When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.
Is there another franchise where the sixth film is at least as good as the first? It might be absolutely RIDICULOUS but it does it exceptionally well.
★★★★
It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.
While it doesn’t have the polish and the style of the original, I enjoyed the lighter tone and lack of melodrama. I also enjoyed Jake’s irreverent rebelliousness as opposed to the usual “angry” anti-authority approach.
★★★
Jóhann Jóhannsson · Song · 2018
If you jacked into my soul, I swear it would sound a bit like this.
No. Hellofresh is not worth the price.
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
Never has such a dull and soulless landscape been more beautifully rendered. And I don’t just mean Arrakis.
★★★
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, nerdy high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the Amazing superhero known as Spider-Man.
I’ve always thought this was pretty decent as a superhero movie and after 30+ MCU movies I think it compares pretty favourably! Dafoe’s Goblin is absolute comic book villain perfection.
Is it weird, though, that the thing that stood out most to me was Kirsten Dunst’s “wet t-shirt” scene? Seems absolutely outrageous by recent standards!
★★★½
While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers—and brothers—Mario and Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi.
This movie is like a video game display copy. It looks amazing but when you open it up there is literally nothing inside.
★★
A disgraced internet personality attempts to win back his followers by livestreaming one night alone in a haunted house. But when he accidentally pisses off a vengeful spirit, his big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life.
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
This was my second watch and, now the hype dust has settled, I think we can say this is an fairly average entry in the MCU.
There is no arguement that this movie contains some of the greatest moments in comic book movie history. Obviously, if you score it purely on “those moments” alone it’s a five star masterpiece. And to pull together such an enormous cast into one movie, without it being a total disaster is, again, worthy of so much praise.
But… the plot (hilariously) is straight out of an Ant-Man movie and makes next to no sense. And, like all Ant-Man movies, establishes “rules” and then just breaks them. The extent to which it tries to wring emotion out of the audience, during the first two acts, is tedious and becomes wearing. This is especially true considering how easily accessed this emotion is during key moments. No wonder my 9 year old was so bored.
However, you just can’t overlook “those moments”, and some of the character arcs, especially Thor and Stark, are very satisfying. There’s still plenty to like about this.
★★★½
Klaus Badelt · Song · 2003
He’s a Pirate by Klaus Badelt
