Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
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The Gauge said:
Fantastic film, and does a great job of bringing the series to a conclusion.
The final scene does leave things open for another, even if they say they aren't making any more.
Well worth seeing in IMAX, I'll be going again to se this.
Really looking forward to seeing this. Not enough good action movies and watched them all since they started coming out.The final scene does leave things open for another, even if they say they aren't making any more.
Well worth seeing in IMAX, I'll be going again to se this.
I've got everything else in the series on UHD so must get around to re-watching them. I haven't watched pt1 yet so probably best to just jump to that so I can catch pt2 (or the renamed Final Reckoning) whilst it's still in IMAX.
To be honest, I can't really remember much of any of the plots of the previous films (just enjoyed the action and stunts) and I hear that there are a lot of callbacks in this one.
To be honest, I can't really remember much of any of the plots of the previous films (just enjoyed the action and stunts) and I hear that there are a lot of callbacks in this one.
Not crucial to rewatch any of the previous films, but as long as you have seen them all previously then you'll appreciate the references that are made to them during Final Reckoning.
See it in IMAX if you can, During part of the movie the suspense went on for ages. The previous films had freedom to take the plot wherever they wanted, whereas Final Reckoning concentrates on bringing the previous films to a conclusion. I'll be going back to watch it a few more times when it's officially released, an fact I have a ticket booked for Wednesday in IMAX.
Would love to talk more about the film but don't want to include any spoilers so will wait until its general release.
See it in IMAX if you can, During part of the movie the suspense went on for ages. The previous films had freedom to take the plot wherever they wanted, whereas Final Reckoning concentrates on bringing the previous films to a conclusion. I'll be going back to watch it a few more times when it's officially released, an fact I have a ticket booked for Wednesday in IMAX.
Would love to talk more about the film but don't want to include any spoilers so will wait until its general release.
Edited by The Gauge on Saturday 17th May 23:04
By some distance it's the worst one in the series.
The script is predominantly exposition. The plot is incoherent and the motivations of many of the characters are illogical or very poorly explained. And we seem to have gone from one film all about stopping someone getting a couple of small nukes to some guy who can apparently stick megaton devices wherever he likes.
There is no chemistry between the characters at all, the absence of Ferguson, Baldwin, even Renner has left a huge hole in the cast.
I see media pieces about how the director likes to go with the flow and make it up as he goes along. Well, here's a tip, perhaps in future spend a little more time actually crafting a script with some dramatic structure.
The stand alone stunts are technically impressive.
4/10, for the stunts.
The script is predominantly exposition. The plot is incoherent and the motivations of many of the characters are illogical or very poorly explained. And we seem to have gone from one film all about stopping someone getting a couple of small nukes to some guy who can apparently stick megaton devices wherever he likes.
There is no chemistry between the characters at all, the absence of Ferguson, Baldwin, even Renner has left a huge hole in the cast.
I see media pieces about how the director likes to go with the flow and make it up as he goes along. Well, here's a tip, perhaps in future spend a little more time actually crafting a script with some dramatic structure.
The stand alone stunts are technically impressive.
4/10, for the stunts.
Newc said:
By some distance it's the worst one in the series.
The script is predominantly exposition. The plot is incoherent and the motivations of many of the characters are illogical or very poorly explained. And we seem to have gone from one film all about stopping someone getting a couple of small nukes to some guy who can apparently stick megaton devices wherever he likes.
There is no chemistry between the characters at all, the absence of Ferguson, Baldwin, even Renner has left a huge hole in the cast.
I see media pieces about how the director likes to go with the flow and make it up as he goes along. Well, here's a tip, perhaps in future spend a little more time actually crafting a script with some dramatic structure.
The stand alone stunts are technically impressive.
4/10, for the stunts.
And I think this is basically a function of how the recent films are created.The script is predominantly exposition. The plot is incoherent and the motivations of many of the characters are illogical or very poorly explained. And we seem to have gone from one film all about stopping someone getting a couple of small nukes to some guy who can apparently stick megaton devices wherever he likes.
There is no chemistry between the characters at all, the absence of Ferguson, Baldwin, even Renner has left a huge hole in the cast.
I see media pieces about how the director likes to go with the flow and make it up as he goes along. Well, here's a tip, perhaps in future spend a little more time actually crafting a script with some dramatic structure.
The stand alone stunts are technically impressive.
4/10, for the stunts.
Cruise and McQ come up with huge set piece stunts they want to do, a lot of work takes place on the feasibility and planning the execution of them, and then when they have firmed those up they then have to write a story to join up the big set pieces.
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