What's the last movie you saw and rate it...

[pastarocket]

Originally Posted by CivicBlues

Do I need to rewatch Part 1 to understand the latest M:I movie?

Yes.


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[roastpuff]

Yes - otherwise you're going to be confused AF.

(assuming you meant Dead Reckoning aka MI7)

We re-watched MI 1 to 7 in preparation, so many Easter eggs in 8.

[Gumby]

Unless you never watched MI:7 at all, I don't think you need to re-watch it, just read the plot summary to refresh your memory.

[SkinnyPupp]

Most of the MI movies are really good though, and worth watching (except 2). Its peak of popularity was a long time ago, but it's an all time great movie franchise

You can skip 2 though. Although it might still be enjoyable as "so bad it's good" it stands out from the rest for how bad it is.

[Gumby]

Don't know why MI:2 is universally ranked the worst - I remember liking it a lot back when it came out! And Thandiwe Newton was so hot!

[SkinnyPupp]

If you're a Jon Woo superfan you're going to love it, but even back then I thought it was a jumbled mess. Especially the ending!

[CivicBlues]

That's the one directed by John Woo right? All I can remember from that movie is the ridiculously long final fight with the final boss at the end on the beach. It was like ludicrously long-winded.

[6793026]

Did remember there were some creative differences between the two.
Yes John Woo has his pigeons, slow mo cameras all along. I thought it was a bit refreshing coming from MI1 cause it was spy within a spy within a spy so seeing a better linear story in MI2 wasn't bad. Guess we all just have diff taste.


Finally watched it with wife before she gives birth this week.

Really enjoyed it because I was prepared by doing two things. It was a 3 hour movie and the 1/2 bit is a bit 'boring' and we did rewatch the last one to ramp ourselves up.
There were a few easter eggs (the dates were actually 1st MI series started) and a few loop holes - if Cruise was so hard out of reach, how did people get a hold of him; why was Luther sick, don't even get me started on the action loop holes cause it's like wtf.

Really did tie it all in together, some I won't ruin with spoilers but with a series being 30 years in the making, it was a solid close. Was it the best series finale, meh, did it do the job, sure did.
Got to say they were running out stunts esp, car, helicopter, motorcycles... well they really did a good job with the sub. It was a long 1 man show with no dialogue and purely just Cruise battling environmental harshness and it did NOT disappoint. I truly appreciate the scene there - of course escaping all the death defying decompression was just totally BS. Being a scuba diving instructor i face palmed so many times LOL.

It did "lack" some crazy action scenes which I did miss and no more fast BMW car chases... but that's ok. I think Tom needs to take a rest from all the 5 running scenes in this movie LOL.

Did enjoy how it all tied in together and the sub scene was great - sadly it's not something you can rewatch over and over. With a 400 M budget, dang... guess it's a great way to end a genre.

PS - if you leave a review at letterbox, the cpu will have ethan hunt terminate your review in 5 secs. pretty funny.

[6793026]

The Amateur - well i have to say, it did well for a 1981 novel adaption. Wasn't a fan of Rami Malek however, casting him was actually decently done. I guess the movie was green lit cause he produced it as well.

The story started off strong and had some great premise so you'll really enjoy the setup the 1/2 hour. Hey, after all, it is an action film so the down hill slippery slope came in. You gotta have some car chases and some tension so that part was so so weak.

Ending was done well as it was unexpected, just wished it was cinematically satisfying. I guess ifyou were reading a 1981 book it would have been done well.

All in all, the adaption of a novel almost 45+ years is worthy of a mention.