Why do I miss Paul Walker

Kamille 2022-03-15 09:01:02

——— The writing is not good, I have never written a film review, this is the first one. As a car fan, and half a fan of the FF series, and a big boy who is not a fan of Paul and who can no longer be familiar with his face,
maybe someone will immediately say that I pretend. Recently, I was screened by various friends in the circle of friends, RIP Paul, Fast and Furious, 160 million box office that night, etc., and then a lot of people stood up and said that the people who posted these status pretended to be forced, said these people were hypocritical, said Paul Walker had poor acting skills, and said 123456 I’ve never seen a movie that’s so cloudy. I’m afraid that others will say that I’m pretending to be forced and I didn’t post anything, but I can’t restrain my urge to watch Wolf Warriors (BTW, it’s a sincere domestic movie, forgive me When I advertised the dog), I bought tickets for the premiere. At the beginning of the movie, I wanted to take out my phone and take a picture of Paul Walker’s eyes; halfway through the movie, my friend whipped up beside him; at the end of the movie, O’Connor’s car slowly drove away from the side road. There are no tears, but my heart is a little sad.


The first time I knew Fast and Furious was FF2. I know this movie because of a mobile phone game of the same name on a small Sony Ericsson mobile phone. Detective O'Brien in it is vivid on the 128*160 resolution color mobile phone screen. At that time, I didn't know that there was a movie called a drag racing movie, and I didn't know that this movie would have 6, 7, or 8. I know there are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 in Need for Speed. There is nothing like Paul Walker staring at Eva Mendes in the movie and braking in front of a red light, or O’Brien using its Evolution 180 degrees to face Roman. I was shocked by the plot of the EclipseGT reversing. Detective O'Brien is like the car god in my heart, with superb skills. That year, when I was in middle school, I had a car-loving dad. The house was filled with car magazines from the last century. My dream was to be a car designer. The bedroom wall was covered with my own design. "The sports car, the bookcase posted pictures of the Cayenne TurboS that has not yet been listed. Later, Need for Speed ​​released Cyclonus Underground. I realized that movies and games can be so similar, and even the bridge sections of the speeding cars can be exactly the same.

After making up for FF1, (the Internet still had everything at that time), a wave of drift began inexplicably in 2005, when there was no QQ Speed. First, Jay Chou and Edison Chen drifted on the autumn mountains in his initial D. At the same time, the scene of speed and passion moved to Tokyo. The pig’s feet became ugly but still drifting wildly. Then, the machine speed car. Released 9, 10. It can be said that the game copied all the essence of the two movies, drifting, running mountain, and strong Japanese style. Once again, the scenes of the game and the movie have been unified. Jay Chou, the protagonist of the game and Sean are all drifting on the dark mountain road. FC, EVO, and the skyline are all out again. The DK in Tokyo drift is like a Need for Speed. The Boss "Kenji". That year, I quit school in order to study abroad. In my spare time, the speed game took up almost all of my time. I picked up the handle and could drive my evolution invincible on the Internet. I don’t even know where to save money and spend my time on the Internet. I came to the original soundtrack of Tokyo Drifting, and I was in a daze every day with the sound of the theme song'Humhhhhhhh with headphones on. My dad saw my love for cars. Only when Dad took me to the real steering wheel at night and taught me to learn to drive, he would tell me, "Slow down. You always drive on the right side. Don’t step on it. Heavy throttle" "Son, your sense of direction is pretty good, but you are too anxious to drive." That year, in order to enroll in an ideal university, I gave up my most yearning automotive major and chose to report mechanical engineering and economics. On the day I left school, I painted all the car drawings on the wall and took away all of it. , Closed the teaching staff, and sold the waste paper.

When Fast and Furious 4 and 5 were released, I had already obtained a driver's license. At this time, the movie had gradually developed from the initial two-person turn into a group drama, and my life opened a new chapter on the other side of the ocean. At that time, my girlfriend and I had a long-distance relationship across the ocean. When we returned to China, making a popcorn movie became our favorite pastime. Both FF4 and F5 sat in the cinema under this background and enjoyed it. I still remember the day after watching F5. On the way home, we couldn’t remember making noise in the car because of some naive thing. I was full of plots from the movie. A kick of floor oil rushed out of the garage, and another The foot brakes, the girlfriend's body slammed into the dashboard, she opened the car door angrily, ran out, I was at a loss for 10 seconds, rushed out, chased tens of meters, squatted in full view Admitting mistakes, pretending to be cute, begging her to go back, and drove out of the downtown like a mad. That year, I was young and mad, young and ignorant, but fortunately to have a sports car that could only be improvised. I even learned to draw a circle on the road with the hands of the brakes as in the movie, and change the car into a bells and whistles look. It's a pity that the Speed ​​and Furious series at this time is not as pure as the original drag racing. At that time, I was like O'Brian and Dom every time I was on the road. My personality was split. The two villains kept quarreling, asking me to slow down, but I was stepping on the accelerator. Now, my girlfriend at the time has become a passerby. Goodbye, forever.

Later F6, even yesterday's F7, can no longer remember much of the plot, only remember that O'Brien's car separated from Dom at the end and slowly disappeared in the mountains. In the middle of the time, I, like Paul, experienced a serious car accident due to speeding. My car was completely scrapped, but I was lucky to get back a life. I also experienced a wholehearted relationship. Although it may not be as fresh and passionate as before, it is comfortable and beautiful. Let me open the car door every day, thinking about getting home safely and spending ordinary time with my family. ---Just like O'Brien driving a van to send his son to school, I even started buying a van to take my family, especially my elderly parents, to play around slowly. The boy who dreamed of being accompanied by the roar of the engine has slowly grown up, racing games have slowly gone away from me, and drag racing movies have gradually "reduced" to a way of relaxation. There are no more scenes, so I have the urge to give it a try. I still love cars, I will spend a lot of money for a few wheels, I will enjoy the fun of DIY, I will go crazy for the dreamcar, I will occasionally smash the car, listen to the roar of the engine, and even do it. His work has something to do with cars that are not too far away. But I don't have the sillyness of copying the plot of the movie before, and I will no longer rush the speed of the movie into life as before. Only once, I did what O’Brien did. I told her the co-pilot, look, this trick I learned from speed and passion, you see, I stare at you without moving, and when there is a car in front, I stop, I don’t need to look at it and keep staring at you, I’m so calm, don’t you kiss me? She said without interest, you'll be fine when you bump into it, haha. It's a pity that life is never a movie. I don't have the blue eyes of Paul Walker, nor is she the calmness of an undercover undercover Eva Mendes. Movies are always movies, although you can always think of countless plots in life.

——I have heard a true story. On the day Paul Walker was buried, countless riders drove the modified cars of the same model in the movie to see him off, and the roar of engines was heard along the way. We are too familiar with his face appearing in the Fast and Furious series, too many similar scenes, representing our common, love for cars, and too many memories of what we love. It is said that Paul himself is also an avid car fan. In addition to owning the silver and blue GT-R34 in the movie, he also owns a high-end racing team with a friend who died with a Porsche Carrera GT. Look, he is like us, like all of us, we live not only in our own lives, but also in movies, at least, in the imagination of most of us.
Without him in the future, maybe I will not be used to the next movie, because Paul, and his fast and passion series, are almost accompanied by all the youth and fantasy of a boy who loves a car. It's like a good friend for many years, slowly walking away, to the end, only to find that he suddenly turned around and lost the other person. RIP, Paul Walker. May there be your beloved racing car in heaven. One day, we will all go there for a ride, and there will be countless roars in heaven.

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Extended Reading
  • Cassandre 2022-03-21 09:01:22

    Memories of the past time

  • Abelardo 2021-10-20 19:01:13

    The amount of reading is large, and the person himself is a bit literary, and he will be very harsh on commercial action movies. For such an action movie with chaotic logic, scenes for scenes, violence for violence, and speed for speed, I really like it. Adrenaline surged for 100 minutes. High to no friends. I don’t know if I am the only one who thinks this is the simplest, rude and most enjoyable one in this series.

Furious 7 quotes

  • Roman: [after Tej ejects his car out of the plane] I hate you, Tej!

  • Brian O'Conner: [to Dominic Toretto] Thought you could leave without saying goodbye?