They wildly differ in tone. Compare MI1 to MI2 to this movie, it barely feels like the same franchise. Having said that, this movie was enjoyable enough in a rollercoaster kind of way. Plot was nonexistent though.
shareYes they do The Plot was existent the Bond films have no Identity and MI is the better franchise and Characters are likable this was the best film of 2018
shareWell, it must have been a crappy movie year then. Glad I didn't visit theater that much. The first half was ok I guess, but then it started playing with too many twists (it wasn't even funny) and the ending was just the same CGI crap like almost every movie today. And Ethan Hunt was a mary sue, and not in a cool way like Roger Moore in Bond movies.
share@Joogle83 If you're saying that the MI franchise is better than the entire 007 franchise...I seriously have to disagree.
shareThis one felt like a remix, greatest hits, of the series to date rather than a movie of it's own...
shareThe wildly differing tones are part of the appeal. Ving Rhames helps it all come together.
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And to think they were thinking of killing off Luther in this one, or in the alternative Brandt
I disagree about the tone. First, I'd "cheat" a bit by EXCLUDING M:I-2 as a John Woo flick more than a Mission Impossible flick. Reasonable minds can differ, admittedly.
That done, the remaining movies have, as their "identity":
(1) a seemingly impossible mission (naturally)
(2) Ethan putting friends above the mission
(3) action scenes where Ethan is both superhuman and human (he feels pain, gets winded, etc. - case in point is Rogue Nation where he actually holds up a finger, asking his assailant to "wait a second")
(4) over-the-top stuntwork
(5) completing the mission while rogue or disavowed
(6) a lot of team interplay (in Rogue Nation, for example, I thought Brandt and Luther "bonded" by arguing over the four-by-four)
Yeah I agree, the different tones keep the series fresh. That said 5 and 6 were very samey, same villain in part, but both still good movies in their own right.
shareAll the movies vary at least a bit.
The most different movie is Mission Impossible 2 which is a giant pile of garbage.