Will Furious 7 Win an Oscar?

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So Vin Diesel made a wild claim that Furious 7, the upcoming addition to Universal's most profitable franchise in history, told Variety: 

"Universal is going to have the biggest movie in history. It will probably win Best Picture at the Oscars — unless the Oscars don't want to be relevant."

This led to a bunch of angry film snobs getting pissed off with one Facebook user comparing him to Kanye while many more said the series is ass and so is Vin.

So my first article established I hate social justice retards who have no factual information to back up their claims. This time I want to call out film snobs who can't have fun at the movies and shit all over a franchise that makes money just because it does just that. Fuck you guys.

What the obvious message of Diesel's quote comes down to? The Oscar's aren't relevant anymore because they hand out awards to movies nobody has heard of. The Fast films make so much money yet don't win any awards. It's basically saying that the Oscar's aren't meant for typical movie-goers, rather the snobby dipshits who watch a fucking abstract French film and write hundred page thesis papers about it and can't read into a single quote by one of Hollywood's most well-respected and well-liked actors.

The guy's proud of his film. Why complain about that? Especially when you haven't seen it yet. Oh God, he makes over-the-top escapism films for people who would rather walk out of a movie entertained than broodingly thinking over what they watched.

"Harry Potter had more realism", states one Facebook commenter on Vulture's post.

I'm sorry that unrealistic movies don't appeal to you. Because, you know, movies aren't a form of media. Like television, novels, video games...you know...things we use to GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR BORING LIVES.

Another user pondered "The only series with seven films is Star Wars". To which I wonder how crappy his movie taste is when he skips over Godzilla, Zatoichi, James Bond, and Harry Potter (though you can neglect this last one if you want).

I'm not defending the Fast and Furious movies because it's a pretty mediocre franchise overall. The fifth one had an entertaining ending and the sixth one was pure escapist fun (the rest are garbage). What I'm defending is Vin Diesel being able to say what he wants without being attacked by snobby assholes who think he only says that because Paul Walker died. Yeah...okay. How about instead you contain your autism?

Go back to watching Eyes Without a Face or whatever bullshit Criterion Collection's recently released Mr. Man Who is a Film Snob Yet Has a Pulp Fiction Cover Photo. Because when I think of film critics worth listening to, it's a guy who thinks Pulp Fiction is the best Tarantino movie (we all know his two best movies were From Dusk Till Dawn and True Romance--BUT HE DIDN'T DIRECT THOSE! I KNOW! ).