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Awww yiss
So McQuarrie will be director of the next one as well?
Eh, I'd like to see the series return to the previous roots of new directors for every movie, as I feel like at this point we know what type of movie we'll expect from McQuarrie
Yes, anything could happen from here until that time comes. I won't be surprised if they go with McQuarrie again, but I suppose anything's possible - though if this one is a real box office hit, it'll be even more likely that he returns.
It's obvious Cruise works best with McQuarrie, and secondly Doug Liman. There were talks a few years before that McQuarrie was going to adapt Alistair MacLean's novel, Ice Station Zebra and direct it. It'd be outstanding if Cruise stars in it as Commander Farraday.
Two of Cruise's upcoming planned projects have Doug Liman attached as director: Edge of Tomorrow 2 and Luna Park (A group of renegade space workers venture to the moon to steal an energy source).
The score does have "The Plot" from the original series (as did Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation), which is derived from the theme.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4420&p=.htm
Or is it only important when it suits your needs :D
I know this wasn't a reply to me but box office is really only relevant when you're hoping for a good overall return on the budget so that you get another installment in the series. I don't really care what any film makes in a given series I enjoy, just as long as it's enough to warrant a sequel.
Still hypocrisy comes in many forms ;-)
Where'd he do that at? I've always been of the mind that box office returns have absolutely nothing to do with the overall quality of a film.
Although I'll say no more about it as I just wanted to point it out.
Michael Giacchino actually started using "The Plot" theme in M:I 3, and they've been using it since. I'm grateful, because it's fantastic!
Yeah, I remember that, but I don;t remember why he didn't direct he 5th one? I wanted him back :(
Maybe he already signed on Tomorrowland.
I'd not thought of that...
What a slate of directors that is. Quite the filmography to have under your belt.
Pitt has worked with the following: Ridley Scott, David Fincher, Terry Gilliam, Guy Ritchie, Steve McQueen, Alejandro Inarritu, Steven Soderbergh, The Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, Terrence Malick, Wolfgang Peterson and Spike Jonze.
It's also no Bond film and I won't see it again anytime soon. On that count Spectre is much easier to return to and watch, it's a fine Bond mission to me and I enjoy it start to finish. And bottom line: more fun, actually.
Mission Impossible then and now owes much more to James Bond than is given credit in discussion here. Likewise the Bond films repeating items in tribute can be a sore spot, while I don't hear any complaints for all the lifted content in M:I however well it's done.
Adding to the list I started from the trailers:
- Vesper martini complete with lemon peel at the bar. (Casino Royale)
- Countdown absolutely shows 0:07.
And of course there's more.
So for the Fallout trailer:
0:08 Silhouette figure with gun a short distance down hall/up stairs. (Skyfall)
0:26 Dressed in black with handgun, winter mountain environs. (Spectre)
0:31 Bearded man muttering reflective plot elements. (Spectre)
0:52 Hero in front of cable news story (it's CNN's Wolf Blitzer!) of (nuclear or otherwise) terrorist attack. (Skyfall, Spectre)
0:56 The loss of plutonion as the MacGuffin, similar to the list of agents. (Skyfall)
1:09 The "underground" boat ride. (Spectre)
1:25 Hero stops and stares at his love interest on the street (to his credit, Hunt runs her down). (Spectre)
1:34 Panel truck with chained prisoner sinks in water. (Licence to Kill)
1:38 Hero climbs the rock face. And falls (overhead view). (For Your Eyes Only)
1:40 Hero visits direly injured friend in hospital, has to be restrained due to emotions.
(Okay, this one is more Mad Max than Licence to Kill)
1:42 The men's room fight. (Casino Royale)
1:52 Hero touches his ear to improve comms. (Casino Royale)
1:54 Hero in peril swings suspended on a rope. (Quantum of Solace)
1:56 Sedan swings backward down stairs (in Paris?). (A View to a Kill)
2:05 Rushing to take over someone else's helicopter. (Spectre)
2:07 On a rope suspended from aircraft in flight. (A View to a Kill)
2:09 Climbing around outside a helicopter in flight. (For Your Eyes Only, Spectre)
2:10 Falling from height, rope available as an out. (For Your Eyes Only, The World Is Not Enough)
2:13 Car chase through concrete structure/roadway. (Quantum of Solace)
2:14 Panel truck forced into water, sinks. (Licence to Kill)
2:18 "What the hell is he doing!?!" (Tomorrow Never Dies)
2:19 Aircraft dogfight. (Quantum of Solace)
The other trailer:
1:00 Winding road through (Kashmir/European) back country. (Skyfall)
1:10 Going rogue.
1:32 Overhead view of European city, turning circle. (Spectre)
1:43 Navel gazing from a rooftop. (Skyfall)
1:53 Assassination at a performance or public gathering. (The Living Daylights)
1:58 HALO jump or equivalent. (The Living Daylights, Tomorrow Never Dies, Die Another Day)
2:04 Struggle in freefall. (Moonraker)
2:09 Knocked off the cliff face. (For Your Eyes Only)
2:11 Discussions in The Underground. (Die Another Day, Skyfall)
2:25 Aircraft fuselage becomes land transport--and a projectile doing damage. (Spectre)
An observation from the board: Fallout as similar to Skyfall for a title. Add: the theme of past actions catching up with the hero.
So I realize there's nothing new under the sun and Bond doesn't have a patent on these action items. But still.
1. Mission impossible rogue nation
2. Mission impossible ghost protocol
3. Mission impossible fallout
4. Mission impossible 3
5. Mission impossible
6. Mission impossible 2
Let me sum it up in a few words, I'll try to post a longer review later.
Fallout was more of a James Bond film than a Mission: Impossible film, yet it was done in a way that could bode for the template of either franchise. Gets the teamwork amount right as it is required of an M:I entry, and does far better job in telling an adventurous thriller involving spies/super-spies that Bond (I'll put this bluntly and state it, whatever you think of it, that'd be your opinion) was failing to deliver for ten years now.
McQuarrie promised an emotional story, and he delivered an emotional story without delving into melodrama like the third film. It also didn't forget to narrative what's supposed to be a super-spy fantasy, which we all love. Or at least most of us do. Balancing the film drama-wise? It excels. Action-wise? It breaks the speed of light. I enjoyed the hell out of it and I'll be seeing it again either tomorrow or on Monday.
Cruise was terrific as Hunt, as usual. Rebecca Ferguson was even greater than she was in the previous installment. Vanessa Kirby played the character she was given and is a credit to the excellency and praise she is awarded with...
And then, there was Henry Cavill. Definitely a great screen presence and as some of the people here said (as well as the critics), it's his greatest performance in a film yet. Those who badmouth him just keep operating on the notion of bias and balderdash, something I wouldn't worry about. He was a rogue alright. A real rogue with a sense of classic leading man's presence.
While at times it's quite obvious McQuarrie has directed it, some of the action setpieces and the editing spewing similarities with Rogue Nation's, the director did a great job in making a film he intended to feel different. A director who does feel confident on his vision and does execute it without coming off pretentious. While the film was in production a year ago, he did mention that the new installment was going to tell "an emotional story" which "should not be confused with dark." He was right. It wasn't dark in the slightest.
I can hardly wait for the seventh installment in the series, and by George, I expect Rebecca Ferguson coming back as soon as possible. I see Ilsa Faust as Ethan Hunt's successor should the latter retire after a few more films.
However, still after all this, the film falls fourth on my ranking list. Ghost Protocol remains my favourite, followed by Rogue Nation and then, the first film. Couldn't care less about the second and third entries.