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Meester Anonymous Cool reviews.... MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2... the movie, not the script!

Published at:  May 02, 2000 5:11:09 AM CDT

Hey folks, Harry here with the first review I've seen of the filmed MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2. There have been multiple reports from people that attended the screening Sunday Night, but Meester Anonymous Cool has been the only one to write a full review up. If you saw it, let's hear from ya? Curious minds like mine want to know what you good folks thought...





I'm Meester Anonymous Cool, M.A.C. to my friends and a tough bloke to pull a fastie on, you hear? Well mister Knowles, i was in Warrenville, Illinois last night for reasons beyond your comprehension, when I happened upon Tom Cruise a triapsing into a theater, so I blended in with his entourage and attended the first and only test screening of MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2.

Well, they got most yanks there with a free preview to a major summer blockbuster, but I knew better than that. I'd seen Tom Cruise and had done the math you see. So we are sitting it a theater ... waiting ... and Tom walks out. Long Hair, scruffy, jeans and a hat. He tells us "Thanks for coming. You are going to be the first and last to see the movie before the movie opens. Oh,
and if you get to the internet, please don't release the twists to spoil
it. I like to be surprized when I go see movies. Thanks again" ...

The movie was just over 2 hours long. Overall, it is much better than MI1.
Yes, much better. I thought it was better than the first because it was a good action film,
like a jack ryan or other good summer action film. It just flowed very
well, after the first 20 minutes. The character buildup of the new chick
and bad guy is pretty good, and the action sequences just rock. The car
chase, the motorcyle chase, ...



If you are a big fan of John Woo and his films, you will
like this one. Lots of the slow motion action scenes. It is more of an
action film then the last one, with Tom doing more physical stuff, such as
fight scenes. It is also more violent. Lots more people get killed and byte
it. But it is not over done. As for FACE/OFF ... I would put it up against that for a John Woo film. I
thought the end of FACE/OFF just dragged on, and did not feel that way
about this.



The beginning of the movie does take a while to kick in. I would say the
first 20/30 minutes are slow, but it picks up after that.

It is very up-to-date ... virus' and business' and all that. Very well done
script.

Tom : does a great job, beefed up, very physical.

Female Lead : does a great job

DougRay Scott : great villian ... very well done

Anthony Hopkins : on screen for like 5 minutes or so ... but I felt he did
a bad job of acting those 5 minutes

Ving Rhames : smaller role in this movie than the last (most disappointing
thing about the movie for me)

The plot twists do become predictable towards the end, but it is still a
fun and enjoyable movie. Dont expect oscar here, but if you go in expecting
MI1, you will be pleased and surprized.

At the end, we found out that Tom has stayed thru the entire movie,
watching the crowd, sitting in a folding chair at the top, and much of the
cast was present. Anthony Hopkins and the female lead were the only ones
not present.
There was one scene at the end, where Tom does a John Woo
kick-a-gun-up-twist-and-fire thing, which the audience did not seem to
like. Maybe they will change it. The ending also was missing something
expected, but nothing that ruined or hampered the movie in any way.

I thought it was as good as the trailer made it out to be. I think it will
probably do very well against XMEN with the general audience out there.
Action film of the summer? thrill ride? I think yes to both, but I'm just
one person! :)

I am Meester Anonymous Cool, M.A.C. to my friends, and this is the end of this review.








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  • May 02, 2000 5:18:24 AM CDT

    son of a...

    by mitsurugi777

    Man i cant wait for this movie. If its even worthy of mentioning in the same sentence as face off then its got to kick ass. Damn i need to get some sleep.

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  • May 02, 2000 6:06:04 AM CDT

    John Woo

    by bobthecannibal

    Dangit, gimme 'dis movie now!
    Anything Woo touches rules, it's a law of the universe or something.
    If it's an artsy shooter like FACE/OFF, it will own. Man, will it ever rule.
    I'm so excited now, I think I'll go to sleep.

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  • May 02, 2000 6:13:04 AM CDT

    WTF?

    by lord summerisle

    People didn't like the gun-kick-flip thing? That's like pure John Woo...

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  • May 02, 2000 6:29:03 AM CDT

    Sweet! But the kick-gun-up bit was the best part of the trailer

    by wesley snipes

    I'm assuming the reviewer is referring to the scene in the trailer where the gun looks to be popping straight up (along with some debris) and Cruise catches it while turning - That was THE COOLEST PART OF THE TRAILER! Keep it in! The only difficulty with this review is that it could be utterly fake. There isn't a single bit of info here which wasn't previously known. What about all the other actors in the piece?

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  • May 02, 2000 6:55:17 AM CDT

    It's not a fake review...

    by stonetable

    because I was also there, sitting fourth row center. I agree with _most_ of what the reviewer said. The movie was very enjoyable, but I didn't have any problems with any of the fight scenes. I do think Anthony Hopkins seemed a bit *stiff*, but that could have been the character he was playing -- and they didn't do _any_ character development on his character. Bottom line, we enjoyed the movie and would go see it again.

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  • May 02, 2000 7:19:24 AM CDT

    hmmmm!

    by moxon

    The movie sound good but just how the hell do these people get into these screenings....... I mean im not saying it is but the review does sound fake.

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  • May 02, 2000 7:36:18 AM CDT

    This WILL rock, but...

    by giant fish

    Being fan of the tv show, I thought MI1 was brilliant, and DePalma the perfect directing choice ("master of the set-piece", and all that). However, I'm still a bit sceptical about Woo directing this one. Granted, he IS the greatest action director of all time, but MI the tv show was about suspense, not action. The IMF team snook quietly around for a hour setting things up, and then there was a brief action finale. There was nothing spectacular about it, although it was thrilling as hell. The trailer just seems a bit too spectacular for MI. Then again, i know I will get carried away by the film, and love it just the same.

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  • May 02, 2000 8:12:46 AM CDT

    Before you swallow this whole, consider...

    by the gline

    An insider piece on MI:2 revealed that the film is grossly over budget (to the tune of $180 million) and has been yanked for emergency re-editing by veteran editor and sometime director Stuart Baird. Baird is being paid something like $750K for his 20 days worth of work. Oh, and unlike some people, I can NAME my sources: Charles Fleming of "Deadline Hollywood". So let's just say I have my doubts about the veracity of this "screening" report, which doesn't even list the name of the lead actress.

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  • May 02, 2000 8:21:11 AM CDT

    Warrenville, Illinois will be the new Cannes

    by powderkeg

    I live about 5 minutes from there (budding town called Romeoville) and last week John Travolta was at our local Meijer (Kmart equivalent). Check it out, it's true.

    P.S. Am I the only one that thought Face Off was less than stellar?

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  • May 02, 2000 8:34:39 AM CDT

    Baird Was Called In Months Ago

    by mrbeaks

    This screening is for real. I'm surprised there aren't more reviews.

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  • May 02, 2000 8:39:37 AM CDT

    Proof

    by stonetable

    The original review above may have not been well written, but it is accurate. I couldn't tell you the name of the lead actress, but she was a hot one. I haven't seen any of the trailers, so I'll divulge a _few_ scenes that we saw.


    Cruise's character is interupted on vaction ( rock climbing ), giving a mission, and must recruit a team. A civilian thief ( the lead actress ) is highly suggested, and cruise searches her out ( somewhere in Spain ), where he foils her robbery attempt, and continues to woo her ( no pun intended ) until she agree's to join his team.

    ---

    Scientist guy, trying to smuggle virus to CDC in atlanta, gets the goods stolen from him, and then killed ( along with everyone else aboard the plane, minus the bad guys )

    ---

    Why they picked Warrenville, IL I have no idea. We were going to see 'Rules of Engagement' the night before, and was handed a yellow piece of paper -- an invitation to a private screening. We immediately called the number on the paper, and RSVP'd, and showed up plenty early. All they told us was that it was going to be a "summer blockbuster".

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  • May 02, 2000 9:24:19 AM CDT

    Let's Start Referring To The Lead Actress As.....

    by mrbeaks

    ..... the lovely and talented Thandie Newton.

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  • May 02, 2000 9:37:37 AM CDT

    METALLICA SUCKS ASS!

    by maniaq

    Corporate rock sucks! Anyhow, I was just wondering - is there a scene where someone flies a helicopter under The (Sydney Harbour) Bridge? I just remember the crew were getting all excited about this stunt coz it was the world's first permission to do it or something...? I'd have to say I'm with the Fish-man on this - I just don't think MI really belongs in the "action" genre. I think this will be remembered more as a John Woo film than a MI film. I know they went through rewrite hell on the script, dumped the entire crew, and god-knows-what-else in getting the thing together (hence the budget blowout) and history tells us that films that suffer from so many problems are usually not very good coz they shouldn't have been made in the first place. Of course, I haven't seen it yet, so... Oh, and whoever said NY/LA would be good places to screen to a test audience - what planet are you from? (nothing personal)

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  • May 02, 2000 9:38:09 AM CDT

    The Un-Review?

    by powerslave

    Why does this movie review tell us nothing about the movie in question? I could have come up with that review by watching the trailer...

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  • May 02, 2000 9:38:22 AM CDT

    Off the subject, but true....

    by thedrunkenjedi

    Last night I went to the movie night at university and watched 'Pushing Tin' and 'Instinct' - OK, so not exactly world class entertainment, but i was the only damn person there along with one friend that i'd managed to get to come. THERE ARE 7000 PEOPLE AT THIS UNIVERSITY!!! (sorry, but thanks for allowing me to display my rage).

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  • May 02, 2000 10:05:57 AM CDT

    Tom!

    by zednerd

    Three cheers for Tom. Out of Scientology, finally. Good for him.

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  • May 02, 2000 10:34:23 AM CDT

    Sorry StoneTable, but that's still old info...

    by wesley snipes

    I'm not saying you're lying, but it just so happens every bit of info you divulged has been previously revealed on the MI2 fansites. I mean it's a helluva coincidence that your post swerves from previously-revealed bit to previously-revealed bit... Not much else has been revealed on those sites, so if you step up your information a bit more, it might be more convincing.

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  • May 02, 2000 10:42:10 AM CDT

    Warrenville makes sense

    by dagan

    Studios often like to test their films in the midwest - to see "how it will play in Peoria". NY and LA audiences are jaded, and the bulk of box-office revenues come from "the great unwashed"(as Studios tend to think of midwesterners) between the coasts. Small, "heartland"-type towns are excellent places for test screenings for many reasons, but mainly because it gives the studio a more accurate gage of how their film will fare with the majority of the public.

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  • May 02, 2000 11:09:06 AM CDT

    M.A.C.

    by kingmenthol

    Although the review itself is less than stellar (I also am finding it hard to swallow the Warrensville, IL part), it sounds fantastic. Very excited for this one, but don't think it'll outgross Gladiator, The Patriot, or X-Men. Also, I dig you're writing style, Meester Anonymous. At least you pick one and stay with it.

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  • May 02, 2000 11:10:14 AM CDT

    take an English class

    by busorama

    It doesn't really matter whether this review is real or not, because it's probably the worst-written review ever to appear on AICN. Her name's Thandie Newton, dammit!

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  • May 02, 2000 11:12:18 AM CDT

    Warrenville, my Warrenville

    by drbill5

    First of all, Harry, what the hell is that in your face? Anyway, I would just like to say that I too was in my old town of Warrenville last night at the screening of MI2 and I had the most peculiar experience during the film (which rocked by the way); halfway through the first act of the movie, I'm just sitting there chillin with my two old high school buds, Nic Cage and Sean Penn, (they're cool again) when Nic taps me on the knee and motions down the aisle. I look up and lo and behold, who is walking down the aisle? None other than that super fox of all time, Nicole Kidman. So this is a pleasant surprise because I have never met Nicole Kidman before, even though I've always wanted to. Well, before I can turn to Sean to tell him to introduce me, Nic (Kidman, not Cage) is kneeling in front of me and unzipping my pants. Now, normally, on principle, I would never object to spontaneous fellatio, but come on now, I mean Tom Cruise could seriously kick my ass! So I grab Nicole's head as if to say "Wait a minute baby" and turn around towards the balcony where the Cruise-missle is sitting. We make eye contact and Tom has this big shit eatin' grin on his face, (damn, he want positive press on this flick) and he mouths the words "It's cool" to me. I mouth the words "Are you sure?" back to him, and he waves me down. "It's fine, it's fine" he says. So I give Tom a wave back and turn around to his wife, who has this devil done me wrong smirk on her lips. We make eyes contact and then Nicole proceeds to blow me. Now, by this point, Nic (Cage, not Kidman) and my boy Sean Penn are beside themselves on the floor, throwing a fucking laughing fit (not unlike the fucking laughing fit the girl who is blowing me threw in the superb 'Eyes Wide Shut') because they were here with me in Warrenville, in the same exact theatre, just a few weeks ago, when Salma Hayek came down the aisle and offered to blow me, during Ed Norton's special test screening of 'Keeping the Faith'.
    Ah, Warrenville, Sweet Warrenville, how I miss ye...

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  • May 02, 2000 12:26:11 PM CDT

    LOL

    by foxdvd

    drbill5, you rule. I was not as lucky. Same story, but it was Tom looking up at me. I said, HELL NO...but then I started thinking..anyway..never mind...

    oh, almost forgot

    "thismovieisthebestever,youmustseethismovie"

    There..ahh the price of a swallow

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  • May 02, 2000 12:29:37 PM CDT

    poo-poo on john woo

    by parrotheadpsu

    Am I the only person in the world who loathes john woo movies? I

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  • May 02, 2000 12:32:05 PM CDT

    PowderKeg

    by thereisnospoon

    Yes, you are the only person out there that thought Face/Off was not stellar.
    It's certainly not a perfect movie and it still pales compared to "The Killer" "Hardboiled" and "Bullet in the Head" But jeez, what do YOU consider a stellar movie?
    Never Never NEVER doubt John Woo. The man kept my attention through a whole Van Damme movie, he can do anything. I'd watch Ally McBeal if he directed an episode. (Especially if significant members of the cast get shot!)

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  • May 02, 2000 12:51:50 PM CDT

    AHH SHIT DON"T DIS THE WOO NOW

    by dash reindeer

    Yes he could direct an episode of FISH and make it rock. Ya'll probably don't remember FISH. Point being is that there is HK Woo and Hollywood Woo. You commie suckas out there go read ya lil red book and step the fuck out. Master ill film maker, slow motion rubs the eyes like lotion, two fisted gun busting, you be trusting, his stuff is always fresh , no need for dusting, with Woo at the helm of this MI flick,Come release day you nay sayers will ALL be sucking his.....

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  • May 02, 2000 1:09:13 PM CDT

    I'll have you know...

    by mephisto666

    ...that John Woo is the greatest action director of all time. How do I know this? Because Mr Woo and I contracted a deal together. In exchange for his being the greatest director of stylised violence the world has or will ever have known, I now own his immortal soul. Since I don't want to break this contract, show some damn respect, lest I show you what being flamed is all about....

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  • You know, he was creative when he first came over here because it was different. But now, he seems pretty comfortable with churning out the same films (repackaged) with the same lack of story and characterization. This film couldn't look any more boring to me. But then, I'm not an action junkie.

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  • May 02, 2000 1:20:34 PM CDT

    Ungy, I think we're pretty much screwed in that department.

    by superninja

    Look, I can appreciate what Woo does, but MI1 WAS an intelligent film, and not a bunch of cool explosions and guns-in-your-face hoopla. I've got a sinking feeling that this film is not striving for that. Also, before the techhie nitpickers come out of the woodwork, sure there were some unbelievable parts, but the STORY was smart.

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  • May 02, 2000 1:38:59 PM CDT

    iank's right

    by knox21

    What made the TV show so cool was how the writers incorpoated the unique talents of ALL the IMF members in unison, following a carfully thought out plan, to bring down the bad-guy. Each member had a part, some big, some small but, each was important. Take out any one member of the team and the plan didn't work. The only parts of the first movie that were REMOTELY interseting were the parts that followed the original idea. I saw this coming when the rest of the team essentially disappeared for the last third of the first flick. Cruise has

    bastardized the whole concept so

    he could see himself as an

    American James Bond. The only resemblance between this movie and the REAL Mission Impossible is the title.

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  • May 02, 2000 1:42:23 PM CDT

    At last...I can break my silence

    by luke_cage

    Thanks to the courage showed by drbills5 & foxdvd..I can finally come forward and share my shame.
    A few years ago, I attended a test screening of "Hard Target". It being John Woo's first american movie, Mr Woo was more then eager to make sure we "enjoyed" our viewing. Since I dont understand Cantonese..I couldnt refuse Woo's advances. I'll save you guys the gory details. Although still traumatized today, I must admit that John Woo's overused "Slow-motion" technique sure translate well into other matters.

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  • May 02, 2000 1:48:18 PM CDT

    Woo's peak

    by iaido

    Pretty clear that John Woo had his peak in his HK days. Bullet in the Head being his overall best story wise, and Hard Boiled being his best technically. i think the loose, anything goes nature of the 80's and early 90's HK film industry suited him best. He has complained of Hollywood looking over his shoulder and it shows. The constraint and lack of energy in his Hollywood films proves this. i wish him the best, but i think he was more comfortable before, and i doubt he'll ever get away from the Hollywood studio pressure.

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  • May 02, 2000 1:50:49 PM CDT

    MI sucked

    by 771

    Hey, the review did suck but I have no reason to suspect it was false. You big city folk are so egocentric.
    I'm from Topeka, KS originally and it is pretty commonplace for movies to be screened in small Midwestern towns. Well, not common, but it certainly does happen. My friend saw a screening of Jackie Brown somewhere in Illinois, and I've heard of countless screenings in Iowa and Kansas.

    I also met Tom Cruise in a supermarket after midnight in Topeka. He was there for about a month while Nicole was hospitalized in Menniger (our mental hospital, world-renowned) for an eating disorder or something. Course he didn't tell me that, but I know quite a few people who work at Menniger, and some who were hospitalized at the time. She was there for a month.

    But I digress.

    And who said MI was intelligent? MI was one of the WORST action movies of the ninties in terms of coherency. THE STORY DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AS IT WAS FILMED! It was terrible. Some of the action was pretty damn cool, but the plot was just too goddamn incoherent. Whoever understood the ending to that movie and thought it all came to a nice conclusion with no loose threads is lying to themselves. It was a Scooby Doo ending, but not even as good as most Scooby Doo endings were.

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  • May 02, 2000 2:30:54 PM CDT

    hmmmm again!

    by moxon

    I just cant decide... real? or Fake? hmmmmm...... this was just what i did when i First saw Denise with her top off in Wild Things.

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  • May 02, 2000 2:34:37 PM CDT

    That sucks, but I expected it...

    by daredevil

    I love John Woo movies and all-out action, but anyone who thinks this movie will be BETTER because it has more action is crazy! I thought the first one had TOO MUCH action. Anyone ever watch the M:I series (either of them)? There wasn't a whole lot of action! It was more suspense, sneaking, using cool gadgets, and outsmarting the bad guys. Look at the opening scenes and the dangling-from-the-vent computer break in of the first movie. That's what M:I is supposed to be. Now, if it is like CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER, that's cool. It's not much of an action movie until the very end. What I want to see is computer hacking, burglary, disguises, plot twists, outwitting people without them even knowing it. You remember those times in the series when they'd pull something off and the badguys didn't even realize it until they had lost? That's how it should be. But then, when I heard that Woo was attached to it I knew all hope for a REAL Mission:Impossible movie was gone. Why don't they just rename it, then it will be a good action movie not connected to the M:I name.

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  • I'm just wondering, because it seems like most of the stuff posted in here, is done just for that reason...
    Why not just express your opinion?? Why do you have stomp on somebody elses?? JEEZ...
    I think MI was a great film with a very understanable plot..Does that mean anyone who didn't get it is an idiot?? NO.
    I liked Face-Off and I agree with the other poster that hopefully the action of Mr. Woo will be combined with the intrique, and smart espionage of MI.
    Anyway, on MI:2, I think it'll be a blockbuster...and I'm glad Thandie Newton (a grossly underrated and underused actress) will finally be in "big-name" film. Way to go, Tom, for having the balls to cast her..

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  • May 02, 2000 2:41:19 PM CDT

    Woo-hoo...wait...did somebody say that already?

    by ambrose chappell

    Can't wait for this movie. The first MI rocked and from what is out there about this one, it's going to rock much harder. And did somebody way up at the top of the list actually say that FACE/OFF was an artsy shooter? Yech...it was shallow crap!

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  • May 02, 2000 2:42:32 PM CDT

    Michael Bay should direct...

    by looking-for-love

    You read right. Yeah, they should let Bay direct the next sequel so this baby can break the $500 million mark.

    .........out......................

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  • May 02, 2000 3:38:47 PM CDT

    MI the plot?

    by isidore

    The plot was fine. It wasn't incoherrent. The way it was told was though! "It was fdsoia ajkdgh adjhglafjd hunt!" What the hell did you just say!?! Well, MI2 will be standard fare. Oh boy, like we don't get enough of that already. Maybe they can bring Philip Dick back from the grave to do a screenplay He knew how that stuff was supposed to work. Plus it would be fucked up freaky weird! Always a plus.

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  • May 02, 2000 3:40:24 PM CDT

    John Woo is the greatest director alive. Face/Off is more than

    by larry cucumber

    Just saw it last night here in Iowa (okay I can lie too, I won't say where I saw it). Absolutely unfuckingbelievable. He topped Face/Off on the action side but it doesn't have his religous allegory and subtext which laces his films. It was sorely missed. But man oh man, he sure as hell didn't drop the ball with the action. Kick ass. Oh, and I really enjoyed Hopkins cameo of sorts. Peace.

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  • May 02, 2000 4:05:55 PM CDT

    The "Female Lead" is Thandie Newton!

    by gilmour

    i guess i'm the only one who thought that trailer with sweet little Tommy on the mountain totally sucked ass right?

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  • May 02, 2000 4:13:37 PM CDT

    My McWeiner Length

    by bigun'smcgee

    My penis is 8" and I thought everyone should know. Oh wait, I mean 3". Damn (stupid 8's and 3's look the same). MI2 should be cool, and let's all just give it a chance otay?

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  • May 02, 2000 4:30:47 PM CDT

    Mine is

    by foxdvd

    Luke.."Although still traumatized today, I must admit that John Woo's overused "Slow-motion" technique sure translate well into other matters."

    I wish I was so lucky. Tom gets his tech. from Micheal Bay.

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  • May 02, 2000 4:33:14 PM CDT

    Superninja + (rambling)

    by coopcooper

    Out of curiousity, have you ever seen any of John Woo's Hong Kong films? The Killer, for example, is an excellent action movie with well-developed characterizations, characters that you understood and cared for amid the slo-mo ultra-violence. A very good movie let alone action movie. Bullet in the Head is heart-wrenching and depressing, an excellent flick. Once a Thief is an action-comedy which shows Woo has a knack for spy games. And I think I'm the only person in the world who didn't think Hard Boiled was all that great. Although I must admit, I've seen only the dubbed version, which doesn't help. As far as his American movies, Hard Target sucked cock, and Broken Arrow wasn't very good. Face/Off was really good, easily his best movie made in the states so far. Although, despite characters in an action movie with feelings and emotions and such, it still had some shitty dialogue and an ending that should have never left the church. I have some hopes for MI:2, I think it looks pretty cool. This review for it was pretty shitty, and sounds like bullocks. The fate of MI:2's changes and alterations rests on the opinions of one lone audience in Butt Fuck, Illinois? I doubt it. Plus, I like how he just saw Tom Cruise strolling in the place and followed him in. I love when that happens. On the first Mission Impossible, it was ok. I saw it when I was about, 13 maybe, it came out in '95, right? Anyway, I figured out the mole at that age and followed the plot without any trouble. I'm kinda disgusted with DePalma and his grave robbing. Homage, my shoe! King of the set-piece, ha!, more like king of redoing Hitchcock's set pieces! I liked Scarface, The Untouchables, and Carlito's Way (even though he does some self-homage in that one). That's it, really. I haven't liked anything else. And don't even mention Body Double. But MI:2 looks cool and everything, but I anticipate Gladiator much much more. Even the Patriot, which sounds promising. And, honestly, I'm really curious of whether or not the X-Men will suck. And Gone in Sixty Seconds. You have to appreciate a movie with a 40 minute car chase involving a muscled up Mustang. And the original was classic. Elenore! And the car exactly like it at the gas station (if you've seen it, you know what I mean - hilarious)! Well, I've rambled enough for now. Until next time...whatever.

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  • May 02, 2000 4:34:30 PM CDT

    was Woo really the right direction for this movie?

    by kojiro

    Just to throw my opinion out there: I love John Woo's style but i donlt thiunk he was the right choice for MI. I loved the first movie for the plot twists(which I found to be quite followable) and for the fact that it did something I had never seen before in an action movie. No guns(well there were guns used, but only by one character and only once against another person). It served as a nice change up as spy movies go to the Bond series. Sure I love guns, but really which is the more likely for a spook to act, James Bond, with massive loss of life and all the difficulties that follow it, or the crew from MI1, discreet, effecient, and effective.

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  • May 02, 2000 4:54:18 PM CDT

    Coopcooper...I've seen The Killer and Hard Boiled

    by superninja

    and Once A Thief. Hmm...The Killer did not have lots of characterization. It had Chow Yun Fat making lots of cool faces, making some believe there was actual characterization present. I thought Hard Boiled was cool, and Thief was funny. I don't have a problem with any of these films, but he is repeating the same elements in each film to me. I don't know if he was ill advised in how to reach the American audience, but every film he's done in America to date has been a rehash. I think he has a great eye visually, but I don't think he was right for the MI2 concept. I hope he proves me wrong.

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  • May 02, 2000 4:56:53 PM CDT

    Warrenville...

    by mynock1138

    drbill5, that was some funny shit. I think you people have the wrong impression about Warrenville,IL being some one horse hick town. It's a suburb about thirty miles from Chicago and is home to one of (if not the) best theaters in the midwest. This place has thirty screens and is always jam-packed. It makes perfect sense that they would test screen a big summer blockbuster there.

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  • May 02, 2000 5:26:03 PM CDT

    That Article was A Lie

    by filmnazi

    Harry! Who sreens your gossip...

    That didn't happen. I don't buy it. Gimme a Break. That's Hogwash. Baloney. Thats a bunch of Hooey. Horsefeathers, Bullshit, This guys full of it. What a maroon. Call liars anonymous.

    He snuck into the premier with Tom cruise's troup of Bad Boys???


    I'll buy that for a dollar!

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  • May 02, 2000 5:33:05 PM CDT

    A BETTER TOMORROW TWO ROCKS, HO!

    by filmnazi

    Woo is the master! That is it! Cameron is cool too..I guess. I can forgive him for "the Abyss". Just like I can forgive woo for "Bullet in the head"... What the fuck was that!

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  • May 02, 2000 8:55:43 PM CDT

    MI2 in IL

    by bbb19

    If it helps...Warrenville, Illinois is a suburb of CHICAGO!...You remember the third largest city in America, right? It was certainly not out in the middle of nowwhere and this special surprise screening of MI:2 was at a huge 30 screen movie complex...One of the largest, if not the largest, in the Chicagoland area. All the radio stations were talking about this the next morning. (By the way, Tom Cruise's mother lives in nearby Burr Ridge, Illinois, too...)

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  • May 03, 2000 9:33:17 AM CDT

    This looks pretty shitty

    by brimacombe

    Unlike many I really enjoyed the first one and have probably watched 200 times since. I watched it 20 times the first week I had it. This one looks shitty. I want Brian De Palma back!

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  • May 03, 2000 10:32:12 AM CDT

    Duh.. Who is john woo

    by filmnazi

    to the kid above
    No none of us have ever seen anything by John Woo. Who Is he? Did he direct that Jada Pinkett movie a couple of years ago. Tommy Davidson was hilarious in that...
    Git outta here!!!

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  • May 03, 2000 1:51:12 PM CDT

    Abyss was one of Cameron's best films

    by skeptic ogre

    that's all I have to say

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  • May 04, 2000 12:25:48 PM CDT

    MI:2 vs. X-Men

    by x-man0721

    Sorry but my simple comment is that X-Men is going to rule this summer, When MI:2 comes out in may it will have it's 15 minutes of fame...but X-Men comes out a whole 2 months after MI:2 so watch out because when it does...It's gonna be the highest grossing movie of the summer...X-Men is gonna rule YEAH!!!

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  • May 10, 2000 7:21:27 PM CDT

    MI:2

    by grouche

    There is no doubt that this mission impossible will be great. But, I'am a fan of Brian DePalma and wished that he had done the sequel. Also, the score is by Hans Zimmer and I loved the score to the first MI:2 by Danny Elfman. I think that this mission impossible isnt going to have continuity with the first and I wish that it did.(A little dissapointed but still going to see the movie)grouchE

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