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Plots are basically the same. I think the studio realized it pushed MI5 to summer. It was initially supposed to be released after SP
Evil global organization: Spectre vs Syndicate
Creepy shadowy head: Blofeld vs Lane
Touch henchman: Hinx vs Vinter
Both feature finales in London
Of course RN is much, much better. No soap opera crap with the villain, no washed out/gray cinematography, no dull and draggy scenes, no stupid and shoehorned set pieces that don’t make sense.
Spot-on, gents!
Claire is gone and though I liked Nyah, it's best that we keep M:I 2 locked up in history. Zhen and Jane are extremely beautiful women but they were never more than hot support for the team. Jane especially was a very welcome presence in Ghost Protocol and quite frankly, I wish they had done more with her in the future films. But clearly, that boat has sailed now and with Ethan finally freed from further pursuing Julia, he can focus on Ilsa, with whom I feel he had developed a Platonic thing early on. Also, technically she belongs in a different "house" of spies, making things a tad more interesting than keeping romantic tension within the IMF, that is if romance is ever going to be on the agenda again, of course.
At this point, virtually anything done in any film can be compared to something that was done in a previous movie; this applies to any genre. I don’t think the people behind MI have ever intentionally set out to ape something done previously in a Bond film.
With these two some of the viewer intrigue comes from teasing at what could be and which seems so natural. To a degree, that might be more interesting onscreen than actual romance itself, which they may choose to leave for retirement at the end of MI:7.
There was one scene very reminiscent of Sanchez' escape in LTK, but I'm betting a similar scene can be found in a pre1989 movie as well.
On the other hand, I'm just as entertained watching items that show up in old Europsy movies that pre-date/anticipate Bond film content that came long after.
The second film took from Notorious though was done badly.
On the whole the film is pretty cheesy, but it's exaggerated fun. Dougray Scott really overracts though. Some serious angst there.
Otherwise, there's a very stellar plot going around.
Woo just was the wrong director for this sort of film, and really misunderstood the universe built in the first film.
Respectfully disagree, imho MI directly and purposely borrowed from the Bond movies. Just as Craig era tried to emulate Bourne films, and Connery's Bond was partially inspired by North By Northwest.
Nothing accidental there.
Yes, different opinions... ;)
@CraigMooreOHMSS
Yes, you're right! Hadn't thought about that in a long time. :D
MI2 comes across more like a Cruise action movie than an MI film. Luther is the only other thing that ties it to the first, really. There is no team concept, just Hunt, Luther and the nondescript Aussie. Oh and the standard traitor in the organization trope. Not to mention the heavy metal version o fthe MI theme.
Then comes the goofy scenes like the slow-mo shot where the cars spin out of control near the cliff edge (that scene really feels like a rip-off of the car chase with Xenia from GE). That whole fight between Ambrose and Hunt is just goofy rather than brutal. Add in that whole dazed Nyah wandering along the clifftops thing and the Lifetime movie ending and you wonder how this film is part of the same series.
Still my least favourite MI film though.
Would it be his "HHHHHUUUUNNNNTTTT!!!!" complete with slight Scanners style head shake?
I know what you mean. When he tricks Nyah into thinking he is Hunt, and she reveals her true feelings. He has, what looks like, an emotional breakdown.
The car spinning cracks me up as does Thandie wandering aimlessly, I am going to have to do a comments when I watch for M:2 when the 4K disk arrives. Its definately the front runner from being removed from cannon its not really linked to the other films other than Luther appearing again.
How much more do the 4k disks cost than normal 1080 disks or are they the same price ?