Mission Improbable

[Retired_Scribe]

We saw "Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning*." The last movie where I chuckled at the stupid script and made snide comments to my wife about the unlikely plot was "Top Gun: Maverick." No need for me to point out the common denominators.

While TG:M copied and pasted from the original TG, it also stole its climactic mission scene from "Star Wars: A New Hope." MI:TFR not only had several, "are you effin' kiddin' me moments" there were also scenes/situations copied from "The Hunt For Red October," "Fail Safe" and "Goldfinger" (twice, ticking timers on nuclear devices).

If you happen to see MI:TFR, at the end of the climactic scene when Ethan Hunt saves the world, make sure to look for a backup parachute when his main chute catches fire.

(* - In no way is this the final "anything this this franchise.)

 

[micropolitan guy]

Eh I was entertained. That's about all I ask for in the CGI era.

 

[Retired_Scribe]

Eh I was entertained. That's about all I ask for in the CGI era.

Yeah, shame on me for asking for logic is a completely make believe movie.
But where the flock did Ethan Hunt get a backup chute?

 

[swingline]

Forget it, @Retired_Scribe, it’s Chinatown.

 

[Retired_Scribe]

Forget it, @Retired_Scribe, it's Chinatown.

Now, THAT'S a movie.

 

[DanOregon]

Much like the original MI, when they had the action sequences first, and then had to figure out how to link them together in the script. The Bond franchise frequently shoots their action sequences ahead of the first unit starting production and the script is locked in.

 

[qtlaw]

I’m going to support my fellow 62 yr old, “you had fun right?” MI is about fun, not a Mamet script. The sub and airplane scenes were cool.

As a fan of original, only niggle is Ethan (Graves) was the point guard distributor not the hero star. I prefer the team approach.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

We saw "Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning*." The last movie where I chuckled at the stupid script and made snide comments to my wife about the unlikely plot was "Top Gun: Maverick." No need for me to point out the common denominators.

While TG:M copied and pasted from the original TG, it also stole its climactic mission scene from "Star Wars: A New Hope." MI:TFR not only had several, "are you effin' kiddin' me moments" there were also scenes/situations copied from "The Hunt For Red October," "Fail Safe" and "Goldfinger" (twice, ticking timers on nuclear devices).

If you happen to see MI:TFR, at the end of the climactic scene when Ethan Hunt saves the world, make sure to look for a backup parachute when his main chute catches fire.

(* - In no way is this the final "anything this this franchise.)

No interest in Mission Impossible b/c the star is a complete ****ing lunatic, but I agree there's no chance he's done making these movies.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Yeah, shame on me for asking for logic is a completely make believe movie.
But where the flock did Ethan Hunt get a backup chute?

Logic and good movies don't always go together. Unless you believe an alien can appear on earth and ride a bike into the air, or if an alien spacecraft can land in the middle of Wyoming, or if long-dead baseball players can magically reappear in an Iowa cornfield, or if a NYC grade-school teacher can simply abandon her class and drive away with her old boyfriend, etc.

But yes, I wondered where that backup chute came from too.

 

[waterytart]

I know nothing about skydiving. I’m gathering that backup chutes aren’t standard gear. Why not? We still make people wear life jackets in some situations even though they can swim.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Logic and good movies don't always go together. Unless you believe an alien can appear on earth and ride a bike into the air, or if an alien spacecraft can land in the middle of Wyoming, or if long-dead baseball players can magically reappear in an Iowa cornfield, or if a NYC grade-school teacher can simply abandon her class and drive away with her old boyfriend, etc.

But yes, I wondered where that backup chute came from too.

Apropos of nothing but we watched E.T. at the start of the pandemic and that is damn near a perfect movie. Such a well-paced movie with so much going on but also layered so that it never feels rushed or overloaded. Clocks in at just under two hours. Today, it'd be a three-part epic lasting nine hours in total. Also, I couldn't believe it but I was crying at the end like my sister in 1982. My daughter wasn't as moved.

 

[Batman]

Serious question -- Is Tom Cruise in the discussion for greatest stuntman in movie history?

 

[DanOregon]

Not even close. But it would be fitting for him to be the presenter next year when they finally get their own category.

 

[Here me roar]

It was long and had every single action movie trope, but it was damn fun. Cruise is icky, but it's impressive watching him do those stunts.

 

[Slacker]

Serious question -- Is Tom Cruise in the discussion for greatest stuntman in movie history?

Buster Keaton.

 

[garrow]

Apropos of nothing but we watched E.T. at the start of the pandemic and that is damn near a perfect movie. Such a well-paced movie with so much going on but also layered so that it never feels rushed or overloaded. Clocks in at just under two hours. Today, it'd be a three-part epic lasting nine hours in total. Also, I couldn't believe it but I was crying at the end like my sister in 1982. My daughter wasn't as moved.

Peter Coyote rules!

 

[justgladtobehere]

Logic and good movies don't always go together. Unless you believe an alien can appear on earth and ride a bike into the air, or if an alien spacecraft can land in the middle of Wyoming, or if long-dead baseball players can magically reappear in an Iowa cornfield, or if a NYC grade-school teacher can simply abandon her class and drive away with her old boyfriend, etc.

But yes, I wondered where that backup chute came from too.

Make believe and logical consistency are two different things. Yeah, ET could fly a bike, but he doesn't find the ability to shoot lasers out of his eyes when he new to get out of a jam or eat the last Reeses and then have a bag full of them out of nowhere.