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That poster is way cool too. Sadly I'm going to miss the trailer this Sunday. I'd like to see the film with as little in the way of spoilers as possible. That's how I approached RN and it really paid off. It's going to be tough to do though!
But people keep forgetting that McQuarrie already said that this movie will be very different in Style and directing. They hinted that this movie will have a personal story and Focus on Hunts Personal issues, and he wants to direct it different too, to keep the diversity of the series.
My Personal feeling is that this movie will suprise a lot of people here. And divide as many
As long as they CGI a mustache on him...
I demand the mustache be kept, but a new mustache be added randomly on his face somewhere via CGI, and it's never addressed in the film.
And add in some moles, and maybe a scar....
the gun seems out of place. A gun is a synonymous with Bond.
While the MI series has had plenty of gunplay, it's not an essential element and makes it look more like it's trying to be a Bond film whereas the MI series has established its own identity and in many ways surpassed the recent Bond in terms of overall entertainment value.
A minor complaint as the poster only has me more excited about Fallout.
The first hour or so is really good though. I like the nod to GE with the car chase (Zimmer even incorporates a similar sounding playful score for that bit) and the bathtub scene always reminds me of the GF PTS for some reason. Thandie Newton is great.
I thought it would be quite humorous to have a scene of Cavill shaving the moustache off in the film, for absolutely no reason at all.
Perhaps De Palma is the Terence Young of the MI series? He got the tone right and directors who followed have either succeeded or failed in replicating that original feel and tone. De Palma deserves massive credit IMHO.
And I also agree about the second film. It's John Woo's directing style that puts the film down as well as Hans Zimmer's score (when wasn't that a problem, anyway?) and some heavy rock music attached to the soundtrack. We're very lucky Woo turned down Bond in the early nineties.
The only positive thing about the third film was Michael Giacchino's score which is superior to his later effort on Ghost Protocol. The M:I theme has a better arrangement in the third than in the fourth.
But none of them had the pressure either to respect the legacy of a much loved TV series or build the foundation of a massive new movie franchise. I need to watch it again.
Paraphrasing Martin Landau, "The TV series was about mind games" and that's what made it beautiful, "we got in and we got out without anyone knowing". Whereas in the films, the antagonists are always in the know of an IMF team being present to intercept their chaotic schemes, alongside every single film involving a rogue agent and/or a mole within the agency. That latter element has to be eliminated for a good amount of three or four decades. It's gotten tiresome.
That's why I propose for the post-Cruise M:I direction to be team-oriented like Ghost Protocol. Call it Ocean's Eleven with spies if you will. That's what the M:I films should be about.
Re the team effort, yes there is more of a team effort with the newer contributions to the series and one wonders if this is just how things have evolved or it is calculated to make it easier for the audience to accept and MI movie with no cruise.
The way I see it, Tom Cruise wanted a James Bond series of his own, and Lalo Schifrin's theme tune for Mission: Impossible was cool and iconic enough, so he took it and made an Ethan Hunt film series under the umbrella of the Mission: Impossible brand title. All the films except Ghost Protocol were about Ethan Hunt getting helped by his sidekicks. They should make it more team-focused.
After Cruise, I'd like Rebecca Ferguson to takeover, put a team of her own including Michael Fassbender, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner and dare I say bring back Maggie Q as well as Paula Patton. It could only be my desired suggestion but... I would really like to see Fassbender's character being the son of Rollin Hand (Martin Landau) and Cinnamon Carter (Barbara Bain), characterized as a pseudo-Bond type. It'd be a terrific connection formed with the TV series, thus also making the possibility of exonerating Jim Phelps' name as originally intended by Brad Bird.
Re the future, casting is everything IMHO. They need actors who can bring a sense of class, cool and threat to the series (RF fits this). Fassbender would be perfect. I also think K Urban has been very underused by Hollywood
Regarding the IMF being an independent intelligence not connected with the CIA, that won't be appreciated by today's audiences as they always require a government oversight upon any spy organization, otherwise in their view, they'd be no different than terrorists. The people of the old days didn't see it that way, which was why IMF wasn't affiliated with any government.
Thanks, @patb. I also would appreciate the connection to the TV series as that would urge the fans to go back to where Bruce Geller's creation came up on the surface and see it for themselves. I know many UNCLE film fans went to see the original series (I know this via FB groups that I'm a member of) and they ended up embracing it. That's possible with this franchise, too.
Spot on with the Karl Urban mention. I'd love him to be on board, and it would prove a very strong team assembly, in my opinion. Keep Renner's Brandt character behind the scene as a missions handler and an analyst, it'd be good. Personally, I don't care for Alec Baldwin these days, so I'm fine if they ditch him as the Secretary and bring back the charismatic Lawrence Fishburne.
I think there is always room for more mature actors to bring a sense of weight to the movie and balance and humour. Vanesse Redgrave was a perfect choice in the original.
Plus someone like Nicholas Hoult to bring in some youth and energy?
Ultimately, I think they will need a new cheerleader top dog. I'm not sure who that's going to be, but it's necessary. Cavill may be able to do it, but his track record is not good. We really have very few megawatt leads anymore. Cruise, Johnson, Hanks, Wahlberg and Damon are perhaps the only ones who can still fill a theatre (I realize they've all had their failures, but when they are on form they as close to a guarantee as there is in this business).
Either that, or I agree that they will probably have to take it back to tv as an ensemble, where it will work better.
One way or another, a decision will have to be made but putting their eggs into one "star" basket is a gamble. If the star does not pull it off (who can compared to Cruise?)
then it kills the series. If they go for a team effort, it lowers the risk. If one character resonates, they can give them a bigger role (or leader) next time.
The only reason we are discussing RF as a potential leader is due to how well she has done as a team member.
Regarding the original MI:1, I watched it a week ago and had a great time with it. That really was a 'film ahead' in terms of taking an artistic slant to the genre. There's something about the atmosphere that De Palma creates which is unique, and that combined with Elfman's score elevates the film. The cast is top notch as well.