Cruise does it again.. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

[jehurey 3,230]

Alot of people don't remember.........this franchise was pretty much going to be dead in the water, after MI2.

 

MI2 was a joke, it was basically on its way to being xXx and Fast n' Furious levels of stupid.

 

A complete miscalculation in what audience they were targeting. Most people thought the franchise was gone, until the trailer came around in 2006.

 

 

 

Its clearly obvious everything you've seen from MI 4 thru 7 is clearly rooted in the style that's established in MI3.

 

MI3 fixed everything, and laid the template.

 

Its just dumb to have secretaries of states getting assassinated, and the Kremlin blowing up.....and think that the story rests on Ethan Hunt and his team to solve it, and that they have determined that it is best solved just by them, alone.

 

And in these recent movies, Ethan Hunt being so stupidly devoted to saving everybody on his team, that he ends up taking ridiculous gambles is contrived storytelling. Sure you could say it has to do with the opening scenes of MI1 shaping his entire worldview, but they don't really do a good job of exploring that subject, and what it means to him.

[Mr. Impossible 409]

My favorite MI scene. 

 

 

[lostfool 680]

5 hours ago, jehurey said:

Why, do you know their number?

Yeah it's so I can call the waaaaahhhbulance for all the bitch asses who I make cry

[Mr. Impossible 409]

9 hours ago, lostfool said:

Yeah it's so I can call the waaaaahhhbulance for all the bitch asses who I make cry

 

You have no dick if you are using "wahhbulance" multiple times.

[jehurey 3,230]

15 hours ago, lostfool said:

Yeah it's so I can call the waaaaahhhbulance for all the bitch asses who I make cry

Looks like we both enjoy certain things from 2006.

[z,warrior 155]

22 hours ago, jehurey said:

Alot of people don't remember.........this franchise was pretty much going to be dead in the water, after MI2.

 

MI2 was a joke, it was basically on its way to being xXx and Fast n' Furious levels of stupid.

 

A complete miscalculation in what audience they were targeting. Most people thought the franchise was gone, until the trailer came around in 2006.

 

 

 

Its clearly obvious everything you've seen from MI 4 thru 7 is clearly rooted in the style that's established in MI3.

 

MI3 fixed everything, and laid the template.

 

Its just dumb to have secretaries of states getting assassinated, and the Kremlin blowing up.....and think that the story rests on Ethan Hunt and his team to solve it, and that they have determined that it is best solved just by them, alone.

 

And in these recent movies, Ethan Hunt being so stupidly devoted to saving everybody on his team, that he ends up taking ridiculous gambles is contrived storytelling. Sure you could say it has to do with the opening scenes of MI1 shaping his entire worldview, but they don't really do a good job of exploring that subject, and what it means to him.

I stopped reading as soon as you said MI2 was bad 

[lostfool 680]

8 hours ago, Mr. Impossible said:

 

You have no dick if you are using "wahhbulance" multiple times.

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[Mr. Impossible 409]

16 hours ago, z,warrior said:

I stopped reading as soon as you said MI2 was bad 

It was awful. I was such a John Woo fan too. 

[Remij 4,679]

So yea, we went and watched this.  It's pretty good for what it is.  The ending segment is ripped right out of Uncharted though

[z,warrior 155]

On 2023-07-15 at 1:18 PM, Mr. Impossible said:

It was awful. I was such a John Woo fan too. 

i've only seen face off and MI2 by him as a kid and I thought both were great  

[Mr. Impossible 409]

10 hours ago, z,warrior said:

i've only seen face off and MI2 by him as a kid and I thought both were great  

Face off is classic, and Broken Arrow is good but his Hong Kong stuff was incredible.