Mission: Impossible - Fallout - Part 1

[terry78]

Am I the only one that thinks "Damn Ving Rhames has a big ol head" every time I see the trailer? I have gotten the trailer for every movie I have seen(except Incredibles 2) since I think Black Panther. That is all I think about when it plays.

Without facial hair he's a tad puffy.

 

[harlequinade]

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Happy to report #MissionImpossibleFallout is a fantastic movie that's absolutely loaded with *insane* action and edge of your seat moments. Not sure how @TomCruise keeps raising the bar but I'm so happy he does. The bathroom fight scene alone is worth price of admission

Just walked out of #MissionImpossibleFallout, which is absolutely fantastic. This movie entertains you in every which way - incredible action sequences, nail-biting suspense & hands down the series best finale yet. My favorite movie of the summer right there - loved every second

 

[Mysteryman]

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Yeah, I saw that.
VERY EXCITING!
I know that this movie is going to be great.
I just can’t wait to experience how great it is for myself.

 

[The Shape]

I cannot wait.

 

[Mysteryman]

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These reactions are from the world premiere in Paris.
The quotes are Steven "Frosty" Weintraub from Collider.
and Erik Davis from Fandango.

 

[samsnee]

I was never worried about the action. I hope the story isn’t just “Ethan disavowed and on the run again”.

 

[Deck Rickard]

It's been done before

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Oh man, this takes me back. To a time when Cruise was the biggest movie star in the world and the MTV Movie Awards were actually entertaining.

 

[TheVileOne]

"This mission, it just got a heck of a lot more impossible."

 

[Marvolo]

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Providing this ends up being the general consensus from critics that would mean Paramount has released 3 great Mission Impossible films in a row in the past 7 years.

Meanwhile EON has only released 1 good James Bond film and 1 mediocre James Bond film in the past decade. It's no damn wonder that these days I look forward to MI films more than Bond films. Step up your game, EON. Paramounts kicking your ass in the spy film genre.

 

[Mysteryman]

There is a new clip out there called Arc D'Triomphe.
I haven't watched it.
Trying to remain as unspoiled as I can.

 

[samsnee]

Providing this ends up being the general consensus from critics that would mean Paramount has released 3 great Mission Impossible films in a row in the past 7 years.

Meanwhile EON has only released 1 good James Bond film and 1 mediocre James Bond film in the past decade. It's no damn wonder that these days I look forward to MI films more than Bond films. Step up your game, EON. Paramounts kicking your ass in the spy film genre.

To be fair, Hunt is a very different kind of agent than Bond. I can't see Bond doing half the stunts that Hunt does.

 

[Mysteryman]

To be fair, Hunt is a very different kind of agent than Bond. I can't see Bond doing half the stunts that Hunt does.

That is one of the reasons that I like Ethan.
He doesn't feel like Bond to me.

 

[DyeLorean]

I was thinking about that yesterday. The M:I franchise differs from Bond (and Bourne) because it is mostly a team effort. Ethan is part of a team, he is not a one man like Bond. That is a huge difference.

 

[antsman41]

I was thinking about that yesterday. The M:I franchise differs from Bond (and Bourne) because it is mostly a team effort. Ethan is part of a team, he is not a one man like Bond. That is a huge difference.

...Bond is dependent on his team. M, Q, Moneypenny, a Bondgirl, usually an accomplice (Quarrel, etc.); are all important in every book... and most of the films.

Quarry, on the other hand, is pretty singular - outside of a girl after the first couple books.

 

[terry78]

I think what makes Hunt different is that he's kind of an Everyman badass. He ****s up and isn't always ready to do the crazy **** he has to but does it anyway. Bond just takes everything in stride.

 

[DyeLorean]

...Bond is dependent on his team. M, Q, Moneypenny, a Bondgirl, usually an accomplice (Quarrel, etc.); are all important in every book... and most of the films.

Quarry, on the other hand, is pretty singular - outside of a girl after the first couple books.

I haven't read the Bond books, but I meant there's team work in the MI films. Most of the supporting players in the Bond films appear at the beginning and probably at the end. Most of the action focuses on Bond. I don't mean there aren't team players around, but it doesn't have that "everyone working together to achieve one goal" feel to it.

 

[antsman41]

I haven't read the Bond books, but I meant there's team work in the MI films. Most of the supporting players in the Bond films appear at the beginning and probably at the end. Most of the action focuses on Bond. I don't mean there aren't team players around, but it doesn't have that "everyone working together to achieve one goal" feel to it.

Oh sure, sure.

Hunt is a little more fallible than Bond even, but definitely check out Quarry. He’s always messing up, etc. in his novels. It’s a shame that great tv show didn’t get more seasons.

 

[samsnee]

I was thinking about that yesterday. The M:I franchise differs from Bond (and Bourne) because it is mostly a team effort. Ethan is part of a team, he is not a one man like Bond. That is a huge difference.

Ironic since the first couple of MI movies didn’t do that. It wasn’t until 3 that they started focusing more on the team aspect.

 

[DyeLorean]

Ironic since the first couple of MI movies didn’t do that. It wasn’t until 3 that they started focusing more on the team aspect.

I meant the more recent films of course. But even the first one, with Jean Reno and Ving Rhames on the FBI facility, it still had that "team effort" element to it. The second one not so much, that's true.

 

[samsnee]

I feel like Bond movies have just become a checklist of tropes.

Meets exotic girl and has sex with her. She dies.

Meets second Bond girl.

Villain monologue.

Scene of him in a tux.

Scene with henchman fight.

That's why I really liked Rogue Nation. Ilsa Faust was just as developed a character as Hunt. They defeated the villain using smarts, not just fisticuffs. You knew Ethan wouldn't actually die but between the opening scene and the dive where he almost drowned, the tension was there.

 

[Aximili86]

But even the people who do deserve and want his Superman film, and behaved well throughout (like a couple of the posters in this thread) are also not getting it. You sure you're happy about that?

If the next Superman director is inferior that will affect all Superman fans, not just those who you think this action hurts. I don't blame him for getting scared away from doing a fan property as there is a tightrope to walk when you are doing so, but we lose when he does walk away (at least those who are Superman fans and rate the guy).

Yep, that's how it goes, hardcore fanboys ruin it for everyone. Not that they care, they're all basically Asperger's kids anyway, can't even grasp their behavior.

Sucks for us, but it's the right move. I wouldn't want a talented & genuinely-nice-seeming-guy like Chris to go through his own Johnson (or Ahmed Best or Shane Black) situation over not making a movie by nerd-committee.

As for the previous flicks, there's definitely a team element to 1. They just invert it and kill everyone off, but it's pretty clear Ethan's not a lone wolf or intended to be, back then in the 90s.

Haha, I remember that Ben Stiller thing too. The good ol' days. Hell, I actually enjoy the hell out of 2, even as a crappy Mission movie it's a hell of an American-era John Woo movie. Beach fight's brutal, the movie has some cool weird arty photography, and that Aussie hillbilly dude is hilarious. I can even forgive the Limp Bizkit (...I think).

Cool to see the early reactions to Fallout, have a gut feeling this one might even be the most well-received critically of the bunch. Saying a lot, given De Palma did the original.

 

[Saitou Hajime]

So is there any word yet on what role Sian Brooke will have in the film, or if she is even still in it?

 

[Deck Rickard]

Haven't heard anything about Sian, which makes me think she's probably the big bad, or one of them.

Apparently this is tracking for a $60 million-ish weekend, which would make it the biggest opening for this franchise ever. In this day of age where it feels like any opening weekend under $110 million is a disappointment, it feels crazy that M:I has been able to do so well without insanely huge opening weekends.

 

[James.B]

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[Deck Rickard]

That bathroom fight is brutal! I'm a little confused about the end there though. I think maybe they cut a scene there? Because Cavill and that guy are beating the hell out of each other and then Cruise slams him through a wall and Cavill is nowhere to be seen.