#Movies #MissionImpossible

So, I just saw #FinalReckoning at my local AMC. Only 1 other person in the theater besides me & my GF.

Bottom line: I liked it & would give it a 7 out of 10 & I think it is marginally better than #DeadReckoning which I'd now give a 6.5.

BTW, while I've enjoyed them all, I wouldn't give any MI movie a rating greater than 7.

The 1st hour or so of intro & back story didn't bother me. In fact, I think it helped to recap what had happened before & how it related to the story at hand.

There were a variety of plot gaps & implausible elements in the film that I just let pass but why brought a portable decompression chamber but didn't bring an AED to revive Hunt after he was someone recovered from under the ice is beyond me. 🤷‍♂️

The possibility of an MI9 is suggested at the end but I really hope that it is the end of the MI chronicles.

It has been 29 years since MI1 & IMO that's long enough.

#SFGiants #MLB

The Giants lose 3-4 to the #Tigers again today & get swept in the 3 game series. 🙁

All of the Tigers' runs came in the bottom of the 5th.

The Giants had other chances to score but just didn't. They left 10 runners on base & were 1 for 9 with RISP. 🤦🤦🤦

Fortunately, the #Dodgers & #Padres also lost to day so the standings in the NL West remain unchanged with the Dodgers (34-22) in 1st, the Padres (31-23) 2 games back in 2nd & the Giants (31-25) 3 games back in 3rd.

Next up 3 games vs the #Marlins (21-32) in Miami on Fri 5/30. Both the Dodgers & Padres are off until then too.

Hopefully the Giants can sweep the Marlins to make up for being swept by the Tigers.

Go Giants!!! 🎉🎉🎉

#Movies

The list of my most recently watched movies;

Beekeeper (2024)
Twisters (2024)
Karate Kid -- the #JackieChan #JadenSmith re-make (2010)
Mr. Majestic (1974)
John Wick 4 (2023)

There are few movies that I've never seen before but the Karate Kid (2010) & Mr. Majestic were 2 of them.

The Chan/Smith version of KK followed the same script. The only reason I watched it was because of Jackie. Jaden played the same whiny kid he does in the 3 other movies of any worth that his parents got him into (Pursuit of Happiness, The Day the Earth Stood Still & After Earth) & thank "god" that his father is no longer popular & cannot get Jaden into any more movies. I'd give it a 4 as a movie & 6 just for Jackie.

Mr. Majestic is typical #CharlesBronson fare. I'd give it a 6 for basic entertainment value if you like Bronson & the genre of movies that he made popular.

Beekeeper, Twisters & John Wick 4 are movies that I've seen many times and, as such are minimally entertaining to me, which warrant a 6 too.

#Movies #DVDs

My most recent DVD purchases:

Anora (2024) - Best Picture 2024
Black Bag (2025)
Last Breath (2025)
Nosterafu (2024)
Presence (2024)
Great Divide (2024)

And the movies currently on my DVD "to buy" list:

A Complete Unknown (2024)
Queer (2024)
Wedding Banquet (2025)
Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning (2025)
Sinners (2025)
Working Man (2025)