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06-21-2023, 07:11 AM | #16 |
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I need to catch up on these. When the first one was released everyone else seemed to love it, but I didn't. Then I saw the second one and thought that movie was better than the first by a good margin. Loved John Woo movies at the time, but watched the second one again with my wife a month or two ago and she had to get her comments in on the final fight scene, which I kind of agree on. To be honest 1 and 2 haven't aged particularly well for espionage and action flicks what they used to be in the 90s/2000s and what they are today.
I never saw the third one, heard about the big scenes, heard it was good but I have never sat down and completely watched the third one. Saw Ghost Protocol in theaters, really enjoyed it. The prison break out scene in the beginning, the burj khalifa scenes were pretty excellent, thought it was a fun time at the movies. Since Ghost Protocol I haven't seen a single Mission Impossible movie, just bits and pieces on TV but never been really interested. So my wife and I are going to watch 3-6 before going to see 7. |
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06-21-2023, 09:24 AM | #17 |
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See, i think MI:1 still holds up really well.
Apart from Tom Cruise looking like a godddamn baby. "Kittredge, you've never seen me very upset" is still one of my favorite line-readings ever.
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06-21-2023, 10:06 AM | #18 |
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And just penned a nice little love story to the US Navy where an old white guy saves the day with his young white guy sidekick. Gonna go ahead and say that as long as Cruise is in charge of things, MI is gonna be just fine.
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06-21-2023, 04:42 PM | #20 |
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Judging by Maverick, and his demonstration of gratitude for the support it received, he seems to have his finger on the pulse of the action movie fan base. I see no reason to worry about this getting mucked up, at least not in the regard being discussed (and likely not at all).
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07-05-2023, 02:32 PM | #21 |
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98% on Rotten Tomatoes on 89 reviews. Gonna be awesome.
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07-05-2023, 04:12 PM | #22 |
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It is going to crush Dr. Jones... no soy boy shit here.
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07-05-2023, 07:18 PM | #23 |
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My brother got me the MI collection for my Bday (a month ago today). I am off next week so I will watch them all leading up to next Friday's release - will get tickets in advance for the Friday morning feature. Looking forward to it!
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07-05-2023, 07:19 PM | #24 |
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LOL, will be seeing Dr. Jones next week as well.
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My wife and I are rewatching the movies and doing what someone else mentioned - starting with three. The third one has held up remarkably well. Philip Seymour Hoffman is such a great villain. I know the action set pieces just get bigger and bigger as the movies go on, but it's hard to top three for the raw emotion of the situation with his wife and the back and forth Cruise and Hoffman have. |
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I still think the first one is good. It establishes Hunt's...uh...ethos? For lack of a better word. Baldwin puts in on the nose a little too much in Fallout when he says something along the lines of "you refuse to lose members of your team and it's what creates the problems you face..." He acknowledges the benefits of it, but also that it's not a utilitarian calculus that creates potential catastrophe.
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But the first movie still holds up. Just...don't bother with the 2nd. There's no throughput from it. It establish no character development or motivation. It's just John Woo porn and it's really quite stupid.
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You are correct on MI3, it's probably one of the best. Hoffman is great in that movie. |
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07-07-2023, 10:58 AM | #29 |
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i hope tom literally never dies
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Lmao it went up. Can't wait
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