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That is quite fun :)
I don't think they should kill Ethan off, but doing something like that would be rather good. It's interesting because it's something the format can do: in a Bond film you can't do a fakeout that Bond has died, but an MI film without Ethan is technically possible so you could well play with that idea. I thought they might actually be killing Benji at the end of the last one.
Besides, they already killed of Alec Baldwin. I would've liked to see at least one of Hunts bosses live a little bit longer.
I suppose that depends on whether you find him funny or not! I personally find him a tad annoying rather than funny and was hoping they would kill him off. Though - casting aside my opinion on his humor Benji has been given some semblance of an arc - so I think it would be quite effective to have him killed and it's a more personal motive for Hunt. They've kind of played out the 'ideological' motive for him by now.
I agree about Baldwin, though. I was disappointed they killed him off so soon.
I'm not opposed to such characters being killed off. I'd rather Baldwins character had made it, and could get a similar sized role as he did in RN.
They all know Cruise can't go on forever. I'm sure ideas have been "kicked around". It's an intruguing screnario and hard to look for similar situations. Iron Man?
I actually like the guy in both (well all three with MI5) films, but he isn't really a blockbuster lead..
Have you seen 'The Hurt Locker'?
His turns in the Mission Impossible, Avengers and Bourne franchises are not his best work though, I think. Likely as much to do with the writing as it does him.
I'm guessing they're completely done with the character now, considering their original idea was to kill him off in the opening of Fallout.
From the way McQ talks I don't think he's ever done with any character permanently: it just depends on whether he comes up with ideas of how to use them in the future. He was even looking at putting Dan Briggs in the films, until the idea fell away.
Well, they're bringing back Kittridge from the first one so yeah I'd say no character could possibly be off the table. I do agree about Renner though. He was definitely the weakest part of Ghost Protocol. He wasn't playing the funny guy. He wasn't playing the charismatic action hero guy. He wasn't playing the looks-nice-in-a-dress-and-there-to-seduce-the-billionaire-with-connections-to-Russian-terrorists guy. I'm not really sure what they were trying to do with his character. He even fumbled what should have been fairly easy comedy in the scene with Pegg when they're talking about having to jump into an oversized microwave. I will say I like him fine as Hawkeye though. Maybe his M:I character was just too vaguely defined.
Jem in The Town is plenty charismatic, but not in a Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, Tom Cruise way. He's the guy who will talk you into trying pot for the first time and 15 years later you meet him again and somehow he talks you into getting hammered on a wednesday afternoon. Charismatic, but in a wholly un-aspirational way.
Aaron Cross is kind of similar. Just extremely single-minded and driven in an unnerving way. I completely bought that he could talk Rachel Weisz' character into doing all the shit she has to do, but there is zero chemistry. It's not like Bourne Identity where Damon gives this guy something Franka Potente can fall in love with. Cross is just full throttle, all the way. And apart from everything after they are out of that factory in Manila, I really like that movie.
As for Brandt, I fully believe that they got him to sign, by telling him he will take over after Ghost Protocol and then Cruise nixed that. His arc in that movie (and that entire storyline) makes much more sense if the ending is that Hunt goes to be with his wife and Brandt takes over the team lead. But I agree, that his specific high octane way of going about things would not really work long-time.
Well, I don't think he messed any of that up, and I rather liked his disagreements with Hunt over their course of action- the part where it seemed he was actually working against Hunt was rather well done and brought some drama in I thought.
Regarding the hovering magnet heating-up heist bit: I thought it was pretty good but looking back at that film my major objection to that part is that they fail that mission (seducing the Indian billionaire, hacking into his system) entirely and it doesn't really need to be in the film!
Perhaps I was being a little unfair to say he has no charisma at all, but I think you've got it right in calling him a little too intense. I think that's probably what it is, and that's what makes him wrong for certain types of roles. He's perhaps a little too intense to bring the energy and levity that you get with the Connery's and Cruise's of the acting world - something needed in the lead of these types of spy thrillers.
This can turn out as badnews if mean more then take over. It can mean no bonusmaterial or not subtiteld bonus material and mabey no longer Atmos, dts-hdma 7.1. There are earlier releases by Lions Gate with a disaopointed release by them insteed to choose Belga Home Entertainment.
Mission Impossible 7 wil be released under DFW on DVD, BD and 4Kbluray in The Netherlands.
Earlier we already get news that MGM found new partner in there earlier partner Warner and that Warner possible wil release NTTD on the formats. If it not be one time release by Universal like Sony and CR and DAD and Fox because movie is made by them and MGM. Atleast re-release wil be done by Warner. Taken over from Fox when there left to Disney. In the cinema NTTD wil be released by Universals help like Spectre. Spectre was released by Fox on DVD and BD and wil soon re-released with help of Warner on DVD and BD. I always hoped/expect that Universal already was choosen to be new partner.
I disagree. Men with wrinkles can still do great action. Cruise is ageing very slowly; he plays Ethan well, with electrifying charisma, and he does action like a boss (and he does the action himself.) Sixty is the new forty; we appreciate our action heroes not baby-faced these days. Even then, let's say the physical stuff does become a tad challenging, I'm sure they will find ways to keep Cruise on board, in some capacity.