Favorite Mission Impossible film?

[Cremildo]

Not sure why it's crazy.

Tom Cruise was far and away the biggest movie star back then, years before his couch-jumping shenanigans, and the movie itself was the sequel to 1996's third-biggest film and part of an IP known for decades.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Not sure why it's crazy.

Tom Cruise was far and away the biggest movie star back then, years before his couch-jumping shenanigans, and the movie itself was the sequel to 1996's third-biggest film and part of an IP known for decades.

Have you watched it recently? I'm amazed it was as popular as it was based on the actual content of the movie itself. People sure seemed to like it though, it wasn't just the Cruise or MI factor.

[scifisuperfan]

People demanding superhero movies werent born yet!!!!!!!!

[levcore]

Originally Posted by scifisuperfan

People demanding superhero movies werent born yet!!!!!!!!

Lol I do find it interesting just how much the blockbuster landscape has shifted since 2000. Of course that summer was arguably the start of a big shift in popular entertainment with the release of X-Men.

[Samus Aran]

Originally Posted by levcore

MI 2 is essentially a Tom Cruise vanity project that couldn't be more different from the first movie.

That was always the original intent. All the aborted MI3 scripts/directors would've also been wildly different than what came before. All that changed with JJ Abrams trying to connect the movies together.

[Socko]

Director John Woo's first cut of this movie clocked in at three and a half hours. Paramount Pictures balked at this length, and told him that the final length could not exceed two hours. This would explain why there are so many plot holes and continuity errors in the theatrical cut.

The movie initially was rated R, but was re-rated PG-13 after many action scenes were cut, and the violence was trimmed down considerably.

I don't need to see a 3 and a half hours movie, but slightely longer would have been fine. Nowadays they are 2+ hours. Fallout was almost two and a half hours.

What I'm more curious at is what violence got left on the cutting floor.

Ofcourse it was decided the entire world got to see the cut that was made in America. Still baffles me today that the MPAA kinda talks for the entire world. We get what's left of the MPAA's decisions.

I'm probably wrong

[imsounoriginal]

I do miss how fun M:I-2 is (intentionally or not), and I like to think that the people making it were in on the joke and didn't take it too seriously. As good as Fallout is, I kinda wish these movies would go back to having a sense of fun about themselves. Could say the same for Bond, too.

[CreasyBear]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

I've always enjoyed the hell out of M:I-2. The third one is by far the weak link in the franchise, with J.J. Abrams shaky-cam all over the damn place.

I loved M:I-2 then and I love it now. It's utterly ridiculous in ways most modern big budgeted action films are not. M:I-3 is by far the weakest of the series, coming off like an extended episode of Alias. Great Giacchino score though.

[RCRochester]

I hated MI2. I really liked the first film directed by Brian De Palma, the opening sequences especially felt a real spy movie, with some action sequences mixed in. It was smart, intriguing and suspenseful. But I know "the masses" felt confused by its plot, so the second film was dumbed down in the extreme. It just feels like such an empty movie to me.

[Creed]

Originally Posted by RCRochester

I hated MI2. I really liked the first film directed by Brian De Palma, the opening sequences especially felt a real spy movie, with some action sequences mixed in. It was smart, intriguing and suspenseful. But I know "the masses" felt confused by its plot, so the second film was dumbed down in the extreme. It just feels like such an empty movie to me.

Even with the film being dumbed down, it made even less sense, lol.

The first is truly underrated.

[DVD Josh]

Originally Posted by jayman3

A better question is why are you saying that I’m not allowed to share my opinion?

You don't have an opinion. You have a chip on your shoulder and a mod complex as well as a threadcrap.

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

I do miss how fun M:I-2 is (intentionally or not), and I like to think that the people making it were in on the joke and didn't take it too seriously. As good as Fallout is, I kinda wish these movies would go back to having a sense of fun about themselves. Could say the same for Bond, too.

I hear ya, but the way I see it Ghost Protocol found the perfect balance between fun and Mission Impossible everything. I've always wondered if we can go back to what that was, but it looks like McQuarrie prefers gravitas over camp.

[willard0118]

Actually it wasnt the highest grossing movie in 2000. How the Grinch Stole Christmas was. And then Castaway. MI2 was 3rd.

[Falaskan]

But what was the highest grossing movie of 2001? Let’s make a thread!

[Star Lord]

Tom Crooze did all the stunts though.

Tom Cruise Ben Stiller Mission Impossible Parody - YouTube

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

I hear ya, but the way I see it Ghost Protocol found the perfect balance between fun and Mission Impossible everything. I've always wondered if we can go back to what that was, but it looks like McQuarrie prefers gravitas over camp.

There's some fun bits in his movies but yeah, he prefers the more serious tone. What bothers me more is that he and Cruise come up with the ideas for action scenes first, and then build the story around those (and they've admitted this). It should be the other way around. Thankfully in Fallout, the action and stunts are so damn good that they can get away with it. Rogue Nation isn't so lucky IMO.

[Joey9775]

It's so so bad. The one entry in the franchise they never reference.

[CreasyBear]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

There's some fun bits in his movies but yeah, he prefers the more serious tone. What bothers me more is that he and Cruise come up with the ideas for action scenes first, and then build the story around those (and they've admitted this). It should be the other way around. Thankfully in Fallout, the action and stunts are so damn good that they can get away with it. Rogue Nation isn't so lucky IMO.

I feel like Rogue Nation has the best balance, actually.

The Bond producers have been taking a "stunt first, story second" attitude for decades too.

[Mothravka]

Originally Posted by willard0118

Actually it wasnt the highest grossing movie in 2000. How the Grinch Stole Christmas was. And then Castaway. MI2 was 3rd.

You must be looking at some wrong stats.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly...yr=2000&p=.htm

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by Joey9775

It's so so bad. The one entry in the franchise they never reference.

Agreed.

It's the only entry in the franchise I dislike.

(haven't seen it in 19 years, though.)