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The IMF is threatened to be disbanded in practically every film.
Benjie was introduced in MI:III and went in the field in GP before Q was reintroduced into the modern Bonds and the team had gadgets without such a character from the start.
The most amusing was above with somebody mentioning the opera scene in QoS as inspiration/rip-off in GP. Come on. QoS was considered forgettable to a lot of fans, so I doubt another genre franchise would do that from a film that wasn't considered influential to begin with. One had to do with an assassination and the other was Bond infiltrating a meeting of the villain organization, not really the setting of an action scene although there was a shootout.
I could easily say the Fallout bathroom fight was a rip-off of CR's. It reminded me of it, no doubt, but enough of a variation it was entertaining.
I got more of a TRUE LIES vibe from the FALLOUT bathroom scene, but that was also a Americanised spoof of Bond too. So, swings and roundabouts ;)
Read my comment properly first I am pretty sure SP came in 1960s which came from Ian Fleming books.Even DC said in an interview that he knew that they will eventually move to more classic elements as time goes by.
Blofeld has tradition of surviving but there is no excuse for lane who was leading the organization just like SP.
SP script was leaked way back in 2014 which also had an influence on release date of RN.
IMF is threatened to disband from mi4 but RN and SP has 2 common characters leading that disban "C" in SP and "Director of CIA" in RN.
Q was introduced way back in 60s with gadgets from start and the first time Q went into the field to work with bond was in LTK same thing happened in SP and RN. Benji came into danger by working with Ethan Just as Q with bond.
QOS is not forgettable for me and many fans but seriously you are saying if film goes bad one cannot be inspired from that. SP was considered as one of the worst still it's train fight stands out.
There is a shootout scene in TLD where bond shoot Pushkin to save him just as Ethan did in opera to save the chancellor.
CR bathroom fight had some real brutality to it which I can't say about true lies or fallout although I did enjoy all of them.
Spectre and RM have loads in common.
It just seems like a lot of real stretching to connect all these things to each other. Fans have a right to do so, I guess I just don't see it as such. Peking duck and Russian caviar as far as I'm concerned and I have no problem saying I find MI much more entertaining and inventive than I do Bond right now and some of that may have to do with the team being enthusiastic and putting things that are fresh enough onscreen they don't have me thinking I've seen it all before, which I've done frequently with Bond films.
Okay, go for it.
This is spot on.
I really don't see much pleasure in comparing Rogue Nation or Fallout to Spectre as Bond will always fail in both respects in that instance. The former pair are leagues ahead in terms of entertainment value and rewatchability. I sometimes feel, not always correctly, that saying something ripped off another thing is a dedicated fans way of being unable to accept that someone else may be momentarily on top.
The stunts form the Moore-007 era were exciting too as you knew they have been done for real, that is what the MI series offers and the 007 series is seriously lacking in the stunts, car chases and action scenes. In that aspect Cruise makes Craig eat his dust easily.
MI3 is a waste of film, cheesy dialogue, awful excuse for a plot and it was made at the height of shaky camera.
I could not disagree more; MI:3 is the film that put the franchise on track and contained the elements that would be refined in future entries. It is the emotional backbone of the series that added depth without that aspect becoming an emotional crutch.
Ethan Hunt became a three dimensional character rather than just a spy.
It's very hard for me to rank the films; other than MI:2 the rest are all incredibly enjoyable and are equal for different qualities.
The soundtrack is a plus point, certainly early on in the film.
RN is on TV whilst I am at work, the motorcycle chase is pretty awesome, some incredible shots.
https://screenrant.com/mission-impossible-7-8-release-dates/
Great stuff and something to look forward to. Thanks.
Going to rewatch my 4K version RN again on Sunday, its still the least watched film for me from the series though the film is improving every time I watch it. It probably won't get into my top three though the bar is very high.
The RN release isn't from a 4K master so the quality is a bit off in comparison to the rest (I find it a bit oversaturated). Still, it's a great film.
Finally got round to buying RN score yesterday so I have all 7 movie albums. RN in isolation is pretty good, certainly starting to appreciate it more.
Literally just finished watching an episode of M:I the one with Anthony Zerbe and Martin Sheen, the original series is timeless.
He was a great villain; his character, Owen Davian, was intelligent, arrogant, ruthless and would do anything to get what he wanted.
Also, while not obviously physically intimidating, he was convincing when fighting Hunt. and had the latent brute force of a bear.
I agree shaky cameras are something that really ruin almost every film at that time. Although I admire Philips as an actor but not the whole film really which was confusing and full of plot holes.
Hoffman elevated everything he was involved in. He was in a league of his own.
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I love Kraemer's work for the fifth film. It's a gorgeous score.
I changed 3 and 4 in my posted list, 3 is incredible.
Regarding Kraemer I have greater appreciation there are some great themes in his score though the variety you find in other scores is not there in RN IMO. Though the Flight of the Opera is one of the best themes in the series
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I am watching an episode from the original series where Peter Graves falls for Joan Collins, the slow motion shot when there eyes meet is suspiciously very similar to the Thandie Newton/ Tom Cruise scene in M:I 2
Our hero goes rogue to take on a massive secret criminal organization all on his own.
Meanwhile, the agency he works for is under attack from within, though a tech genius on the inside goes against his boss to help our hero.
Our newly introduced heroine has an intimate connection to the baddies, but ultimately turns out to be a goody.
In the climax, our hero is forced to make a difficult decision regarding whether or not to save someone close to him that the villain has strapped to a bomb.
After facing each other down through bulletproof glass, the hero has the villain apprehended rather than killed, a rare situation for the franchise.
Name the film!