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Great review.
That and the nightmare stuff was kind of weird
I need to rewatch it a few times
Definitely.
It wasn't clever enough.
It reminded me of going from Quantum of Solace to Skyfall. Why is everything so grandiose and portentous all of a sudden? Ok there's nuclear weapons involved, but Ghost Protocol had nuclear weapons and it was really energetic and had a light touch. I get they wanted this film to be different, but it wasn't different enough from 4 and 5 to warrant being all moody and apocalyptic.
The stakes weren't as high as they seemed to think they were. Solomon isn't a good bad guy IMO, just not very imposing. I think the problem is they've never shown us examples of what Solomon's capable of, they've just told us. I can't even remember what he was supposed to of done in Rogue Nation apart from the attack on the Austrian Chancellor. He caused an outbreak of smallpox in this one. But we never experience the devastation he's caused.
I thought the music was really poor. The Dark Knight with the Schrifin themes on top every now and then. There wasn't any joy to it. The punch the air moments, like when Ethan escapes through Paris on the motorbike, didn't land because the music was so soulless.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4420&p=.htm
Agreed on the first part. I loved the music tbh.
I feel like
https://screenrant.com/mission-impossible-better-james-bond/
In terms of box office, Craig's Bond films make more money than Cruise's MI films. Bond is more popular. I'd put a fiver on Bond 25 making more money than Fallout (domestic US box office and internationally).
Would the next Bond actor agree to do many of his own stunts - big scale stunts like hanging from moving vehicles? It's hard to imagine the next actor going the Cruise route but if Bond 26's first trailer showed the new Bond actor hanging onto the side of train - some of the pro-MI fans might go "wow, that's just like Cruise in the MI films!"
:D
Definitely not, but seeing an actor do their own stunts isn't bad at all, either.
Daniel got his head drilled in SP. There was no stuntman. Let s see Cruise do that.
Oh, I forgot about the scientology thing, but you know what I mean.
Cruise deserves all the credit for his success and dedication and abilities. Kudos to him. Well done. As producer he makes that call and he's been proven right many times over.
But I'm also reminded of Hollywood legend (it's been denied I believe) regarding an interchange between veteran actor Sir Laurence Olivier and a young Dustin Hoffman during the filming of Marathon Man. Preparing for the famous dentist's chair torture scene, method actor Hoffman stayed up overnight without sleep to give his character that rattled and distraught performance.
Learning this, Olivier wryly commented: "You should try acting, it's much easier" or some such.
So for me I value the professional stuntmen on Bond films.
This is the type of commitment I demand when I watch a film.
(No spoilers. Well, not vital spoilers at least. Some people consider a spoiler saying "it starts with the Paramount logo")
In a few words: FANTASTIC action sequences, FANTASTIC cast, keeps you in the edge of your seat all the time, BUT... too many important characters, too many subplots, too many things at the same time, the feeling of an M:I "greatest hits album" script sends this one below Ghost Protocol and slightly below Rogue Nation.
I agree that
Also, the
Regarding Lane,
On Hunt,
But, overall, fantastic film. Can't wait for 3D next Wednesday! Oh, also: FANTASTIC score and cinematography!
PS. My ideal team for M:I-VII would be: Ethan Hunt, Ilsa Faust, Benji, Jane Carter, Brandt (and Luther).
Bond will ALWAYS make more money than MI. That's not really impressive considering Bond's standing in cinematic history. However, outside of Bond, Cruise will outgross any of the Bond actors' films. It's a testament to Cruise's star power and the fact that this particular comparison is being made between Bond and MI (Tom Cruise IS the MI franchise)only further cements how big and unique Cruise is. Tom Cruise is Hollywood's last, one and only true superstar.
However, what makes this film rather special in my view is not that, but the fact that it’s actually far more as well. There is an uncharacteristic emotional intensity - a real epic sense of danger for all the participants, and this makes the film intimate and consequential even as the incredible visual scenes unfold before us onscreen. It’s palpable, acute and unrelenting. The last time I felt something like this was during my first viewing of Nolan’s legendary TDK from a decade ago. If you like these familiar characters and appreciate their narrative arc (as I surely do), then I believe that you will think very highly of this film. If you don't, then perhaps the film won't grab you like it did me.
The tone and mood is very different from the last two films, and more akin to the first 1996 entry. Lorne Balfe’s score is damn good, and I think I may actually enjoy it slightly more than Joe Kraemer’s superb effort in the last film. There’s a hint of Hans Zimmer’s work for the Bat series in it, layered on top of the familiar MI cues, and the film is the better for it. With MI:GP, MI: RN & now MI:Fallout, I believe Tom Cruise has delivered the best trilogy of films in a franchise in this genre since the original Bourne entries from the early 00’s. This is truly top class film making. Go see it. It’s well worth your time.
The more I think about it the more I find things that annoy me haha :D
It's a 7/10 for me I guess. I'd like to stress that I did like it but overall I felt low-key disappointed, and seeing all this hype makes me think "Ok, what are these people seeing that I didn't see :D "
I hope the next one is less "emotionally" heavy, since I didn't care for that in RN....and this being "the heart" of the movie is meh for me.
Also I forgot to mention that I really like Lane in this movie.
I felt that his look wasn't that menacing in the last one, but he was pretty great in this one.
I'd like to see some straight up badass Tom Cruise-like villain going toe-to-toe with Hunt and Lane being the one sending the orders to him.
..I put this in spoiler cause this spoils he doesn't die in the end.
Also...I hope they don't return The White Widdow
it feels like they are trying to make this a low-key cinematic universe and ...idk..too many characters and connections..go back to the roots..
McQuarrie proved with the Opera scene in RN that he doesn't have to rely on big stunts (in case Cruise's age becomes a problem) to make an amazing tense scene.
I feel like with this one they tried to cram everything into one movie.
...and I know my comments sound too negative but I guess someone has to make balance haha :D
And I know my posts are sorta too long, but I have so much to say about M:I and I don't have any fanatic friends that would talk to me about this so I have to share my thoughts here haha :D
Btw, let's end on a positive note...that fist fight scene was pretty great (even tho it was too Hollywood with every person receiving multiple injuries probably...but still going as strong as ever...come on...) and I think the high note of the M:I movies are not the car/motorbike/helicopter chases but the foot chases and fist fights.
Or at least for me that was the high point of the movie :D
That foot chase in the movie was amazing, especially knowing that Cruise got really injured...
I know you'd appreciate it bro. Sad but true: Hunt with long hair (M:I-II, Ghost Protocol, Rogue Nation) is a strong and determined professional. With short hair (M:I, M:I-III, M:I-Fallout) is doubtful, emotionally weak and makes unforgivable mistakes.
By the way, about time the CIA and IMF start working together. Must be a bureaucratic nightmare to authorise and disavow them all every two years, please someone think of the clerks working there! :D
1) Failed to see her agent was in league with Lane,
2) Her "I don't trust you" trick to Hunley caused his death and allowed Walker to escape.
Fatal mistakes for someone working in Intelligence. Mind you, nothing against Angela Basset and her character, it's just that she just doesn't deserve to return.