How Vin Diesel’s critically acclaimed revival saved my innocence
The Fast and the Furious carved a testosterone-drunk early teen out of a soft-bodied child. It showed me a world of cars, girls, girls that drive cars, and Ja Rule, pretty much the picture I anticipated of my own early adulthood. Things that dramatically cooler than my at the time interests of Dragonball Z and Magic: The Gathering.
And through the years, it stuck. From late night family sedan races to my ambivalent relationship with Tokyo Drift. I was there for all of it, and the franchise had one more gift to give.
On Sunday night at Regal, Vin Diesel was back to influence my choices. I read the news: Biggest opening Car-themed movie ever, biggest opening of a Universal movie ever (take that Jurassic Park: The Lost World), blowing away the ridicule of many critics who just didn’t understand. My roommate and I had to go be a part of the magic.
And then there was Watchmen. At the box office we debated on what to see, Watchmen has its own story of dorm life and personal apocalypse. We weighed our options and went with Vin, middle school, cars, girls.
Hooray for not being scarred for life:
Thanks, Vin.
July 9th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
cool stuff i hope i get to read more updates