Fast and Furious it’s undoubtedly one of the most iconic and successful franchises of the last few decades, but like the characters themselves, the style and aesthetic of the films have undergone major changes over the years. Bye Fast and Furious was a fairly grounded story about a group of car thieves infiltrated by an undercover cop, the franchise’s increased budget soon turned these stories into bigger, bolder tales of international terrorism and espionage. It is not surprising that the character of the House of Toretto has changed dramatically in the same way.
This gradual transition from a solid thriller to a large-scale action film at the same time Fast and Furious‘the greatest power and its greatest curse. There’s no way the series could go on for more than 20 years with a narrative as simple as Fast and Furiousbut the increased focus on action and intense vehicular stunts also had a negative impact on the overall quality of the stories. WITH Fast 11 ready to end the saga, That Fast and Furious movies are in a completely different place now – just like their main character Dominic Toretto.
Dominic Toretto had to change to fit the new style of “Fast and Furious”
The old character could never exist in Fast X
The reason Toretto’s character had to change so dramatically was because the films did the same thing: it didn’t make sense for the later sequels to have such a down-to-earth protagonist when their stories were so outlandish. House from Fast and Furious would never get caught up in government espionage and vendettas with deadly crime families – so the writers had to change the character’s values to make his presence in these stories more logical.
The house has become stronger, more stoic and more traditional.”good» when he returned to the franchise in the fourth film. He was not the morally ambiguous protagonist that was present in the first film, but rather a man who completely eschewed his criminal past and fully embraced the good fight. This was largely due to the franchise’s greater focus on Dom Toretto’s family, which helped humanize the main character and give him a reason to fight to protect them as threats grew larger and deadlier.
Dom’s character became as unrealistic as in the Fast and Furious films he starred in
The original Dom was never such a hero
Word “unrealisticoften mentioned in relation to later Fast and Furious sequels, and many viewers feel the franchise has lost its way. And it’s true that films like F9 And Quick X sometimes they go too far with their outlandish stunts (like sending a car into space or swinging it through a huge canyon), but that’s just the result each subsequent continuation must surpass the previous one.
All [Dom’s] the moral complexity is gone, and in its place is a hero who simply can do no wrong.
The franchise cursed itself by creating a tradition of getting bigger, bolder, and higher stakes with each new film, and it showed in Dom’s character doing the same. In every new sequel The house seems increasingly virtuous, defiant and selfless.resulting in a character who is essentially a parody of Dom Toretto from Fast and Furious. All his moral complexity is gone, replaced by a hero who simply can do no wrong. Dom has almost become superhuman, and his infallibility makes his most difficult stunts less exciting.
Oddly enough, Paul Walker’s Brian hasn’t changed as much as Dom Toretto.
Their dynamic was the saving grace of The Fast and the Furious
Interestingly, throughout the series, only the character of Dom underwent such large-scale changes. As the sequel progressed, those around him remained somewhat mundane and perhaps complex, while The house moved further and further away from the qualities that made it interesting in the first film.. In particular, it was Brian O’Conner who remained the most similar throughout the franchise; his moral conflict between legality and his inherent love of racing made him an interesting character and cemented him as the perfect opposite of Dom.
After Brian’s emotional ending in Fast and Furious 7there was no longer anyone who could rein in Dom’s ego and keep his character fully grounded – and this is where the franchise ran into serious problems. The friendship between Dom and Brian has been the driving force of the series from the very beginning, and without that dynamic to keep things fresh, Fast and Furious the films quickly lost sight of their true purpose and simply turned their attention to creating the biggest stunts possible. Letty serves a similar role in controlling Dom, but her character has become much less well-rounded in recent films.