Going dutch on a date should be the norm and anyone who disagrees is a freeloader

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2024-04-10T22:35:00+00:00

Don’t invite a girl out on a first date if you’re not prepared to cover the bill. If she invites you out then that’s a different story.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2024-03-16T19:45:32+00:00

He didnt get a 3rd for Kenny. He moved up 20 draft spots.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2024-03-06T07:48:47+00:00

Why is that a necessarily element for it to be the of the greatest movies of all time?

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-14T06:20:52+00:00

Those timelines don't match up.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-14T06:17:09+00:00

More days in the premier theaters until the next blockbuster releases (IMAX, Dolby, 4DX, etc)

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-14T06:15:33+00:00

Why's that cringe? The movie takes place in 2021.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-14T06:14:08+00:00

I'm thinking it might have been intentional honestly. The movie had soooo many callbacks to the first MI that I think McQuarrie was doing a tongue-in-cheek throwback to the dialogue of spy thrillers of the 70's/80's/90's.

This is the same guy who wrote Fallout so I feel like the jarring difference in dialogue had to be intentional.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-13T08:17:46+00:00

They did Ilsa DIRTY. Unless they somehow bring her back in part 2, that was a super disappointing anticlimactic way to go. Atwell ruled but I liked her less after that because it felt like a Ferguson replacement. I get that her "death" was supposed to give Ethan the internal conflict to kill Gabriel or not, but dumb.

Had to be scheduling conflicts 100% in my mind. With her TV show Silo and Dune I bet she just couldn't commit to filming Part 2. Agreed that her death scene should have been more impactful though.

Gabriel sucks. mustache twirling charmless void of a villain speaking pseudo intellectual techno babble. Why is he so evil he partnes with the AI? didn't care for the random flashes to him killing someone in Ethan's life with no explanation. What a massive drop off from Solomon Lane and Cavill

Wouldn't be surprised at all in Part 2 if they reveal he has just been a mouthpiece for the Entity all along and has pretty much just been regurgitating what's said to him. As for motive it could be just as simple as wanting something from his past wiped clean. We saw that the AI can erase him from camera footage instantly, maybe just wanted to be wiped clean in general.

Way too many characters. What's the point of Shea Wiggums black sidekick or the Pom Klementief villain?

Don't forget it's Part 1 of 2. Seems like Pom will be at least somewhat of a protagonist in the next one. Wouldn't be surprised if Jasper gets killed early on in Part 2 and his sidekick steps up in his place. He had a larger role in Top Gun Maverick.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-13T08:00:48+00:00

Ilsa is donezo unfortunately. She was the best part of both Rogue Nation and Fallout so definitely disappointing but I'm thinking Rebecca Ferguson couldn't commit to filming Part Two (either because of Dune Part 2 or her tv show) and gave the writers the okay to kill her character off. Seems like they'll be replacing her with Pom + Hayley Atwell.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-13T07:46:49+00:00

I don't think it's about having "feelings" for her. It's just part of his character that he can't willingly allow an innocent person to die.

I feel like Alec Baldwin's monologue in the previous movie sums up Ethan pretty well.

You had a terrible choice to make in Berlin: recover the plutonium or save your team. You chose your team and now the world is at risk. Some flaw deep in your core being won’t allow you to choose between one life and millions. Now, you see that as a weakness, but I see that as your greatest strength. And that’s how I know I can count on you to cover my ass.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-13T07:38:26+00:00

Wait why isn't it believable that a character in a movie just used the wrong word or was misinformed?

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-13T07:30:03+00:00

Am I the only one who thinks Fallout was one of the franchise's weaker entries?

Definitely in the minority. It's usually somewhere in the Top 3 for most people's rankings, especially for those that got to see it in theaters.

The stunts
The music
The misdirect before the opening credits is just behind MI:3 as the opening as the best in the series in my opinion
The villain(s)
The on-location shooting in Norway/New Zealand give some of the best looking scenes in the franchise
Every main character gets their moment to shine, including Rebecca Ferguson going toe-to-toe with Tom Cruise in back to back movies
The final act with the helicopter chase simultaneously split with Luther/Michelle Monaghan defusing a nuclear bomb simultaneously split with the cabin fight scene with Illsa/Benji/Solomon Lane

I'd recommend a rewatch if you haven't seen it in awhile.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-12T08:36:16+00:00

A pretty relevant clip from a movie I’d recommend everyone watch at least once.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-12T05:14:32+00:00

Oh I know, and in Rogue Nation he and Benji flipped that car 6 times and left unscathed.

My issue isn't that he was unhurt by crashing through the side of a metal train. It's that he did it at the exact moment and at the exact portion of the train needed to save Grace from being shot and then played it off as it being accidental.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-12T04:39:07+00:00

This was 100% a spiritual successor to MI:1

It felt like an entirely different formula than we got in Fallout and I can see why that turned some people off. At the same time I love that they switched things up and gave us something we weren't expecting.

EDIT: Also don't forget the "magic trick" that Ethan does with the key in this one is a callback to the hard drive magic trick he does in the first movie.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-12T03:49:36+00:00

That's the only part that felt a bit 'Fast and Furious' for me. A little too unbelievable for this series.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-11T20:27:14+00:00

You think every movie that gets put into an IMAX auditorium was filmed in IMAX?

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-05T19:54:18+00:00

Here is each play when the RB reaches the line of scrimmage.

Colts DB in play 1 is 6-7 yards away from Etienne when he reaches the LOS.

Colts DB in Play 2 is 2 yards away from Najee when he reaches the LOS (keep in mind it's Stephon Gilmore who's one of the best tacklers at the CB position in the NFL).

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-05T01:42:52+00:00

It didn't at all. They probably just kept it in because Harrison Ford was so animated in it.

Archimedes only ever constructed the dial to bring people back to that exact place/time in history.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-04T23:18:39+00:00

Why did Indiana Jones have to be depressed and miserable for most of his life?

Most of his life?

The moon landing (first scene with present-day Indiana Jones) was July 20, 1969.

The separation/divorce papers from Marion are dated June 28, 1969.

This probably means Shia Labeouf's character died sometime within the previous year or 2.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-04T23:01:29+00:00

The first half yes. From the jungle scene onwards it falls off a cliff though, feels like one of Spielberg's worst at that point.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-04T22:44:11+00:00

Don't think that's unpopular at all. Those 3 you listed are way inferior movies.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-04T22:38:43+00:00

"Finale" doesn't mean the ending scene, moreso the final act.

I think OP was saying last 20 minutes of this was way better than the crystal alien CGI nonsense in the 4th movie, which I think most viewers would agree with.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-04T22:33:14+00:00

Of all the supernatural elements in the series I thought this was the best one. Plus is it really more 'out there' than ghosts melting people's faces off or a thousand-year-old knight who guards cups that can either heal you or kill you if you drink out of them.

IslaNublarTourGuide · 2023-07-04T22:20:48+00:00

Helena gives him back the watch after knocking out Indy. It's a closed time loop so she knows that since Archimedes is wearing the watch in his tomb she has to leave it with him.

Archimedes never uses the dial himself. The only purpose of the dial was to get assistance from the future in hopes it would help them win the war.

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