Great movie. Too bad the 3D made everything look fake.
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Watching Ghost Protocol and my suspension of disbelief is out the window. Every time they set something intense up, they go way too far with it to a point I give up believing it.
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You can't go into Mission: Impossible movie dissing the 'impossible' angle, it's a recipe for a bad time at the movies. It's already happening, since you're posting here instead of watching arguably the most slick M:I installment courtesy of Brad Bird. 🕷
Yeah, but... still, there is a thing called suspension of disbelief, whether the title of the movie contains the word "impossible" or not. I guess the discrepancy arises in people like Bacon (or myself) when the movie establishes a tone and a world with a set of rules and it just doesn't seem to stay in the confines of that world. It's hard to explain but I already mentioned how I have a problem with the masks in all these films. In any other film it would bother me, and it bothers me in M:I films just the same - to me it's a plot device that throws me out of the film completely.
So, I'm just saying, I'm perfectly fine and probably agree with Bacon's assessment of Ghost Protocol.
So, I'm just saying, I'm perfectly fine and probably agree with Bacon's assessment of Ghost Protocol.
The film had a more grounded feel to it and I can comfortably criticize it when its a legitimate problem in the tension. Just because its got impossible in the title doesnt mean every problem evaporates. Its still the best or second best ive seen thus far but ot kept annoying me.
Ghost Protocol is live action looney tunes and one of the best directed (and best) action movies ever made
-Vader
It's extremely well made but there's a point where things don't add up and it's trying to portray something realistically/somberly only to muck it up.
It's still probably my favorite of the series so far (MI1 and this one). Elswitt's cinematography is great, Bird directed it really well, and the characters actually all have real depth and feel integral to the story. It feels like the characters drive the story forward rather than the other way around.
I did it! I finally watched the first Mission: Impossible. I've tried watching it like 2 times before, and each time I tuned out of it around the 30 minute mark. I've finally watched it from beginning to end and I gotta say... I've misplaced my low judgement of that movie.
It's a straight-up solid thriller that morphs into an action flick by the end. It made me realise how the whole franchise can walk between big action set pieces and foggy, darkly lit noir anytime it wants to. I've always criticised the film, from what I saw of it, for being too weird and boring. Upon revisiting it, you've gotta admit, being a spy would be a very weird job in and of itself, constantly being double-crossed and talking to people who say things that have more than one meaning.
I've still got the second one to watch (expecting nothing but pure early 2000's chunky cheese) before revisiting Fallout tomorrow, making a reassessment of my opinion.
It's a straight-up solid thriller that morphs into an action flick by the end. It made me realise how the whole franchise can walk between big action set pieces and foggy, darkly lit noir anytime it wants to. I've always criticised the film, from what I saw of it, for being too weird and boring. Upon revisiting it, you've gotta admit, being a spy would be a very weird job in and of itself, constantly being double-crossed and talking to people who say things that have more than one meaning.
I've still got the second one to watch (expecting nothing but pure early 2000's chunky cheese) before revisiting Fallout tomorrow, making a reassessment of my opinion.
