Mission: Impossible - Fallout - Part 1

[Mysteryman]

I knew my faith in Jack Reacher was not in vain.

I really hope that we get a third Jack Reacher film with McQuarrie returning as director.

 

[flickchick85]

A few pages back, there was some concern expressed about Lorne Balfe composing the score.
Most of the reviews praise Balfe’s work on the film.

I've liked what I've heard of the score so far in the clips (especially that halo jump clip), so that doesn't surprise me.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

After seeing the first trailer like a thousand times in theaters, I think I might actually avoid clips for this film. I don't feel like I know much about the plot outside the obvious. Might be fun to be kind of in the dark on a movie I really want to see.

 

[Aximili86]

"It misses no opportunity to prop up Cruise's indomitable earthly ego while his character runs, jumps, falls, fist-fights, sky-dives, and clambers up rope and cliff in service of...what exactly?"


Psh. Commie.

 

[The Chris]

I knew my faith in Jack Reacher was not in vain.

I love that movie. The sequel was really hurt on all levels without McQuarrie imo.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I love that movie. The sequel was really hurt on all levels without McQuarrie imo.

I still haven't seen the sequel. I guess I will someday, but without McQuarrie, didn't feel imperative. Especially with the reviews.

 

[Marvolo]

A few pages back, there was some concern expressed about Lorne Balfe composing the score.
Most of the reviews praise Balfe’s work on the film.

What I heard in the motorcycle clip sounded really good. An exciting reworking of the theme. And his other work seems to be good. So I'm not much worried about Balfe.

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[flickchick85]

The Jack Reacher sequel was the first film I’ve seen from Cruise that genuinely felt like that direct-to-video tripe certain contemporaries of his have stooped to.

 

[Aximili86]

Coincidentally, the Reacher sequel's on TV tonight, I haven't seen it yet. Might check it out even though fans of the first one seem pretty down on it.

Weird, because Zwick's a really solid director, you wouldn't figure he'd deliver something significantly-worse than a McQuarrie movie even if it's not quite as awesome. Oh well, I'll give it a shot.

 

[LvtLeeTDK]

Boy this is being hailed as one of the best action flicks in many years, comparable with Mad Max Fury Road.

Really want to see this but.... I've never seen a MI movie in my life

 

[Marvolo]

Boy this is being hailed as one of the best action flicks in many years, comparable with Mad Max Fury Road.

Really want to see this but.... I've never seen a MI movie in my life

You've got 2 weeks to watch the first 5. They're worth the time if you like action films.

 

[The Chris]

Coincidentally, the Reacher sequel's on TV tonight, I haven't seen it yet. Might check it out even though fans of the first one seem pretty down on it.

Weird, because Zwick's a really solid director, you wouldn't figure he'd deliver something significantly-worse than a McQuarrie movie even if it's not quite as awesome. Oh well, I'll give it a shot.

That's why i was so surprised that i found it weak. I love Zwick's stuff, especially Glory, The Last Samurai and Blood Diamond. I watched the 1st Reacher again recently in honor of M:I-6, and i still love How the action was shot , cut, and choreographed on that so much. Then i re-watched a fight from the 2nd and it wasn't even close. It didn't feel like the effort was there.

 

[samsnee]

Feel like you can skip #2 but we’ve debated that enough on these boards.

I’m going in relatively dark to this movie. I’ve only seen the trailers. I’m hoping this lives up to the hype.

 

[Deck Rickard]

That's why i was so surprised that i found it weak. I love Zwick's stuff, especially Glory, The Last Samurai and Blood Diamond. I watched the 1st Reacher again recently in honor of M:I-6, and i still love How the action was shot , cut, and choreographed on that so much. Then i re-watched a fight from the 2nd and it wasn't even close. It didn't feel like the effort was there.

I know I’m in the minority here but I actually liked the second Reacher film better than the first. I found the first movie to just be so... mediocre. I love Cruise, McQuarrie and David Oyelowo but everything about that film just felt “okay” to me. The second one, while not a great movie, at least had some heart to it and I especially enjoyed Cobie Smulders’ badass female lead. Again, not saying it was a great movie, but I just found it more... entertaining? Yeah, I guess that’s what it was.

 

[Marvolo]

Feel like you can skip #2 but we’ve debated that enough on these boards.

I’m going in relatively dark to this movie. I’ve only seen the trailers. I’m hoping this lives up to the hype.

Can skip 1 as well. It's a great film, but theres nothing in it that cant be missed.

 

[DACrowe]

Boy this is being hailed as one of the best action flicks in many years, comparable with Mad Max Fury Road.

Really want to see this but.... I've never seen a MI movie in my life

Skip 2 and 3. Or at least 2. See the rest, and you'll be golden.

 

[Scarecrow_King]

I think thy're all worth watching. Some are better than others, sure. But I enjoy every one of them.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I love all the Mission movies but if you want to see the ones that have a degree of connectivity to this one then you need to see III, Ghost Protocol and Rogue Nation.

Having said that there is a line in the first trailer about all of Ethan's actions leading to what happens in this film, now whether those actions include things he did in the first 2 films, I don't know, but it's possible.

 

[The Chris]

For me 3 is where the series took a turn and became something i loved instead of just liked, or in M:I-2's case something i thought was merely ok. I think 3 laid in the ground work for Ghost Protocol, Rogue Nation and Fallout to burst through the wall.

 

[samsnee]

Yeah you can't skip 3. Both the Rome heist and bridge scene are good set pieces.

I liked 1 a lot but tonally it's so different from what the series has become.

 

[Gold Samurai]

It does introduce hunts wife and benji

 

[Hunter Rider]

Mission III also introduced Julia who is important to Ethan's growth as a person over the subsequent movies and who is in Fallout.

 

[Hunter Rider]

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[Mysteryman]

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Salesman of the year.

 

[Elayis]

A few pages back, there was some concern expressed about Lorne Balfe composing the score.
Most of the reviews praise Balfe’s work on the film.

Critics know basically nothing about film music, so I don't put much stock in what they say. Most of the time they don't even notice the score, but when they do there's either too much music or not enough, or it's too blatantly emotional and melodramatic, or there's no hummable theme.

Personally, I like the little bit I heard of Balfe's work in the trailers (the parts that weren't existing songs), but the Halo jump clip had the exact kind of music I was worried about. Hopefully it's not indicative of the full score.