Just came back from Mission: Impossible - Fallout. The friend I went with and I kept whisper-yelling at each other about how come everyone was not dead yet 5 times over. The action sequences in it are INSANE. At some point, I just started laughing every time Tom Cruise pulled off yet another, even more improbable, physical feat.
There are a couple of car/motorcycle chases in the streets of Paris that are, like, Car Chase Hall of Famers. And I am not usually a fan of Henry Cavill (I really, really, don't like him as Superman in particular) but he is deployed very well here.
I... kinda think I came around on Tom Cruise? His private life may be bananas, but the dude is crashing his motorcycle and jumping off buildings and cliffs and getting punched in the face and running running and MOAR RUNNING and basically killing himself so that we could be entertained, and I find myself impressed by his commitment despite myself.
At any rate, great fun time was had by all. Still trying to decide if this one tops Rogue Nation, which was my favourite until now. May have to go see it again.
I had such a great time at MI: Fallout. Every time I thought the
helicopter
chase had gone on too long, something even MORE would happen and it would all be worth it all over again.
I just learned that the super badass
Lark decoy dude who took on both Ethan and Walker in the Paris bathroom fight scene
in MI - Fallout was the main stuntman who trained the young actors in the new Star Wars films. His name is Liang Yang and I remember seeing him in several behind the scenes featurettes with Daisy Ridley. On top of that, he played the stormtrooper with the fancy weapon Finn takes on in The Force Awakens and one of the Praetorian Guards in The Last Jedi! That dude is AWESOME. Nice to see a talented stunt-person / fight choreographer like that featured so prominently in front of the camera.
The first Mission Impossible movie with Tom Cruise came out in 1996. That's 22 years of running, jumping, and whatnot. I'm exhausted just thinking about it.
Moviepass cut its #movies/month from 30 to 3: [link]
But apparently surge pricing and ridiculous availability issues will be resolved? I mean, this is what they SHOULD have done in the first place, honestly. 3 movies/10 bucks a month is a decent deal. That whole 'A Movie Every Day!' thing was bonkers. But they dicked around their customer base too much this past last month and and now people are like, "I don't care what you do, the fucking TRUST IS GONE, yo." At this point, I find them so sketchy that 'moderately okay' service is not enough to lure me back. I'ma gonna stay with the more reliable-seeming AMC A-list for now.
Anyway, since I signed for A-list 2 weeks ago, I watched 4 movies. No trip to multiplex this week since it's Vividcon Weekend (VIVIDCON YAY!!) The nice thing about subscription services is that it's enabling me to seek out films I might have waited for streaming access (and often end up not bothering). One such film was this doc called "Three Identical Strangers" I saw on a lark on Saturday, which is about a triplet separated at birth. And that's all I will say about that because this film takes you on a JOURNEY. Don't read about it, just go see it. It's really something.
Also under the belt: the second viewing of MI: Fallout in IMAX. Okay, it's a retrofitted fake IMAX in my local AMC instead of the real deal, but it was still a sight to behold when the screen expanded to fill the entire wall during the climactic
helicopter chase.
YOWZA.
One such film was this doc called "Three Identical Strangers" I saw on a lark on Saturday, which is about a triplet separated at birth. And that's all I will say about that because this film takes you on a JOURNEY. Don't read about it, just go see it. It's really something.
My friend's mother taught one of the triplets!
Also, my ex (Emmett's mom) encountered a separated-at-birth twins scenario at summer camp when she was growing up. (Not her - two other campers.)
What a weird thing it would have been to encounter your double like that.
I was surprised to see a documentary playing in a multiplex but apparently the film has proved to have some legs. It was the second week it was playing here and the mid-afternoon Saturday showing was like 60% full.
There's also the documentary "Twinsters", on Netflix.
The three movies/month thing would be just fine with me (I signed up with my yearly average of two/month in mind), but I have zero faith that the current setup won't be ditched in favor of some other ridiculous set of restrictions next week when the patch job of the latest announcements turns out not to solve MoviePass' financial difficulties, or the CEO sees a squirrel or something.
If I hadn't gotten the yearly plan I'd have been long gone by now—moviegoing should not be ADDING stress and uncertainty to my life, it's supposed to be a way to relax!
