Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Pt. 1 (SPOILERY AF)

A near 3 hour movie (more like 2 hours 45, 46 minutes really, but who's counting?) is not exactly a school night movie, so yeah, luckily today was a public holiday AND MBO still got their RM10 midweek pricing. Should've splurged on the concessions, sigh. 

Caught the 11 a.m. screening of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Pt. 1 at MBO after the dental appointment (which I didn't think was gonna be so quick, but can't complain) nearby. The hall was like about a dozen people tops. 

• Just when you want to write off that cold open, don't. Keep it in the hat, it's important for later. But still damn long ah. 
• Is it just me, or are the chase and scenes just too damn long? 
• The ladies' eyeliner game is damn on point la, I tell you
• There's also a lot of info dumps, which makes me glad that I'm watching this during the day on a public holiday, and not after a day of work? (Should've bought snacks, never mind that I just had breakfast and had just gone to the dentist). I appreciate the gravity of the situation and the context, but it's like... a lot to take in for one of these movies. I barely remember what Bond's missions are most of the time. 
• Esai Morales is a more believable villain than Nicholas Hoult could've been? (Apparently latter had to bow out due to scheduling conflicts, go figure)
• OMG what's with directors sticking Rebecca Ferguson in deserts?! Dune la, this la, apa ni...?!
• I dunno if it's a freaky coincidence, having a sentient AI be the villain this time and not just someone or a group of people be the bad guys, with all the talk about AI in the last few years...
• It was very hard not to miss the vein near Henry Czerny's right eye that looks like it's gonna pop out of his skull. Having not seen the first movie, I didn't know he was in that, but ok.
• Just when I thought the safe car was gonna be one of the parked posh cars, out comes that tiny yellow Fiat. I nearly died laughing. 
• Wah they really kill off Ilsa ah.. 
• Soooo they replace one lady with an English accent with another lady with an English accent...? I get that one of them is TECHNICALLY Swedish, but you know what I mean.
• At least I didn't use the bathroom when it came time for the cliff jump that's been EVERYWHERE in their marketing material for the last few months. I'm also amazed that he did it at least 6 times. Also, that cliff kinda looks like the Paramount logo, no?
• NGL, I laughed like a loon when dude literally crash landed into the train the way he did. #sorrynotsorry 
• Was that flashback of how he got into IMF in the earlier movies that I'm missing? How DID he get recruited? How is it that now I'm finding out that for these people, it was either join IMF or go to jail?! In fairness, this franchise is damn old la, I'm not gonna remember or realise the callbacks to the earlier films. 
• Am I glad Paris managed to mention the Sevastopol was a "submarine" before passing out, cos... yeah LOL And at least Pom got to speak French?

Some more there's a Part 2. Wah lau eh, how long is that gonna be?

I don't hate it, it's just damn long.