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I'm happy I got to watch this so close after watching MI: Dead Reckoning. This film just puts the previous one in a weird spot since, other than introducing two characters and the evil AI, you could skip "Part One" and still get most of the plot with just this film.

I did hear that people had issues with all the explaining and flashbacks but I actually liked that since it makes the film quite standalone. I watched this with someone that had never seen a Mission Impossible film and she got the gist. I still believe that you could cut parts one and two into a single film in 2.5hr and still have a pretty great film rather than two OK films.

I honestly thought Ethan would die in the end but when he didn't, I hoped he would at least go dark and fake his death. He's done it all, saved the world a million times, and lost his family. He should rest now. I'm sad it didn't really end there.

I also wish Pom Klementieff had more to do. Her prison fight scene is so great and then basically nothing.

Finally, learning about what William Donloe has been up to since the first film was truly great.

This post is my entry for this months IndieWeb Movie Club hosted by Tantek.

There's a moment where Hugh Laurie's character is talking about the state of things and how people are taking the message that is supposed to make them scared and instead "repackaging" it.

It can be enjoyed as video games, as TV shows, books, movies. The entire world wholeheartedly embraced the apocalypse and sprinted towards it with gleeful abandon.

I liked some of what this movie is trying to say. I really liked how this movie looks. But the overall message feels more bleak than optimistic given pretty much everything.

Maybe I missed the part where they explain how people in "Tomorrowland" talk about how they are helping the other dimension? What is the purpose of invention and research without obstruction if the advancements in technology are kept to themselves without benefiting the rest.

It's not helped by the fact that it ends where it begins. Recruiting even more "dreamers" which will continue to improve their world while failing to help the rest.

I've read about and watched my fair share of Disney history, from the parks to Walt so I appreciated the trivia. I even found myself pointing at the screen and saying "I understood that reference" more than once.

It's not personal. It's just programming.

I've fully moved to my new webmention receiver. Similar to my micropub endpoint, it is setup to run with Netlify functions so it is ✨serverless✨. If you'd like to help me test it, please send a webmention so I can fix what's broken.

This movie has two of my favorite things: Michael B. Jordan and Michael A. Jordan.