Mission: Impossible Trilogy

[Warhammer]

This is another thread like my Die Hard thread.
In your opinion, what is the best/your favorite Mission: Impossible movie?

- Mission: Impossible?

- M:I-2?

- M:I:III?

M:I-2 was average to me. It was full of action (Which I loved, especially from John Woo) and a nice fight scene at the end, but the story and general direction was a bit lacking to me. Hans Zimmer had great score with this flick, btw. Brian De Palma directed Mission: Impossible and it was great. It had a really great plot twist, and the general direction and score was great. I loved the story and the cool scenes at Langley. M:I:III was great, also. J.J. Abrams did a great job with M:I:III. The story was great, Phillip Seymour Hoffman was a cool villain, and team effort was great to see. (...finally)

IMO, It's a tie between M:I and M:I:III. It depends on the mood, but for right now, my favorite is Mission: Impossible.
Those 2 has my favorite are interchangable.

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[ChrisBaleBatman]

MI:III.

I think it had a good enough story....while not as deep and complicated at MI, but it had better action scenes and was better than I thought it would be.

I agree with many of the critics. MI:III is the best Mission yet. Phillip Symour Hoffman was just mindblowing evil.

 

[Warhammer]

Yep.
Hoffman was great.
He really felt like a cold hearted villain.

 

[SoulManX]

As much as I like MI 3...I still love MI 1 I can watch that 5 times a day.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

I think the first movie is superb and far better than any Bond movie of the last twenty years. MI2 is the peak of ultra-balletic, graceful action, I really enjoy it.

 

[SoulManX]

I think the first movie is superb and far better than any Bond movie of the last twenty years. MI2 is the peak of ultra-balletic, graceful action, I really enjoy it.

 

[GoldGoblin]

Part 1 was the only decent one out of these movies.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Its so tough to call between MI 1 and MI 3.

 

[FaT_tONle]

MI 3 is very underrated... very entertaining

 

[Hunter Rider]

MI:III the best mix of the series

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

I fell in love with the first MI over the summer but have since changed my mind, although I still like it.

The second MI...I don't remember how I felt. I seem to remember liking it too, but that may have been just typical post-theater euphoria.

The third MI...I liked it a lot up until the extremely stupid last act, where the movie fell apart before my very eyes from a lack of logic and what seemed to be a desire to rush to the end of the movie.

 

[Kable24]

I love Mission: Impossible 1 and 3.

The first one for the story and the third one for the action.

 

[wiegeabo]

MI2: was pretty good. It felt like an action packed John Woo movie. But it I don't remember it being spectacular.

MI3: felt like a really, really great episode of Alias. And since I loved Alias, I really liked this movie. Pretty solid movie with a great beginning.

MI: Is still probably my favorite. Although MI3 was close in some places, this was the only movie that really felt like Mission Impossible. A great complex storyline, some awesome action sequences. Just a really good movie that I watch almost everytime I see it on tv.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

I think the first movie is superb and far better than any Bond movie of the last twenty years. MI2 is the peak of ultra-balletic, graceful action, I really enjoy it.

I'd agree with you.....if there hadn't been a GOLDENEYE. But, good point nonetheless. Casino Royale looks good though.

 

[Revolver_Ocelot]

The first one is not even that good.
The third is by far the best.

The second one is a holocaust of cinema

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Why does MI2 get so much criticism?

The script is by Robert Towne, and it's better than average for an action movie.
The acting is above average for action movies.
The action is superb.
The cinematography is wonderful.

It's no classic, but it gets almost Batman & Robin levels of hatred on this board.

 

[SoulManX]

Why does MI2 get so much criticism?

The script is by Robert Towne, and it's better than average for an action movie.
The acting is above average for action movies.
The action is superb.
The cinematography is wonderful.

It's no classic, but it gets almost Batman & Robin levels of hatred on this board.

Because it doesn't fit the MI mold....it not a spy thriller...it just a crappy action movie.

 

[Dan33977]

The first one -- easily. The second one isn't as bad as most people say it is, but it's still the worst of the three. M:I III was OK, but I don't think it's as good as most people make it out to be...

 

[The Shape]

MI is my favorite. But I happen to agree with Kevin Roegele on MI2. The action was not as straightforward as the others. There was a stylization to it and I enjoyed that. It had some great moments, and the final fight was especially awesome.

While I enjoyed MI3, there's nothing that really stuck with me about it after I saw it. Nothing that stands out in my mind.

 

[pointman]

1 and 3 but I'm leaning more towards 1.

 

[DarKush]

MI:3 was my favorite. MI:1 was okay, but I didn't like them making Phelps the bad guy.

 

[FaT_tONle]

The Vatican scene and the fulcrum scene and the bridge scene... that was the ****.... with all due repsect to John Woo... the action was just way too overthetop and it was crap in my eyes... hated the plot too...

 

[green]

Gotta go with MI, although I did just watch MI:lll again and was suprised but just how darn good it was.

 

[Ronny Shade]

3 was the best

2 is my favorite

 

[Riven]

Actually, I think all three are bad movies. The first one is okay, I suppose, but only as "Generic Action Movie N° 5289601"

None of them had any clue what made the original show work.