Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Cruise, Renner, Pegg, Rhames)
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He left some shows long before he started directing films, he left Lost after the pilot. But he's still listed as teh exec. producer on Person Of Interest and last season's Believe. Bad Robot's success as a studio came from their production of TV shows. Still he has been speading himself alittle thin and it showed in the wait for Into Darkness.
That's just part of having a large production company. Look at all the movies and shows that have had Steven Spielberg's name on them as executive producer without his day-to-day involvement. The more powerful and influential you get, the more shows you produce, the less of your time you can devote to any given one -- especially when you're also directing feature films. Bad Robot has become one of the major production companies in TV and film, and it's grown beyond just producing Abrams's own shows to developing and backing multiple other shows, as many other production companies before it have done.
My dad & I just saw the movie a couple weeks ago. I liked it. It's not as good as Ghost Protocol, but then, very few action movies are. Overall, I think my ranking of the films goes:
1. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
2. Mission Impossible III
3. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
4. Mission Impossible
5. Mission Impossible 2
I was just going to mention that.
Also, it seems like everyone is overlooking the other major theme in the movies: Ethan Hunt has short hair in the odd numbered movies & long hair in the even numbered movies!
(Granted, his Rogue Nation hair was kinda in the middle but it was still shorter than his hair in M:I-2 or Ghost Protocol.)
1. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
2. Mission Impossible III
3. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
4. Mission Impossible
5. Mission Impossible 2
I was just going to mention that.
Also, it seems like everyone is overlooking the other major theme in the movies: Ethan Hunt has short hair in the odd numbered movies & long hair in the even numbered movies!
(Granted, his Rogue Nation hair was kinda in the middle but it was still shorter than his hair in M:I-2 or Ghost Protocol.)Well Ethan did start out in prison in Ghost Protocol and while he accused by being a traitor he was never really branded as one. And it's clear that in Rogue Nation's case that Cruise and the director wer the ones in charge not Abrams who was busy on The Force Awakens.. In fact Rogue Nation's release dte was moved up so taht it wouldn't compete with Spectre or The Force Awakens.
I agree completely with that ranking, although sometimes I'm on the fence about whether III or GP should be on top. (I give GP the edge because it feels more like M:I, because it's so well-directed and plotted, and because it has a better score; but III has the richest, strongest character story and the most effective villain.)
Also, I'd do it more like:
Ghost Protocol
M:i:III
Rogue Nation
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Have you been reading my blog reviews?Also, it seems like everyone is overlooking the other major theme in the movies: Ethan Hunt has short hair in the odd numbered movies & long hair in the even numbered movies!
I kept a running tally of Ethan's hair length myself.
For me, Ghost Protocol wins because it's got the most visually inventive & stimulating action sequences of any of them. I love the stuff with the projection screen in the Kremlin. All of the stuff in Abu Dabi is great, from the stuff with Hunt climbing on the outside of the building all the way through to the chase in the dust storm. And I love the extra dimension added to the fight at the end with all of the elevators in the parking garage.
Plus, Simon Pegg & Jeremy Renner both have such great on-screen charisma that they almost force Tom Cruise into being more of an ensemble player through sheer power of personality.
Have you been reading my blog reviews?Also, it seems like everyone is overlooking the other major theme in the movies: Ethan Hunt has short hair in the odd numbered movies & long hair in the even numbered movies!
OK. Good. I'm glad someone is noticing this besides me.
Which is a modernized -- and funnier -- version of a trick used in the series, in "The Falcon, Part 3." One thing I love about GP is that a lot of the IMF tactics are updated versions of things from the show -- one of the reasons I consider GP to be the only actual Mission: Impossible movie in the Ethan Hunt film series.
That's Dubai. Abu Dhabi is the emirate adjacent to it in the UAE.
But on the other hand, M:i:III makes the best use of Cruise as a lead player, calling on all his talents more than the other films do. He gets to show a richer range of emotion in the first four minutes of III than in the previous four hours of the franchise.
And did I already say that I don't quite get what people see in Renner? I find him kind of bland.
Finally saw this, don't know what took me so long.
All I know is I'm grateful that Tom Cruise is helping erase the overwhelmingly tedious Mission Impossible TV show from people's memories and replacing it with cutting edge, hard hitting pure entertainment. This will be the only Mission Impossible people remember, and rightfully so.
I really enjoyed the movie - thought it was solid in just about every single aspect. Simon Pegg continues to grow on me and Ving Rhames is always great. The stunts - ALL DONE BY TOM CRUISE - were tip top. The plot was great, the acting was decent and I loved the take down of Lane. You just don't gas Tom Cruise and not expect to be gassed yourself at a later point by Tom Cruise, bro!
Overall it was a fun, great movie. I'm ready for MI 6.
My Ranks:
Mission Impossible 2
Mission Impossible 1
Mission Impossible 5
Mission Impossible 4
Mission Impossible 3
All I know is I'm grateful that Tom Cruise is helping erase the overwhelmingly tedious Mission Impossible TV show from people's memories and replacing it with cutting edge, hard hitting pure entertainment. This will be the only Mission Impossible people remember, and rightfully so.
I really enjoyed the movie - thought it was solid in just about every single aspect. Simon Pegg continues to grow on me and Ving Rhames is always great. The stunts - ALL DONE BY TOM CRUISE - were tip top. The plot was great, the acting was decent and I loved the take down of Lane. You just don't gas Tom Cruise and not expect to be gassed yourself at a later point by Tom Cruise, bro!
Overall it was a fun, great movie. I'm ready for MI 6.
My Ranks:
Mission Impossible 2
Mission Impossible 1
Mission Impossible 5
Mission Impossible 4
Mission Impossible 3
not sure if serious.
Best to worst. MI 3 just didn't do it for me. I mean it was decent, but not as good as the rest.
100% serious. Tom Cruise has transformed the franchise into something a million times better and much more noteworthy.
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Just casually crunching some numbers here, they're quite staggering.
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Since Tom Cruise has taken the helm and turned Mission Impossible into something worthwhile, the franchise has grossed $2,542,796,736 worldwide. Amazing, but not surprising given what Tom Cruise brings to the table.
Interestingly enough, the highest grossing entry in the domestic market was in fact Mission Impossible 2 at $215,409,889 which makes perfect sense to me.
The highest grossing entry globally is Ghost Protocol at $694,713,230 followed by MI 2.
It really is quite incredible - and we are all lucky to have witnessed - what Tom Cruise has done for this franchise, transforming it from a silly TV Show into one of the most commercially successful movie franchises of all time.
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Since Tom Cruise has taken the helm and turned Mission Impossible into something worthwhile, the franchise has grossed $2,542,796,736 worldwide. Amazing, but not surprising given what Tom Cruise brings to the table.
Interestingly enough, the highest grossing entry in the domestic market was in fact Mission Impossible 2 at $215,409,889 which makes perfect sense to me.
The highest grossing entry globally is Ghost Protocol at $694,713,230 followed by MI 2.
It really is quite incredible - and we are all lucky to have witnessed - what Tom Cruise has done for this franchise, transforming it from a silly TV Show into one of the most commercially successful movie franchises of all time.
Haven't seen this one or the previous one, but I've been meaning to catch up. I agree with Garak in regards to Tom Cruise who is a very underrated actor. He has a lot of range and near endless enthusiasm for every project he takes on. Sure, it's annoying that he got suckered into Scientology, but Cruise being attached to a project is almost always a good thing as he takes the work very seriously and wants the end product to be excellent.
The original was a good show, and I quite like Peter Graves, but it was also repetitive and limited. So far, each M:I film is different enough, although I'd love it if they went for more spy stuff and less action film, although they sure do know how to pull the latter off.
The original was a good show, and I quite like Peter Graves, but it was also repetitive and limited. So far, each M:I film is different enough, although I'd love it if they went for more spy stuff and less action film, although they sure do know how to pull the latter off.
This we can no doubt agree on, he's a very passionate and engaging man much like myself.
It certainly seems mystifying, to me at least, that there are still some detractors out there.
Some people just don't appreciate hard work and true dedication I suppose.
Can't say I've really watched any of the MI films (I've watched most of GP and some of III) but I do like Cruise as an actor, for being someone around my own height he was really rather good as Jack Reacher and Edge of Tomorrow is excellent in my book, plus he made Oblivion a passable flm.
I may watch Rogue Nation when it's out on BR/Demand, but more for Pegg than Mr Cruise.
I may watch Rogue Nation when it's out on BR/Demand, but more for Pegg than Mr Cruise.
Well I wouldn't either of the Mission:Impossible TV series silly, the original created the formula and even the very familar theme music came from the TV series. Cruise wouldn't wanted to make the movie if not for his love of the TV series. But thedy do seem to running out of new things to do, teh Die Hard movies have had the same problem. Preventing a terrorist plot might be a good diection to go in, but we've seen the IMF disbanded twice and Hunt on his own more than once.
Agreed. Shit, Collateral might be the best performance he's ever given.