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[Sock Monkey]

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL

I continue my trek through the MI movies with the fourth installment and it was definitely another step in the right direction for the franchise. This time around the entire IMF division is disavowed and Cruise and team are alone to stop all out nuclear war. Literally. There is some course correction addressing master-spy Ethan Hunt's marriage in the last film and the reaction by one of the characters to it seems a little to easy-going for my tastes, but the action sequences are good and it was a decent way to spend two hours. I wasn't bowled over by the film, but it left it with good enough feelings that if I'd seen it when it came out originally, I'd remember it was being "pretty good" and be inclined to watch the next one.

Grade: B-

[Sock Monkey]

2 is bad, but really after 2 they only get better and better IMO. Actually I should rephrase that. 2 isn't bad per say, it's just a product of it's time. It very much embodies the year 2000. It just hasn't held up well over time.

Yes, it is most definitely a product of it's time. And, boy, does it show. I had to stifle a groan when Cruise throws his sunglasses at the screen and they explode. I just don't think I'm the target audience for that one.

[Dan Hocker]

2 is bad, but really after 2 they only get better and better IMO. Actually I should rephrase that. 2 isn't bad per say, it's just a product of it's time. It very much embodies the year 2000. It just hasn't held up well over time.

[JJ123]

Cell was a bit odd. Can't remember much of it now, but I think I thought at the time that it was an okay adaptation. The book was cool, but also odd in its own way.

I think I've only seen the first two Mission: Impossible films. The first one - was that 1996? - I recall enjoying, but wasn't too enthralled with the second one. I do want to check out some of the later ones, but I am sort of gravitating toward different films these days. I do admire how Cruise has made this one heck of a business for himself...I bet he takes home a disproportionate amount of cash flow at this point on each poject.

Speaking of projects, I watched Project Almanac once again this past week. One of my favorite films. I enjoy the high-school energy of it. Always makes me feel younger than I am every time I watch it. I'm also a sucker for found-footage stuff. Speaking of which, when do we finally get a found-footage version of Friday the 13th or Halloween? Or, has that already happened?

[Sock Monkey]

Yet another reason that I am very glad to have passed on the Mission Impossible movies. They've always looked crappy to me. Same with his Jack Reacher movies. Have absolutely no desire to watch them. Weird thing is that I actually almost always enjoy Cruise's stand alone films.

I avoided them for a very long time myself. I impulsively purchased the first five movies in a Blu-ray box set because it was on sale for like $20-25. I have not been blown away. I have made a pledge to myself to not buy any more movies until I’ve gotten through my “to watch” stack (which I’m only partially sticking to…) so I’m doing my best to get through everything.