Roybq

That's funny. That was my only complaint about the film as someone who lives in the Northwest. They go over all over the world to film on location and Seattle is replaced once again by Vancouver B.C.

Washington state needs to work harder to get Seattle to make real appearances in films. You would think they would. If I didn't know any better, I would think most of Seattle's buildings were blue and there was a really nice massive park by the ocean.

Patman

Perhaps because he really needed to make sure the confirmation was "true" for the codes and didn't trust his henchman to discern such truthfulness by the guy whose family was being held hostage for his "cooperation".

CaptainMarvel

Loved this movie. Quick question:

stingermck

Saw it tonight and loved it. Im a huge fan of the series, and it did not disappoint.

Heres a short clip on the building stunt work:

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Cardiac161

Actually, the foot chase scene in Mumbai was also filmed in Vancouver BC. The main cast and crew never filmed any scenes in India, and it was only the second unit that went to Mumbai.

Superboy

I think they're totally different actually. In True Lies, the spy plot is actually totally irrelevant to the movie; it's just a mcguffin to motivate the action. The real drama is the satire of suburban family life and the spy genre. In MI:III, the spy plot is central to the movie.

Boba Fett

Throwing Copper

MI4 made $17 million on Monday. Damn, that is outstanding.

Larry C.

Saw this last night and had a BLAST!!! Great fun time at the movies. These days it to far few in between.

d2cheer

You were correct. We both thought it was great. He wants to check out the first ones now.

CaptainMarvel

Ugh. That's dumb.

GoldenJCJ

superdeluxe

Most shows that are 'based' in Seattle are filmed in Vancouver, that is because Canada gives tax credits etc/other benefits for filming there, while Washington just recently closed down its Hollywood portion of its business plan (Used to attract movies/tvs).

Washington has never given benefits/incentives to film/tv companies to film there.

Kal-El

Saw it last night with my wife and I loved it. I don't have a massive hard-on for Brad Bird as everybody else in this forum (I call his 2nd Pixar film Crapatouille) but he did a great job in this. Loved the cameos at the end. And those stunts were CRAZY. Tom Cruise is nuts.

Quick question, the person Ethan was talking to on the phone in Dubai was Max from the 1st movie right? I thought for sure Vanessa Redgrave was going to appear as soon as they showed her blonde henchman and the hood for Ethan.

Supermallet

No, the guy on the phone was the guy from prison. He was calling him to get the arms dealer to Dubai.

Mittman

sye46

shhhhhh.... people outside the NW don't need to know this

Cellar Door

Just got back from seeing this (in a packed theater). Great fun! I still like the paranoid style of the first movie better, but this is the second best of the series, IMO.

Defiant1

Tom Cruise tends to embellish stories a lot, especially his "I do all my own stunts!" and his frequent rescuing of stranded motorists.

That being said, I saw some behind the scenes footage and he really did go on the outside of that building, which is just insane. I'm sure he was harnessed and cabled to the gills though.

Paula Patton and Simon Pegg were terrific as well. Jeremy Renner was good but just sort of there to fill things out. I'm not sure where the rumours came from of him taking over the franchise. I didn't see anything from him in this installment that would lead to that. I hope he does better in The Bourne Legacy.

Loved the movie overall. The big action set pieces in IMAX were just awesome. Philip Seymour Hoffman's villain in MI3 was better than the generic Eurotrash villain (Agent Cobalt hahaha) we got this time out though.

RocShemp

I thought so as well but he was actually contacting his jailhouse buddy. I do wonder if they originally intended Vanessa Redgrave to cameo as a go-between.

Giantrobo

The wife and i really enjoyed this. I even liked Paula "can't act but I look damn good" Patton. She really kinda stepped up her acting game...a bit. Also for some reason, probably because I haven't seen MI:III for some time, I thought Renner was already part of the series.

I thought the attempts at humor were good and they fit the film without being silly.

I can't wait for MI:5 if there is one.

Matthew Chmiel

Went to the theater this morning to catch an IMAX showing of Tintin only to have it replaced by this.

I haven't been the biggest fan of this franchise. The first film was mediocre, the second film was awful and I've already erased it from my memory, and the third film was entertaining but ultimately forgettable. This might be the rare franchise that shows improvement as each sequel is released as this might've been my favorite in the series.

The Pros:

• That set piece with Cruise climbing up the tower was intense. I usually don't cringe during films, but I was freaking out during the scenes where he was falling. Damn you IMAX!
• The IMAX footage, for the most part, was incredible. I'm glad that Bird shot whole sequences in IMAX unlike Nolan with The Dark Knight. I hated that Nolan would awkwardly jump from 15/70 to 35mm numerous times during most of the film's set pieces.
• I also think shooting the action scenes in IMAX helped make them more exciting than what we've seen previously in the franchise (like the bridge set piece in the last outing).
• Most of the film runs at a brisk pace.

The Cons:

• While I loved Pegg, nobody else in the audience was laughing.
• The women in this film, as hot as they were, can't act.
• When this film slows down, like the second-to-third act transition, the film slows down to an absolute crawl. I went to use the bathroom for nearly five minutes after Renner let out his "big" reveal and I came back and everyone was still on the subject of Hunt's dead wife.
• No memorable villain like Philip Seymour Hoffman in the last film.
• The climax is very anti-climatic which is not surprising considering the film blew most of its load during the previous action sequences.

I'm glad that the franchise is continuing not going the route of "Cruise vs. the world" like the first two films. The film is entertaining, fun and shows that Bird can direct live-action better than most directors out there. Based upon what this franchise has given us in the past, I'm surprised with the hate it's getting by some.

RocShemp

I really liked Paula Patton in this. However, Léa Seydoux was just aweful. Terrible choice to play a cold and badass assassin. But I guess when your granddad is chairman of Pathé and your great uncle is chairman and CEO of Gaumont it's easy to land film roles in big movies.

DJariya

I don't get how Paula Patton has gotten a reputation for being a shitty actress. I looked at her resume and she's relatively new (going back 6 years)

I've only seen her in Deja Vu and thought she was good in that (playing a victum) and I also saw her in Mirrors (pretty thankless ex-wife role)

TheMovieman