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Mission: Impossible (1996) Reaction! (Patreon)

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2023-06-01 17:00:08
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2023-06

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Mission: Impossible (1996)

Edited Reaction Alongside the regular multi-part full, you now have the option of watching an edited version of the full movie reaction with 10-15mins of Picture-in-Picture. You can watch this edit in the player, or alternatively you can download it to your computer using the button underneath each part.

Comments

Ryan

The original Mission Impossible show is kind of in the same boat as Shaft: a pretty generic piece of the genre that would probably be completely forgotten today if it wasn't for its one big asset, an absolute banger of a theme song. So this movie pretty much had carte blanche to do whatever it wanted with the IP, and it took the impressively daring move to immediately blow up the show's whole premise by killing off most of the starting team, and then revealing the beloved main character Jim Phelps is actually the villain this time. And while quite a few fans of the show were understandably extremely upset about this, it paid off in the long run as the movie series has been able to become much more of its own thing while also racking up a very impressive roster of directors. For the first film we have Brian De Palma, who also got the ball rolling on this whole project by presenting a list of action sequences he wanted to put in a movie, and leaving it to a team of writers to come up with a story that could incorporate all of them. At times it does have that feel of being reverse-engineered, and it especially probably takes most people at least two viewings to be able to follow some of the deductions Ethan makes that lead him to figure out who the bad guys are, but luckily the action scenes themselves are absolutely worth it. There's a very good reason that the wire drop scene is still the franchise's big iconic image, and it remains a spectacular achievement in sustained suspense that De Palma's hero Hitchcock would have been proud of. The film does show its age at times, and it's VERY obvious that this was still a time when the average public was assumed to not have a good idea of what the Internet was actually like, but when the overall result is this good, and led to so much other good stuff that you'll see in the coming months, it's very hard to care as you just sit back and enjoy it.

Thomas Corp

It appears I have more to say than I was expecting, leading me to split my comments up. I also had never seen this film prior to a few days ago. I'm familiar with the tv series. I've seen one of the subsequent films start to finish and about a quarter to a third of the entry immediately after the one I've already seen, and small bits and pieces of some of the other films over the years. I vaguely remember my brother playing a video game adaptation of this for the N64. Couldn’t tell you how much it matched the film, if at all. And of course, I know and love the iconic theme by Lalo Schifrin which Danny Elfman did a great job of bringing the theme to life for the film. I loved you dancing along with it by the way. I found the film to be decent enough, if not necessarily the most spectacular thing I've ever seen. De Palma’s direction I enjoyed. The initial set-up reminded me of Three Days of the Condor. I share your feelings of Tom Cruise being a VERY hit or miss actor. I don’t think he’s ever strictly speaking bad. I think there are times when he’s insufferable in a film, and there are times where he’s more tolerable. Here I thought he was decent, albeit a little too dramatic at times like the magic trick scene. Put it this way, I never go out of my way to see something that he’s in because of him; there must be other aspects of the film that provide an incentive to see it. I think there’s only ever been two films of his that he’s in that I've explicitly said that he is a big reason to see the film when I recommend his work to people. I was chagrinned over the underuse of both Kristen Scott Thomas and Emilio Estevez, although in the latter’s case, his name being absent in the credits does clue you in that he’d not last long. His death was most unpleasant, your reaction to it being most memorable. Ving Rhames was an aspect I was looking forward to, I figured you’d like him in this. In terms of the villainous side of things, Vanessa Redgrave was a delight. Likewise, it was a pleasure to see Jean Reno. Which brings us to the twist concerning Jim. I’m annoyed at how obvious it was. Even if I went into this film and I didn’t know the twist in advance, which I did, it still felt too obvious. As you summarized, setting aside how big a name Jon Voight is and his prominent placement in the credits, I’ve seen too much stuff. The opening bit with the elevator seemed suspicious. And the whole not seeing who shot him and the dramatic tumble were big red flags, the latter especially is succinctly highlighted in Chuck where the trope got discussed. Also, as I've mentioned prior, my dad always was very good at clocking shit like that, leading me to hear him in my head when such scenes transpire. The reason I knew the twist in advance was because, as I see Ryan pointed out, Jim Phelps was the main protagonist of the series, thus when this came out, longtime passionate fans of the series stated LOUDLY and for the record, their unhappiness about the twist. To this day, twenty-seven years hence, you’ll still hear some fans expressing how very touchy they are about the twist and their discontentment. Now finally seeing the film myself, I get it. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that the level of vitriol is the same as the more ardent fans, yet I fully understand and empathize with the fans of the show on that one. Claire, I had guessed she was likely a villain for the reason of her serendipitous survival of the opening seemed a touch too neat.

Thomas Corp

The biggest highlight of the film was the heist portion of the film. It was interesting finally seeing the full context of the cable scene which has been parodied numerous times over the last three decades, for instance, Wrongfully Accused and Shrek 2 have scenes spoofing it. Addressing your questions during the sequence. One, I was under the impression that the sound triggering alarms are only active when no one is in the room, thus when the guy is there, the alarms are deactivated. Second, you mentioned wondering how the one guy didn’t clock Ethan, even in peripheral vision. I had a similar thought myself. I assume tunnel vision is the reason. You know, the guy’s so laser focused on his job, what he’s got to do in a day that he doesn’t really look elsewhere, maybe. Thirdly, yes, it strains credulity that for all the extensive security measures that the room is sans cameras. And fourthly, yes, say you were in the vents, and it was a snake in there, the speed in which you’d drop Ethan’s ass would be most risible. I loved that comment you made, Jess. The final action sequence was similarly good, although like you, I got pulled out of it at the end thinking there’s no way Ethan wouldn’t get killed and/or paralyzed following his blowing up the helicopter. He was a lucky son of a bitch, that’s for goddamn sure. I see Ryan commented on how the film shows its age with the internet scenes, and that did stand out, though I give it something of a pass given the time. Other small highlights of your reaction were that I loved your concern for the poor fish that suffered from Ethan throwing the explosive chewing gum at the tank. I laughed when you commented about Ethan looking too unhinged to be holding a firearm, and I quipped, “He’s Tom Cruise. He always looks unhinged.” Then there was your reaction to the close-up of the needle at the beginning, your displeasure at that was shared by me. I yelled, “GOD!!! DAMN IT!!!! SON OF A BITCH!!!! WHY did we need a closeup of that!?!?” Overall, a decent enough first film of the franchise. I like you had a nice enough time with the first film. I hope the nice time, both on your end and my end continues for the rest of the series, if not, this is going to be a LONG rest of the year. Although the film I've previously seen was good, and everything else I've seen of the franchise is entertaining at the very least. So, it seems reasonable to presume that the rest of the series will be pleasant enough. If nothing else, the reaction was fun, and I'd say I enjoyed it more than the film. Thank you for the fun time, Jess, and again, here’s hoping the fun time continues.

Ryan
>>109804515

The N64 game can best be described as an admirable failure. It was made to capitalize on the smash success of the Goldeneye game, and you can tell the developers were really pushing themselves to make more than just a clone of that game, with several levels having no combat at all and being based around successfully keeping your cover going. Unfortunately, it seems like they couldn't come up with puzzles anywhere between "childishly simple" and "no way in hell you'll figure it out without cheating," plus when the combat did come up, it had some especially nasty controls since apparently splitting their focus that way meant there wasn't nearly enough attention paid there.

Ryan
>>109804523

After her initial reaction to the gum, I was hoping that when Ethan puts the pen cap in his mouth, she'd say "That's not the gum, right?"

Thomas Corp
>>109804515

Yeah, what little I remember of the game, it did seem very similar in style to GoldenEye. As you say, the developers were trying to capitalize on the massive success of GoldenEye. The Mission Impossible game never really gets brought up in conversation with my brother in terms of past video games like how GoldenEye we still talk about that game and the James Bond game, Nightfire a fair amount. I don’t even remember the last time my brother and I brought up the Mission Impossible game as a matter of fact. My commenting on it here might be the first time talking about it in some time. I'm watching the movie and the memories bubbled to the surface, I guess.

Dean Nolan

I used to love the Tv Series which starred Leonard Nimoy! I watched a couple of the films which were good but much like the fast and furious franchise i just gave up a few films in cos they seem a bit samey. But glad I have an excuse to watch the rest of them now.

Dave Ford

Nice casting of Ving Rhames in a role that might not have been expected to have gone to Ving Rhames.

Amy Chlebus
>>109808319

My favorites are 4 in 5, because they have Simon Pegg and Jeremy Renner in them. Comic relief.

Amy Chlebus

I love the fact Vanessa Redgrave is in it. She plays Max. She is also the aunt of Jemma Redgrave who plays Kate Stewart in doctor who.

Vanessa J McNamara
>>109808319

I did love the series. The fact that it had both Leonard Nimoy and Mark Leonard in it was a major plus.

Vanessa J McNamara

I have the same feeling about Tom Cruise. His brashness has turned me off on occasion, although it appears he's mellowed with age. I think he's great in this kind of movie, but overall I don't think he's a spectacular actor. All that said, this movie does keep up the tension and is fun. I did enjoy the TV series. It was cool to see Leonard Nimoy pop up in the 4th season, and previous to that, Mark Leonard was a regular. (He played Sarek, Spock's father) I haven't seen any of the subsequent movies, so this should be fun. I hope you're feeling better, Jess.