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.
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The first movie was more of a spy thriller too. Still my favourite of the series
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.
Did that happen in the series a lot?
I don't remember any episode where the government betrayed any member of the team.
Oh, and I'm pretty sure the book was The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier, which is described as
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.
I knew there was a television show, but hadn't watched it. Its surprising that it was a continuation of the series.
And that one person cannot be controlled by anyone. I doubt that is something the government would let happen.
Of course not. The govt hates competition.
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.
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 like they come up with the action sequences first and then task the poor writers to make sense of it.
Well... actually....
Pretty sure in a recent making of on YouTube, they mentioned doing that.
Yeah I had no idea the series existed until this past week
I watch anything with Tom Cruise, I think he is amazing. Always entertaining and a good actor.
The new top gun blew my mind how good it was.
"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".
"If you made a great one of those, then instead of okay-to-disappointing box-office returns..."
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Looks like it's doing OK to me, but what do I know, I only watched the first one...
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt9603212/?ref_=bo_se_r_2
DOMESTIC (30.6%) - $151,002,770
INTERNATIONAL (69.4%) - $342,800,000
WORLDWIDE - $493,802,770
1/2 a billion dollars isn't awful... OK, granted it's less than the Mega Millions cash option on Tuesday, but it's not awful.
Point of comparison:
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt5433140/?ref_=bo_se_r_1
DOMESTIC (20.7%) - $145,960,660
INTERNATIONAL (79.3%) - $558,749,000
WORLDWIDE - $704,709,660
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.
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.
Yeah trailers these days suck. Instead of creating hype, they literally show the best parts of the movie in the trailers. What’s the point?
I actually very much enjoyed this most recent MI after not caring at all for the previous entries, so... IDK?
Imagine comparing Mission Impossible to Fast & Furious. That's like comparing escargot to a snail you found on the side of the road.