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http://geektyrant.com/news/tom-cruise-held-his-breath-for-over-six-minutes-in-mission-impossible-rogue-nations-uncut-underwater-scene
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So he managed to do this and hang off a plane. Let's hope this doesn't get too much publicity because it pisses over Bond. I'm sure SP will kick its ass in other departments, but it does depress me that these kind of action set pieces were the reserve of Bond and now the pretenders are setting the benchmarks.
You're funny :-P. You can also put me across your knee @RC7 :-P?
I always thought it was at least partly a conscious decision to make it look slightly unrealistic, since De Palma was allegedly a huge Hitchcock fan and earlier on in M:I has things like the camera going through walls (where you clearly see it´s a stage set wall), as Hitch used to do sometimes.
How there would be room for two trains and a helicopter? Oh come on, if there would be room where would the thrill be ;-)?
Also, it's funny how up until the tunnel Jean Reano looks like he's genuinely concentrating on piloting the helicopter. Once it enters the tunnel he's like "yeah whatever" :p
Wow....
Adrenaline high ;-).
That´s because you never flew a helicopter into a tunnel :P .
I guess I can somewhat understand you, @Major. It´s very simple, really, for me. The films should convince the viewer as films. If they don´t do that for whatever reason, one shouldn´t waste his time watching them.
It's a film that's grown on me. When I first saw it, I didn't enjoy it so much. As I've gotten older, I've come to appreciate it much more - DePalma did great work here and it's beautifully filmed. Love the wierd camera angles now.
In a way, for me the original MI is somewhat like the old Connery Bonds. Did not like them so much when younger, but love them all now.
Having never seen the old tv series (for me Peter Graves will always be Captain Ouver from Airplane) I remember Barry Norman showing a brief clip of the train sequence at the start of his last BBC Film programme in 1996 before the summer break.
I then saw it in the cinema a few weeks later and eventually got an "ex rental" copy from my local video shop before it officially came out to buy on VHS.
I still have that video now.
I think purely as a film "GoldenEye" trumps "Mission: Impossible 1" in every aspect. Not only that, but the entire CGI-train chase really didn't do it for me. It's like saying "Oooowh wow, 007 surfing an ice rock...that was awesome!"
For me, the favourite M:I-film still is "Mission: Impossible 3", after that "Ghost Protocol". Though I have a feeling "Rogue Nation" is quite a darker take on the "M:I"-franchise.
No, but then I most certainly prefer the foot chase sequence in the London Underground in SF, the entire PTS of SF, the Miami chase sequence in CR or the parcours chase sequence in CR over....that train sequence in "M:I 1"
Did anyone ever suggest it was?
I also think the train sequence is far more exciting than the dogfight/free fall in QOS.
Gustav, getting a little carried away.
It's an awesome scene and still holds up. The stuff on top of the train in the build up is magnificent, even better than the Bond/Patrice fight IMO.
Agreed. I love the build-up in particular because of the sheer speed. You can almost feel the force of the wind yourself.
I bet John Glenn saw this and thought "damn I wish I'd been able to make my train sequence in OP that good" :p
For me the main large-scale action sequences in modern Bond that come close in terms of pure thrills are:
-The archive shootout/tank chase in GE
-the free-running stuff in CR
-the Miami airport chase
-the courtroom shootout in SF
I think if he saw it he recognized how they did improve on OP's brilliant stunt work in the train sequence.
While Mendes train sequence was somehow alright but at no point where you impressed.
I loved Skyfall but I thought the score was poor. I was disappointed Arnold wasn't back for SPECTRE.
Well considering GoldenEye is my favorite Bond movie, I would agree that GE trumps MI 1 but I'm not here to compare Bond vs. M:I. They are both my favorite films from either franchise.