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They both look great to me. The only thing that struck me as odd were the close up shots of Czerny and Cruise. They almost look ungraded - they're very flat and washed out. But, they are in a white room that I'm guessing has had some sort of smoke attack or something like that. You can kind of see the wisps in the air.
I do agree that the train closeups are dodgy, possibly a homage to the first MI. Lol.
I love all of Ethan's ridiculous skills, like the perfect drawings of peoples' faces, lip reading, magic tricks, photographic memory etc. They should definitely lean into that; it's sort of his thing to match Bond's gadgets.
But that also made it quite fun in Fallout where it turned out the one thing he didn't know how to do was fly a helicopter :)
Yes, not really superb shots to open a trailer on, cinematography-wise. Very flat lighting, like a Marvel film.
Could be some old school, secret setup that's totally disconnected from modern day tech.
Which is, funnily enough for such a hi-tech series like MI, something that Cruise and McQuarrie do like: all of those vinyl, reel-to-reel bits of tech popping up; now there's a steam train and biplanes in the next one- whilst Bond goes to the future, MI goes oddly retro :)
Ana and Lea are way more beautiful and classy, imo.
A friend of mine keep saying he’s a modern Alfred Hitchcock. I get his point but I don’t think that’s correct. Anyway he’s a very good director even tho he’s not that great with actors, which is unusual for a former screenwriter.
A couple of years ago he was tweeting aboout his love of The Train and how Lancaster did all his own stunts and we may see that in Part 1.
Agreed on Ana, at least.
I get a giggle out of these things in the John Wick films, too. High tech, shiny assassin movies that also feature old, spectacled women in musky rooms typing kill orders on typewriters and then using fax machines! :)
This is a big part of why they've managed to do quite well for themselves. A lot of people will simply dismiss them as an ego trip on the part of the main star, but the truth is that they do well because they are well-made, entertaining action films with a great cast across the board.
Knowing that Cruise learned to fly a helicopter just to make it look like Ethan can't, makes that sequence more impressive.
I think with a physically active Bond, a Gareth Evans directed Bond could raise the bar when it comes to action. The Raid had some unbelievable fight sequences.
Um, Denis Villeneuve?
Sign me up for this too. If only.
I don't know if I'd call his stuff blockbusters exactly, although I know he's done a couple of big budgeters now. But they're not really the Friday night, popcorn munchers like the M:I films.
If I had to pick a day, I'd say they're more suited to Sunday evenings. Can't quite put my finger on why.