I have one question though…
If they took two years to gather the necessary amounts of uranium and plutonium in order to build one bomb (1): “Gadget”, then how come they already had two other nukes prepared for Japan right after the test of Trinity?
The countdown was intense. Glad to have experienced it at the front row.
Barbie! 100x better than I expected. It starts out totally silly and then somehow gets super good while staying totally silly.
Also the theatre I went to makes you order your snacks online when you buy the tickets and I’m not excellent at that. Check out my giant popcorn and tiny beverage.
That’s a pair of killer sneakers right there.
Man, I watched it.
It was great.
Did you watch Farzi?
also recommend. it was a teeny bit too long but otherwise a lot of fun and very smart (as expected).
I haven’t seen the Barbie movie and have no desire to see it. However, I will say, in regards to these men on social media whining about it, like whiner-in-chief Ben Shapiro, complaining about how Barbie “mistreats” it’s male characters and no movie with men treating women that badly would ever be tolerated, I’d like to invite them to go watch literally any James Bond movie and kindly shut the fuck up.
Rare heisenberg w
Every Heisenberg is w.
Maybe I’m missing something but I’m not sure that’s a good example. I don’t recall the women in JB movies being treated like Ken. Although at the same time, I don’t really give a shit about Barbie or why people like it/ hate it.
It’s close enough.
I’m…still gonna have to disagree, but we can leave it there. I’m not interested in arguing for or againest Barbie.
Just off the top of my head without even pausing to think:
Spectre. Monica Bellucci. Yuck.
Umm, would you mind posting a clip for context please? I’m drawing a blank.
Not anywhere near the MOST rape-y moment in the franchise, but a recent one that came straight to mind.
Appreciate you sending the clip and I watched it back to front but I don’t see what you see. To me this just looks like JB doing typical JB shit. Doesn’t equate to the Ken thing at all.
I watched Barbie yesterday and really enjoyed it 
Some scenes were kinda uncomfortable to watch as a woman, but it was a very funny movie and I even cried a bit 
Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera were amazing. And I liked the beginning with the Space Odyssey reference 
I liked Indy 5 more than most critics and fellow forum users. I grew up in the 80s so the OG 3 are big for me. This one has plenty of flaws and half-baked stupidity, but it’s not nearly as bad as popular online opinion would have me believe.
Watched Renfield last night. What an odd movie. Tonally all over the place, going from Kingsman-esque over the top violence and gore to by-the-numbers, written-by-committee dramatic moments. Thankfully the plot beats don’t linger long, and the action scenes steal the show.
The cast also rises very much to the occasion. Hoult is one of the best actors of his generation and can elevate any role. He doesn’t get too much to work with here but he delivers. I personally have a soft spot for Awkwafina, probably giving her more credit than necessary (Nora From Queens is funny!), but she’s solid here as an honorable, incorruptible cop, and I appreciate that the movie didn’t try to make her and Hoult a romantic pairing, because that would have been very forced.
Ben Schwartz is great, always. Guy gets pigeonholed due to Jean Ralphio, but Schwartz is an accomplished improv and comedic actor who I think always brings more to a role than is written. Not exactly believable as a tough guy, but believable as a bitch acting like a tough guy.
And of course, the great Nic Cage. What I really appreciated about this movie is that it didn’t try to make Dracula ambiguous, or sexy, or misunderstood. This is no antihero with a heart of gold. He is pure, unabashed EVIL. And Cage plays him as such, delectably and without reservation. I loved every second that he was on screen, doing his Nic Cage thing.
So yeah, it’s a weird movie very much not for people who can’t stand gore. It’s sort of funny, a wee bit heartfelt, certainly dumb, and also fun.
I went to see it yesterday and very much agree with you. It was an extremely well-shot non-stop adrenaline ride from start to finish (the film pretty much never loses breath or takes a break, which is pretty impressive), but I still like most of the other entries more. Although the settings and scenes are fantastic (I also like the airport section the most, though the Rome car chase was very cool), they didn´t feel all that unique/memorable in the same way (at least not in the same way like the CIA infiltration and train fight in MI1, the Kremlin infiltration and Burj Khalifa section in GP, or the opera and vault bits from RN). Oh and I felt the overall plot regarding the Entity was a bit OTT and silly for this series. Part of the issue I guess was also that this is part one of a bigger movie, and it shows (I hate that we have to wait until next year for the second one). The settings were also very Hitman-esque, be it the airport, Venice party, or Orient Express.
One thing I really didn´t like though - and here I will venture into heavy spoiler territory - was Ilsa´s death and the entire way her character was handled here. I´m half-convinced (or at least hoping) that it was a ruse and she is secretly alive, since her (supposed) death is somewhat semi-explicit and very much just brushed aside by Hunt and co. (Ethan doesn´t say anything, there´s no time dedicated to him or the team dealing with her demise and for it to sink in with the audience; just that one Grace-Luther conversation, where the phrasing of things sounded very much like a way to motivate/convince her to join them) On top of that, her fight with Gabriel was underwhelming and she definitely underperformed considering her fighting skills in the previous two movies, so it almost felt like she let him get the upper hand. Having checked internet forums afterwards, a lot of people seem to be of the same opinion (and also point out how her death taking place on a bridge mirrors Jim Phelps´s faked death in MI1), so I´m keeping my fingers crossed. If her death turns out to be genuine, I´ll accept it, but will still maintain that it was extremely poorly handled given the importance and attention given to her character in the last two films (she barely has any lines or meaningful presence here).
This also leads me to one thing I´m not sure I like so much either, and that´s how post-RN they´ve started shoehorning in these things to make everything feel (or seem) so personal to Hunt. It´s kind of like the Bond movies with Craig, particularly after Skyfall (I´m specifically referring to stuff like making Blofeld Bond´s “brother”, Madeleine beign Mr. White´s daughter, then throwing in Safin as a related antagonist, blah blah). Fallout did this by suddenly bringing back Julie and pretty much building the entire final act around her (although I appreciate that after that they were finally able to close her arch and drop the character), and threw in some cheesy, supposedly serious dialogue(s) about fate and whatnot which made it even worse. Sure, the previous movies used personal motivators as well, but it feels like it´s getting more forced and unnecessary, and DR takes this to the next level by suddenly pulling Gabriel out of its arse as some sort of Ethan´s fatal nemesis from the past (along with some chick he shot), along with deciding that all of the IMF´s operatives are pretty much former criminals who were given the choice to join or rot in jail, which strikes me as dumb and completely inconsistent with what the previous movies showed (correct me if I´m wrong here - was this ever a thing in the original TV series?). None of the team members from the previous movies felt that way (with the obvious exception of Luther), and it feels like rubbish retconning. It striked me as very much the same as what WoA did by introducing Providence+Grey and their role in Ort-Meyer´s research and 47´s/Diana´s history…
Ok, this turned into a bit of a rant regarding the direction of the series, but I really did enjoy the movie. Aside from the action itself, I particularly liked Haley Attwell and her character Grace, and it was really nice seeing Henry Czerny/Kittridge in the series again, along with so many references and throwbacks to the first movie (including the train finale, which is probably why it didn´t seem so cool/unique, although this one had a neat ending based on that one good nailbiting scene in JP The Lost World).
Hmm, mine would be very similar. Definitely the same ranking on numbers 5-7, but Fallout would be a clear no. 4 for me, with MI1, GP, and RN in the top 3, although I´m not sure which order. I find RN to be objectively/overall the best film in the series, but MI1 is a childhood classic for me which I always love to watch again (also has the best espionage atmosphere), and GP is the one I rewatch most often as it´s the most fun for me.
Yeah, we can agree on that. It feels way too forced how they suddenly brought up Ethan’s backstory with Gabriel as his arch nemesis. However I’m not really surprised that a modern movie series that’s coming to an end wants to do something dramatic to finish the main character’s arc. I just don’t watch these films for their drama and that’s why GP is easily my favorite one – it has the most entertainment value even to the point of being goofy and the personal stuff is merely a subplot. I still respect Fallout for what it is and it had scenes that have had a great impact on me (the fake hospital scene, the imaginary cop massacre scene etc.) and that’s why it’s in my top 3.
True, I didn’t even think of that. Maybe there’s a chance that it was faked, but I still think her death was merely means to underline the point that Gabriel is Hunt’s arch nemesis and to push Hunt to almost kill him on the train when that would have been against the mission’s goal, even though it was not handled well.
Oh sure, though I feel like bringing back Lane one last time would´ve been more apropriate, since he and Hunt´s team actually have some history from the two previous movies (and I didn´t quite like how they turned him into a bit of a hobo suicidal sort-of-cultist in Fallout - I´d like to see him exit on a higher note). Also, it´s not certain that the series is coming to an end. It´s apparently meant to be a send-off for Hunt, sure, but Cruise is said to have expressed interest in keeping making more MI movies with Hunt appearing in some capacity afterwards.
Same here.
Fair enough (the fake hospital scene was dope). For me, Rogue Nation was just all-around more enjoyable and extremely well-shot, and the fact that it went sans the unnecessary drama was a huge plus. Fallout was still a blast to watch though, especially on the big screen.
I get that, and would indeed agree that was the sole point, but even then I would maintain my opinion that it was poorely handled, since Hunt didn´t really need that motivation. He obviously already has enough beef with Gabriel over whatever happened in the past and that chick´s death. There was really no need to have Ilsa get killed for the same reason. Again, having Lane as the antagonist would feel more sensible here, because he actually has a history with Ilsa and more of a reason to kill her. Btw, on the forums I read yesterday, people mentioned the possibility that Ilsa´s minimal presence and death could be the result of scheduling conflicts on Rebecca Fergusson´s part and a way of writing off the character. In which case it would be ultra-dumb, as she would´ve definitely deserved a better send-off. Anyways, it´s a 50/50 chance for me that she´s still alive, but I´ll wait and see. It´s just that there was quite a few things about the death scene (and stuff in the dialogue prior to the party section) that make me doubt her demise. Could just be wishful thinking though, lol.
