While I thought the movie was good, I think the simplest answer here is the best: They showed too much in the trailers…I aside from some car bits I had no sense watching it that some action scene was unexpected. It lacked surprise.
The M I movies are amazingly well-made action packed star vehicles...that bore me to tears.
I am not shitting on them, just they are not for me. They are successful and have a huge following.
What does the author expect?
"Could you please make your big budget movie franchise more like the low budget, formulaic TV show even though the majority of the M I films fan base have no idea it exists."
It’s funny. In theory they should 100% be something that is a must see in the theater thing. However, they have become to me a “I’ll probably watch this randomly in 7 months on a Friday night” thing.
I very much wish that a movie would come along in the same vein as the original MI movie. It is drastically different in tone and execution than any of the following films. I think a proper Tom Clancy Splinter Cell movie could do it. Movies now unnecessarily revolve around a world ending threat. The NOC list in Mi1 was a great motivating force for the characters to be striving to protect or steal. Now Ethan Hunt is constantly trying to save the world. Stakes which should never be left up to one person.
I never forgave them making Jim Phelps a bad guy. Worst entry in the series for me, but I really wanted to like it. Sounds petty, I know. It just dishonoured the original series.
There was a book or something on the making of the TV series, and every year they'd get at least one new writer in who'd be all ooh, I have the best idea for a story, let me tell you about it, and it'd be the same idea: they were misled into the mission. And the show runners had to shut that down every single time. They said that one of the core tenets of the show was that the voice on the tape (the people sending them on missions) had to be absolutely 100% reliable.
I've never forgotten that line from the book. Nor have I ever quite forgiven the movie makers for thinking up the same 'clever' idea everyone else had already had, and so drastically misunderstanding one of the core tenets of the series.
It seems like every movie always has the same plot anyways. The government betrayed him. A part of the plot of the last one was even about how many times the government betrayed him lol.
Recounts the origins and history of the popular television series, discusses the contributions of the cast, crew, writers, and directors, and provides plot summaries for each episode.
If you liked the first movie, you might want to check out the TV show. It's the only film that retained much of the DNA from the original series except for the masks of course.
"Mission Impossible" is really just a title for a series of action movies. It is so far away from the original TV series.
It is however the only thing that tom cruise is doing with his life, other than scientology.
I can't even be bothered to care about the hype.
It really should be called "Blow Shit Up".
Meh. I, for one, love the MI series. They’re expertly-crafted, across the board well-acted, and just plain fun. I can’t say the same for the F&F movies. I can’t say the same for many action franchises actually. Tom Cruise is batshit crazy but you can’t deny that he’s a singular talent.
Since MI:3 (the point when they finally introduced some more settled and recurring characters - Benji and Julia in that one, followed by Brand in the next, followed by Ilsa) they've been consistently the best action movie franchise going. I far prefer MI to Bond or F&F.