AEBarschall
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This was a fun movie, with a bit of cleverness in the plot
Now, if you did not previously know that Tom Cruise loves airplanes and motorcycles, this movie would surely tell you that. A very large part of the movie is devoted to filming Tom on aircraft and motorcycles.
Andrea Riseborough achieves the odd effect of looking as if she is CG when she is real. I was absolutely persuaded that she was CG at one point, but now I don't think so.
Tom also prefers younger women. You see that in this movie. The love interests are much younger than he.
I think there is a danger when the performer has this much control over a movie for the thing to be too narrowly focused on what he personally enjoys.
Nevertheless, it was a fun, peppy movie -- a lot of action, good photography, good special effects, all that stuff we expect from a contemporary Hollywood movie. It's not Shakespeare or anything, but that's not what it's for, not to be intellectual or overly thoughtful, just a diversion.
I saw it in 2D. I'm not sure 3D was available, but that would be a good idea, given the number of scenes of aircraft going through complex spaces at high speed.
Now, if you did not previously know that Tom Cruise loves airplanes and motorcycles, this movie would surely tell you that. A very large part of the movie is devoted to filming Tom on aircraft and motorcycles.
Andrea Riseborough achieves the odd effect of looking as if she is CG when she is real. I was absolutely persuaded that she was CG at one point, but now I don't think so.
Tom also prefers younger women. You see that in this movie. The love interests are much younger than he.
I think there is a danger when the performer has this much control over a movie for the thing to be too narrowly focused on what he personally enjoys.
Nevertheless, it was a fun, peppy movie -- a lot of action, good photography, good special effects, all that stuff we expect from a contemporary Hollywood movie. It's not Shakespeare or anything, but that's not what it's for, not to be intellectual or overly thoughtful, just a diversion.
I saw it in 2D. I'm not sure 3D was available, but that would be a good idea, given the number of scenes of aircraft going through complex spaces at high speed.
I loved this movie.
The acting was superb.
The action was enthralling.
I loved the closeups of the older actors' faces focusing in on all their characteristic wrinkles and blotches. Their faces have such character!
Little Jackie Evancho did extremely well also. She was actually the one who got me to see this movie, because I am a fan of hers and I saw some interviews of her discussing it. Ironically, given that she (age 12) was my reason for going, I ended up most loving the fact that older actors were showcased and that, given their enormous experience, they were brilliant. As an older person myself, I like seeing movies were older people are featured.
The young reporter was perhaps a bit less convincing than the seasoned actors, and that was partly due to the plot.
I found very weird that this movie was rated R. Apparently there was one scene, which I did not even notice, where the "f" word was used several times, resulting in the "R". Otherwise there was no nudity and no significant violence -- just suspenseful chase scenes
The acting was superb.
The action was enthralling.
I loved the closeups of the older actors' faces focusing in on all their characteristic wrinkles and blotches. Their faces have such character!
Little Jackie Evancho did extremely well also. She was actually the one who got me to see this movie, because I am a fan of hers and I saw some interviews of her discussing it. Ironically, given that she (age 12) was my reason for going, I ended up most loving the fact that older actors were showcased and that, given their enormous experience, they were brilliant. As an older person myself, I like seeing movies were older people are featured.
The young reporter was perhaps a bit less convincing than the seasoned actors, and that was partly due to the plot.
I found very weird that this movie was rated R. Apparently there was one scene, which I did not even notice, where the "f" word was used several times, resulting in the "R". Otherwise there was no nudity and no significant violence -- just suspenseful chase scenes