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Age doesn't matter a bit. It's a team.
How old was Jim Phelps in the series? For how long was that character around played by the same actor??
Tom Cruise can do MI well into his sixties and slowly build up a successor if he wants MI to continue past him.
Anyway, I noticed a lot of similarities, some perhaps too close for comfort, to recent Bond movies (as well the vague stuff I know about as the upcoming one). Of course, there will always be similarities in competing series about globetrotting spies, I remember Ghost Protocol started bringing Bond-like elements into the series (possibly not a coincidence that this was after MI3 was the lowest grossing in the series) - there was a PTS style action scene followed by credits, gadget-laden car, Cruise wearing a tux and infiltrating a billionaire's party etc. And the Bond dial seemed to be cranked up even more in Rogue Nation. Here's a list of some things I remember :
-Fighting backstage at an Austrian opera (QOS)
-Hunt stumbling onto an assassination mission (SF)
-Former MI6 Agent(!) forming SPECTRE/QUANTUM-like organization
-Hunt disappears for several months after a mission goes bad (SF)
-Heavy amount of filming in and around London, complete with a somewhat low-key, scaled down finish (which I liked), avoiding the usual big showdown with explosions and gun battles etc. Same sort of tactic/style as SF.
-Government hearings over whether MI6/IMF should be disbanded
-Alec Baldwin's character basically follows Ralph Fiennes in Skyfall beat for beat. A bureaucrat who is initially opposed to MI6/IMF, he later gets caught up in the action, sees the wisdom in Hunt/Bond's way of doing things, and becomes the new M/boss character at the end
MI3: Breaking into the Vatican and kidnapping the villain + the bridge action setpiece
MI4: Dubai
MI5: Morocco
I don't think that's a surprise to anyone.
However, RN really upped the ante with the action set pieces. SP I'm sure will be a deeper, substance-filled and more layered film and prospectively we may get some amazing action that will surprise us; I have high hopes for the Rome car chase...BUT...RN at this point has raised the bar and SP has a lot to live upto.
In terms of action for this year, though, absolutely nothing can or will beat 'Mad Max: Fury Road.'
But most importantly, the acting was top-notch.
I will write a larger review later, but I also felt utterly charmed by this film in that Tom Cruise and co. were definately inspired by the Craig-era of Bond films :-). Certain action setpieces, camera-shots, a slight political theme....loved it. I just hope in the near future we fans don't get confused by what a Bond film is and what an M:I-film is :-O.
Dear United States Bond fans? You have your own spy-franchise now that will always be among us ;-).
Quick ratings of the "M:I"-films so far (Plus in between the Daniel Craig Bond films):
8.5/10: "James Bond 21: Casino Royale"
8.5/10: "James Bond 23: Skyfall"
8.0/10: "Mission: Impossible 4 - Rogue Nation"
7.5/10: "Mission: Impossible 3"
7.0/10: "Mission: Impossible 5 - Ghost Protocol"
6.0/10: "James Bond 22: Quantum Of Solace"
5.5/10: "Mission: Impossible 1"
4.5/10: "Mission: Impossible 2"
as much as I admire you, your ranking of the MI's makes me cry X_X
M:I (1996) 5.5 out of 10??
M:I2 4.5 out of 10???
that's harsh. Brian De Palma has made a masterpiece with M:I.
If anything only CR would be ranked higher in my book.
RN is much too new to be ranked by me (I only give my final verdict after seeing a movie three times of which at least once has to be on TV).
Problems? Where? What? Why? :))
Hey my two favourites are M:I (1996) and M:I2 !!
Especially M:I2 has so many truly amazing sequences! And it stays that relevant with its Day Of The Dead sequence ha ha!!
Some issues like the awkwardly edited and overly...sexual appearing?...car chase between Ethan and Nyah. I'd say some of the dialogue feels awkward and out of place, but overall, it's my favorite in the series. The finale is one of my favorites in an action movie, and that incredibly impressive motorcycle-stoppie kill he performs on the guys in the car (after leaving the bunker compound) blows me away.
1. Ghost Protocol - 7/10
2. Rogue Nation - 7/10
3. MI - 7/10
4. MI 3 - 6/10
5. MI 2 - 4/10
@smitty
I have seen MMFR with the Dolby Atmos system.
I've never experienced anything like it audiovisually! I tell you I felt the shock waves on my body and the floor was vibrating all the time! Not to mention the real surround sound experience in general.
The fantastic thing is they will release MMFR with the Dolby Atmos track on Blu Ray (at least in the German-language regions).
And the more he "copies" from Bond, the better. It works.
Bond just plain copied Bourne to get the latest filming style into Bond. That backfired somewhat. And of course only in QOS.
Bond borrowed heavily of The Dark Knight as well, again just to get the latest filming trends into Bond, but they didn't stop at that, they even copied The Joker.
Let's just say, the producer's shouldn't look for current movie trends to copy.
They can be original at their own (at least they were able to in the past).
Yeah. Did you see my post on the previous page? I wrote out a spoiler list of all the Bond things I recognized in Rogue Nation. I noted that Ghost Protocol began to bring a few Bond tropes into the film (PTS-credits, gadget car, Cruise in a tux infiltrating a billionaire's party), and I think this was a reaction to Mission Impossible III being a relative financial disappointment. That latched onto a different spy for inspiration - JJ Abrams' Alias, and the 'spy relationship drama' didn't particularly excite anyone (Hunt's "relationship" basically gets a one scene wrap-up cameo in the next movie). So I think they saw the resurgence of Bond's popularity and decided to move in that direction a little more.
On another note, forgive me if this was already discussed, but there is a scene in RN filmed at Blenheim palace which I can't help but think is very similar to the Spectre Blenheim scenes. When the SP scenes were being filmed, I distinctly remember seeing a set photo of the parking lot, where an AM DB6 was seen. In Rogue Nation, the same car can be seen in the very same parking lot. Can anyone explain this?
However, regarding RN/SP, we know that SP will have more action setpieces (*) than RN. Although a great movie
SP will be the actionmovie of the year. I'm almost certain.
It did get much better reviews than MI:2, however.
MI:3 is by far my favorite of the series, and one of the best actionmovies in my collection. It has the best and most menacing villain of the five, some of the best action setpieces I have seen, Cruise at the pinnacle of his career and some great dialogue, especially from Lawrence Fishburne.
No wonder that J.J. Abrams is now one of the most sought-after directors in Hollywood.
(*) My definition of an action setpiece: 1) Duration: more than one minute 2) stunts 3) Open space, meaning usually outdoors.
1. Mission: Impossible 3
2. Mission: Impossible
3. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
4. Mission: Impossible 2
I had one slight feeling of "How sweet and utterly charming Mr McQuarrie, giving a cameo to Bond's car :-)". It's so nice if directors refer to Bond films in such a delicate, respectful way :-).