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Probably my favorite Arnold movie. It has everything you could possibly want in a film. Ultra violent gun fights, beautiful sets and gorgeous practical effects, one liners, an enthralling story, and political commentary that’s actually interesting and doesn’t beat you over the head with its message.

Had a blast with this but it lacks the sauce of the original three. Idk why they waited 4 years to do it. I also don’t know why the average rating here is so low. Letterboxd hates fun ig. Was straight grooving to the soundtrack tho.

"Our lives are not defined by any one action. Our lives are the sum of our choices."

MI8 has been a movie I've been looking forward to pretty much nonstop since leaving the theater for Dead Reckoning almost 2 years ago (has it really been two years? Jesus Christ time flies.) As I sat down and watched this in IMAX with a massive tub of popcorn (Tom Cruise loves his popcorn) I was both excited and nervous for this final installment.

Final Reckoning is undoubtedly the most ambitious movie in the Mission Impossible franchise. At nearly 3 hours long, there's a LOT going on. More so than any other movie in this franchise, MI8 requires viewing of all the previous films, as some things are brought back from older installments (no spoilers). What shocked me the most was how much this felt like a legacy sequel to MI 1 in particular (again, no spoilers).

The first 30 or so minutes are a tad clunky, relying heavily on exposition and flashbacks to set the stage for the coming events but once the film hits its stride, it's some of the best Mission Impossible ever put to film. The stunts are as nerve wracking and death defying as ever, the action is great, and all the characters get some great moments. The tone of the film is also radically different from any of the previous McQuarrie installments. It's not as lighthearted, there's fewer jokes being tossed around as the stakes are so dire. The movie treats its threat with incredible seriousness, leading to an experience that isn't quite as fun as Dead Reckoning was. It's not a perfect film, and doesn't reach the heights of some previous installments, but the good really outshines the bad here, providing a great and satisfying conclusion to this franchise that deserves to be see on the biggest screen you can.

Often regarded as one of if not the best serial of the Hartnell era, The Dalek Invasion of Earth firmly established the Daleks as more than just “an alien race the Doctor met that one time.” It feels quite big in scope, even with the limited budget, and has some really nice on location filming.

The initial concept is interesting and while I found the opening scenes of the first episode very funny this ultimately didn’t fully work for me. The practical effects were all very good though and I really like how they made the characters look super small, especially with the limited budget. I’d like more stories where the TARDIS fucks around with reality like this, just a bit more interesting. At least it’s short, the next serial is a dousey.

It was okay. Definitely not as good as Marco Polo or the Aztecs and I applaud the ambition. I wish we got more pure historicals in modern Who

The first true stinker of Classic Who, The Sensorites starts out with a good first episode, but the remaining 5 episodes in this serial are boring, lack any urgency or tension, and are overly padded full of filler.

Both the 15th Doctor and Feyd-Rautha were in this.

After a decade hiatus, Final Destination comes roaring back with a great (possibly final?) installment. The film plays with the established formula well, I like some of the twists they add into the story here. The deaths are as insanely ridiculous as ever, and on the whole it’s just a lot of fun. 

Seeing Tony Todd one last time on screen, and hearing him say how special life is damn near brought me to tears. He was one of my favorite actors, and his final scene in this movie was such a touching sendoff. Rest in peace king.

“Life is precious. Enjoy every single second.” - Tony Todd

A huge step up from 4, and probably the most well made film in the franchise so far, even though I think I prefer 3.

Final Destination from Temu

A lot more fun than the previous two

Maybe a hot take but I slightly prefer this to the first. Idk it has more of what I come to this franchise for: ridiculous kill scenes. I also like that this is a straight up sequel. I still don’t think this franchise is allat great though.

Decided to rewatch all of these in prep for Bloodlines this Friday. While it’s obviously iconic and spawned a popular franchise, I never really thought this first film was all that great. Apparently this was supposed to be an X-files episode, and I can’t help but think this would’ve worked better as a 50 minute tv episode

Cinderella a bitch Fr all my homies hate Cinderella

I’ve seen this one get a bit of slack for being a disappointing follow-up to Fallout, and while it’s definitely a step down from the last three films I still think Dead Reckoning is as perfect of a setup film that you can get. I do have a soft spot for this one as it was the first MI film I ever saw (long story) and after 2 years of waiting and a full franchise rewatch I can’t wait to see how it all ends in final reckoning.

The best Mission Impossible film

In any other sensible action franchise, this films opening stunt would be the climax but this isn't a sensible franchise, it's Mission Impossible! Rogue Nation is another flawless entry, seriously the hat trick of great films that are Ghost Protocol, Rogue Nation, and Fallout are extremely impressive and all make a strong contender for the best of the franchise. And while I still prefer Ghost Protocol to this, it's extremely close. Another great movie.

One of the most perfect action films ever. It's not my favorite in the franchise, that title goes to Fallout, but this is a damn close second. The Burj Khalifa sequence is still probably the most insane thing in this franchise. MI4 is the turning point for this series, setting the template for what these movies would go on to be later.

Coolest thing I've ever seen on Tubi

I had fun

After a lackluster 2nd film, the MI franchise needed a course correction, and MI3 definitely delivers. This is probably the most underrated entry of the series with a deeply personal story, great action sequences, and a terrifying villain who you just love to hate. MI3 sewed the seeds for what this franchise would be in the following entires.

Florence Pugh 

That’s it that’s the review

The first of two Doctor Who films from the 60's, Doctor Who and the Daleks is a retelling of the original Dalek serial from back in 1963, but in glorious color, and that's the best part, as the colors here are absolutely beautiful. I don't think the original serial is all that amazing, as it suffers from pacing issues and has a large amount of filler, this has kinda of the opposite problem. The original serial clocked in at almost 3 hours, while this trims the story down to 90 minutes, losing much of the characterization while keeping the same important plot beats. Peter Cushing is a lot of fun as the Doctor (I know he's called Dr. Who in this but I hate that), and makes me wish he got to be an official incarnation in the show.

I already know booktok girls were thirsting over wish.com Hannibal Lecter.

This shit did not need to be two hours. There's nothing worse than a movie that thinks its so much more interesting than it actually is. This wasn't fresh, it was rotten

Watched on Friday May 2, 2025.

4 part serials are much better than the 6-7 part ones.

I enjoyed the ambition of this serial but it never really hooked me, except for in the 5th part where it randomly became a courtroom drama.

Out of all the films in this Mission Impossible rewatch binge, the second was the one I was most interested in re-viewing, as I wondered what my thoughts on it would be this time around. In short, it's okay. I don't find it completely awful like some people say, but it's not as good as what would come before or after. There's some fun scenes, but the film is trying way to hard to be "cool" and feels probably the most outdated of all of these. This is definitely a sophomore slump, but not the worst thing ever.

This movie also unironically has the line: “Well this is not mission difficult Mr. Hunt, it’s mission impossible." Idk how to feel about it.

Beginning the Mission Impossible rewatchathon in preparation for Final Reckoning, which now that Saw XI has been canned, is my most anticipated film this year. I love this franchise so much but this is my first time logging most of these.

For a franchise that's become known for it's death defying grandiose stunts, the first film is rather tame, and is much more of a low to the ground spy thriller, but the stunts that are in here are still great. The computer hacking scene is probably one of the most stressful sequences in the franchise, and the final set piece on the train still holds up well. It's also paced incredibly well, the 2 hour runtime absolutely flies by. A great first entry, even though I do future installments would do it better.

I refuse to believe that anyone making this was sober

Watched on Friday April 25, 2025.

An insanely depressing and absolutely perfect prequel that perfectly ties itself back into the main show, while also managing to stand on it's own as an incredible film. Laura Palmer really went through it, poor girl couldn't catch a break.

Using this to log the first two seasons of Twin Peaks.

Twin Peaks is one of the most captivating and enthralling shows that I've ever seen. The atmosphere of this show is incredible, welcoming you into this idyllic little town whilst it constantly feels like there is something dark lurking under the surface. The way the story unfolds is incredibly engaging, while it initially is about the death of Laura Palmer, it eventually becomes much more than that. I'm not super Lynch-pilled, but after these first two seasons I think I might be. The second season does lose it's way, and suffers from having a substantial amount of filler episodes, but the highs of this show are so incredibly high that it gets 5 stars anyway.

Top 5 episodes:
1. S2E22: Beyond Life and Death
2. S2E9: Arbitrary law
3. S2E7: Lonely Souls
4. S1E8: The Last Evening
5: S1E3: Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer

For those of you wondering, I will get around to The Return. Eventually....

A little disappointing and underwhelming but I still had a decent enough time with it. Not terrible but it really had potential to be a lot more enjoyable than it was.

One of the best and most unique vampire films ever. There’s so much subtext here it definitely deserves another watch but if you care about horror or good movies this is a must watch in theaters.

Set design and music were incredible. Kinda forgot what the plot was but that doesn't really matter.

Watched on Monday April 14, 2025.

Watched this to help a friend out with some research she was doing on true crime films. This film is an example of what I don't like about true crime. It portrays Ted in a relatively positive light, treating him as some loveable misfit outlaw and not the heinous piece of shit he was. The film can flash the names of the victims during the end credits to pretend like it's honoring them but when you romanticize a killer to this degree it doesn't work. The only thing stopping me from rating this lower was the incredible performances by our two leads. Wish they were in a better film.

Very indifferent towards this. Not the worst thing I’ve seen but not terrible either.

“You’re under the belief that she attacked you? Cinderhella?”

“Look I am not a retarded Neve Campbell okay? Obviously it was someone who was dressed as her.”

My theater cheered louder for the fuck ass Tik Tok lines then any part of Avengers Endgame or No Way Home

No

Opera is perhaps the most brutal and sadistic of Argento's films I've seen so far. The camerawork here is so incredibly trippy, reminding me a lot of the first two Evil Dead films. The needle near the eyes device is so simple yet so incredibly mean and chilling. What more can I say, it's incredible.

One of the finest directorial debuts ever. While some directors can take a couple movies before they truly find their voice and style, Argento burst onto the scene with this, seeming to have his style already locked in. It's a tad rough around the edges, but like most of his other films the mystery is enthralling and I was completely caught off guard by the ending twist. Seriously, I've never been able to correctly guess the killer in an Argento film yet.

The amount of twists and turns Argento packs into this film is insane. Every time I thought I knew who the killer was, I was pretty much instantly proven wrong. Sleazy, bloody, and with a groovy ass soundtrack. More please!

The last 15 minutes of this is some of the most absurd shit of all time. Just when you think you've seen the most bonkers thing this movie has in store, something even more ridiculous happens occurs. Sadly I didn't love the rest of the movie as much, try as I did, I never really fully vibed with it, and there was some weird shit in here that didn't fully work for me. But the soundtrack in this is incredible. Iron Maiden and Motorhead needle drops, and a score done by Goblin?? Peak.

In of just sheer madness and gore, this has one of the best final 30 minutes in slasher history. Nonstop carnage candy.

Perhaps I treated this too harshly on first watch. Honestly this wasn't as bad as I it being. Kinda just a standard slasher.

As a loose sequel to Suspiria, Inferno manages to both connect to the first film very nicely and stand as it's own great film. While not as incredible as the masterpiece that is Suspiria, it still has a compelling and enthralling central mystery, cool kills, and a banging soundtrack (not done by Goblin this time). Visually, this film is gorgeous, and is bathed in all sorts of incredible reds and blues. Very solid film.

My top 30 favorite films.

1. The Exorcist
2. Dawn of the Dead
3. Grindhouse
4. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
5. The Godfather Part II
6. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
7. Carlito's Way
8. Eastern Promises
9. Suspiria
10. Star Wars

...plus 20 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

“I’ll be back.”

1. Total Recall
2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
3. Predator
4. The Terminator
5. The Running Man
6. Commando
7. Eraser
8. The Last Stand
9. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
10. Terminator: Dark Fate

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Halfway through the decade already. Wild stuff

1. Sinners
2. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
3. Thunderbolts*
4. The Ugly Stepsister
5. Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare
6. Final Destination Bloodlines
7. Grafted
8. The Monkey
9. Fear Street: Prom Queen
10. A Minecraft Movie

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

“Well she was hot and normal until she attacked me with a fucking razor blade!”

1. Fear Street: 1978
2. Fear Street: 1666
3. Fear Street: 1994
4. Fear Street: Prom Queen

"Our lives are the sum of our choices."

1. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
2. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
3. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
4. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
5. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
6. Mission: Impossible
7. Mission: Impossible III
8. Mission: Impossible II

“Our destiny is in the stars, so let’s go and search for it.”

1. Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
2. Doctor Who: The Daleks
3. Doctor Who: The Aztecs
4. Doctor Who: Marco Polo
5. Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
6. Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
7. Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
8. Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
9. Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
10. Doctor Who: The Sensorites

Work in progress

1. Carlito's Way
2. Mission: Impossible
3. Carrie
4. Scarface

“In death there are no accidents, no coincidences, no mishaps, and no escapes.”

1. Final Destination 3
2. Final Destination Bloodlines
3. Final Destination 5
4. Final Destination 2
5. Final Destination
6. The Final Destination

I can’t believe these exist

1. The Ugly Stepsister
2. Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare
3. Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
4. Screamboat
5. Popeye's Revenge
6. Popeye the Slayer Man
7. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
8. Cinderella's Revenge
9. Shiver Me Timbers
10. Piglet

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

“You’re all going to die down here.”

1. Resident Evil: Retribution
2. Resident Evil: Extinction
3. Resident Evil
4. Resident Evil: Apocalypse
5. Resident Evil: Afterlife
6. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

I don’t think any of these movies are bad, but nowhere near as good as people say.

• Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Phantom Thread
• Get Out
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
• Joker
• I Saw the TV Glow

• A History of Violence
• Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
• Grindhouse
• Tokyo Gore Police
• Halloween II
• Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
• Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
• Sinister
• Evil Dead
• John Wick

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Awesome movies I’ve found on Tubi

• The Neon Dead
• Lowlifes
• Deathgasm
• Detention

"I'm Mary Poppins y'all!"

1. Guardians of the Galaxy
2. Iron Man 3
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
4. Avengers: Infinity War
5. Thunderbolts*
6. Iron Man
7. The Avengers
8. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
9. Thor: Ragnarok
10. Avengers: Endgame

...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

“Rebellions are built on hope.”

1. Star Wars
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
4. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
5. Return of the Jedi
6. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
7. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
8. Solo: A Star Wars Story
9. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
10. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Black Mirror: USS Callister
2. Black Mirror: Fifteen Million Merits
3. Black Mirror: Nosedive
4. Black Mirror: The National Anthem

I'm Lynching it

1. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
2. Mulholland Drive
3. Dune

“Fortune and Glory”

1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
4. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
5. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

“All of time and space, everything that ever happened or ever will - where do you want to start?”

1. Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2. Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
3. Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
4. Doctor Who: The End of Time
5. Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
6. Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder
7. Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
8. Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
9. Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
10. Doctor Who: Last Christmas

...plus 16 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

“Everyone deserves a chance. An opportunity to redeem themselves. You should know that more than anyone.”

1. Saw III
2. Saw
3. Saw X
4. Saw II
5. Saw VI
6. Saw 3D
7. Saw IV
8. Saw V
9. Spiral: From the Book of Saw
10. Jigsaw

“Please don’t kill me Mr. Ghostface. I wanna be in the sequel.”

1. Scream
2. Scream 4
3. Scream
4. Scream VI
5. Scream 2
6. Scream 3

“Never sleep again”

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
3. New Nightmare
4. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
6. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
7. A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
8. Freddy vs. Jason
9. A Nightmare on Elm Street

“The saw is family”

1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
2. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
3. Texas Chainsaw 3D
4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
5. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
6. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
7. The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
8. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
9. Leatherface

“Those who cling to death, live. Those who cling to life, die.”

1. John Wick: Chapter 4
2. John Wick: Chapter 2
3. John Wick
4. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

“Groovy.”

1. Evil Dead
2. Evil Dead II
3. The Evil Dead
4. Army of Darkness
5. Evil Dead Rise

“You’re all doomed!”

1. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
2. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
3. Friday the 13th Part 2
4. Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
5. Friday the 13th Part III
6. Friday the 13th
7. Friday the 13th
8. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
9. Jason X
10. Freddy vs. Jason

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

“Looking forward to the best Christmas ever filled with fun, smiles, and laughter.”

1. Terrifier 3
2. Terrifier 2
3. Terrifier
4. All Hallows' Eve

“I met this six year old child with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes, the devil’s eyes.”

1. Halloween
2. Halloween II
3. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
4. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
5. Halloween II
6. Halloween Kills
7. Halloween
8. Halloween Ends
9. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
10. Halloween

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

“Blessed be America. A nation reborn.”

1. The Purge: Anarchy
2. The Purge: Election Year
3. The Purge
4. The Forever Purge
5. The First Purge

Ranking the films of Dario Argento as I go through them

1. Suspiria
2. Opera
3. Tenebre
4. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
5. Deep Red
6. Inferno
7. Phenomena

Ranking all SIXTEEN Witchcraft movies as I slowly go through them

1. Witchcraft V: Dance with the Devil
2. Witchcraft XIV: Angel of Death
3. Witchcraft II: The Temptress
4. Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood
5. Witchcraft 666: The Devil's Mistress
6. Witchcraft
7. Witchcraft XII: In the Lair of the Serpent
8. Witchcraft 16: Hollywood Coven
9. Witchcraft 15: Blood Rose
10. Witchcraft 8: Salem's Ghost

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Another year of this shit

1. Dune: Part Two
2. The Substance
3. Anora
4. A Complete Unknown
5. Red Rooms
6. Nosferatu
7. Terrifier 3
8. Late Night with the Devil
9. Strange Darling
10. The First Omen

...plus 31 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A ranking of everything I watched in senior year films studies

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. The Godfather
3. Back to the Future
4. Star Wars
5. Psycho
6. Casablanca
7. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
8. North by Northwest
9. Little Women
10. Selma

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranking these are pointless we all know cocaine bear will be the movie of the century

Edit: it was not

1. Godzilla Minus One
2. Oppenheimer
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. John Wick: Chapter 4
5. Thanksgiving
6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
7. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
8. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
9. Totally Killer
10. Saw X

...plus 27 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Only theatrically released/streaming movies. No miniseries, shorts, fan films, or documentaries.

Top 5 are my best picture hopes

1. All Quiet on the Western Front
2. The Fabelmans
3. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
4. Pearl
5. Everything Everywhere All at Once
6. Top Gun: Maverick
7. Terrifier 2
8. Prey
9. X
10. The Batman

...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.