leemond2008 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 I'm currently working my way through the Mission Impossible films, I'm up to Ghost Protocol now, I think this is the last one in the series that I have seen. So far Mission Impossible 1 - great film but its pretty dated now Mission Impossible 2 - Not great it was acceptable but it was a typical John Woo balls to the wall action film which bordered on ridiculous (even for this franchise) at times Mission Impossible 3 - Enjoyed this one, if it wasn't for the nostalgia of re-watching MI1 this would probably be the top of the first 3 in the series for me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 28 minutes ago, DeadlyDirk said: Forgot about Black Panther 2... Another I turned off after about 25 minutes. Just knew it wasn't for me as it bored my backside off. I understand why they wanted to do a second, but without chadwick it massively failed for me. Disnt likw it at all. The first waa so much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 28 minutes ago, DeadlyDirk said: Forgot about Black Panther 2... Another I turned off after about 25 minutes. Just knew it wasn't for me as it bored my backside off. I understand why they wanted to do a second, but without chadwick it massively failed for me. Disnt likw it at all. The first was so much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted July 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 15, 2023 On 14/07/2023 at 16:58, Designer1 said: Hopefully you'll enjoy it, different strokes and all that. Think I’d largely agree with your thoughts. Definitely missing the heart of previous films. I enjoyed it probably until act three but by the end I wasn’t sure if I’d missed the point or if there wasn’t actually one there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted July 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2023 11 hours ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: Are there any famous films where the "baddies" score a total win? The Great Escape sees most of the escapees murdered. A few get away. That's not a total win. There is probably a factual film that meets that criteria. Is there a fictional one? The Silence Of The Lambs sees Lecter escape. But Starling solves a murder, rescues a hostage and kills Buffalo Bill. That's not a total win. Any ideas? Spoiler Primal fear, Memento and seven are the ones that jump to mind. Probably a good fee others, that are not horror related as there are loads there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyDirk Posted July 16, 2023 Author Share Posted July 16, 2023 17 hours ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: Are there any famous films where the "baddies" score a total win? The Great Escape sees most of the escapees murdered. A few get away. That's not a total win. There is probably a factual film that meets that criteria. Is there a fictional one? The Silence Of The Lambs sees Lecter escape. But Starling solves a murder, rescues a hostage and kills Buffalo Bill. That's not a total win. Any ideas? Spoiler The original Saw springs to mind here, as well as Avengers: Infinity War (as just a standalone film but we know it gets undone in subsequent films). The Dark Knight gets close to it as the goal for Joker in the end is to show the ugly side of humanity and de-throne Batman as a moral compass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted July 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2023 Spoiler The usual suspects 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted July 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2023 17 hours ago, Designer1 said: Hide contents There's a load in the horror genre tbh. I’ve always wondered if they had a bumper crop the year after? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted July 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2023 11 hours ago, Demitri_C said: I understand why they wanted to do a second, but without chadwick it massively failed for me. Disnt likw it at all. The first was so much better I couldn't get into the 2nd one at all and thought it was absolute trash. The first was good, but personally I didn't think it was as good as a lot of people made it out to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted July 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2023 19 hours ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: Are there any famous films where the "baddies" score a total win? The Great Escape sees most of the escapees murdered. A few get away. That's not a total win. There is probably a factual film that meets that criteria. Is there a fictional one? The Silence Of The Lambs sees Lecter escape. But Starling solves a murder, rescues a hostage and kills Buffalo Bill. That's not a total win. Any ideas? Off the top of my head, Open Water, A Perfect Storm, Buried. I know the first two were supposedly factual but.... Spoiler If everyone died in both films, then no one could have relayed the story after the fact, so essentially the film makers made the entire sequence of events up. Incidentally I hated all three of those films for that reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 Oh my goodness how could I forget the ultimate example of the bad guy wins...Sporloos! What a classic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 Kingpin is one of my fave baddie wins films and Ernie McCracken is one of my fave baddies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 On 15/07/2023 at 15:48, Mandy Lifeboats said: Are there any famous films where the "baddies" score a total win? The Great Escape sees most of the escapees murdered. A few get away. That's not a total win. There is probably a factual film that meets that criteria. Is there a fictional one? The Silence Of The Lambs sees Lecter escape. But Starling solves a murder, rescues a hostage and kills Buffalo Bill. That's not a total win. Any ideas? Platoon? Lots of bad boys in that film prosper. What about Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees? They just keep going... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Anyone seen Oppenheimer yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 L'ete (Michael Hanoun) - Pretty good and inventive. Asteroid City (Wes Anderson) - Not bad Freeway (Matthew Bright) - Entertaining and good performance from Reese Witherspoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted July 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2023 59 minutes ago, wilko154 said: Anyone seen Oppenheimer yet? Tried to book it for next weekend. All full at our local Everyman. Was gutted as her backup was the Barbie film. Thankfully that was fully booked too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 On 15/07/2023 at 22:07, leemond2008 said: I'm currently working my way through the Mission Impossible films, I'm up to Ghost Protocol now, I think this is the last one in the series that I have seen. So far Mission Impossible 1 - great film but its pretty dated now Mission Impossible 2 - Not great it was acceptable but it was a typical John Woo balls to the wall action film which bordered on ridiculous (even for this franchise) at times Mission Impossible 3 - Enjoyed this one, if it wasn't for the nostalgia of re-watching MI1 this would probably be the top of the first 3 in the series for me John Woo is awful, he does the most ridiculous cuts to slow motion scenes. That movie had a great soundtrack though if I remember correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Mission Impossible 2 ranks as my worst ever film purely because of John Woo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 I've also watched Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and Rougue Nation now as well, Ghost Protocol was really good, probably the best in the series so far, Rogue Nation...I watched it, but I already can't really remember much about it so far I would go Ghost Protocol MI3 MI1 Rougue Nation MI2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyDirk Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 Getting into the Mission Impossible jizz, here's my list (it's the film series I've inexplicably seen every instalment in cinema... But haven't seen the new one yet.) Fallout MI3 MI1 Ghost Protocol Rogue Nation MI2 The word on the street says the new one is rather good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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