Rogue Nation Similarities
Kent007
Posts: 338MI6 Agent
The new trailer for Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation has just dropped https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrIyFIZIgwA
From the trailer, it seems as if the film is going to explore similar elements to SPECTRE. There's a battle at government level to shut down IMF/MI6 but really, there is a sinister organization behind it which is Rogue Nation in Mission Impossible and obviously, people have suspected that SPECTRE will have infiltrated the government.
I guess the only real thing separating the two thematically is that SPECTRE discusses Bond's past.
Just thought it was strange that two spy films that are coming out in the same year seem so similar. Though of course SPECTRE will be far superior.
From the trailer, it seems as if the film is going to explore similar elements to SPECTRE. There's a battle at government level to shut down IMF/MI6 but really, there is a sinister organization behind it which is Rogue Nation in Mission Impossible and obviously, people have suspected that SPECTRE will have infiltrated the government.
I guess the only real thing separating the two thematically is that SPECTRE discusses Bond's past.
Just thought it was strange that two spy films that are coming out in the same year seem so similar. Though of course SPECTRE will be far superior.
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I do believe that this is all total coincidence. But it's a bit unfortunate, because there are some people int he world, ignorant of how films are made, who might believe SPECTRE ripped off M:I. Oh well. Those people are few and far between, I think.
I guess it fitting since Skyfall stole from the first MI movie. I am sure EON will eventually take from one of Harry Potter Films before the lights are turned out.
Are you serious??? Remember the NOC list?
Am I allowed to post spoilers here? (About Mission Impossible NOT SPECTRE).
I created this thread about the similarities labelled spoilers: http://www.ajb007.co.uk/topic/46164/comparing-mission-impossiblerogue-nation-to-bond-films-spoilers/
There's nothing prohibited with posting spoilers unless the information was obtained illegally (the Sony hack). You can post anything you want about Spectre's plot after the film is released. I didn't want to post in this thread since there is no spoiler warning.
a criticism from many reviewers of the original TV series.
I think in the case of the original TV series, it was purposely written to concentrate on the nuts and bolts of each mission, sort of the original "techno thriller"; and that works for a 45 minute TV episode, a two hr plus feature film is another story. The TV series was also truly an "ensemble" show while the films are much more focused on Cruise and built more around his "starpower". Cruise, who looks amazing at 53 just looks a little too fresh and unscathed for someone who's been in that line of work for so long. Bond, especially Craig's Bond certainly looks like he's been around the block more than a few times.
I don't think he's a soulless actor, and he undeniably puts a lot of effort into his movies:
M:I-4: climbing outside on the world's tallest building
M:I-5: hanging on a plane that takes of and that 8! times
besides the scientology thing I consider him a great actor
Physical stunts don't require much soul in acting. Cruise has soul to put into making the films, but he doesn't have the same kind of soul as an actor.
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you lost me here...
Cruise made a career out of playing the same character over and over: The young, callow, immature, smartass race car driver, fighter pilot, pimp (Risky business), lawyer (twice), pool hustler, bartender, sports agent etc. who goes through adversity and comes out a better person. Cruise's lack of an inner core aided him in playing an immature jerk. He was also very good at playing a soulless hit man (Collateral) and a soulless jerk (Rain Man).
Now that he's gotten too old for that kind of part, the last ten years haven't been so kind. Outside of the MI series, the only movie that was a box office hit and critical hit was Tropic Thunder which was a Robert Downey, Jr. vehicle in which Cruise had a bit part. At first glance, Edge of Tommorow looks like it fills the criteria, but with a $178 million production budget + marketing budget and only a $369 million world wide box office gross it was a big loser at the box office.
Cruise's whole career now is the MI movies and Rogue Nation looks like it won't do the numbers that Ghost Protocol did, not even accounting for inflation.
Cruise should seek out parts in which he plays the bad guy. I think he makes an exceptional sociopath.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/tom_cruise/
I agree. I think he works incredibly hard at his roles, and although his religious beliefs are a huge turnoff (and I wonder what hindrance??) I would NEVER compare his movies to Bond.
His last movie, Edge of Tomorrow, imo, was one of his best in a while, and I think his MI franchise has enabled him the 'superhero' role he has longed (desperate) for... I would never consider himself soulless... self indulgent maybe, but not soulless.
I think the similarities are purely coincidental.