Mission: Impossible - Fallout

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Saw MI. WOW impressive plot though we could do without the green wire red wire thing
 

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The movie industry over the past few years IMO has deteriorated to nothing more than action packed movies with constant stunts as well as virtually every comic book superhero in movies filled with CGI's. As you all know I am not a fan of super hero movies, 3D or anything of that ilk. Typically by this time of year there would be some movies worthy of Oscar contention but so far this year the only half decent movie I have seen has been Sicario ll but far from Oscar contention.

Hi Steve,

Though I appreciate Christopher Nolan is regarded by many as a director par excellence, if you want to find a film that is largely responsible for lending credibility and also, profitability to the idea of the super-hero film as the defining genre of the 2000’s and beyond, it all began with The Dark Knight. While other films, notably Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films achieved critical and commercial success, TDK was the first super-hero film to gross over a billion dollars, while bringing a darker, more cynical tone aesthetically and emotionally, and finding purchase amongst Oscar voters (eight nominations, the highest ever for a film based on a comic book).

While the Nolan-isation of cinema is often regarded as a good thing for bringing about the “intelligent blockbuster”, to me Nolan’s repackaging of a series of hokey, implausible Tim Burton films in Nolan’s Batman trilogy, and the retelling of a film widely regarded to be a cinematic masterpiece (Kubrick's 2001) Nolan turned into a hokey, implausible Spielberg film (Interstellar) has left us with a deficit of originality in which technique and execution have largely replaced character and story, especially when there's a lot of money to be made.

Again, just my take on things.

Be well!

853guy
 

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Hi Steve,

Though I appreciate Christopher Nolan is regarded by many as a director par excellence, if you want to find a film that is largely responsible for lending credibility and also, profitability to the idea of the super-hero film as the defining genre of the 2000’s and beyond, it all began with The Dark Knight. While other films, notably Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films achieved critical and commercial success, TDK was the first super-hero film to gross over a billion dollars, while bringing a darker, more cynical tone aesthetically and emotionally, and finding purchase amongst Oscar voters (eight nominations, the highest ever for a film based on a comic book).

While the Nolan-isation of cinema is often regarded as a good thing for bringing about the “intelligent blockbuster”, to me Nolan’s repackaging of a series of hokey, implausible Tim Burton films in Nolan’s Batman trilogy, and the retelling of a film widely regarded to be a cinematic masterpiece (Kubrick's 2001) Nolan turned into a hokey, implausible Spielberg film (Interstellar) has left us with a deficit of originality in which technique and execution have largely replaced character and story, especially when there's a lot of money to be made.

Again, just my take on things.

Be well!

853guy

And a very thoughtful and sophisticated take it is.
 

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Another review on how good is M:I - Fallout
https://www.sootoday.com/columns/aisle-seat/movie-review-mission-impossible-fallout-1000073

* Nolan's The Dark Knight was big in the comic superhero books of filmmaking.

Mission Impossible is big in the action books of filmmaking; it oozes solidity as much as the James Bond franchise and The Fast and Furious franchise and The Bourne franchise all reunited together under the same umbrella on a downpour rainy day.

Tom Cruise is cruising big to the banks from the four corners of the globe.
This is all action, no Mickey mouse Disney/FOX stuff.
It's Paramount / Bad Robot movie magic now. No compression with the sound and no empty space of the Galaxy with cardboard caricatures wearing disco costumes and shooting laser guns.

Mission Impossible has enough teeth to last till the next century...year 2100.
Too bad, we'll all be missing out.
 
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It is extremely rare that you see a perfect 3D score @ the theater but here it is:
(((?))) https://www.cinemablend.com/news/24...the-right-mission-impossible---fallout-ticket

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I'm a cinema lover, I espouse the best envelope to experience moving pictures and moving sounds under the very best movie experience. I'm a Gravity man, I'm an Avatar man, I'm a Walk man. ...In 3D.
I love extremely 4K UHD and HDR.

I take the best and run with the rest.

Even some documentaries I love in 3D, and in 4K...both.
Art is art, no matter the dimension; art is in the heart first.

There are some IMAX screen's aspect ratio scenes in Fallout, and they will be transferred to the 4K Blu-ray when it comes out, according to the first sources/good news.

The bad news: No news of 3D Blu-ray. I truly hope that the news are going to change for the best.

Jeez, today is another super hot day here! Best's to jump in the ocean every twenty minutes or so.
Swimming pools...the water temperature is too hot.
Lakes...you need large ones.
Air conditioning in the listening music room...if it's ultra silent.
 
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that's from ten and half+ years ago. In ten years most people evolve.
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* i have read more reviews, and comments about this film.
They are all rating it on average between four and five stars (out of five).
Quite impressive, and some say that it ranks among the best three this year.

And we don't see this too often:
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/mission-impossible-fallout
http://www.mrqe.com/movie_reviews/mission-impossible-fallout-m100124395
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mission_impossible_fallout/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4912910/
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/mission-impossible-fallout/review/

..lol
 

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Hi Steve,

Though I appreciate Christopher Nolan is regarded by many as a director par excellence, if you want to find a film that is largely responsible for lending credibility and also, profitability to the idea of the super-hero film as the defining genre of the 2000’s and beyond, it all began with The Dark Knight. While other films, notably Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films achieved critical and commercial success, TDK was the first super-hero film to gross over a billion dollars, while bringing a darker, more cynical tone aesthetically and emotionally, and finding purchase amongst Oscar voters (eight nominations, the highest ever for a film based on a comic book).

While the Nolan-isation of cinema is often regarded as a good thing for bringing about the “intelligent blockbuster”, to me Nolan’s repackaging of a series of hokey, implausible Tim Burton films in Nolan’s Batman trilogy, and the retelling of a film widely regarded to be a cinematic masterpiece (Kubrick's 2001) Nolan turned into a hokey, implausible Spielberg film (Interstellar) has left us with a deficit of originality in which technique and execution have largely replaced character and story, especially when there's a lot of money to be made.

Again, just my take on things.

Be well!

853guy

Intersteller was a masterpiece. Also is was not implausible, as Nolan partnered with one of the greatest Astrophysicists of our time (Kip Thorne) to write the script. He famously got Nolan to agree that the laws of physics were always obeyed. Physicists agree that Gargantuan is the most realistic deception of a black hole ever shown on screen.

You can read more about Kip Thorne here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kip_Thorne

Here's a book he wrote regarding the science behind the movie: https://www.amazon.com/Science-Inte...=8-1&keywords=the+science+behind+interstellar
 

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Tom Cruise also played in the movie 'Eyes Wide Shut' directed by the master.
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? https://www.avforums.com/review/mission-impossible-fallout-review.15100

Intersteller was a masterpiece. Also is was not implausible, as Nolan partnered with one of the greatest Astrophysicists of our time (Kip Thorne) to write the script. He famously got Nolan to agree that the laws of physics were always obeyed. Physicists agree that Gargantuan is the most realistic deception of a black hole ever shown on screen.

You can read more about Kip Thorne here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kip_Thorne

Here's a book he wrote regarding the science behind the movie: https://www.amazon.com/Science-Inte...=8-1&keywords=the+science+behind+interstellar

Christopher Nolan is not Stanley Kubrick with '2001: A Space Odyssey' but not far with 'Interstellar', by roughly fifteen points, more or less, depending of the angle we're watching...in my opinion.
 
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Intersteller was a masterpiece. Also is was not implausible, as Nolan partnered with one of the greatest Astrophysicists of our time (Kip Thorne) to write the script. He famously got Nolan to agree that the laws of physics were always obeyed. Physicists agree that Gargantuan is the most realistic deception of a black hole ever shown on screen.

You can read more about Kip Thorne here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kip_Thorne

Here's a book he wrote regarding the science behind the movie: https://www.amazon.com/Science-Inte...=8-1&keywords=the+science+behind+interstellar

+1 on both Interstellar and Gargantua - I believe I said the same things back then
 

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How about that!

? https://people.com/home/mission-impossible-fans-scale-2000-ft-cliff-epic-film-screening/



 

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Isolated music score on the Blu--ray disc. ...From Twitter:

Christopher McQuarrie (MI-F film director):

FYI, the #MissionImpossibleFallout information onslaught is not over yet. Coming soon, @Lornebalfe and I sit down with @edibow to discuss Lorne’s fabulous score and tomorrow, Tom Cruise and I record the Blu-Ray commentary. If you still have questions then, I doubt I know the answers.

Jacob Bearchum: ??

I LOVED the score in MIF, any chance of getting an isolated score version when the blu-ray drops?

Christopher McQuarrie:

Yep.
11:29 AM · Aug 17, 2018

Jacob Bearchum: ??

YES! Thanks!

Glenn Runnalls:

Awesome!

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I just love it, Tom Cruise is truly an audiophile.

- Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
- Music by Lorne Balfe
- Edited by Eddie Hamilton
 

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I am seeing this movie tonight. I will report back in due course.
 

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I am probably an easy audience but except for one big plot flaw (assuming you can look past the first hundred implausibilities) — flying a helicopter through narrow canyon passageways without knowing how to fly a helicopter — it was an amazingly exciting action movie!
 

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Saw this. Boring.
 

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It’s a front projection system. Were you watching the screen?
 

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They should have stopped the movie after the scene with Henry Cavil and the mask was done (no spoilers)
 

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I am not a fan of Tom Cruise, the man (in fact, I am an anti-fan of Tom Cruise, the man), but I do like most of his movies. But I must confess, I am really taken by the fact that he does so many of his own stunts - like the airplane jump shown above. They could have easily used a stunt man for that scene and "pasted" his face in on the film as a way to let us believe it was Cruise jumping. But that's not him.

And the guy has serious longevity. His first movie was in 1981, then his first "hit" was two years later in "Risky Business" and then Top Gun and then ................ That's 37 years in one of the most fickle industries imaginable.

As for my movie critic credentials - I am very easily entertained - so I am anything but a critic. My father was in the movie entertainment business starting in the early forties and I have been going to movies for almost that length of time. In all of that time, I have probably seen several thousand films - and only 3 or 4 did I find "unwatchable". That would suggest you probably don't want to listen to my views on the quality of any particular film :D
 

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