From the first notes to the last scene, everything about this film is perfect.
Tom Cruise is a movie making machine, who gets better and better.
Miles Teller as Goose's son is excellent.
Jennifer Connelly is heart-stoppingly beautiful.
Val Kilmer's appearance was a nice touch.
I will see it again and again.
I agree. It’s good to see that movie magic isn’t 100% dead. Once in a while, it’s still possible to have a blockbuster come along and really create a fantastic movie-going experience. This is one of them.
My only worry is when Tom Cruise retires.
Yeah, sad to say but it actually benefitted from not being a Tony Scott film. Cruise is a great actor, but it takes a director like Kosinski, or really just NOT like Tony Scott or Jerry Bruckheimer, to really hit this film's emotional notes
My favorite bit, for example, when Amelia catches Maverick sneaking out of her mom's bedroom. It starts out as a cute "caught in the act" trope, but instantly changes gear first with Amelia's expression and then with Maverick's reaction to her warning/request not to hurt her mom again.
The whole theme of aging was even, I thought, foreshadowed by Tom Cruise's introduction to the film, where we see him with greying hair and all the lines and wrinkles that they typically remove from Ethan Hunt's face (and Maverick's) with makeup and CGI.
Great points! Yes, those little grace notes in the film....the subtle stuff, often aren’t even thought of with many of the cookie-cutter action directors. That’s definitely what gives this one more depth.
shareThat random warning by Amelia felt forced and melodramatic. When a story acts like I should care about a love story when I have no idea who the characters are, it’s a turn-off.
Same with Mav kicking Rooster out of the Navy Academy. Rooster was acting like a little baby wondering why Mav did it…like dude figure it out, your dad went out like a punk in the first movie…pretty sure Mav, your mom, somebody figured it wouldn’t be a good idea for you. But I didn’t really care that Rooster was kept out of the Academy, because I didn’t know his character. Just like I didn’t know Amelia or Penny.
It's definitely the best film of the year so far I think followed closely by The Batman. Both films look and sound absolutely fantastic and keep you entertained from start to finish.
shareI didn’t love “The Batman,” but I agree that, like this film, it’s a supposed “popcorn flick” that also, surprisingly, turned out to be serious cinema as well.
There were times during both flicks where I legitimately forgot that I was watching a “blockbuster.”
Hell w/ Scorsese’s anti-superhero prejudice. The man’s a great artist but also a crotchety ol’ snob.
Yeah same here, I got drawn in to both films and the drama that was going off, it seemed the cast and crew really wanted to deliver the best possible films they could.
Scorsese is one of the greatest directors ever in my opinion but agreed he really does seem grouchy.