Furious 7–great and terrible, all at once

I’ve never been a big fan of The Fast and the Furious franchise.  In fact, up until recently, I’d only seen the first one, and that was on TV some quiet evening.  I don’t remember it very well but for me it’s been my go-to example for movies should, at the very least, be able to achieve in terms of quality.  It usually goes something like this:  “That movie was terrible–it didn’t even reach The Fast and the Furious‘ level of storytelling and characterization.”