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It's probably the most anticipated movie of the year for me. Along with Incredibles 2
Role on July!
@RogueAgent I have hired someone who will make sure you watch it soon! ;)
That's it, right there. It's not just the action but the context of the action within the narrative of the plots and the character arc. Cruise is the man.
Lol!!! Duly noted!
Rogue Nation is 131 minutes (2hr,11m)
Source: Imdb.com
No boycott here, by the way! Just an observation. And I do wish Cruise had had long hair again.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/06/29/mission-impossible-fallout-may-propel-tom-cruise-to-new-box-office-heights/
Having said that, many entertainment sites were predicting a 150 million plus opening for Solo and that didn't happen so it's best to take these claims with a pinch of salt. I'm sure it will open reasonably big because it's a well-established franchise and the stunts look dramatic and stuff people might want to see. It's got a bit of an old-school Bond vibe to the stunts.
I suppose the big difference would be that Solo was plagued by negativity the whole way through production. I think people were a bit fed up by it before it was even released.
Fallout, by comparison, was already highly anticipated as it was - even before Cruise broke his ankle.
If the film is any good, then in addition I think it will deliver a very impressive global gross, particularly in the growing Asian markets (where MI is quite popular) and in North America. As he suggested, this is essentially 'live action' superhero fare.
One must keep in mind that the MI:RN marketing push was pretty lacklustre. I'm not sure if that was on account of them moving the film forward to late summer 2015 (ostensibly to avoid direct competition with SP) or if it was due to budget constraints. This time around they seem to be doing a much better job of it, and that should help as well.
If nothing else, they have at least two enthusiastic theatre viewings from this member, with one probably in IMAX to boot.
As for Solo, I'm guessing Star Wars fatigue with four consecutive movies since December 2015 was largely responsible for it's underwhelming grosses. I don't buy into the claim that it being a troubled production played a lot into it as the general public doesn't normally follow such things nor give a toss about that.
While I have a friend who said it's his favorite Star Wars film, I have no plans to see it on release. Then again, I have yet to watch any of the newer ones and I was raised on the series. Thing is I looked at the trailers for Solo and heard the old lines trotted out and another sassy droid and then car commercials tying into it and it just didn't do it for me.
LOL, yeah, and that happens to be my favourite season of the series also. Have it on DVD.
Cruise said the other day he has ideas for the next 2-3 installments, so he's not going anywhere.
Looks like they're running rogue yet AGAIN in this one, so that makes for six total installments, and only one where it's a straight-forward, non-rogue mission. I agree, they should make it a regular old mission next time around.
I really should buy all the series even the relaunch on DVD, I would guess they are inexpensive, great show.