Everything we do is dumb.

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Swapping a sense of humor for messianic delusions doesn’t seem like a great trade. 

I kept thinking about how fast the Burj Khalifa sequence moves. Just one thing after another, barely any chance to catch our breath before another disaster that Ethan has to improvise his way through. I had a lot of time to think about this because the two big stunt sequences in this movie (only two!), while undeniably impressive from a “put the star’s life in danger” perspective, were so slow moving and one note. 

But on the other hand, what is the imax cinema for, if not to see Pom, large?

The kind of movie that uses newsreel inserts to explain to the audience concepts like “Pennsylvania” and “heroin”.