I am not a Tom Cruise fan at all, but on a whim I decided to rewatch this movie. I was pleasantly surprised by the rewatch.
I remembered that the movie started with a bang and was doing great until Cruise and Blunt got to the farm house then it stalled.
That was not my experience this time around. This was a really fun movie. The production values were top notch, the action was spectacular and the movie did a really good job of sticking to its logic. I also really loved the mech suits. I list this as the best use of a mech suit in a movie with District 9 and Avatar as a close second and third.
I hate the man, but like the actor.
Many of his movies are actually really well made, even though it’s mostly popcorn movies, but that’s fine
He is a huge draw so his movies will all be well funded and produced. One thing Scientologist do very well is make billions.
Yeah well, again, hate the man, love the actor
I liked that movie, my favourite reboot of Groundhog’s Day thus far
HEHE all it needed was a rusty pickup!!
This movie was definitely one of those ‘wtf this has no right being this good’ type movies. I actually enjoyed the hell out of it. Now I feel like I need to go watch it again. Thanks for reminding me that it exists!
Yeah, I have to admit when I watched it when it was released I didn’t enjoy it that much but on rewatch I have changed my mind.
That is a movie. I like a community with integrity. You’re doing good work /c/movies. Keep it up.
Thanks man, I am just doing my part to keep folks engaged.
Honorable mention to the mech suits in The Matrix when the robots pour into Zion
One thing I did appreciate about the mech suits in the Matrix sequels is how the reload process was illustrated.
That added a high degree of authenticity to how a mech suit would be used in a battle.
The Wachowskis probably watched Patlabor at some point in their lives.
I love time loops and I loved this movie.
The manga is a better story but the monster design in the film was really good
This is interesting because I bought the book. I wasn’t aware there was a manga. Now I’m wondering if the manga or the book came first.
The novel came first, but as far as im aware the manga is a pretty faithful adaptation and was more successful, so I tend to recommend it more.
Sounds good, thanks!
Is the Manga an ongoing book?
Not it’s finished, you can buy the whole thing as a single volume too.
I remember being surprised by how good this movie was. I expected it to be some completely generic schlockbuster, but it turned out to have an interesting concept, with fewer tropes than it could have had. I remember liking Tom Cruise’s character, too. I thought he was going to be some tough guy G. I. Joetagonist, but he was actually kinda funny and relatable.
I appreciated that at the height of the Thank you For your Service propaganda in the US, Cruise played a character that was honest about wanting to avoid combat.
What made it a better Tom Cruise movie was that he wasn’t Tom Cruise right away.
In his movies he is always the best soldier and never makes a mistake, in this he started off unlikable and had to become the best, one mistake at a time.
Agree. It bears all the usual blockbuster adornments of what usually turns out to be a good guys win linear snooze fest and yet defies the expectation. I prefer Cruise in atypical roles, e.g. Tropic Thunder.
The first half of the movie is good but in the second half it just becomes a generic action movie and it sucks.
Yeah, I ignored it when it release, assuming it was just some stupid blockbuster action movie. I watched it recently when Christopher Bingham talked about it in his time loop series. I was really surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
It’s a great movie with a terrible name and bad marketing. Definitely holds up
The book’s english title was All you need is kill .
Live Die Repeat was the name the Director wanted to use for the movie.
I don’t know why the naming is so… bad
All you need is kill, is getting an anime adaptation.
Which is just going to further confuse people who didn’t realize they have already watched Edge of Tomorrow and know the whole story, probably.
There is a lot different for the story in the movie version.
The ending is very different for one.
They made a much happier ending in the movie
Plus, watching a new movie with basically the same story go over all the plot points and give you a sense of deja vu will really add to the experience.
I remember this movie being advertised at one point under one name before the name switched to Edge of Tomorrow. So anybody that wasn’t paying attention could have easily missed the name change.
Live Die Repeat was the tagline on every (maybe not every) poster and it was often the largest text on screen, maybe you’re remembering that?
It was a very early teaser trailer in theaters. No mention of Edge of Tomorrow, no mention of All You Need is Kill. Just a short trailer showing a setup of an action movie with Tom Cruise with Live Die Repeat. Probabaly a good year out from the theatrical release.
I don’t like tom cruise either but watching him get his ass kicked every single time he got out of bed was worth the watch
Hehe get up maggot!
Also noteworthy for being one of Bill Paxton’s final performances.
Oh man… that he is gone hurts!
Groundhog Day with guns and aliens.
Dammit I thought they had announced the 2nd movie
Blunt said this movie left her in tears and pain from all the suit work.
But
She would be up for a sequel if it worked. Only trick is convincing John to do it.
I just watched it for the first time after finding this post. Thanks for the recommendation.
Don’t like Cruise either, but I’m a sucker for any Groundhog Day temporal loop films, so I really enjoyed this one.
If you haven’t seen Palm Springs with Andy Samberg, it’s really good. Another Groundhog Day kinda movie
I have, and I enjoyed it!
Read the original comment and was gonna suggest Palm Springs. Glad someone beat me to it
I prefer to see this one as a video game, the main character keeps dying and respawning at the beginning of the game, and it could be days between spawn and respawn.
Then about 2/3 through, it goes into Survival Mode.Like The Outer Wilds (if you take the threat of stopping the loop seriously)? No fighting though, but similar discovery loop leading to a commit and execute run.
I need to play The Outer Wilds.
There’s a Chinese series called Reset that has this concept that I really liked too.
This is a fantastic film and even my wife who was not a Cruise fan really enjoyed it too. It looks like we’re getting very close to a sequel as well.
Cruise is fresh out of franchises, so it makes sense.
