When I watched the movie today and later spoke to my mother, she excitedly asked me, “Did you enjoy the movie?”
She knows that I am a huge fan of Tom Cruise. Yes, I have forgiven him for the incident at Oprah Winfrey’s show.
At the age of 19, I have stayed up till 11:30 p.m. in order to start watching "Jerry Maguire" on TV (in my household, sleeping post 2 a.m. was unheard of in those days) and have meticulously noted down all his movies so that I could tick them off my watch list. I have written about him earlier here.
Last year, there was news regarding how he has been displaced by Leonardo diCaprio as the most bankable star in Hollywood. I received the news with a twinge of sadness. To give a tennis comparison, it was the equivalent of Sampras losing to Federer at Wimbledon. I knew that I was going to rate Federer higher as time passed by, just as I rate Caprio higher than Cruise.
Hence when Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol kept me engrossed, I felt thrilled. This post is not exactly a review, and I am going to leave you with a series of thoughts.
My order of recommendation of Mission: Impossible movies: 1, 4, 3 and 2. The second movie is close to Bollywood fare, and left me disappointed except when Cruise was scaling the Utah cliff. That’s seriously good stuff.
I have watched two movies in this series at the theatre (Mission: Impossible II and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol)
Cruise makes sprinting and scaling the Burj Khalifa look jaw-droppingly good. At 49, this is impressive.
Jeremy Renner is immensely watchable, even when he shares screen space with Cruise. Watch the scene when both of them run alongside a train. Renner has intrigued me enough to want to watch “The Hurt Locker”.
Anil Kapoor should have said no to acting in this movie. His character is a buffoon, and he had hardly any screen time.
Samuli Edelmann, the actor who plays Wistrom, reminded me of the F1 racer Nick Heidfeld.
If you are a fan of the theme music used in the first movie of the series, you will be happy to know that this movie has interesting music too. It mirrors the mood in different locations, and features a track by Eminem.
Locations that feature in this movie include Budapest, Moscow, Dubai and Mumbai. I was scheduled to visit Moscow when I was in school, and the trip didn’t materialize.
The political backdrop in this movie doesn’t get much attention, however the ideas proposed are interesting. In reality, would the USA and Russia ever become friends? Which country would unleash the nuclear war, if at all?
A thought that was troubling me for the past three days miraculously left me when I watched the movie. Yes, cruise magic still works. Watch it unfold below.
She knows that I am a huge fan of Tom Cruise. Yes, I have forgiven him for the incident at Oprah Winfrey’s show.
At the age of 19, I have stayed up till 11:30 p.m. in order to start watching "Jerry Maguire" on TV (in my household, sleeping post 2 a.m. was unheard of in those days) and have meticulously noted down all his movies so that I could tick them off my watch list. I have written about him earlier here.
Last year, there was news regarding how he has been displaced by Leonardo diCaprio as the most bankable star in Hollywood. I received the news with a twinge of sadness. To give a tennis comparison, it was the equivalent of Sampras losing to Federer at Wimbledon. I knew that I was going to rate Federer higher as time passed by, just as I rate Caprio higher than Cruise.
Hence when Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol kept me engrossed, I felt thrilled. This post is not exactly a review, and I am going to leave you with a series of thoughts.
My order of recommendation of Mission: Impossible movies: 1, 4, 3 and 2. The second movie is close to Bollywood fare, and left me disappointed except when Cruise was scaling the Utah cliff. That’s seriously good stuff.
I have watched two movies in this series at the theatre (Mission: Impossible II and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol)
Cruise makes sprinting and scaling the Burj Khalifa look jaw-droppingly good. At 49, this is impressive.
Jeremy Renner is immensely watchable, even when he shares screen space with Cruise. Watch the scene when both of them run alongside a train. Renner has intrigued me enough to want to watch “The Hurt Locker”.
Anil Kapoor should have said no to acting in this movie. His character is a buffoon, and he had hardly any screen time.
Samuli Edelmann, the actor who plays Wistrom, reminded me of the F1 racer Nick Heidfeld.
If you are a fan of the theme music used in the first movie of the series, you will be happy to know that this movie has interesting music too. It mirrors the mood in different locations, and features a track by Eminem.
Locations that feature in this movie include Budapest, Moscow, Dubai and Mumbai. I was scheduled to visit Moscow when I was in school, and the trip didn’t materialize.
The political backdrop in this movie doesn’t get much attention, however the ideas proposed are interesting. In reality, would the USA and Russia ever become friends? Which country would unleash the nuclear war, if at all?
A thought that was troubling me for the past three days miraculously left me when I watched the movie. Yes, cruise magic still works. Watch it unfold below.
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