I did the Mission: Impossible final double.
It's been really nice to watch the whole M:I film series with my son. They always seem to rotate where you can watch them, so picked up the discs for cheap in boxsets or BR on the newer ones.
We watched Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 (Blu-Ray) as I planned to get him the disc for his birthday, then watch the final film at the cinema with him.
I saw it twice at the cinema (second with him) and loved it and I probably enjoyed it even more this time. As it was starting, I was thinking which is the one with the little Fiat and the gassed security briefing and it was this one! I know it's a set up for the finale, but it doesn't scrimp on the action.
I particularly enjoy the airport sequence because once it switches to Tom and Hayley being pursued, it's filmed in the Birmingham Grand Central pretending to be Abu Dhabi!
That final section where he dirtbikes off a cliff to land on a moving train, then the whole train climb section is great.
I think the humour is really fundamental, knowing it's a little silly but rolling with it. Benji whining he's under a lot of stress as Ethan does the bike/parachute/train thing made me guffaw.
Then last night we went together to the cinema to see Mission: Impossible - Final Reckoning. I'd managed to avoid ALL the trailers, just knowing that at some point Tom is on a biplane. Obviously it was McGuffintastic with cruciform keys to unlock the source code of a rogue AI and whatnot, but we're all just along for the ride.
What surprised me with the final part is how plot-heavy the first 3/4 of the film is, with lots of exposition to set up the final pieces as during the final quarter there is so much happening simultaneously.
I mean, they're not faultless films, but they've really set a real benchmark in action cinema and I've really enjoyed being along for the ride.
I particularly enjoyed that run from part 4 - Ghost Protocol, Rogue Nation and Fallout, especially as there was a 5 year gap after III, so it didn't really feel necessary for another film, but It was brilliant, especially the Burj Khalifa sequence. I was ready for more.
Although ready for the series to end (end on a high), I would've welcomed a setup for a new team, which it could've done.
It now leaves a bit of a gap in action cinema as I'm not sure who could fill Tom's boots.
It's been really nice to watch the whole M:I film series with my son. They always seem to rotate where you can watch them, so picked up the discs for cheap in boxsets or BR on the newer ones.
We watched Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 (Blu-Ray) as I planned to get him the disc for his birthday, then watch the final film at the cinema with him.
I saw it twice at the cinema (second with him) and loved it and I probably enjoyed it even more this time. As it was starting, I was thinking which is the one with the little Fiat and the gassed security briefing and it was this one! I know it's a set up for the finale, but it doesn't scrimp on the action.
I particularly enjoy the airport sequence because once it switches to Tom and Hayley being pursued, it's filmed in the Birmingham Grand Central pretending to be Abu Dhabi!
That final section where he dirtbikes off a cliff to land on a moving train, then the whole train climb section is great.
I think the humour is really fundamental, knowing it's a little silly but rolling with it. Benji whining he's under a lot of stress as Ethan does the bike/parachute/train thing made me guffaw.
Then last night we went together to the cinema to see Mission: Impossible - Final Reckoning. I'd managed to avoid ALL the trailers, just knowing that at some point Tom is on a biplane. Obviously it was McGuffintastic with cruciform keys to unlock the source code of a rogue AI and whatnot, but we're all just along for the ride.
What surprised me with the final part is how plot-heavy the first 3/4 of the film is, with lots of exposition to set up the final pieces as during the final quarter there is so much happening simultaneously.
I mean, they're not faultless films, but they've really set a real benchmark in action cinema and I've really enjoyed being along for the ride.
I particularly enjoyed that run from part 4 - Ghost Protocol, Rogue Nation and Fallout, especially as there was a 5 year gap after III, so it didn't really feel necessary for another film, but It was brilliant, especially the Burj Khalifa sequence. I was ready for more.
Although ready for the series to end (end on a high), I would've welcomed a setup for a new team, which it could've done.
It now leaves a bit of a gap in action cinema as I'm not sure who could fill Tom's boots.
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