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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited May 13 Posts: 18,051
    Aha, there you go. That's great isn't it.



    Remember when they introduced a preview screening of Maverick with Tom on the planes from this film? And that came out three years ago, they've been making this forever.
  • bondywondybondywondy Uk
    edited May 13 Posts: 509
    So too F1 film!
    Filming for the Formula 1 (F1) movie, starring Brad Pitt, began in July 2023 at Silverstone Circuit

    Filming ended December 2024. It's out in June. F1 directed by Joseph Kosinski. He directed Top Gun Maverick.



  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 18,051
    Yeah, I guess with that one they had to wait two weeks every time they wanted to shoot a bit of race footage so I'll let them off that one! :D
  • bondywondybondywondy Uk
    Posts: 509
    mtm wrote: »
    Yeah, I guess with that one they had to wait two weeks every time they wanted to shoot a bit of race footage so I'll let them off that one! :D

    😂

    Good point!
  • patbpatb
    edited May 14 Posts: 4,728
    I watched the original on Monday and then DR last night. The contrast is huge in terms of what the core of the movies are. Possibly, because I'm an old git, I much prefer the older style of the original. A genuine plot with characters trying to outsmart each other and time for tension to build within a semi-reatistic centrol plot idea. DR, by contrast, is much longer but the plot is much simpler. Character developement is sacrificed for action scenes that , IMHO, are just too long. The original is a real gem...love it. I'm a big fan of McQ but, to be fair, De Palma is in a different league
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 18,051
    Review time:

    https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning/

    https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning-review-tom-cruise-1236396671/

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/14/mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning-review-tom-cruise-wildly-entertaining-adventure

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning-review-tom-cruise-christopher-mcquarrie-1236215149/

    https://www.ign.com/articles/mission-impossible-final-reckoning-review-tom-cruise

  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
    Posts: 2,775
    So excited to see this film. I'm going to watch 5,6 and 7 over the next few days before with the Mrs, before we see it next week.

    Have they brought the release day forwards? I thought it was the 21st May? My local cinemas have got screenings for Monday and Tuesday next week?
  • meshypushymeshypushy Ireland
    Posts: 182
    Massively looking forward to this after the misfire of DR and hoping to stay spoiler free before opening night. It has been a great run for the franchise since ‘96, with more consistently high quality output than Bond during the period.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,398
    Just on my way to see TFR.
    Very excited to see how it pans out, hopefully an improvement on DR.

    Review to follow later.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 8,907
    Benny wrote: »
    Just on my way to see TFR.
    Very excited to see how it pans out, hopefully an improvement on DR.

    Review to follow later.

    Let us know what you think.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,398
    As the film hasn't been released, worldwide yet I'll post the following as a spoiler.
    If you weren't a fan of Dead Reckoning, then I'm not sure you'll be a fan of The Final Reckoning. It's certainly not a bad film at all. The biggest problem it has, is the films length. You could cut 40-50 minutes from the run time, and I don't think it would make any difference. Some scenes go on for way longer than needed, and the scene itself could easily be shortened or eliminated altogether.
    A character reveal takes too long, with no real payoff.
    The biggest thing I took away from it, was how action light it was. That's not to say there aren't action scenes. But there are only two action set pieces of note. I'll come back to that later.
    The film feels quite closely shot, in one of the fight scenes Ethan is taking on a couple of brutes, but it's shot very close and at times from the perspective of another character.
    In older films in the series, these were shot so we could see Tom Cruise doing all the stunts and showing how incredibly fit he is. Don't get me wrong, Cruise is still awesome in the role. But it was a little thing I noted as being not quite up to the standards that we might be used to.
    Even though it can get quite convoluted at times, the story does at least make sense. There's a reason for what we're seeing. I think the biggest problem the film has, as I've said before is that it takes a longtime to get to that reason.
    The cast as before are all fine, with a couple of new characters brought in.
    The best inclusion for me being the return of William Donloe from the first movie. He's very cleverly brought back into the mix and does serve a purpose.
    The two action scenes of the film are the underwater scene where Ethan retrieves something from the sunken submarine established in DR. It's quite long and although exciting it didn't really work for me. It's just Ethan alone in a submarine facing hurdles of debris falling around and on him. The end of this sequence left me scratching my head.
    It's all set within the film beforehand what he intends to do, but after this part of the mission has been completed, I was left scratching my head as to what happened.
    The second and by far the better action scene is the aerial scenes with the biplanes.
    This sequence is truly jaw dropping. There were a couple of times I let out a 'F*ck me! in the cinema. I'd have to say it's the most amazing aerial action committed to celluloid.
    Cruise deserves full credit here, as it's clearly him performing these insane stunts. This 20 minute set piece is worth the admission alone. But to be fair, the film as a whole is worth the admission price. On reflection it's probably more akin to the first movie in a lot of ways than to the films like GP, RN and Fallout.
    I think this film could be quite divisive with the fans.
  • goldenswissroyalegoldenswissroyale Switzerland
    Posts: 4,567
    Thanks for your thoughts @Benny
    Interesting...
  • UnivexUnivex
    Posts: 6,847
    Loved it. Had a real blast, start to finish. And I didn't really love the last one. Is it a good film? Nah. Is it a good M:I film? Yes, IMO. But as far as I'm concerned there are only two really good films in the franchise, the first and Fallout. The others are all fantastic, as far as I'm concerned, I even like M:I2. And I love Ghost Protocol and Rogue Nation. This last one was a real nail bitter. A rollercoaster of a film. And let's just say that Cruise knows how to handle his audience, unlike some producers who decided to shock us all with differentiated content and anti-formula nonsense. Now, now, take it easy, this is all IMHO, of course, but the M:I franchise has been a hoot, a joy. And I must say that in the fictional universe of espionage, nowadays, I'd trust Ethan Hunt to save us all more than I would trust Mr. Bond, and personally, that's a sad thing for a lifelong Bond fan. Don't shoot me for saying it, but Cruise is the man. Kudos for him.
  • fjdinardofjdinardo
    edited 1:29am Posts: 2,106
    I plan on seeing MI8 this weekend. I am so excited for this movie. MI7 was IMO the best of thee series. This one can top it
  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    Posts: 1,732
    Saw it the other day, and I had modest expectations, but...yeah, it's pretty rough. No spoilers: it does some things extraordinarily well, and I don't just mean the action, but some aspects are so inexplicably bad, I just don't understand how it happened. It's the kind of movie that feels like a fascinating book could be written about its production.
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