dex14

Synopsis: Starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry Czerny, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Frederick Schmidt, Cary Elwes, Mark Gatiss, Indira Varma, Rob Delaney

Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Action|Some Language|Suggestive Material)

Runtime: 2h 43m

Reviews: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mis...oning_part_one

The release date is "officially" July 12th but there are preview screenings Sunday, July 9th - Tuesday, July 11th.

Bluelitespecial

I don't know if I'll see it but its great to see the reviews are good and I hope the movie does well for movie theaters. I haven't watched a Mission Impossible movie since the 3rd one.

TomOpus

You've missed out on some great movies made for the premium screen theater experience.

GoldenJCJ

I re-watched the previous 6 movies to prepare for Dead Reckoning pt. 1. I’ve got my tickets for Saturday afternoon. I’m looking forward to it!

GoldenJCJ

Agree. M:I III is really good but the series really takes off with Ghost Protocol.

Throwing Copper

Just here to see pictures of the free shit Jariya gets at the early screening.

DJariya

Tomorrow

TomOpus

I might go Tuesday since I have the day off. AMC IMAX (I'm not one of the cool kids to sound pretentious and call it LieMax)

DJariya

Just got back from the showing. Pretty much near full auditorium. I won't open spoiler anything yet since most of you here won't see this until the weekend.

I think this was probably the best and most rewatchable summer blockbuster this year. Awesome action sequences including the car chase in Italy and the train sequence. I think it's also the funniest MI movie as well. Lots of humor and it felt natural. Hayley Atwell was a great new addition to the series. Not only is she gorgeous, but she had really good chemistry with Cruise. And they played off each other really well. Cruise still hasn't missed a beat. He looks like he's 45.

I was a little bummed that they actually killed off one of the main characters. You could kind of see it coming.







Kittridge is still a douche, even 27 years later. I've mostly known Esai Morales as a TV actor. But, he was a pretty good villain. Is it the best MI movie? I think I give the slight edge to Fallout. But, it's a fucking entertaining as hell movie and IMO you don't feel the running time at all. There was never a spot where things slowed down and came to a screeching halt.

Lastly, it doesn't end of some massive cliffhanger like Fast X. It's a complete movie. Even though there are unresolved elements. I might see this again this weekend.

DJariya

And here are the free goodies I got tonight

The Cow

Saw it this afternoon. Despite the long runtime, it sure didn't feel long. Acting was good, the score was great. I really liked this one a lot.

bluetoast

One of the best entries in the series, if not top two. Though my screening only had five people total.

asianxcore

Saw an IMAX screening of this last night.

Loved it. To echo what has already been mentioned, it didn't feel like 163-minutes and everything felt fun & natural.

The amount of pick-pocketing became a little goofy after a while but with the introduction of Hayley Atwell's character Grace, I understand it.

I will also add that Pom Klementieff was rad and I hope she is offered more roles similar to this one in the future.

dex14

Well... I'll go against the grain here. I was very disappointed with it and my immediate ranking would be second to last (above M:I 2). That isn't to say it is a bad movie though.

Killing off Ilsa is a huge strike against this for me. She had become my favorite thing about the last entries and I am not happy about this. If they needed to kill off someone for effect... Benji is long past his expiration date.

I didn't think the AI "villain" was compelling. There wasn't enough information given about Gabriel backstory for me to care either. And how did he even come to be involved? Stuff for Part 2 to explain I guess...

The action was nowhere near the heights of the last few. The train cars falling one by one was the only real standout to me.

I was confused as to where everyone stood by the end train scene (Denlinger - bad / Kittridge - good?).

Hayley Atwell was very good and I like the overall concept of seeing how someone could fall into and be recruit to the IMF. Pom was great as well.

I'll see if once I see Part 2 I change my mind.

outcastja

Pretty much my thoughts as well. It was enjoyable but wasn't jaw dropping like Fallout and John Wick Chapter 4 which set the bar for action movies. The cliff stunt was in like 90% of the marketing (even a behind the scenes featurette) and it didn't really live up to the hype. The halo jump in Fallout was more impressive to me.

The end of the train sequence was probably my favorite because it was a straight dupe of Uncharted 2.

GoldenJCJ

A poster featuring Running Tom Cruise.

DJariya

For me at least, when you learn the context of the motorcycle cliff jump and what led up to it, that's what made the whole sequence more entertaining. And there were a few funny back and forth lines between Ethan and Benji.

I was a little annoyed by one thing. What did they do with Ilsa's body? I felt like she was quickly forgotten after she died. Maybe in part 2 they will give her a proper burial?

And Cruise has also grown his hair longer, so I'm assuming a period of time will have passed since Part 1 segues into the next movie.

The Cow

But not with the open hands.

B.A.

Mission: Impossible 7 is very good despite its length. Hayley Atwell is excellent, and a great addition. Esai Morales and Pom Klementieff are both solid as the antagonists.



3-6 are better, imo, but this was also just part one of two.

DJariya

Got another ticket to see it Friday in the 4DX format. One theater near me supports it. it's a Korean owned movie theater and I saw the tech is Korean created. I know Regal also supports the format in some theaters.

Should be pretty wild considering how much movement is in this.

Draven

Super fun movie - I like Cavill so much in Fallout that it gets the edge but I actually think that movie peters out at the end a bit (though it’s crazy that Cruise flew the helicopter, it’s not that interesting of a sequence).

I didn’t think the cliff jump was as impressive as the Burj Khalifa sequence (which makes me clench up just thinking about it) but it was fun to see on the big screen. Saw it in a mostly full auditorium and people seemed to be loving it.

The car chase was my favorite part. Them rolling and then ending up in each other’s seats was one of the funniest things to happen in the whole series. Atwell was a great edition and I’m glad she’s sticking around.

The Cow

Thinking back on it, I think my only real "way too convenient, just-in-time moment" was when Ethan flew down and into the train just in time and in the way to save Grace from getting shot.

Why So Blu?

Saw this in IMAX and it did not have switching ratios, so that was weird, since they shot it with IMAX cameras. Maybe it'll have switching ratios on 4K disc like Fallout.

The film was a lot of fun. I guess I never really paid attention to Haley Atwell, but she's gorgeous. Man, they had four hot broads in this. Pom, Rebecca, Vanessa, and Haley.

I would have edited Hunt riding up the mountain a bit better -- it took fucking forever for him to get to the part he was going to jump off from. Other than that, it was awesome. I think it was better than 2 and 3, but I'll have to rewatch them all soon, again.

I did not get any nifty pins or posters at my screening and it was a nearly sold out show at 2:30pm today. It was a matinee, but still.

HN

That falling train sequence was fantastic!
The score during the nighttime footchase / fighting on the little bridge had my heart pumping

These last 4 MI movies have been amazing, but if I were to rank:
Ghost Protocol (I think bc I’ve revisited it so often)
Fallout
Dead Reckoning 1 (this might jump ahead of Fallout with multiple viewings, but it’s here for now because Ilsa
Rogue Nation

that’s not a knock on any one of them, they’re just so damn good

rocket1312

I was really hoping this was going to be the savior of a terribly underwhelming 2023 summer movie season, but I guess it wasn't meant to be. It's good, and it's expertly crafted, but it's not great or anything. But maybe it's just me. At this point in my life I think I've just fallen completely out of love with these types of blockbusters. For all the money spent and all of the crazy action, I still don't think they've topped the CIA heist from the first movie as far as set pieces go.

I do adore Cruise's commitment to practical stunts, and the M:I series does it better than anyone, but I just have a hard time getting invested in the action. By midway though the movie I had completely lost track of what was happening and who was doing what and what side they were on. Not that it really matters because the movie is just a series of chase sequences. That would be fine, but (and here's where I go full cranky old man) why did it need to be 2hrs 45m? They could have cut an hour from this. Easily. And this part 1/part 2 nonsense is my least favorite recent trend. It's just the further tv'ification of movies.

A couple of other thoughts: Where has Kittridge been all this time? It's not that important, but I found it odd that the movie doesn't really address it and things just pick up like he never left the series.

Also, was anyone else reminded of that early X-Files episode "Ghost in the Machine"? I know AI becoming sentient is a trope with a long history in popular entertainment, but the Entity was particularly evocative of the killer building computer from that episode. At least it was to me. File deleted!

​​​​