Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

[MacGuffin]

[polkablues]

Hello, giant, weirdly-photoshopped Tom Cruise face.

[Jeremy Blackman]

http://xixax.com/index.php?topic=1180

Also, I think it's quite an accomplishment that that thread is the first result in Google for giant fucking face.

[MacGuffin]

New Trailer

[samsong]

as laughably preposterous as all the other films, though i don't think the plot's transparency as an excuse for set pieces has ever been this bad.  the strength of brad bird's action sequences does contribute to this so it's got that going for it.  the first half of this film has a kinetic energy that rivals anything bird's done thus far that culminates in the much hyped burj khalifa scene that is one of the most astonishing things i've ever seen.  that scene alone warrants the $20 price of admission (sort of).  there's also a scene towards the beginning of the film that involves a prison riot that one reviewer aptly described as being "staged like a preston sturges free-for-all" that i really loved.

the second half loses steam and peters out into mundane spy movie cliches including a hilariously awful "we make a great team, don't we?" denouement.  unfortunate, because that first half and the momentum it builds up could've made for one of the greatest action movies of all time.  bird's live action debut is promising but frivolous.  it'll be great to see him make something he actually cares about.

oh and the dark knight rises prologue is pretty fucking cool.  and yes, you cannot understand a word bane says.

[RegularKarate]

I mostly agree with Samsong here.  Pretend I just wrote what he said except in a more positive tone that reads more "half glass full" because I loved the movie despite the flaws.  Also pretend that I wrote about how I liked the cliches because that's exactly what this movie needs... the movie doesn't need another director trying to muddy up the fun by trying to fuck around with being too loud with his own voice.  This was a great live-action entry for Bird... can't wait until he can do something that's more his own.

See the movie in IMax if you like fun.  The IMax scenes are pretty incredible.

[Jeremy Blackman]

Title definitely sounds like a video game. That's all I know.

[RegularKarate]

Title definitely sounds like a video game. That's all I know.

I like the alternate title better:

Bad Lieutenant: Ghost Protocol New Orleans

[polkablues]

Bad Lieutenant: Ghost Protocol New Orleans: Fight the Future

[pete]

this movie was so cool. Tom Cruise shows his dick!

[O.]

this movie was so cool. Tom Cruise shows his dick!

They should use this blurb for their promotional TV spots.

[SiliasRuby]

Okay, I really loved this film. Even though Brad Bird directs this it still feels like a JJ joint, with Sawyer doing a cameo spot at the very beginning. Jeez, this was fun. I saw it in a full house and it made the experience that more enjoyable. There were moments that made me gasp. Such a wonderful feeling to see this picture.

[polkablues]

This was the Fast Five of Mission Impossibles, in a good way.  It met the bare minimum plot requirements to pass as a movie while realizing the whole time that the only expectation of a good action movie is to keep bringing the awesome.  See it in IMAX, as big as possible.  Léa Seydoux's chest six stories tall is positively hypnotizing.

My one gripe: they have scenes set in Moscow, they shoot in Moscow.  They have scenes set in Dubai and Mumbai, they shoot in Dubai and Mumbai.  They have a scene set in Seattle, they shoot in Vancouver, B.C.  Thanks, guys.

[Ravi]

The TV station scenes (and possibly a few other things) were shot in Bangalore, though they also shot in Mumbai.

Saw this today with matt35mm in IMAX. I thought it was a thoroughly entertaining meat-and-potatoes action. The action is well-choreographed and exciting. That Dubai sequence with Ethan Hunt on the outside of that building, holy shit, what a terrifying sequence in IMAX.

[matt35mm]

Brad Bird did good. This was fun.

Paula Patton and Lea Seydoux fighting all night long in my dreams tonight.