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Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning (7-14-2023)

Posted: Fri July 14, 2023 3:54 pm
by JuanHamm
It added a lot of tension to the end of the fight on top of the train.

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning (7-14-2023)

Posted: Fri July 14, 2023 3:57 pm
by Jorge
It was a cheap move that undermined the character's arc and served only to motivate Ethan. Felt a bit like "there's only space for one girl in the team, so let's make room for the new one" too. Perfect example of fridging. Really lame. The movie succeeds despite it

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning (7-14-2023)

Posted: Fri July 14, 2023 3:59 pm
by Jorge
I also loved that Ving Rhames sat through the entire movie, and the five or so times when several people took turns completing each other's thoughts to explain things to another character.

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning (7-14-2023)

Posted: Fri July 14, 2023 4:04 pm
by VinylGuy
Jorge wrote:It was a cheap move that undermined the character's arc and served only to motivate Ethan. Felt a bit like "there's only space for one girl in the team, so let's make room for the new one" too. Perfect example of fridging. Really lame. The movie succeeds despite it
Spoiler: show
i didnt felt this was Illsa movie at all, although it felt kinda obvious she was going to die. I liked the whole sequence. The alley, the fights, the overall mistery to what was happening. I wouldnt be surprised if she comes back again somehow.

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning (7-14-2023)

Posted: Fri July 14, 2023 4:12 pm
by Jorge
It's not her movie, no. It's Ethan's movie. You need to motivate Ethan to push his story forward. This was an easy (and, IMO lazy and overdone) way to do it. Don't think she was handled well in general (I immediately bumped into the fact that she was on the run again after explicitly earning her freedom two movies in a row). But yes, the sequence is cool, I enjoyed Ethan getting lost and the desperation. It's the story choice that I disagree with; I think the execution was as good as it could have been.

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning (7-14-2023)

Posted: Fri July 14, 2023 4:15 pm
by VinylGuy
i see.

It wasnt an issue for me.

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning (7-14-2023)

Posted: Fri July 14, 2023 4:46 pm
by Farmer John
Jorge wrote:I also loved that Ving Rhames sat through the entire movie, and the five or so times when several people took turns completing each other's thoughts to explain things to another character.
I did chuckle at the way that whole room full of people explained everything to Cary Elwes' character.

I also laughed pretty hard at the way Ethan "entered" the train.

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning (7-14-2023)

Posted: Fri July 14, 2023 4:49 pm
by VinylGuy
yeah, that was hilarious

Loved to see Henry Czerny again too.

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning (7-14-2023)

Posted: Fri July 14, 2023 6:45 pm
by The Argonaut
Jorge wrote:I also loved that Ving Rhames sat through the entire movie, and the five or so times when several people took turns completing each other's thoughts to explain things to another character.
That last one bugs me, it's a pet peeve. The analysts debrief the team leader once sentence at a time, and some of the sentences are inane, incomplete thoughts. It's even hard for me to follow, because my brain is spending time processing who is talking instead of what they're saying. Just let one guy talk for five sentences in a row. It's so annoying

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning Pt 1&2 (7-14-2023)

Posted: Fri July 14, 2023 11:14 pm
by Stickman
Another casualty of the strike. Part 2 has ceased production.

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning Pt 1&2 (7-14-2023)

Posted: Fri July 14, 2023 11:16 pm
by JuanHamm
Stickman wrote:Another casualty of the strike. Part 2 has ceased production.
Now it's personal

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning Pt 1&2 (7-14-2023)

Posted: Fri July 14, 2023 11:33 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning Pt 1&2 (7-14-2023)

Posted: Sat July 15, 2023 12:21 am
by VinylGuy
Stickman wrote:Another casualty of the strike. Part 2 has ceased production.
FUCK YOU ACTORS FUCK YOU

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning Pt 1&2 (7-14-2023)

Posted: Sat July 15, 2023 5:37 am
by Jorge
Whoa, I did not realize this movie is over 2 hours and 40 minutes long. It moved extremely quick and remained entertaining and engaging throughout. Well done on the pacing. You really do not feel its runtime.

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning Pt 1&2 (7-14-2023)

Posted: Sat July 15, 2023 10:50 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning Pt 1&2 (7-14-2023)

Posted: Sat July 15, 2023 12:29 pm
by Revelator
Shit, I haven't seen this yet but I don't like what I'm deciphering here in this thread...
Spoiler: show
because Ilsa/Rebecca Ferguson has been one of my favorite 'mainstays' in the series

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning Pt 1&2 (7-14-2023)

Posted: Sat July 15, 2023 12:37 pm
by Jorge
tragabigzanda wrote:Kind of like P!nk
What?

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning Pt 1&2 (7-14-2023)

Posted: Sat July 15, 2023 12:38 pm
by Jorge
Pink is not in this movie

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning Pt 1&2 (7-14-2023)

Posted: Sat July 15, 2023 12:39 pm
by Ello Sailor
Sadcringe

Re: Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning Pt 1&2 (7-14-2023)

Posted: Sat July 15, 2023 12:46 pm
by Jorge
Revelator wrote:Shit, I haven't seen this yet but I don't like what I'm deciphering here in this thread...
Spoiler: show
because Ilsa/Rebecca Ferguson has been one of my favorite 'mainstays' in the series
Stop reading this thread