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This was underwhelming.  Not bad, just eh that's it reaction from me.  They/He didn't fix the chorus issues.  It just sounds like a b single.  I think I  prefer the demo /locker leak version to be honest.

That's the only thing you can reliably count on from these guys.  Delays and just reasons to not release any new music.

Basically an entire main town, Lahaina, just got wiped out and destroyed by those fires.  Like, it doesn't exist anymore, just rubble.  And a lot of those residents whose homes got destroyed need help.  A lot of those people are working class/and just get by.  So it's double devastating for those people.

Ok, I went and watched this today.

The main character that died was just kind of dumb on all fronts, logic and character wise.  I wasn't that invested in this character and it was pretty well forshadowed so it didn't bother me as much.

Good point on the story.  One of the weak points was the first 15-20 mins.  You know how most MI movies, they hit you in the face with some great opening sequence that gets you amped up for the rest of the thing?  This one nearly put me to sleep.  Honestly, maybe they should have started it off w/the airport sequence.  That was great and one of my favs of the entire film.  They finally got to the point of the story near the end, and I was wondering maybe they should have explained this earlier.

The main problem with this as you noted is the length of this thing.  You could easily trim off at least half and hour and lose nothing .  There are also waaay too many characters in this film.  Some of them are not neccesary at all.   Oh on the length, a good example here.  Did that car chase scene have to be that long?  It took them forever to get to "point B" of that thing and I swear it annoyed me.

Yeah, I noticed the age thing too, especially on Ving Rhames, Cruise, and Simon Pegg.  Funny you should mention Ghost Protocol.   I watched that in prep for this and that one flows waaay better than this one.  It has multiple storylines too but they do a way better job of just connecting them to the characters.  Since I mentioned it, Luther and Ethan still have a connection and it shows on screen in terms of understanding.  Just the one scene, where Luther is sort of psychoanalyzing him worked for me and made me glad that the character had a pretty big role in this film.

I thought the train sequence was ok in totality.  Honestly, this is another example of the damn thing going on too long and just not knowing where to end it.  They should have ended it at a certain point (to me), instead MORE STUFF happens and it just drags on past the expiration date.   That's my biggest gripe.  Damn thing needed an editor.  That scene at the bar where you have a bunch of characters talking/expositon was one of my least favorites.

I will say this about the new character.  I kind of like how they made Ethan play catch up and always be one chasing and one step behind.

Part II should be better because there are only 2-3 things that they should be focused on.  Oh, I'll add this I think the director missed out on what makes these films fun, chase scenes, evasion, improvisation, how to get yourself out of shitty situations.  They were there in this film but they were all scattered around and you had to get through all the other stuff.

Oh on the theater experience.  I never buy anything anymore, it's a grift.  To me it's basically a place where I go and lounge around (w/reclining seats) and watch a movie.  It's just so fucking sterile....and expensive.  I showed up late and still had to wait an extra 10 mins for the thing to finally start.