Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol - Part 1

[ThePowerCosmic]

I also loved all the little Brad Bird touches. Just the humor points during the movie, like Ethan getting caught while trying to escape or when the glove stops working and then sticks to the building again. Those little moments are just littered throughout the movie and you know Bird had something to do with them being there. Plus he even got his A113 reference in.

Or the part when Benji's face got in the way of the holographic fountain in the Kremlin.

 

[nightwing06]

For the fourth Mission: Impossible film star and producer Tom Cruise along with producers,
J. J. Abrams,and Bryan Burk wanted to turn things up a few notches and they have and then some.
Not only are all four leads great in their roles Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, Jeremy Renner as William Brandt,Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn,Paula Patton as Jane Carte.
But there also great dashes of humor and the action sequences have to be seen to be believed,each one is filled with tension that pushed me to the edge of my seat.I can just see the writers and producers sitting in a room saying ok this character has to enter a computer room,but how can we make it extremely difficult?
The scene at the Burj Khalifa in Dubai with Cruise actually climbing the 2,723 ft building likely gave the film's insurers cold sweats,is one of the best sequences i have ever seen.Its one of those sequences in which its fun to watch the audiences reaction upon second viewing.
The scenes in Mumbai India,allowed me to catch my breath but are still fun.There are a few corny scenes wedged in between the action,and one character is severely underused.
Aside from The Fast and Furious films which have had it's bumps along the way but highly entertaining the MI series remains entertaining with its fourth film,and im looking forward to a fifth film.
Scale of 1-10 a 9

 

[Anita18]

I also loved all the little Brad Bird touches. Just the humor points during the movie, like Ethan getting caught while trying to escape or when the glove stops working and then sticks to the building again. Those little moments are just littered throughout the movie and you know Bird had something to do with them being there. Plus he even got his A113 reference in.

WHERE?????

 

[AnneFan]

Saw this today. Good fun. Cruise had serious guts to go outside of the world's tallest building in Dubai and perform what he does. I don't care what people say, he's a real movie star. The gadgets in this flick are inventive. I was pleasantly surprised by stuff like the hologram they use in the Kremlin, thinking the gadget era was worn out, replaced by iPhone apps. The action was enjoyable and Paula Patton was hot. The film has a nice balance about it.

I also loved all the little Brad Bird touches.
Just the humor points during the movie, like Ethan getting caught while trying to escape or when the glove stops working and then sticks to the building again. Those little moments are just littered throughout the movie and you know Bird had something to do with them being there. Plus he even got his A113 reference in.

Yeah, I loved the humour in this film. Ethan running to keep up with the carriages, in order to do his eye scan, for example.

 

[scifiwolf]

Gadgets were cool as hell in the movie (when they worked). Paula was hot. I thought the subplot with Ethan, his wife, and Brant's past was very good. Gave everything a really nice subtext. Didn't like that the movie was so obviously sponsored by BMW, but the inclusion of the i8 concept made it ok (what a beautiful car). Pegg was awesome, and the humor had everybody rolling in my theater. Didn't get off the edge of my seat the whole time (except to roll around laughing, of course). The Dubai stuff, from the interior fights, to the exterior, to the sandstorm was amazing. And I loved that it was very much a team effort the entire movie, more than any of the previous films. I had hoped Brad would be able to give us that, and he really did.

Sorry about the Monday brain dump. Loved the movie. Will definitely buy the Blu-ray.

 

[Frodo]

This one is my favorite of the the four. I really liked seeing hunt as the veteran of the group and I found it refreshing that they made so many mistakes and that things never went smoothly. They were often caught off guard and unprepared and that Made it more suspenseful .

 

[Doctor Jones]

I wasn't originally going to see this, because I actually hadn't seen Mission Impossible 2 or 3. Is that fine?

Watch 3. It's Abrams and it's worth watching. I haven't seen it in a while but I didn't love it like I did this one. But I should check it out again.

But God, Ethan is a boss in this film.

 

[AnneFan]

Watch 3. It's Abrams and it's worth watching. I haven't seen it in a while but I didn't love it like I did this one. But I should check it out again.

I think it has a fair share of good moments going on. For example, the 'cold opening' sequence is brilliant. One hell of a way to open a movie and possibly my favourite. Ever. And I'm serious. It's very simple, but very effective. It gets things down to core human emotions and acting. Cruise sitting down in a chair in a tense hostage situation. A scene that occurs later on in the movie, but is obviously expanded upon. The question? "Where's the rabbit's foot?"

 

[Doctor Jones]

I forgot a lot of what happened in the film. I did like Hoffman as the villain though, who still is the best villain.

The villain in this was more of the stakes of Russian retaliation. Cobalt was more of a catalyst.

 

[ceebee9000]

I think it has a fair share of good moments going on. For example, the 'cold opening' sequence is brilliant. One hell of a way to open a movie and possibly my favourite. Ever. And I'm serious. It's very simple, but very effective. It gets things down to core human emotions and acting. Cruise sitting down in a chair in a tense hostage situation. A scene that occurs later on in the movie, but is obviously expanded upon. The question? "Where's the rabbit's foot?"

I completely agree with you regarding the opening. It is super compelling, and works on an almost theater level of simple acting/drama. The levels of emotion Ethan cycles through: negotiating, threatening, pleading. Awesome.

But that's what Abrams is best at. I really like him, but he's best at beginnings (see LOST). In fact, all of his movies have a super dramatic beginning (interrogation in MI3, Kirk birth/ship sacrifice in Star Trek, mothers funeral in Super 8), followed by tonally very different scene, with an upbeat pop song (party with "Tell me something good" in MI3, "Sabotage" in Star Trek, ELO's "Don't Bring Me Down" in Super 8)

 

[flickchick85]

Does anyone think Brad Bird would come back and do MI5

As much as I'd love to see it happen, I don't think so. It would go against Tom Cruise's entire mission statement (as a Producer) for the series after the 1st one: To bring on a different action director every time to put on his/her own stamp on the series. It was never meant to be one cohesive saga like Harry Potter or Nolan's Bat-verse. More like a series of action movie style exercises.

 

[Doctor Jones]

That's fine to me, as much as I would love to see Bird return. But I like the idea of bringing in new directors each time. They all feel different and have their voice and vision to them, which I like.

 

[ceebee9000]

That's fine to me, as much as I would love to see Bird return. But I like the idea of bringing in new directors each time. They all feel different and have their voice and vision to them, which I like.

Who would be dream director for part 5? In fact I hate calling it part 5, I wish they all had subtitles like this one. They could be:
Mission: Impossible: Mole Hunt
Mission: Impossible: Chimera
Mission: Impossible: Rabbit's Foot
And Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol.
Dream directors would be Fincher or Nolan, though neither would do it at this point, especially since Fincher had his chance.
I have a morbid horrible curiosity to see what Bay would do with it, though he probably wouldn't either at this point.
It really seems like this franchise is better when an up and coming director has to prove themselves.

 

[CelticPredator]

Michael Bay. Seriously. You thought Brad Bird ****ed up Ethan? Bay will DESTROY him. In slow motion.

I want to see it.

 

[ceebee9000]

Michael Bay. Seriously. You thought Brad Bird ****ed up Ethan? Bay will DESTROY him. In slow motion.

I want to see it.

Haha. He's such a crappy storyteller, but he has such a sharp visual style and appetite for over-the-top action and destruction. Plus, you know after this one that people would want to see the next one, and Michael Bay movies that aren't The Island make money. It would also make part 2 feel less out of place.

 

[CelticPredator]

...did my posts get deleted?

 

[ceebee9000]

Michael Bay. Seriously. You thought Brad Bird ****ed up Ethan? Bay will DESTROY him. In slow motion.

I want to see it.

Haha. He's such a crappy storyteller, but he has such a sharp visual style and appetite for over-the-top action and destruction. Plus, you know after this one that people would want to see the next one, and Michael Bay movies that aren't The Island make money. It would also make part 2 feel less out of place.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Excuse my French but Brad Bird has made the MI franchise his *****... He needs to return.

 

[CelticPredator]

Haha. He's such a crappy storyteller, but he has such a sharp visual style and appetite for over-the-top action and destruction. Plus, you know after this one that people would want to see the next one, and Michael Bay movies that aren't The Island make money. It would also make part 2 feel less out of place.

Thank god. You're a rational person! t:

I like the Island though. It's one of his best. The story isn't that bad.

 

[ceebee9000]

...did my posts get deleted?

I don't know. Repost whatever it was.

 

[CelticPredator]

It was what you quoted. I just couldn't find it.

 

[Slushy]

I know it wasn't Mission Impossible, but Part 2 was always my favorite. It was so action packed I couldn't help but enjoy it the whole way through.

The first film is a classic even if its aged a bit. I just hate how what they did with Jim Phelps.

Part 3 itself wasn't all that good, but PSH made up for it. He should've won an Oscar for his performance for it instead of that boring Capote film.

 

[ceebee9000]

It was what you quoted. I just couldn't find it.

Oh yeah. Weird

 

[jacobed]

WHERE?????

Early in the movie I believe Ethan says Alpha 113 but I dont remember why.

 

[flickchick85]

That's fine to me, as much as I would love to see Bird return. But I like the idea of bringing in new directors each time. They all feel different and have their voice and vision to them, which I like.

So do I, to be honest. Don't get me wrong, if any director should come back, I'd want it to be him...but I think Cruise's concept for the franchise is actually pretty cool. It's really fascinating to me seeing so many different takes on essentially the same plot ("Get a team together with some gadgets, make 'em desperate & stop a madman"). It's a great illustration of just how malleable the "action movie" genre can be. I mean, just compare this one to M:I2 - So similar on paper, Tom Cruise even has the same hair, but they are SO utterly different. Like I said, it kinda fascinates me, and I think it adds a certain uniqueness to the franchise, because Cruise really does seem to just hand over the reigns to each director and say, "Go nuts."