Cruisemas, Vol. 3 - Mission: Impossible - Fallout / Penelope Valencia Bourbon

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In 2018, director Christopher
Mcquarrie and star Tom Cruise

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gave the world an explosive
thriller that never left you in

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want of another chase scene.
In 2024, we get in the spirit

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with a hint of orange.
The film is Mission Impossible 6

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Fall Out.
The whiskey is Penelope

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Valencia.
And we'll review them both.

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This is the.
Film and Whiskey podcast.

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Welcome to the Film and Whiskey
podcast, where each week we

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review a classic movie and a
glass of whiskey.

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I'm Bob Book.
I'm Brad.

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Gee.
And welcome to cruise miss baby

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Christmas, Brad.
I mean, gut reaction here.

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Thanksgiving or cruise miss?
Ah dude, I love Tom Hanks but

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cruise miss is just the greatest
thing we've ever done.

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I think you just like Tom Cruise
more, which is I really do,

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totally fair, totally fair.
I am partial to Thanksgiving

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'cause it was the first, you
know, cruise miss.

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Seems like we we we added that
one later on and it has very

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quickly arisen to the heights of
Thanksgiving.

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Yeah, I, I absolutely love
cruise miss, partially because

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Christmas is my favorite holiday
of the year.

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It's my favorite time of year
there.

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There's just so much to love
about this season and I just

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feel like we've added something
to the Christmas season, which

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is saying a lot seeing as our
Lord and Savior was born.

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So yeah, it's amazing how like,
yeah, what you're essentially

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saying is like, Jesus needed us
to give Christmas that last

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little bit of oomph that it was
missing.

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Yeah.
I mean, not just us, you know, a

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little bit of Tom Cruise as
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Sure, he did contribute some of
the credit.

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So this is what our third cruise
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Now, we did Top Gun Maverick, we
did Jerry Maguire, and now we're

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looking at Mission Impossible
Fallout.

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The reason we chose Fallout is
because have you seen it?

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It's a freaking banger.
But also because this season on

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film and Whiskey, what we're
doing in our regular episodes is

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we're looking at films from the
last 20 years starting in 2005.

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And we're asking the question,
does this film deserve to be

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considered a modern classic?
We're trying to whittle down the

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Canon of 21st century films.
And our list of nominees that we

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chose our films from this year,
we're determined by 4

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categories.
It was or 4 criteria it was.

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Did this movie make $100 million
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Was this movie nominated for
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Is this movie in the IMDb top
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Is this movie in the letterbox
to top 250?

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And I am fairly certain, Brad,
that Fallout only checks one of

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those boxes.
I might be wrong, but I'm pretty

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sure it's just the one.
Yeah, this made lots of money at

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the box office, just gobs and
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It sure did, and in a way that
Mission Impossible has not

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always been known for doing.
This was, I think by far the

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highest grossing one of the
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Yeah, and it's to me it's a
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Like the series was built on 4
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with stand alone plot lines,
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And the 5th movie introduced
this rogue nation and it, I

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don't know if it was initially
set up like we are going to make

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a sequel out of this, but
Mission Impossible 6 directly

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follows from that film.
People wanted to see thing where

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things were going with Elsa,
Faust and the apostles.

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And I think that there is a
reason why this has made so much

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money.
And it's because they they've

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got their hooks in the American
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The, the desire for like a
continuing story with the

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world's greatest super spy.
I There is nothing more than you

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can ask for than Tom Cruise here
in Mission Impossible Fallout.

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So Brad, I think as we start
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we're going to obviously be
comparing it to two other films

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that we've done on the podcast.
We have looked at Mission

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Impossible 3 prior to now.
Funny that we've only done three

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and six.
We've we've truly gone out of

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order here on Film and Whiskey,
but we've looked at Mission

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Impossible 3.
So I think there's obviously

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points of comparison there.
And we've also talked about Top

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Gun Maverick in the last couple
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And I think that if you're
looking for late era Cruise, Top

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Gun Maverick might be his best
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And going into Top Gun Maverick,
I think I had Fallout on the

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brain and I was thinking,
there's no way this will ever

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live up to Fallout.
And I'm going to be real with

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you.
The first couple times I saw a

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Top Gun Maverick, I was like,
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I still don't know if it reaches
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And by the 5th time I saw a Top
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theater, I was like, this is a
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And unfortunately for Fallout,
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And so again, unfortunately, I
went back and watched this movie

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for the podcast and I have to
say, man, still holds up.

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Still maybe the best Mission
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It might always be a little bit
unfairly tainted in my mind now

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by how good Top Gun Maverick was
right after it.

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I'm like just barely not with
you on this take Bob.

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I like I I don't want to not be
with you on this take because I

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freaking love Top Gun Maverick.
Incredible film, great movie

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going experience.
I still think Mission Impossible

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Fallout is the better.
This will be good for our

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conversation.
Actually, you know what?

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It's Cruz, miss.
We can do whatever we want.

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Let's have the conversation
right now.

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The moment for me in this movie
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Top Gun Maverick was better is
when they're flying those

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helicopters.
And it's the first time that you

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see Cruz kind of dip his
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and then Henry Cavill's
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And they're they're like, very
clearly spanning a whole lot of

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ground in a very short amount of
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And it's because if you watched
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before the movie came out, there
was like a whole extended

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sequence with these helicopters
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drastically.
And you can really see the seams

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of their chopping in that
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And as I'm watching it, I'm
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Like I can, I can see exactly
where I think they cut stuff out

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here and it still works pretty
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And if you're not aware of any
of that, it probably goes over

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your head.
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that final assault sequence in
or in Top Gun Maverick, and I'm

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like, that is the most seamless,
like spectacularly filmed

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mounting cameras to aerial
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And once you introduce things
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think that's where Top Gun
Maverick finally, like, takes

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the cake.
Yeah, there, there's no, there's

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no comparison.
I don't think there is a film

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out there that does aerial
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Top Gun Maverick.
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Mission Impossible Fallout is a
better film is because it's

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built upon something greater
than just the original Top Gun

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from the 1980s like the the
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It's the perfect Mission
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couldn't have made in the first
3 or 4 films because you didn't

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have the history to draw upon
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But now that they are here in
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continuing the storyline from
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elements from earlier films,
like rock climbing from the

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second movie and his wife from
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And you, you get rewarded for
having watched all the previous

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films.
And on top of all that, it's the

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perfect mixture of Mission
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There's heists going on and
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impeccable and there's just
enough story to keep you

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interested.
And there's just enough witty

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banter and, and dialogue with
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And there's like just a perfect
balance of all the things that

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make the Mission Impossible
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contained in this one film.
And then the one thing that

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Mission Impossible films
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nostalgia.
Like the callbacks in this film

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add just a little bit of spice
to it that make this the perfect

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Mission Impossible movie.
Well, Brad, we're getting way

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ahead of ourselves because we
have to tell people what this

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movie's about.
And I'm going to be honest with

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you here on this cruise, Miss, I
do not envy your tasks today at

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our first segment, which we call
Brad explains.

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Brad's going to give us the
movie plots.

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With only 60 seconds taken on
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So let's go ahead and do your
take with this little segment

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that we call Brad Explains.
Brad Explains is the part of the

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show where Brad breaks down the
plot of the film that he has

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just seen, often for the first
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Brad, how many times have you
seen Fallout?

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This is probably my third, maybe
fourth time, OK.

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I think I saw it twice in the
theater and I've watched it in

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its entirety at least once since
it came out, like on, you know,

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streaming or whatever.
So this is probably my 4th as

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well.
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that it really throws back to
classic Hollywood, especially

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film noir detective stories
where there are double, triple,

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quadruple crosses.
And if you try to keep up with

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it, it is purposely designed to
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Like they're at, at some point
in this movie, you kind of just

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have to go with whatever is
going on and hope that someone

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either catches you up after the
fact or just completely

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abandoned the fact that like
everyone's working for everybody

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else.
Everyone has their own self

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interests.
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machinations of those
self-interest, they're going to

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come into conflict with each
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to fight.
And that's so like, you know, so

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as you get into explaining this
movie in 60 seconds, Brad,

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there's clearly no way you're
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explain everything that happens
in the film in 60 seconds.

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But again, the ball is in your
court, man.

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One minute on the clock.
Spoil this movie and go.

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Mission Impossible #6 Fallout is
a film about Ethan Hunt, played

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by the illustrious Tom Cruise,
as he chases down the Apostles,

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which is a group of terrorists
formerly led by Solomon Lane,

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who was captured at the end of
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They are causing havoc around
the world and they've stolen

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some plutonium whores and they
are desiring to blow them up to

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use them as a nuclear weapon.
Follow Ethan as he goes on the

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chase.
He double crosses people, triple

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crosses people and eventually
finds himself in Pakistan I

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believe, where his former wife
is a doctor at AWHO inoculation

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camp and they try to disarm 2
nuclear devices that will kill

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up to 1/3 of the world's
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Very good, very good.
And Vanessa Kirby's in it, yes.

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OK, let's start talking about I
guess here.

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Here's what I've been thinking
as I watch this film.

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Of all of the Mission Impossible
films and and of all the Tom

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Cruise action movies, this is
the closest to what we have been

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saying for the last couple years
about James Cameron.

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Where Cameron is so good at
making action movies that he

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consistently puts too much movie
in the movie.

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And not in a bad way, but just
in a way where it's like they

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could have ended this movie an
hour into the movie and it still

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would have been a competently
made, fulfilling film that just

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ended on a cliffhanger.
And there are so many action set

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pieces.
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seven different action set
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be the best action set piece in
any other movie.

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And they are all so integral to
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to advance the plot of the
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They're not throw away, but
every single one of them is

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like, holy crap, that's the best
thing I've seen on screen all

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year.
And they do it so many times

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that I think that it honestly
set the next movie up for

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failure in a lot of ways because
it was like, if they had held

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any of that back in the chamber,
they could have given us an even

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better film with the 7th 1.
I know I'm rambling now, but I

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keep thinking about like the
Halo jump out of the plane and

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then the the fight in the
bathroom and then like the chase

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sequence through Rome.
And then you're talking about

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the helicopter sequence.
Tom Cruise running across the

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roofs and shattering his ankle.
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amount of great action in this
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Yeah, the, the action never
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to get started on 7 because I
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film.
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somebody who is like desperately
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I like, I don't want Mission
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movie like it had in #2 but man,
oh man, I really did not, did

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not like 7.
And I'll focus back in on 6

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here.
I think one of the reasons I

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didn't like 7 is because Six
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perfectly.
Like the end of the film is

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almost like a buddy cop movie,
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and Simon Pegg and Elsa Faust
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adventure.
And like the whole, the whole

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little subplot of his wife
knowing that things are safe in

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the world because Ethan Hunt is
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Like that's me.
I'm like, I'm the audience

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member.
I'm in the seat thinking, man,

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my world is safer because Tom
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world a safe place.
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of the day, I think they should
have been done with the Mission

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Impossible series because this
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This was it, man.
The This was it.

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It was perfect.
Yeah, I mean, it's it's very

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similar to like the Daniel Craig
bonds that that last one they

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made that was just a send off
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Not good.
And, you know, it has the Toy

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Story three thing that we've
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like when you have a completed
character arc, there is no need

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to resurrect that character or
his arc for the sake of making

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more money.
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intending to stop with this one.
Like, they wanted to write a

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concluding chapter even before
this one was released, but they

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made too good of a movie, to be
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It's just it's a perfect bow on
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So yeah, Brad, let's let's get
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performances here.
And I guess we can start at the

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top with Tom Cruise.
Because of the complicated

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nature of the plot, I don't
really have many notes on

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anyone's performance in this
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And that's not to say anyone's
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Everyone is competent or better
and Tom Cruise is just in full

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Tom Cruise mode in this movie.
I do think he's significantly

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better than this in Top Gun
Maverick, but that's because he

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has much more time to sit and
reflect and have regrets.

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And this movie, even though
they're trying to get his

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character to to have those
moments, he's constantly being

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thrust back into the plot and
being propelled forward to go

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jump off a building.
So I I don't know.

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What are your thoughts on Cruise
in this movie?

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And not just from like, how good
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legitimately as a performance.
I think it's stellar.

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I think that once again, he has
played this character for so

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long and he understands the
reality that the only reason the

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IMF, the only reason he is
successful at defeating bad guys

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is because he's willing to work
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Like they, they set him up so
well with like the bathroom

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scene where it's like he's not
as athletic as the man that

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they're fighting.
And he's clearly not as big and

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strong as Henry Cavill is, who
reloads his arms like they're

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guns, like they set him up, like
Ethan knows who he is.

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He's just never going to give
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And you get those moments of
honesty in Tom Cruise's eyes

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where they ask him, like, what
are we doing here?

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What's like, what's the plan?
And he just gives them that

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desperate.
I don't know what the plan is,

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but we're going to get it done.
And because of Tom Cruise's

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eyes, I believe him that we're
going to get it done.

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Yeah, I mean, I agree with
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that I guess my push back on
Cruise here is like, is, is

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Ethan Hunt really a character or
is he just Tom Cruise?

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Like it's the same thing with
Pete Mitchell in Top Gun

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Maverick.
I don't think there's any

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substantive difference between
either of those guys aside from

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just that we've watched 7 movies
of Mission Impossible with the

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the background of Ethan Hunt
projected onto it now, but I

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don't really think he plays
those characters any different

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from each other, do you?
I I think that there's more,

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there's a more comfortable aura
for him in this and I think it

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fits his personality more than
his character in Top Gun.

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Maverick.
I mean, yeah, in the original

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Top Gun, Pete Mitchell is just a
Dick for like half the movie.

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He's really cocky.
And Ethan Hunt's not really

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known for being cocky.
Like reckless sometimes, sure,

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but much more amiable.
There's always a laugh, you

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know, that.
This is the point where I felt

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like they truly crossed over
into like, not only are we

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competing against James Bond
films now, but we're going to do

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the James Bond thing now.
Like there's just so many more

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one liners.
The 4th, 5th, 6th Mission

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Impossible movies were just all
like, we are coming for James

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Bond's turf.
Everything is going to have a

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cool little punchline.
There's going to be wacky things

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where I can't believe we made it
out of that.

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And they all just work.
And Cruz is so good at playing

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the not quite befuddled, but
just like the look of surprise

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when something happens when he's
in a situation that he's never

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going to get out of.
And then a sandbag falls on a

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bad guy and he just kind of
looks around like and then walks

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off.
It's just it always works

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because he's so good at it.
And like the he delivers one

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liners so well, like when Henry
Cavill asks him, you know, so

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we're going to like get his face
now and he just goes.

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We'd need a face to do that.
Like the way the way he delivers

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that line is just spot.
On Yep Yep.

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Where are you at on Rebecca
Ferguson?

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Because if you say anything
other than perfection, I might

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drive up to Akron and just
murder you.

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Love Rebecca Ferguson first of
all, I mean just a just a

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beautiful woman.
I mean strikingly beautiful in

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that old classic Hollywood
Ingrid Bergman style of.

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Looks.
Complete badass in these movies

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and chemistry with cruises off
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Far and away the.
Thing about cruises, like he's

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been made fun of for so many
years and I don't know if it's

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because of his Scientology
background, but like he never

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gets into romantic relationships
it seems like any more on

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screen.
Certainly no sex right with his

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characters, but his ability to
just be the flirty dude with

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both Rebecca Ferguson and
Vanessa Kirby in this movie?

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Sexual tension everywhere.
And I think that's another place

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where Cruz really stands out in
this performance is that you can

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tell that his flirtations with
Vanessa Kirby are a front, that

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it's almost impossible to tell
that it's a front because he's

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so freaking smooth.
But the way he looks at Rebecca

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Ferguson is honest.
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And raw.
And it like, there's a

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difference in the way he does it
with both of those women and.

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And it's just incredible.
I don't know if we've had a

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Rebecca Ferguson film on the
podcast yet, Brad.

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This might be a first because I
don't think we've reviewed The

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Greatest Showman despite our
threats to do so over the years.

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She's just one of our better
working actresses right now, you

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know?
And she's so good in Dune too.

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I hope she gets a nomination out
of it.

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I thought for sure she was going
too early in the year, but it

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seems like that's kind of gotten
swallowed up in the awards race.

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I just everything she does has
this sense of like not just

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ease, but what's the word like
effortlessness like it.

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She just really slides into
whatever she's doing.

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She has a comfort to her.
She never seems even in in

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scenes in this film where it's
like super tense, like you can

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tell that she's just fully
locked in.

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And it's it's really refreshing
to watch somebody in roles like

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this where it doesn't seem like
they're trying.

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And I'm just constantly,
whatever character she's

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playing, I believe it.
I think that Simon Pegg and Ving

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Rhames have great chemistry and
like they're just themselves and

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it's perfect.
They're in this movie a lot more

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than I remembered them being,
but they they don't really have

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anything impactful to do this
time around.

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Like, if there is one knock,
it's just, you know, they're

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there to be Tom Cruise's
sidekicks, and they do a very

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good job at that.
Which gets me to the main

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person.
I'm curious to hear where you're

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at on how do you feel about
Henry Cavill in this movie?

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I don't, I don't think he's very
good.

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I mean, I think that I think
they should have just let him

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have his normal voice.
Sure.

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Like I I know he's ACIA agent.
I know he's supposed to be

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American.
But you don't have to be at the

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CIA, you know?
Exactly.

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There.
There's a large part of me

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that's like, I heard him talk
and was like, oh, that's not

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good.
Like it's a really rough

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impression of an American
accent.

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I think outside of that though,
I actually really like Henry

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Cavill in this movie.
I think that it's one of the

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first films, including the
Superman films, frankly, that

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allow him to be physically
imposing and like, yes, throw

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small dudes around.
Because with Superman, because

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of the superpowers, he doesn't
actually have to be the biggest

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guy in the room.
He just has a suit that makes

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him look big and he has super
strength.

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But this is one of the first
times where I felt like the

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visceral nature of this very
large man with huge arms and a

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very broad chest punching A5
foot 9 or 5 foot 7 Tom Cruise,

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you know what I mean?
And, and to Cruise's got it at

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the end of the film when when
Cavill has him in a bear hug on

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the edge of that Cliff, you see
the height difference, you see

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the weight difference.
Like it's, Yep, it's great when

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Tom Cruise is not trying to be
bigger than he is and really

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leaning into, you know, it kind
of reminds me of like when Bruce

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Lee and then later Jackie Chan
became fixtures in Hollywood and

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they were OK with how slight
their frames were because what

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they did on screen was going to
take down the bigger guy anyway.

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And I feel like Cruz has really
leaned into that with his own

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frame.
And it works to great effect

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against Cavill in this movie.
100% And, and I think that's

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what I really love about
Cavill's performance, is that

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the the director just gave him
free rein to be this large,

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menacing, lumbering, yet
intelligent persona.

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And I I think he's incredible
and I think he really adds to

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the movie because of it.
So I think part of what makes

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Cavill's performance a little
rough for me is that there are a

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few places where the writing of
this movie is just like

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exposition, exposition,
exposition.

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But it it doesn't always even
register as good exposition.

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It's just like, let's do an
imitation of every movie about

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the CIA you've ever heard and
every scene where he is

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interacting, particularly with
Angela Bassett as the CIA

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director.
I think they're both really bad.

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And I mean, we know Angela
Bassett's a good actor.

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I think Henry Cavill is a good,
you know, he's at least good as

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a movie star.
And I think that when they have

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scenes where they're like, what
do you mean about the dossier?

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Well, that's the job.
They're going back and forth at

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each other.
None of that works for me.

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And I think Cavill's kind of the
unfortunate recipient of that.

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I just want you to explain what
you mean by he might not be a

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good actor, but he's good for a
movie star.

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Well, I think that at the very
least.

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Like, I don't know if I would
watch him doing Shakespeare and

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think that he was great, but
like.

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Like he has Is there a
difference between an actor and

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a movie star?
Yeah, and I think you and I have

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discussed this at length
multiple times over the the

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course of this podcast.
I think you can have a screen

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presence without necessarily
being a super gifted actor.

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And I think that there are
people that try to be movie

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stars that don't have a presence
and that's why they don't work

448
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:18,640
as movie stars.
So like, it's not an insult to

449
00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:21,040
him.
It'd be like if Paul Giamatti

450
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,720
was trying to reload his arms
like they were guns.

451
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,400
Yeah, I mean, you know, we've
we've had this discussion even

452
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:31,120
with DiCaprio, where there are
movies where DiCaprio is really

453
00:26:31,120 --> 00:26:36,400
like really leaning into his own
persona to leverage the movie

454
00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,000
starness.
Brad Pitt does this a little bit

455
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:39,600
too.
But then there's other movies

456
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,400
where they completely shed that
I am a movie star.

457
00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,480
I have 1000 Watt smile kind of
thing.

458
00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,920
And they're just like, you know,
I always use they use gamble

459
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,120
with DiCaprio of like now I am
going to go eat a bison liver

460
00:26:52,120 --> 00:26:54,880
and and ride around on the
ground for two hours and they

461
00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,080
both work.
But like with Cavill, I just

462
00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:59,160
don't know if he could pull off
some of that other stuff, but he

463
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,880
could definitely pull off
leading an action movie.

464
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,360
Yeah, IA 100%.
And I think that's why I like

465
00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:08,760
him so much.
And this is like, he's not

466
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:13,240
really asked to be much more
than an imposing action star.

467
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,440
And I, I think that's a really
good place for him.

468
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,240
OK, can we talk about the other
greatest person in this movie

469
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:20,720
right now?
Vanessa.

470
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,440
Vanessa freaking Kirby is so
good.

471
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,680
Once again, unbelievably sexy in
this film.

472
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:32,480
But the thing with her is like,
she is given nothing to work

473
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:36,440
with on the page other than just
like, hey, Vanessa, I want you

474
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,720
to understand that these super
bland lines that we're asking

475
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:44,600
you to read are meant to be read
from the mouth of the sexiest,

476
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:50,480
like perhaps double agent,
definitely dangerous broker that

477
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,640
Tom Cruise is expecting to get
murdered by.

478
00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:55,720
And she's like, I got it.
I got the whole character.

479
00:27:55,720 --> 00:28:01,040
Now every single line reading is
just like dripping with sex

480
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,880
appeal, but then also danger and
a little bit of playfulness.

481
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,400
Like you can, you can't tell if
she can see right through him,

482
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,720
but you kind of think she can.
And there's a there's a moment

483
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:14,200
where they're like meeting on
this, like right on the banks of

484
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:15,640
the Sen.
And you can kind of see Notre

485
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,280
Dame in the background.
And she's like, what the hell

486
00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,720
happened at this meeting that
was supposed to happen.

487
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,040
And he says, I improvised and
she's walking away from him.

488
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,920
And I think the line is just
something like, go to London.

489
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:31,360
Instructions will follow, but
she turns around and kind of

490
00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:33,880
makes it a little playful and
she's like, instructions will

491
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:38,560
follow and then kind of saunters
away and it's like only only she

492
00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:40,520
could do that line reading.
I don't know where she pulled

493
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,800
that from, but it makes this
character go from completely

494
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,200
forgettable to one of the best
parts of the film.

495
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:53,720
And you also like see the
evolution from 1996 to 2020,

496
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,360
2018, 19 when this came out.
Like.

497
00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,400
Because she's essentially the
same character as Max in the

498
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:06,080
original Mission Impossible, but
Max was played by like a 47 year

499
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:11,520
old bland British woman.
And in this one you have like

500
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:16,720
Vanessa Kirby, which I wasn't
I'd.

501
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:18,320
Vanessa Redgrave in the first
one.

502
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:21,840
Very very famous, very well
regarded British actress, but

503
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,920
certainly incredible.
Certainly not meant to be a

504
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,600
serious love interest for Tom
Cruise.

505
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,520
No, not at all.
Also a serious love interest who

506
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,200
stabs a man directly in the
heart.

507
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,520
I mean, is there any other kind?
No, that's the only kind of love

508
00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:39,120
of interest I have in my life,
Bob.

509
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,520
All right, man, we're in a good
spot on Fallout.

510
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,760
Let's drink some whiskey and I'm
super excited to dive into this.

511
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:46,680
Penelope Valencia, what do you
say?

512
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:55,440
Let's get to it.
All right, so today we are

513
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:59,800
checking out Penelope Valencia.
This is a whiskey from Penelope

514
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:02,440
Bourbon, which we have not had
on the show in quite some time.

515
00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,960
Brad, It's an annual release
that they do.

516
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,920
So it is kind of limited.
I'm seeing here that it's not

517
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,720
only is it a limited allocation,
but they only produced 5000

518
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,360
cases of bottles.
So you might be able to find

519
00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:15,280
some, you might not.
We were lucky enough to get a

520
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,240
sample of this.
This year's batch was bottled at

521
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:22,000
95 proof.
It is their 4 grain straight

522
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:26,480
bourbon whiskey that is finished
in Vimeo de Naranja Casks from

523
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:30,040
Seville, Spain.
Now they released this in August

524
00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,480
because it seems like a summer
bourbon.

525
00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,280
I held onto it for a while and I
said, Brad, let's work it in

526
00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:38,840
later in the season because
oranges are in season like now.

527
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,720
Like this is when oranges are
really in the supermarket, so

528
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,560
it's a perfect whiskey to drink
around Christmas time.

529
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,880
I I imagine this would make a
hell of an old fashioned Brad.

530
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:52,680
Oh, Bob, this might be the
ultimate old fashioned whiskey.

531
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:57,120
Like I there's not many $75
bottles of whiskey I want to use

532
00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:00,800
as a mixer, but I mean, come on,
right?

533
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:05,520
Like it's it's made for that.
It features a mash bill of 74%

534
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:11,280
corn, 7% rye, 16% wheat and 3%
malted barley.

535
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:16,000
It was finished in those Vino de
Naranja casks for 12 months.

536
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,440
I I think it's pronounced Vino
de Naranja.

537
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:20,640
Naranja.
Yes.

538
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:28,040
Denis Villeneuve.
Denis Villeneuve The nose on

539
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:32,240
this is I, I know that this is
an orange, you know, bomb.

540
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:37,040
There's orange peel.
But for me, I got like a really

541
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:42,240
intense Peaches and cream note
on the nose that I really liked.

542
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:46,360
It's a bit of a rose petal.
There's a little bit of a cedar

543
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:50,480
woodiness.
It's a really pleasant nose.

544
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,920
I was, I was.
I think it's like a 7 1/2 out of

545
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:57,680
10 for me.
It's there.

546
00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:01,360
It's just not quite everything I
want it to be.

547
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:05,000
But really solid nose here.
Yeah, I let this kind of just

548
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,800
hang out in my glass through the
first half of our conversation

549
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,520
here today.
And it went through a ton of

550
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,640
different permutations in the
glass on the nose.

551
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:14,920
It was really decadent when I
first poured it out.

552
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,960
And then it kind of just became
like a a standard bourbon with a

553
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,840
lot of oak on the nose.
About 15 minutes in I took

554
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:24,400
another sniff and it was like
all caramel and butterscotch and

555
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,360
just super like syrupy on the
nose.

556
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:31,480
So my my notes went from
decadent to definite old

557
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:33,960
fashioned notes, baking spice
and rye.

558
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,320
I do think this is a really
killer nose man.

559
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:38,080
I'm going to give it an 8 1/2
out of 10.

560
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:41,400
The palette here is incredible,
Bob.

561
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,960
It's very floral.
There's a lot of vanilla bean.

562
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:49,200
There's like this really fresh
orange zest, like you're

563
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:53,160
actively zesting an orange and
it's just like everywhere in the

564
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,520
room.
It gets a little bit of like a

565
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,280
nice sour patch kid note going
on.

566
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:03,440
This is a really, really
flavorful, tasty whiskey.

567
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,640
I'm going to give it an 8 out of
10 on the palette.

568
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:07,760
Yeah, once again, I'm at an 8.5
here.

569
00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,360
I mean, it tastes like an old
fashioned in a glass, plain and

570
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:14,520
simple.
On the back part of the palette,

571
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,440
getting into the finish, I think
it actually took on a little bit

572
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:20,760
of an anus note for me, what
would just be oak.

573
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:24,480
I think maybe the the interplay
of that with these wine casks

574
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,040
turn it into a little bit more
of like a black licorice for me,

575
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,840
which again, I really like
because sometimes I have AI have

576
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:34,400
a bottle of Anus bitters that
I'll use in my old Fashioned.

577
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,000
So I'm used to that note a
little bit.

578
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:40,080
So it's an 8.5 for me there.
I do think that there's a drop

579
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,360
off on the finish here.
There's a pop of rye, there's a

580
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,360
little bit of orange peel.
I think it gets a little bit of

581
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:49,760
that kind of pith of the orange
on the back.

582
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,960
For me.
It's a little bit bit bitter and

583
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:55,160
it turns it just a bit more
potpourri than like Old

584
00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,560
Fashioned.
So I gave it just a 7 out of 10

585
00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:00,200
on the finish.
Actually, I really like the

586
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,080
finish here.
I, I think it gets a bit of a

587
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,720
pecan note.
It gets kind of peppery.

588
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,960
The cedar comes back through,
the orange sticks around.

589
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:12,400
It's a unique and interesting
finish that for me didn't hit

590
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,800
that pithy ending.
So 8 out of 10 for me on the

591
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,280
finish, eight out of 10 for me
on balance as well.

592
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,880
I I think that they have a lot
of interesting flavors here that

593
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:25,159
they manage really well
throughout the experience.

594
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,719
I came down to a 7 1/2 on
balance.

595
00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:29,760
You know, my first two notes
were eight and a halfs.

596
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:33,440
The the finish was a pretty
drastic step down from that for

597
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,159
me.
Overall, still pretty well

598
00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:37,040
balanced.
All of the notes from the nose

599
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:40,040
are still present on the finish.
It just got a little bit too

600
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,719
bitter for me.
And price is where I'm really

601
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,560
interested in what you have to
say, Brad, because I'm finding

602
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,440
it for quite a few different
price points.

603
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:50,239
So I'm wondering where you kind
of set your average price?

604
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:56,960
I mean the MSRP is 75.
I saw it as low as like 65 and

605
00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:02,880
as high as like 90.
So I, I think that $7580 is a

606
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:06,960
good price point for us to
consider value and when you,

607
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:11,200
when you have it there, I would
give it a 7 out of 10 on value.

608
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:16,440
Like this isn't the best 708090
dollar whiskey we've ever had,

609
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:21,200
but I do think it's a good
offering that most importantly

610
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:25,400
offers something unique and
interesting in the world of

611
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:27,480
whiskey.
Yeah, I'm going to give it a 6

612
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:29,320
1/2 on value.
I think that it's certainly

613
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:33,920
above average and worth carving
out a spot in the market for.

614
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:37,680
I do wish it was just a little
bit cheaper, but, you know, no

615
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,960
complaints, honestly.
So let's bring me out to a 38

616
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,000
out of 50.
Brad, where are you sitting on

617
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,040
this one?
I am 1/2 point higher than you

618
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:52,160
at a 38.5 out of 50.
All right, so we're at a 76 1/2

619
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:57,320
out of 100 or a 38.25 out of 50.
This is a definite recommend for

620
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:58,760
me.
I like that they do this every

621
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:01,280
year.
I think if you can buy it in

622
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,000
August when it's released and
then hold on to it for this time

623
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,600
of year.
You know, Brad, I'm sure that

624
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:08,760
you could make some cool drinks
in the summertime with this, but

625
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,440
this screams winter whiskey to
me.

626
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:16,560
Yeah, this is a really fresh,
fun, interesting whiskey that

627
00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:18,760
you don't come across very
often.

628
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:22,480
I I don't often find so much
like orange and cream on a

629
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,320
whiskey.
So yeah, this is an easy

630
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,240
recommend for me.
Penelope has put out a great

631
00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:30,520
product here.
Well, Speaking of great

632
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:33,480
products, man, let's get back to
Mission Impossible Fallout.

633
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:35,800
What do you say?
Let's get to it.

634
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:44,800
All right, everybody.
That was Penelope Valencia, a

635
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,720
whiskey that I think is well
matched with our movie for the

636
00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:50,440
day.
Very much so in in that they are

637
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:52,640
both very good.
Yes.

638
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:54,440
That's the connective tissue
here.

639
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:58,600
I would call Mission Impossible
Fallout spectacular.

640
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:04,200
Would you call Penelope Valencia
spectacular or or merely very

641
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:04,960
good?
On.

642
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:06,480
On the edge on.
The.

643
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:11,160
Edge like like I I think that if
I drank it on a good day like

644
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:14,880
and it hit just right, I could
give it like a 40 out of 50.

645
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:18,440
Well Brad I have bad news for
our audience today.

646
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:22,240
We do not have a 2 facts and a
falsehood due to the negligence

647
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:26,880
of my Co host.
By negligence you mean I wanted

648
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,640
to wish you a a merry cruise
miss and present it to you as a

649
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,120
gift?
Hey, thank you for the for the

650
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:36,440
free win that it does not go
towards my point total for the

651
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:39,480
season.
I think perhaps a fun thing to

652
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:45,000
do in in its stead, in lieu of
two facts and a falsehood, let's

653
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,480
talk about the action set pieces
in this movie and maybe like

654
00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:51,680
power rank them.
Oh, OK.

655
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:56,440
So the movie starts out with the
like there's a little small

656
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,880
shootout at the beginning of the
movie, but I think the first big

657
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:03,120
set piece is the Halo jump out
of the airplane down into Paris,

658
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:06,360
which is just a mind boggling
shot.

659
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:10,640
I do hate that they added like
ACGI Storm and then they have to

660
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:14,000
have Henry Cavill get hit by
lightning for some reason cause

661
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,640
the shot is cool enough on its
own.

662
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:17,680
Like he really jumped out of a
plane.

663
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:20,560
The cameraman really jumped out
of the plane strapped to the

664
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:24,400
back of somebody else like it's
it's just nuts to think about

665
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,720
what they did to get that shot.
So I'd love to hear your

666
00:38:27,720 --> 00:38:31,520
thoughts just on the Halo jump
sequence as we get into this

667
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:39,200
list of action set pieces.
I would say 9 out of 10, almost

668
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:42,560
no notes.
I actually love when Henry

669
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:46,760
Cavill lands.
Like the way he wraps up his

670
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:53,000
parachute is in such stark
contrast to how Hunt landed and

671
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:58,400
like fell fell to the the roof.
I, I think it's a perfect funny

672
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:02,280
little scene.
And then like, it's a great

673
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,520
character development moment for
Cavill because you've already

674
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:10,520
seen him like RIP off Hunt's
oxygen to mess with him.

675
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:14,360
And so like, you're not quite
sure if he's going to land and

676
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:18,280
like, make a joke about it or
just continue to be a Dick.

677
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:22,120
And by pointing at Hunt and be
like, you lost your oxygen

678
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:25,080
canister, it's like, Oh yeah,
this guy's just going to be a

679
00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:26,960
Dick.
And like, you know who he is

680
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:29,840
from that part on.
Great, great scene.

681
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:34,080
So after that, you know, you get
down into Paris, you have the

682
00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:38,320
scene of him introducing himself
as Lark to Vanessa Kirby and

683
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:39,960
then murdering a bunch of guys
on the way out.

684
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,600
I wouldn't call that a set
piece.

685
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,760
But what you do have as a set
piece in that sequence is the

686
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:50,240
bathroom fistfight, which is the
I think it's perfectly timed,

687
00:39:50,240 --> 00:39:52,080
Brad.
Like, it really only takes up

688
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,560
five to seven minutes of
runtime, but you've got

689
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:57,240
everything you need in a
sequence like that.

690
00:39:57,240 --> 00:40:00,320
You've got close quarters,
you've got guys ripping pipes

691
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:03,760
out of sinks, you've got people
getting shot in the head and

692
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:08,880
fist fighting inside of a stall.
Like, it's just, it's beautiful,

693
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:10,520
man.
And it gives you maybe the most

694
00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:14,560
iconic moment of the movie, with
Cavil double pumping his arms.

695
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:21,520
Yes, also something we like to
talk about perfect geography,

696
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:25,760
establishing shots pre like
leading up to the fight

697
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,520
sequence.
Like like you know where you're

698
00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:30,600
at in the bathroom at every
single moment.

699
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:36,040
When at the end of the scene
when Ilsa Faust like turns Henry

700
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,760
Cavill around and acts like they
had a fight and she's helping

701
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:42,480
him, it's just perfect. 10 out
of 10.

702
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:44,520
Easily the best set piece in the
movie.

703
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,840
So then we get to Paris, or
we're, I guess we're still in

704
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:49,800
Paris.
You get a sequence which is kind

705
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:53,520
of actually a fake out.
It's like Cruz imagining how

706
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:57,720
he's going to break Solomon Lane
out of this armored truck and

707
00:40:57,720 --> 00:40:58,880
how they're going to shoot
everybody.

708
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:01,120
And then they actually do it.
And you get a great chase

709
00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:07,040
sequence of him getting pursued
by the cops on a bike, getting

710
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:09,720
hit on the bike, rolling off of
the bike.

711
00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:12,640
And I don't know if I would
consider it the same set piece

712
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:14,520
or not, Brad.
But then you also get the the

713
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:18,320
chase sequence of him in the car
with Solomon Lane after breaking

714
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:22,040
him out where he's getting
pursued by Elsa Faust on a bike

715
00:41:22,240 --> 00:41:25,720
shooting at them.
So I I'm curious, are those two

716
00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:28,600
different chases to you or do
you kind of lump that all in as

717
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:33,080
one big action set piece?
I think that's the problem with

718
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:36,280
it is that it is one big set
piece.

719
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:40,440
And if there's one part of the
movie that just drags on a

720
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:44,240
little bit too much, it's that
set piece.

721
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:46,640
Yeah.
And it's because they're just

722
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:50,720
trying to pack too much in.
But any individual piece of that

723
00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:55,440
set is, is wonderful and perfect
and everything you want, like

724
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:59,200
even just the little things of
like driving the truck till

725
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:03,120
there's no, till it like locks
itself in place in the alley.

726
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:06,280
It it's just incredible.
Yeah, I I agree with you.

727
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:08,960
And part of it, too, is like,
there's only so many

728
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:12,680
nondescript, labyrinthine
streets of Paris.

729
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,280
You can do hairpin turns around,
you know what I mean?

730
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,760
Like before, it just becomes a
little bit repetitive.

731
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,680
So I for me, that is one of the
weaker parts of the movie, not

732
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:24,880
because it's poorly made, but
just because it, I mean, it

733
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:27,960
echoes every chase we've ever
seen in a James Bond movie.

734
00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:33,200
Dude, you can only do so many
car chase scenes.

735
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:36,720
Like everybody's seen the Bourne
movies, everybody's seen the

736
00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:39,360
other Mission Impossibles,
everybody's seen the second

737
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,760
Matrix.
Like there's so many great car

738
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:46,320
chase scenes, but there's only
so many ways you can make them

739
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:49,960
unique.
So then you go to London and you

740
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,920
get Tom Cruise running across a
bunch of buildings and jumping

741
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:55,560
and getting the shot where they
left it in the movie where he

742
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:58,120
actually shatters his ankle and
then hobbles off screen.

743
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:02,440
And I for being probably the
biggest piece of trivia about

744
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:05,840
this movie, I think everybody
was excited to watch him do that

745
00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:08,960
run And the shot where he
actually does the jump and you

746
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:12,800
know, the the camera is just
like whipping right next to him

747
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:14,880
and across this alleyway
following him.

748
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:17,880
It's a really cool shot.
I don't really know if I would

749
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,040
call that section an action set
piece.

750
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:21,960
Like it's certainly built around
a stunt.

751
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:24,800
So it seems like it is.
But the stunt is essentially

752
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:29,000
just like Tom Cruise runs and
jumps a little bit.

753
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,240
Am I like, am I being a little
too harsh on that?

754
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:37,520
Yes, because one of the core
elements of any good Mission

755
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:40,640
Impossible movie is what Bob.
Well exactly.

756
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:43,280
It's Tom Cruise running, but you
can't have that be a set piece

757
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:46,800
if he does it in every movie.
It it's a set piece in every

758
00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:48,920
single movie, and I will die on
that hill.

759
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:52,760
It's cool, I just don't know if
it stands up against things like

760
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:55,520
Tom Cruise flying a helicopter
like that's.

761
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:59,080
Just love.
I would rather watch Tom Cruise

762
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:01,800
run than fly a helicopter.
OK, so let's talk about the

763
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:04,560
helicopter chase at the end of
the film, because better than I

764
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:07,160
remember, if I'm being honest, I
forgot about the whole sequence

765
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:10,720
of, you know, him climbing up
the the cord of the payload and

766
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:13,920
then falling back down and
rolling off the side of it.

767
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:17,320
Him fighting the two guys and
getting it out of a tailspin.

768
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:21,640
Him getting shot at by Cavil as
they go all the way down to like

769
00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:24,560
this riverbed.
It's just a great sequence,

770
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:27,320
dude.
Stunning, like, wonderful

771
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:30,160
sequence.
It's putting him in unfamiliar

772
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:34,400
territory, like he's sitting
there trying to learn how to fly

773
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:38,240
the helicopter as he's flying
it, which is a great like

774
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:42,240
illustration of his intelligence
and adaptability.

775
00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:46,120
Wonderful scene.
I do think that the cutting back

776
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:50,760
and forth between that and the
people trying to disarm the bomb

777
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:55,760
and find the second bomb, like
it takes a little bit too long.

778
00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:00,080
I don't think that the scenes
back in the village take too

779
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:02,000
long.
I think the helicopter chase

780
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,080
goes on just like one or two
scenes too long.

781
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:09,160
They could have cut out one or
two in the middle and gotten

782
00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:14,000
them onto the plateau quicker
for Cavill and crews to fight

783
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:15,600
each other.
Right, which I think is an

784
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:18,080
extension of that same action
set piece, or at least I would

785
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:19,760
call it that.
Because then you get the great

786
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:22,320
moment of them crashing the
helicopters.

787
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:24,920
The helicopters both kind of
roll down into this crevice

788
00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:29,320
crevasse and are inching towards
each other because gravity's

789
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:32,440
pulling them down in a very like
Jurassic Park, you know, get

790
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:34,680
away from the Jeep as it falls
through the tree kind of thing.

791
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:38,400
And then you get Cavil getting a
giant hook to the face like it's

792
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:39,480
just a.
It's a.

793
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:44,240
Perfect punctuation, yeah.
What a great death in the world

794
00:45:44,240 --> 00:45:46,960
of action films.
Like, I don't know if I've ever

795
00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:50,840
seen somebody get a winch hook
to the face before.

796
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:53,960
My friend, this is not my Let's
make it a double pick, but

797
00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:57,960
you've got a great death coming
up in Mad Max Fury Rd. for you

798
00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:01,200
as well.
Oh, a movie I have not seen yet.

799
00:46:01,240 --> 00:46:02,920
It's a good one.
All right, so let's kind of

800
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:05,360
power rank these action set
pieces, Brad.

801
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:11,440
So just to reiterate, Halo jump,
bathroom fights, giant car

802
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:15,560
chase, we'll just lump that into
one Tom Cruise running and

803
00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:18,000
jumping and then helicopter
chase.

804
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:22,760
I think for me it's going to be
bathroom fight, Tom Cruise

805
00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:29,040
running and jumping, Halo jump,
helicopter and then the car

806
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:34,240
chase.
I'm going to go bathroom fights,

807
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:39,680
Halo jump, helicopter running
and jumping, car chase.

808
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:42,040
Car chase is definitely last.
Yeah.

809
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:45,080
Especially since they kind of
redid it again in the most

810
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:47,720
recent Mission Impossible in the
tiny car in Rome.

811
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:50,520
Yep.
You know, it's just, it's good,

812
00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:53,720
it's fine.
Yep, I would be disappointed if

813
00:46:53,720 --> 00:46:57,000
it wasn't in the movie.
I wouldn't be disappointed if it

814
00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:58,960
was a little shorter than they
ever make it.

815
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:02,840
So yeah, this movie starts out
with a a small skirmish, which

816
00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:07,560
is a good action sequence, and
then you get 15 minutes maybe of

817
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:10,160
exposition and setting up the
stakes here.

818
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:14,360
And then you get the Halo jump.
The great thing about this movie

819
00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:18,440
is you get the Halo jump 25
minutes in, then immediately

820
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:21,400
into like we're following this
guy into the bathroom and then

821
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:24,160
another 10 minute sequence of
that and then immediately into

822
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:27,200
the meeting John Lark and
fighting our way out of that.

823
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:30,080
And it's just like by the one
hour mark of this movie, I

824
00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:33,680
mentioned this earlier, you, you
have a full movie's worth of

825
00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:37,600
action moments packed into just
that first hour to the point

826
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:39,760
where I, I don't think it makes
this movie boring.

827
00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:41,360
I don't think it makes it too
long.

828
00:47:41,720 --> 00:47:44,800
But I'm so fulfilled that I
actually, I hit pause to go to

829
00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:48,560
the bathroom and I was like, Oh
my gosh, I have an hour and 25

830
00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:49,840
minutes left in this movie
still.

831
00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:51,720
Like they've done so much
already.

832
00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:55,640
Exact same thing happened.
I'm watching it on Thanksgiving

833
00:47:55,640 --> 00:48:00,400
night with my family and we
literally stopped like halfway

834
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:02,120
through.
There's like an hour and 15

835
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:06,760
minutes left and I was like, I
think like the action adventure

836
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:10,360
portion of my heart is full.
Like I like they did it.

837
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:14,120
They they nailed it.
All right, man, I think that it

838
00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:17,520
is time for us to get into our
last segment of the day, which

839
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:20,800
we call Let's Make it a Double.
We're near the end of the

840
00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:24,160
episodes of Things listening to
the film and Whiskey Show.

841
00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:26,720
Let's have another film with
this one, even if it's

842
00:48:26,720 --> 00:48:28,400
struggling.
It's the final segment of the

843
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:29,840
day.
Now let's make it a double.

844
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:32,760
Let's make it a Double is
presented by Blackwood

845
00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:35,120
Distilling Company.
It's the part of the show where

846
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:38,360
we pick a movie to pair up with
this one to make the perfect

847
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:40,720
double feature.
Brad, I'll let you go first

848
00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:42,760
because I don't, I don't think
mine's going to be very

849
00:48:42,760 --> 00:48:44,560
interesting.
So I'd like to get something

850
00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:46,880
good out there.
I'm curious if I'm going to

851
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:51,360
steal yours.
I think that this is a movie we

852
00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:54,800
watched recently, and I think
it's a movie that also should

853
00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:58,640
have ended the franchise, at
least as it was currently

854
00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:00,480
iterated.
I'm going to pair this with

855
00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:03,360
Skyfall.
Yeah.

856
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:05,440
I mean like I.
Like I think we mentioned this

857
00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:08,400
during the Skyfall episode.
Like there's such clear

858
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:10,640
parallels between that movie and
Fallout.

859
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:13,600
Yes, yeah.
Like I and I understand like

860
00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:16,200
Mission Impossible is Tom
Cruise.

861
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:19,800
The James Bond movies have had
many different bonds.

862
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:23,680
Like, I just think that the
Daniel Craig iteration should

863
00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:27,680
have been finished with Skyfall.
Like, he had done enough movies

864
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:30,880
at that point where you could
have nostalgia for some of his

865
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:34,440
earlier films.
Like in a lot of ways it feels

866
00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:40,320
like a similar experience as To
Fall Out, just a lesser movie.

867
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:43,520
Well, and, and and so many
thematic things are similar like

868
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:47,160
it's here all of the choices
you've made in life protagonist

869
00:49:47,160 --> 00:49:48,760
and how they're all going to
come back to haunt you.

870
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:53,080
If you played the Skyfall
trailer with Solomon Lane's

871
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:55,320
little monologue about.
Ethan.

872
00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:58,800
All of your mistakes, Ethan, are
going to come back and haunt you

873
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:01,120
like it's it's the exact same
movie.

874
00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:03,760
I totally get it.
Man, yeah, so I I think

875
00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:06,440
Skyfall's a good pick here.
I think I'm just going to pair

876
00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:09,320
it up with Top Gun Maverick.
I really do think that Tom

877
00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:12,680
Cruise has given us perhaps the
two best action movies of the

878
00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:15,040
last 10 years.
I would take either of these

879
00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:18,800
movies above Mad Max Fury Rd.
I would take either of these

880
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:21,080
movies above any John Wick
movie.

881
00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:23,720
Yeah, yeah.
Like it's just a perfect night

882
00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:25,840
of non-stop action if you're
watching these two.

883
00:50:26,600 --> 00:50:29,400
Yeah, I was thinking about, I've
only ever seen the first John

884
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:33,200
Wick, like, really fun film,
well made.

885
00:50:33,240 --> 00:50:36,520
I like the twist on the plot of
like, yeah, you know, they

886
00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:37,960
didn't kill his wife or
something.

887
00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:40,400
They killed his dog and and
there you go.

888
00:50:40,440 --> 00:50:43,920
Like good movie, it's no Mission
Impossible fallout.

889
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:46,040
No way.
Well, there you have it, folks.

890
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:49,440
I'm picking Top Gun Maverick,
Brad is picking Skyfall.

891
00:50:49,560 --> 00:50:52,400
We'd like to know what you pick
for your Let's make it a double.

892
00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:55,840
But whatever you pick, you can
always pair it up with Blackwood

893
00:50:55,840 --> 00:50:57,720
Distilling Company.
If you go to

894
00:50:57,720 --> 00:51:01,720
bourbonoutfitter.com/film
Whiskey, that's Bourbon

895
00:51:01,720 --> 00:51:07,160
outfitter.com/filmwhiskey and
use our code Film WHISKEY at

896
00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:10,440
checkout, you'll get 5% off a
bottle of Blackwood Distilling

897
00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:12,200
Company.
Whether you pick their bourbon

898
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:14,720
or their rye, I think you're in
for a treat, Brad.

899
00:51:15,240 --> 00:51:21,040
Yeah dude, the other night I did
a little mini blind of three

900
00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:26,920
high proof ryes and all of my
friends, there's three other

901
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:30,080
guys and myself.
All of us rated their toasted

902
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:33,960
rye significantly higher than
the other two.

903
00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:36,640
We're not exaggerating.
It's it's really good stuff,

904
00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:38,640
man.
Yeah, this is absolutely

905
00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:42,240
delicious whiskey.
So if you can try a bottle, get

906
00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:44,400
your hands on some.
You know what else is really

907
00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:46,920
highly rated, at least in my
book, is Mission Impossible

908
00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:49,840
Fallout, because I'm going to
give this movie for final scores

909
00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:55,360
Brad a nine out of 10.
Oh man, I, I think I've kind of

910
00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:59,600
put myself in a corner here
because I was looking back and I

911
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:03,200
gave Mission Impossible 3 a nine
and a half.

912
00:52:04,320 --> 00:52:07,320
And I think that that movie
deserves a nine and a half.

913
00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:10,600
I think that this is a better
movie.

914
00:52:12,440 --> 00:52:16,920
And so I'm like, I don't know if
Fallout's a 10 out of 10, but

915
00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:20,880
it's close enough for me.
I like, I think I would lean

916
00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:24,560
towards a 10 more than I would a
nine and a half.

917
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:30,800
Oh man, this is tough.
While you think about that, let

918
00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:33,920
me say this.
I think that this is probably

919
00:52:35,320 --> 00:52:39,280
this is the difference between
like a smaller film that clicks

920
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:43,000
really well and has very little
fat on it, which I think Mission

921
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:48,320
Impossible 3 is, and a movie
that is a sprawling and like a a

922
00:52:48,320 --> 00:52:50,760
genuine feast.
The way this film is.

923
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:52,760
I think this movie is a little
bit shaggier.

924
00:52:52,760 --> 00:52:55,000
I think you probably could have
cut 10 minutes out of it.

925
00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:57,000
I just don't want them to, you
know what I mean?

926
00:52:57,000 --> 00:53:00,560
Like it's it's not as tight,
it's not as quote UN quote

927
00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:04,280
perfect to me as some even some
other Mission Impossible films

928
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:06,000
are.
So that's why I'm landing at a

929
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:07,800
nine.
I don't know, if you asked me

930
00:53:07,800 --> 00:53:10,400
like if Mission Impossible 3 is
better than this, I probably

931
00:53:10,400 --> 00:53:13,560
wouldn't say yes, but I
understand why I would give that

932
00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:16,040
a nine and a half and only give
this A9.

933
00:53:17,120 --> 00:53:21,280
I, I think that's fair.
I think for me, I have so much

934
00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:27,200
love for the Mission Impossible
series as a franchise that even

935
00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:32,240
with two and seven being subpar
in my opinion, like I just think

936
00:53:32,240 --> 00:53:36,240
that this movie franchise has
done so much for the world of

937
00:53:36,240 --> 00:53:38,720
film.
I, I think I'm going to give

938
00:53:38,720 --> 00:53:39,840
this a 10 out of 10.
Bob.

939
00:53:40,720 --> 00:53:45,160
I I love this movie and I will
watch it many many more times.

940
00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:48,400
It's, it's not as good as Top
Gun Maverick, but it's a damn

941
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:50,800
good movie, Brad.
So we're coming out to an

942
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:55,480
average of a 9.5 out of 10 on
Mission Impossible Fallout.

943
00:53:55,960 --> 00:53:57,920
What a great cruise miss we have
had, Brad.

944
00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:02,600
Oh man, Merry cruise, Miss Bob.
Merry Cruise Miss to you and to

945
00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:04,960
film and Whiskey Nation.
Let us know what you're doing

946
00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:08,000
this holiday season.
You can find us on any of our

947
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:12,120
social media platforms,
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,

948
00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:17,280
TikTok, YouTube at Film Whiskey.
Or you can join the conversation

949
00:54:17,280 --> 00:54:20,240
on Discord.
We will be on there this very

950
00:54:20,240 --> 00:54:25,280
cruise miss in just a few days
celebrating you guys because you

951
00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:28,480
guys are great and wonderful and
we would love to spend some time

952
00:54:28,480 --> 00:54:31,880
with you on our Discord server.
You can find a link to it at the

953
00:54:31,880 --> 00:54:33,880
end of every single one of our
show notes.

954
00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:38,520
We will be back next Tuesday
with a regularly scheduled

955
00:54:38,520 --> 00:54:41,240
episode, but until then, I'm Bob
Book.

956
00:54:41,640 --> 00:54:43,680
I'm Brad G.
And merry Cruz.

957
00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:45,040
Miss everyone.
Merry Cruz.

958
00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:45,560
Miss.