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The entire cliff was cgi.


Exactly this. And after watching the whole prep montage, I was expecting to be at least moderately impressed by the final scene. I wasn't. The cliff looked improbable. But even if you believed that it existed as it was rendered, its surface is rough, yet as the bike accelerates along it the suspension doesn't absorb as much as a pebble. That made the whole thing look more CGI than it actually was. And it's the same with the other MI movie stunts: they make such a huge deal about Tom doing his own stunt that they forget to make a movie with a remotely plausible plot or relatable characters. These movies are wrapping around a few big stunts. 50% spectacle, 50% "so did you know that Tom (61) does his own stunts"

But I get it, these movies aren't aimed at me, they have their target audience etc.

Edit: Tom did not do his own aunts. That would be a very different film.

Edit2: my wife just suggested two movie titles, "Mission Incest, or Ant Fucker?". Sorry. Laughed so hard.


I've watched the making-of video I linked several times and I get anxious every time he rides the motorcycle off the ramp. In comparison, the final version in the movie where they used CGI to remove the ramp is way less exciting to me. I found the scene in the movie a bit of a let down.




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