Fast and Furious

Advantages: Plenty of action, nice effects, Vin Diesel, no need to think too hard.
Disadvantages: Not really any, unless you're expecting something that it's not.

...Last week, me and a friend decided to meet up and go to the cinema. After looking at the listings, the only thing we could come up with was Fast and Furious. I have not seen the earlier films in the franchise, but knew enough about them to know what to expect. Plenty of action, car chases, mindless fun, Vin Diesel, and brains left in the lobby. I was not disappointed, in fact it was better than I expected. The film starts with Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and others, including girlfriend Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) in Mexico, carrying out a hijack on a tanker road train. Good effects, improbable driving, and it finishes with some spectacular pyrotechnics. I was also seriously impressed with the sound at the new Showcase Cinema at Highcross in Leicester, at some points the whole place seemed to be shaking. We later learn that Letty has...

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Watch the pounds fall off with slim fast

Advantages: Cheap, delicious and convenient.
Disadvantages: You will have to buy new clothes to show off your new found figure

...I?m getting married on the 1st September and I would like to lose a bit of weight before our big day. I have previously tried weight watchers and slimming world lost quite a bit of weight but I am the type of person that will eat all my daily points in one go or get bored of eating the same thing. I have never tried slim fast before so I decided to give it ago. I am going to be on the diet for 3 months and hope to drop a dress size or two. I have been slim fast for one week and I have lost 6lbs!!!! I am very pleased so far. I had heard about the Cambridge diet and looked into starting it instead of slim fast but it is very expensive and hard to get hold of. In many ways it is very similar to slim fast but with slim fast there is a large variety of flavours and options. Slim fast appealed to me because it is very simple to follow...

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THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS

Advantages: Good effects, good sountrack
Disadvantages: Skethy plot, average cast, characters don't have enough personality

...I have very mixed feelings towards this film and I came out of the cinema not really knowing whether I loved or hated the film. I suppose I loved the Fast and the Furious because it was action packed, unpredictable and kept me in permanent suspense. Though I hated it because there wasn't any basic storyline or plot. And I've never seen a film that has no basic storyline or plot so did I genuinely hate the film or was I just simply scared of something different to a typical film? What the Fast and the Furious really has going in its favour is that it is total non-stop action, at 1hr 40 it doesn't feel stretched or too long and director Rob Cohen seems to excel in keeping the viewers attention throughout the film. Unfortunately though the Fast and the Furious has plenty not going in its favour. Firstly nothing actually happens in...

Disillusioned 25.09.2001 · Read review
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fast and furious

Advantages: paul walker
Disadvantages: n.a

...What more can I say Paul Walker, not only is he great looking but I think he is a great actor, too add to that you also have Vin Diesel. The film has great special effects and not that I am a huge car fan but the cars are great too. Dom played by Vin Diesel and his gang all have great cars and at night they like to show them off and race against others, when one night Brian played by Paul Walker wants to race, he does not have the money to, but offers his car if he loses. Brian looks like he is going to win, but at the last minute is beaten by Dom. Brian saves Dom from the cops so Dom takes Brian into his gang, which no one is happy with apart from his sister, who has a soft spot for Brian. A few lorries carrying have been knocked by a gang driving fast cars. The FBI suspects that the robbers are involved in the street...

jo_field26 28.05.2008 · Read review
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Slim Fast Plan

Advantages: Convenient, Tastes Good
Disadvantages: Appears expensive, Aimed at women

...My partner & I both needed to lose some weight. Personally I needed to lose about 2st. We have tried eating healthily, however we soon got bored of salads and other healthy food. We tried the Aitkens diet and the weight well off. However we soon got fed up of eggs, eggs and more eggs for breakkie. Also as soon as we stopped this diet the weight just pilled back on. We have been to weight watchers and again it kind of worked, to start with. Well thats our dieting history. We decided to try Slim Fast. We bought the ready made drinks, tubs of Slim Fast powder, Slim Fast soup and snack bars. The products are expensive, espcially when you are buying a weeks supply for two. However the ready mixed shake drinks are £1.19. This works out cheaper than buying a sandwich in the works canteen, and much cheaper & healthier than...

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Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food

Advantages: Great easy recipes
Disadvantages: You might not have all the ingredients !

...I have been lacking time and inspiration latley so I thought It?s about time I got back into the swing of things, I thought what can I do and this book was staring me in the face as I have been using the recipes for the last two months ! The book is Gordon Ramsay?s fast food and is no doubt the best cooking book I have ever bought. I wanted to make something different from my usual things and as Gordon is my favourite chef on TV I thought I would try this book out. The front of the book has a picture of Gordon on a black background with bright neon lettering on the front. Just inside the book states that it is divided into short sections with 15 features of fast recipes such as starters, soups, fish, meat, pasta, working lunches, deserts etc and 15 menus for everyday entertaining. It also states that the dishes can all be cooked...

IanM73 20.07.2007 · Read review
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Pulling a Fast One

Advantages: Fast, loud and cool
Disadvantages: Skinny on action (due to small budget)

...For a movie about the illegal world of street racing and daring car-assisted hijacks, there isn’t as much vroom vroom action as I was expecting in this, Rob Cohen’s seventh directorial adventure (his other efforts including Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and The Skulls). The movie opens with a slick truck theft, using a few fast cars and a harpoon, which sets the tone nicely for the daredevil action to follow. What it doesn’t do is let you in on who the perpetrators are, leaving a little mystery, which is quite often lacking from robbery scenes. No ripping off the balaclava and seeing the lead criminal go “Phew! What a rush, dude!” here. After the initial burst of action, we are introduced to Brian (Paul Walker from She’s All That) as he tests the speed of his car on an empty racetrack. His...

peppersinclaire 03.10.2001 · Read review
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Fast and furious

Advantages: Pure speed power cars
Disadvantages: not really much of a plot

...This is a really great film which i found was definatly alot better than gone in 60 seconds and if you are a person who loves really fast cars then this may just be the film for you with its all time full throttle action. PLOT On the turbo charged streets of Los Angeles,Every night is a champonship race. Dominic Toretto rules the road always leaving his challengers eating his dust. He and his rival Johnny Tran are the baddest and the best,but now theres new rage on the road.they know hes fast but what they are unnawear of is that he is a speed demon detective with enough drive to become the winner. The reason for Brian going undercover as a high speed street racer is,There have been some recent lorry jacking incidents and the police and FBI believe that the robberies are actually linked with the group from the LA import street...

yabbis21 20.03.2006 · Read review
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The fast and the cheesiest

Advantages: excellent car chases, spectacular special effects
Disadvantages: cheesy, cheese and more cheese

...The fast and the furious Starring Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune, Chad Lindberg Directed by Rob Cohen Written by David Ayer, Erik Bergquist, Gary Scott Thompson Studio Universal ********* Where the hell can I start on this film? I have been looking forward to its release for ages, eagerly anticipating its arrival at my local UGC. It left me bewildered and confused. I wanted to come out and say, god that was great, but the film left a lot to be desired. It was quite possibly the cheesiest film I have ever seen in my life. The actors bar Vin Diesel were very poor (and he only rates because he is so goddamn fit!) So you may ask why was I confused if it was so appalling, well the cars were amazing, the special effects breathtaking and exhilarating, it left me flabbergasted. I did...

nightchild 11.10.2001 · Read review
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Fast Times On Film

Advantages: Funny, more true-to-life than most films
Disadvantages: None

...I was in FOP last week looking for a cheap dvd to pass the time, and I came across "Fast Times At Ridgemont High". It was only seven pounds and the cover caught my eye. On further investigation I discovered it was written by Cameron Crowe (Jerry McGuire, Almost Famous) and directed by Amy Heckerling. As it was Heckerling that directed the film Clueless, my favourite film of all time (sad but true!) I knew instantly I had to buy it, even though I had never previously heard of it. Cameron Crowe was a journalist when he was very young (as chronicled in Almost Famous) and the basis for this film was that he'd went back to school and posed undercover as a student. Perhaps this is where the premise for the film"Never Been Kissed" came from over a decade later? He found out what REALLY went on in high schools when it came to things like sex...

Pmshack99 18.10.2004 (05.04.2005) · Read review
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