the interviewer is more thoughtful than most.  Anyway, that's the end of my randomly emotional mini-tribute here. #forPaul  I'll probably feel kinda silly for posting it in the morning, but such is life. Good night!




"It's been a long day without you, my friend,
And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again."
#lovethatlyric