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RN has better music, better action, better direction, but SPECTRE is a better movie simply because I know & care about Bond. As good (& sometimes great) as the MI movies are, I am simply not as invested in Ethan Hunt. I thrill to his heroics, but his character as created by Cruise is just too pure.
Personally I don't think it is a better directed movie, I think SP is a far more unique vision than RN. On the second part, I agree. He's too sanitised for me. When Bond is in the Hoffler Klinik and dismisses the health shake with his, 'cut out the middle man' line, you imagine that is precisely what Hunt/Cruise would actually drink. Therein lies the difference for me.
Now, it's so much fresher, because nearly every major franchise has gone in that direction since (artsy, with heavy hitter directors, misdirection in the plot, and making a major character a heel).
Definitely a film ahead of its time.
For REAL MI action, I go to my 70's DVD with Mr. Phelps. :)>-
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I never thought of it like that. You are right after all and it does make a ton of sense. I guess if MI2 had a better soundtrack it would be higher up.
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I had this dream recently where I was Iron Man humming the Mission Impossible theme from the beginning of Rogue Nation while Thor was fighting bad guys. Don't make me call upon the Dream Avengers. =))
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Lucky for Baid he whas ask for CR, but Sony be so stupid asking him for Vantage Point what made him not avaible for QOS. He return for Skyfall, but this time he faild too.Christian Wagner in my opnion did very good work with Man On Fire 2 years later, thanks to Tony Scott (Eon whant him as directer for QOS) and writer. Sad enough, Tony Scott making a end of his life. In my opnion Lee Smith faild with TDK (i haven't seen TDKR yet) but did good (not perfect) work with Spectre.
Mi2 was and stil is my favorite and moost expensive movie that i bought on dvd (My moost expensive BD is The Hobbit 2, but stil cheaper.). But it was my second buy on DVD. Twine was my first. For me Mi2 is My GE/Twine or Spider-Man (2002) of the Mission Impossible franchise. But i haven't watched yet on this tv. Mabey next year. Since GE i have seen every Bond movie in cinema and only first two Mission Impossible movies. I was 19 years old (2-3 weaks before my birthday) in summer 2000, yet finished with scool, liked first movie and trailers look good and price of tickets made possible to see movie with my brother and cousin. Movies be special then, those days there is to much. Only movies i have seen in cinema since Mi2 be Spider-Man and Harry Potter 2 in 2002, DAD in 2003, CR in 2007, QOS in 2008, Precious in 2009, Whatever Works in 2009, Skyfall in 2012 and Spectre in 2015.
Any who don't like this movie can kiss my freckled butt. :D
I'm not disrespecting your opinion, but the fact that you "know and care about Bond" has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of the film.
I need to rewatch both, to be fair. Obviously, as a massive Bond fan, I agree about Bond being a way more interesting and fun character to watch. Hunt is a bit too pure, but I think there's some thrill in that as well, just not as much.
The problem wasn't Woo. His direction was top-notch as usual. The problem was the screenplay written by Bruce Geller and Ronald D. Moore, who made an ill-conceived attempt to remake the love story from Hitchcock's 1946 movie, "NOTORIOUS". Cruise, Thandie Newton and Dougary Scott tried to rise above it, but the screenplay prevented it.
BTW, the story was by Moore & Braga, the screenplay was by Robert Towne (all the really clever stuff was his).