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I can't wait to see the 4K Disk version with the IMAX shots, I actually have no idea how much of the film was shot in IMAX. I will buy the Steelbook so it matches up with the rest of the 4K M: I films I have.
I bought the digital version of DRp1 from Prime which is entirely in letterbox format.
It was all in letterbox in IMAX cinemas, so don't get your hopes up.
https://deadline.com/2023/10/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-2-quiet-place-day-one-actors-strike-1235580981/
That's disappointing, I was looking forward to part 2, next year.
With the actors strike though it's understandable
After what happened with Oppenheimer taking them all a week after, that's not a surprise. Lets hope they have some IMAX format footage this time (DRP1 didn't).
https://www.gamereactor.eu/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-two-will-be-getting-a-title-change-1318853/
Though to be honest after MI7 I’m starting to feel done with these films. The only thing that would entice me is if they find another director or call this the big finale of the films.
I loved McQ's first two efforts but I found the last one lacking. I'd be interested in hearing if they've any thoughts about what they do after Part 2.
Apparently, Batman Continues was the name of Tim Burton’s unmade 3rd film.
It doesn’t make sense to have to lose Part 2. Part 1 was a HUGE cliffhanger. I too, am getting a bit tired of the formula for MI. The best thing about Dead Reckoning was the fact Ethan wasn’t on the run from IMF! Tom Cruise is trying too hard to be the hip old man who has a death wish. He should try drama or comedy again, not just action sequels.
Reminds me of them not being able to stick with a title for Edge of Tomorrow, so the blu-ray copies looked real goofy.
My bluray copy has both titles on the cover lol so I guess i can choose one. It was a bit daft.
Ughhh I had a feeling this would happen with this stupid actors strike. But it will be worth the wait! I want them to finish this movie right and not rushed. MI7 was my favorite of the whole series. I want MI8 to top it. If it means waiting another year to for them to fine tune things so be it.
I thought the jump was very poorly done. All we see is a black blob of a figure falling. There is no medium shot to show Cruise's face so it looks cgi. I don't believe Cruise did the full jump. The promo video shows Cruise on a wire. He wasn't falling hundreds of feet. I reckon the actual jump and fall is cgi. It's poorly done. No sense it's actually Tom Cruise riding a bike off a cliff.
If you're going to get Tom Cruise to do a huge jump and free fall why not show his face as he jumps? And yes, I know he did real jumps on a wire but that's not the camera shot we see in Dead Reckoning. If people want to say "Cruise did jump off a ramp"... I'm not disputing that. I'm just saying I don't believe the behind the bike camera shot scene in the final cut of the film is Tom Cruise. It looks an obvious cgi rendered figure. If Cruise really did the jump and the long fall then parachute opening... why not film it from the reverse angle? Have the camera looking directly at Cruise as he leaps so we see his face. Surely that would prove it was Cruise! But all we get is a black type blob of a figure falling. It's really poor in term of cinematography/framing the camera.
I think it's all smoke and mirrors. This post from another film blog is probably close to the truth...
I tend to agree. The halo jump in Fallout was clearly cgi. What Cruise and McQuarrie did was film some real skydiving footage to trick the audience that was in the final film. The actual scene looked cgi. Far less convincing than the halo jump in TND.
I also thought Ethan Hunt crashing into the train carriage was poorly done. No tension. For example Bond landing on the tanker truck at the start of the truck chase in LTK far better executed.
The fight on the top of the train is all cgi too. As was the train fight in Indiana Jones 5. It's blatant. The film makers can't be bothered to get stuntmen on a train so greenscreen it all.
Whilst it's admirable Cruise does some or all of his stunts (I doubt he did the full cliff jump as represented in the final cut of the film) I don't think MI franchise has out Bonded James Bond. The sky jump in TSWLM is far more impressive. Better jump, better camera angle, more cinematic. And MI 7 made less money than NTTD so the worldwide audience clearly preferred Bond to Hunt.
And both films have the same problem in the third act: they each have a long-winded chase that's just filler against the more interesting events taking place elsewhere. In Fallout, it's Hunt flying the chopper, and in Dead Reckoning, it's Hunt chasing the train.
I got more enjoyment out of the very last action moments in each film, that is, the helicopter fight with Cavill in Fallout, and the train climbing in Dead Reckoning. I do greatly prefer the train scene to the helicopter fight though.
But for my money, the best scene in either film is the airport scene in Dead Reckoning.
I do feel they're going to have to shake things up if they want to keep making these movies. Bring about some substantial change. Maybe nothing so dramatic as having John Woo replace Brian De Palma, but still, something substantial.
I agree that the cliff jump feels a bit oddly perfunctory though- it just kind of... happens.
On my TV it looked as though it was shot at a very high frame rate, not sure if that is true though it could account for how it looks a bit fake. I ended up de saturating the color and it looked better.