Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation - Part 1

[Loki882]

Given how much Ethan's love for his wife was played up in both MI:III and GP, having him jump into another romance already would be a big mistake imo. Plus, she's not even dead.

 

[flickchick85]

Not exactly, but not wrong either. According to Wikipedia, Ghost Protocol was

"the first Mission: Impossible film to be partially filmed using IMAX cameras".

Didn't know that though. For the record, a movie filmed and shown in a true IMAX format can be visually spectacular. I remember TDK (also partially shot with IMAX cameras) and some of those scenes shot by Nolan almost had me gasping for air. Those high up scenes with a lot of motion can get your heart stuck right in your throat.

I agree with Redfirebird that the Burj Khalifa sequence in Ghost Protocol is probably the best Hollywood use of IMAX cameras to date. On a true IMAX screen, that was just absolutely breathtaking.

To answer inquiries about THIS movie on IMAX, I did find myself thinking a couple of times that the conversion wasn't really all that great, but I'd still say it's worth it for the scope it adds, and of course the awesome sound (my favorite thing about IMAX, honestly). Just don't expect anything close to IMAX-quality picture.

Wowwy Oh my Rebecca Ferguson is one serious badass woman. Easily the best female lead in the franchise she can act, she can fight and Damn she's mighty fine. I can see her easily being casted as a female action star. Which company will recruit her first Marvel or Dc Comics?

She'd make a great Artemis in WW, imo. But I certainly wouldn't argue if she were cast as Captain Marvel or another Marvel hero, either.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

I forgot to mention, in case it wasn't clear from my previous post - this is easily the best of the franchise, imo. I absolutely adored Ghost Protocol, but this one has all the same elements I loved about that one (the team dynamic, sense of fun and awesomely directed action), and then on top of that, adds what GP was sorely lacking - a good villain and smart script. It's just a natural evolution from that one, basically.

Considering how good GP was, this makes me even more excited to see the movie, gotta wait a week or 2 to see it though.

McQuarrie has always been awesome though, really hope he starts directing more movies now as he seems to take long breaks from directing.

 

[samsnee]

I'm trying to decide which director I liked best in the series. I think Kittridge is number 1 followed by Brassley from the third one.

 

[InCali]

That's what I meant. I didn't elaborate on the partiality because it was a given. Nobody can yet shoot a whole film in Imax because of its limitations. I mean, they can, but all the dialogue would have to be dubbed.

It's possible, because of quirks in the English language, that this can be taken another way, but what I've read "appears" to say that Interstellar was, in fact, shot in 70mm IMAX.

Can't say for 100% if that's true or not.

EDIT: 66 minutes shot in 70mm IMAX.

 

[flickchick85]

It's possible, because of quirks in the English language, that this can be taken another way, but what I've read "appears" to say that Interstellar was, in fact, shot in 70mm IMAX.

Can't say for 100% if that's true or not.

Not the whole thing. Just some of it, same with TDK, TDKR, 2 of the Transformers films and Ghost Protocol.

 

[InCali]

The skyscraper scene in Ghost Protocol is the best Hollywood IMAX footage so far in my opinion. I was squirming in my seat during that scene in the IMAX theater. Makes you feel like you are hanging off the tallest building in the world.

That was a RAD scene. My wife gets vertigo and motion sickness. She couldn't watch it .......or Cloverfield for that matter (not that the filming techniques were comparable).

 

[InCali]

Not the whole thing. Just some it, same with TDK, TDKR, 2 of the Transformers films and Ghost Protocol.

72 minutes in TDKR. As I'm thinking about it, part of any movie shouldn't be shot in IMAX (except the new, lower definition digital IMAX cameras). IW will be shot entirely with those as will some of CW.

I think Crapformers (the last one) was shot in Digital IMAX. What a waste of a good camera.

 

[flickchick85]

72 minutes in TDKR. As I'm thinking about it, part of any movie shouldn't be shot in IMAX (except the new, lower definition digital IMAX cameras). IW will be shot entirely with those as will some of CW.

I think Crapformers (the last one) was shot in Digital IMAX. What a waste of a good camera.

It was mostly shot in digital IMAX, but there were bits shot in 70mm as well. Either way, a waste as you said. Infinity War's being shot with a brand new digital IMAX camera, I believe.

I don't mind films being only partially shot in 70mm if it means we get sequences as fantastic as those Chris Nolan and Brad Bird gave us.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

So I thought it was a good film but I was kinda sleepy when I saw so not in the best frame of mind. lol

I plan on seeing it again with my Tom Cruise obsessed mother tomorrow.

 

[InCali]

It was mostly shot in digital IMAX, but there were bits shot in 70mm as well. Either way, a waste as you said. Infinity War's being shot with a brand new digital IMAX camera, I believe.

I don't mind films being only partially shot in 70mm if it means we get sequences as fantastic as those Chris Nolan and Brad Bird gave us.

Totally agree. I don't need the inside of the bathroom at a restaurant shot in 70mm (don't want it to be now that I think a little bit more about it).

Right about IW. CW is being shot partially with it. A bit of a test run I believe. I don't really understand why they just don't shoot 3D movies with the new 3D IMAX digital camera. Harder to use?? Don't know how to use?? Cost more than doing conversion??

The 70mm just blows everything out of the water.....at least everything that I've seen.

 

[Liam_H]

Given how much Ethan's love for his wife was played up in both MI:III and GP, having him jump into another romance already would be a big mistake imo. Plus, she's not even dead.

Not necessarily, I feel like that story was tied up with their look to one another at the end of GP. Ethan just can't give up the job. They decide to move on, care for each other still but can't be together.

 

[samsnee]

So was

Spoiler

Alec Baldwin's character Hunley in on it the whole time? It was apparent to me he wasn't and that he didn't become the new director until the end. But the Wikipedia summary says he was. If he was, then half the scenes with him don't make sense as it would only be to the fool the movie audience and no one in the actual movie.

 

[Octoberist]

How was the main villain? Solomon Lane?

 

[BlackFox]

So was

Spoiler

Alec Baldwin's character Hunley in on it the whole time? It was apparent to me he wasn't and that he didn't become the new director until the end. But the Wikipedia summary says he was. If he was, then half the scenes with him don't make sense as it would only be to the fool the movie audience and no one in the actual movie.

No, not at any point did the film [BLACKOUT]elude to him being in league with the Syndicate[/BLACKOUT]

 

[Loki882]

Not necessarily, I feel like that story was tied up with their look to one another at the end of GP. Ethan just can't give up the job. They decide to move on, care for each other still but can't be together.

Nope, I REALLY don't like that cliché. And I get enough of it in other franchises, we don't need to see it hear as well. Plus it renders kind of craps all over MI:III.

 

[Liam_H]

Nope, I REALLY don't like that cliché. And I get enough of it in other franchises, we don't need to see it hear as well. Plus it renders kind of craps all over MI:III.

So you want no romantic interests for Ethan from now on? Cause he's still hung up/with Julia to some capacity?

 

[samsnee]

No, not at any point did the film [BLACKOUT]elude to him being in league with the Syndicate[/BLACKOUT]

No I meant that he was

Spoiler

secretly the IMF director the whole time and the story he told at the end was true and the whole "defunding IMF" was a ruse. I interpreted the ending was that Hanley came around to the importance of the IMF and became their new director.

 

[BlackFox]

No I meant that he was

Spoiler

secretly the IMF director the whole time and the story he told at the end was true and the whole "defunding IMF" was a ruse. I interpreted the ending was that Hanley came around to the importance of the IMF and became their new director.

Sorry, yeah I dont think [BLACKOUT]he was the IMF leader all along either and just "bluffing", again the film didnt really indicate this, I think your interpretation was the same as mine[/BLACKOUT].

 

[terry78]

I think the trailers were setting Baldwin up to be in league with them , but that would be way too easy.

 

[Fallen Angel]

So you want no romantic interests for Ethan from now on? Cause he's still hung up/with Julia to some capacity?

The thing was nothing was said in this to know where he is regarding him and his wife. All it had to be was a single comment like he got divorced or something or there's a shot of divorce papers something to indicate that his wife will no longer play any part in upcoming movies.

As far as the MI universe cannon goes Ethan Hunt is still a married man.

 

[Octoberist]

Also, wouldn't it be against Ethan's character to go for another love interest, only to deal with the same level of danger he went through in part 3 and 4 between his love life and professional career?

 

[The Caped Knight]

 

[The Caped Knight]

Box Office: 'Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation' Cruising to $45M-Plus U.S. Debut.
Friday's take includes $4 million in preshow screenings.

There's been plenty of speculation as to how the big-budget film, costing Paramount and Skydance Productions $150 million to make, will fare in the U.S. At this rate, Rogue Nation could match the debut of Mission: Impossible III and exceed the opening of the last installment, Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, although a comparison to the latter is tough because it played its first weekend in Imax runs.

The critically acclaimed film is the fifth installment in the action franchise and is playing in 3,956 North American theaters. It will easily win the weekend, and is expected to be even bigger overseas, where it rolls out in numerous markets (Cruise remains a far bigger star internationally). The Mission: Impossible movies have never opened to huge numbers, outside of the second film, which took in $70.8 million over the long Memorial Day weekend in 2000, including $57 million for the weekend itself.

Written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the new Paramount and Skydance film sees Hunt and his team attempting to prove the existence of (and then stop) the Syndicate, an international criminal consortium. Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson also star.

Ghost Protocol, directed by Brad Bird, revitalized the spy-action franchise, earning $694.7 million globally, a series best. That included an international total of $485.3 million.

THR.com

 

[NoLaNitE007]

Box Office: 'Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation' Cruising to $45M-Plus U.S. Debut.
Friday's take includes $4 million in preshow screenings.

There's been plenty of speculation as to how the big-budget film, costing Paramount and Skydance Productions $150 million to make, will fare in the U.S. At this rate, Rogue Nation could match the debut of Mission: Impossible III and exceed the opening of the last installment, Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, although a comparison to the latter is tough because it played its first weekend in Imax runs.

The critically acclaimed film is the fifth installment in the action franchise and is playing in 3,956 North American theaters. It will easily win the weekend, and is expected to be even bigger overseas, where it rolls out in numerous markets (Cruise remains a far bigger star internationally). The Mission: Impossible movies have never opened to huge numbers, outside of the second film, which took in $70.8 million over the long Memorial Day weekend in 2000, including $57 million for the weekend itself.

Written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the new Paramount and Skydance film sees Hunt and his team attempting to prove the existence of (and then stop) the Syndicate, an international criminal consortium. Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson also star.

Ghost Protocol, directed by Brad Bird, revitalized the spy-action franchise, earning $694.7 million globally, a series best. That included an international total of $485.3 million.

THR.com

Can't wait to see this weekend! Big fan of this franchise! The last two were awesome and this one looks be right in line with the last two!

Just wish Paula Patton was brought back! Grrrrrrrrr