Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 (July 14th, 2023)

[JAWS]

That’s why I get there 20 minutes late now lol

Same

 

[JAWS]

Jamie Lee Curtis was hanging off flying vehicles way before Cruise was…

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Cruise is still amazingly crazy. I just figured all of this was green screened.

 

[jye4ever]

That’s really cool that Cruise is on a train with 10 highly skilled stunt men and camera crew.

The 8am commute in India said hold my beer

 

[JAWS]

That’s really cool that Cruise is on a train with 10 highly skilled stunt men and camera crew.

The 8am commute in India said hold my beer

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That’s in part 2

 

[davejames]

Hard to believe after three weeks this movie (a freakin Mission Impossible movie) has been pushed down to just one small screen in all my local theaters. I was really wanting to see it again, but at this rate I might as well wait to watch it at home, since it would be about the same experience. Lol

I think opening this movie when they did might go down as one of the biggest miscalculations a studio has ever made. Especially considering it's an actual great, well-reviewed movie, unlike all the other duds this year.

 

[The Buffinator]

I just saw this (finally) and while the plot was rather thread bare and it seemed to just be several long action sequences stitched together I still quite enjoyed it. I was rather dismayed to see

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Ilsa (Rebecca Ferguson) die off, and I felt it was rather tasteless to replace her with a new love interest for Ethan this late in the series. But given her replacement was the delicious Grace/Hayley Atwell that feeling quickly passed lol.

I thought Hayley was phenomenal, as was Pom Klementieff as the psycho assassin girl. I didn't even mind her switching sides at the end - after Ethan spared her and Gabriel stabbed her and left her for dead, it worked for me.

Leaving the theater I saw a part of the Barbie Brigade heading to their screens. One young lady in a pink, skin-tight micro dress probably would have fit right in with Wor-Gar's supermodel group. Alas, there were a few older women who had no business wearing the pink yoga pants they were sporting. I found myself wishing I had Gabriel's knives so I could stab out my eyes!!!

 

[choombaz]

Quite an incredible interview with McQ that unfortunately is behind a paywall but well worth the time and money. I’m only about half way through this 3hr marathon and they are planning to do several of these, wow. A ton of interesting detail. I hope they get to do the more serious projects he hints at.

https://empire.supportingcast.fm/co...llMTNhODdiYWVhYzU0YzViZmQ5YTI0YmExODhkNzc.rss
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McQ referenced this GIF specifically in the interview above when describing how to make an MI film:

 

[Hezz00]

Really? The sixth one felt like the latter Bond films, namely Spectre and/or No Time to Die. Bloated and meandering and not very engaging. They need to step up to compete in a John Wick world IMO.

Yeah it kind of did

 

[Hezz00]

That’s really cool that Cruise is on a train with 10 highly skilled stunt men and camera crew.

The 8am commute in India said hold my beer

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Holy cow. That's impressive!

 

[jye4ever]

Sound of Freedom has made more than MI domestically!

 

[Mandible]

Sound of Freedom has made more than MI domestically!

Yup. Mission is franchise fatigue and SOM is not a superhero movie.

Doesn't take much to work it out. Maybe a bit of common sense... something Hollywood is sorely lacking these days.

 

[JAWS]

Sound of Freedom has made more than MI domestically!

Ok that’s nuts lol

Good for SOF though.

 

[JAWS]

Yup. Mission is franchise fatigue and SOM is not a superhero movie.

Doesn't take much to work it out. Maybe a bit of common sense... something Hollywood is sorely lacking these days.

Never underestimate the conservative and church going crowds they will buy out a theater and go to it for Bible Study lol

To think… Disney passed on this

 

[mikedanger]

Yup. Mission is franchise fatigue and SOM is not a superhero movie.

Doesn't take much to work it out. Maybe a bit of common sense... something Hollywood is sorely lacking these days.

A lead actor that spouts Q garbage in a highly volatile society resulting in tons of free press doesn't hurt either lol

 

[davejames]

Maybe Tom Cruise should ditch Scientology for Q-Anon before Part Two releases.

 

[JAWS]

A lead actor that spouts Q garbage in a highly volatile society resulting in tons of free press doesn't hurt either lol

From what I’ve heard or read, his Q-crap was years ago so not really getting free press for this film.

However Rolling Stone and other like minded news mag and papers basically calling this a conspiracy film or conspiracy light and pointing out that the actor use to do the Q- crap stuff helps fuel the fires also. Lol

 

[mikedanger]

Maybe Tom Cruise should ditch Scientology for Q-Anon before Part Two releases.

Nah, aliens have been confirmed so he's not gonna piss off his supreme tentacled overlord right now

 

[mikedanger]

From what I’ve heard or read, his Q-crap was years ago so not really getting free press for this film.

However Rolling Stone and other like minded news mag and papers basically calling this a conspiracy film or conspiracy light and pointing out that the actor use to do the Q- crap stuff helps fuel the fires also. Lol

It's a snake eating it's own tail at this point lol. I just see what looks interesting to me. I'm not a fan of heavy movies that deal in child abduction/abuse/sex issues. "Taken" being the outlier cuz Liam Neeson kicking ass.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Despite the fanfare, Mission Impossible falls back to B-level franchise fare.

Breaking a slim story into two bloated parts was a big mistake. Over-selling your big stunt was a big mistake. Having that be your only 'big stunt' was a big mistake. They're also overdoing the long tracking shot of Tom running.

 

[davejames]

Yeah that shot of him running along the roof of the airport had to be the silliest and most pointless one yet.