Mission impossible was originally a TV series starring Peter Graves from 1966-1973, then they brought it back for a few years in the late 80s. In the series the mission was always given on a small reel to reel tape player that looked like a Walkman. Of course it blew up after the message was heard.
@@VerowakReactsYou could try “reacting” to the first few episodes. Perhaps the first 4 or 5. I think 3+4 constitutes a double episode, so after that could be a good place to stop.
A Few Good Men has to be his best performance, ever. As much grief as that movie has gotten for messing up military and courtroom procedures, that final showdown between him and Jack Nicholson is literally perfect cinema, and their performances are S-tier.
One thing really great about this film is that it does not use any off-camera trickery. For example, when Ethan recounts the second IMF team ALL of the flashback footage was in the film prior to the flashback. And when Jim shoots himself you can clearly see his left wrist is turned in and it is obvious he shot himself, you just do not pick up on it when it happens. This movie is written, edited and framed in a very sophisticated manner for a US blockbuster-type movie.
Also check out Collateral (2004), Rain Man (1988), A Few Good Men (1992), Jerry Maguire (1996), and The Outsiders (1983). The Outsiders (1983) had Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze, and was directed by legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, who is best known for The Godfather Movie Series.
While the movie has some very iconic scenes, what irks me is the fact that the TV series was always about a team, and the first thing they do is to kill the team. Also the team leader from the series is the traitor? Additionally, its a bit strange that Lalo Schifrin didn‘t do the music. He still composed soundtracks until a few years ago. His theme is a stroke of genius and probably one of the more well known ones with a 5/4 time signature. I forgot how many dutch angles were in this movie, especially during and after the meeting with Kittridge. Dutch angles are typically used when the film maker wants the viewer to feel uncomfortable or to indicate that something isn‘t right. Emilio Estevez is the son of Martin Sheen and the brother of Charlie Sheen, and Estevez is actually their real family name. As some side trivia, there are two actors named Michael Douglas, but since actors should have unique names in Hollywood, one of them had to change their stage name to Michael Keaton. The latter once said in an interview that he uses his real name to order a driver etc., and people are typically disappointed when the „wrong“ Michael Douglas shows up.
When they were on top of the train outdoors the only set they had was a small piece of the top of the train. Everything else in every shot in that sequence besides the actors (the environment, the rest of the train, the helicopter, etc) was all 3D animation, done on Macs in Electric Image.
Eyes Wide Shut is my pick for best Tom Cruise movie. Other notables for me would be Edge of Tomorrow, The Firm, Minority Report, and The Color of Money.
my favorites are: Collateral, Magnolia, Miniotario Report, the entire M.I saga, Edge of Tomorrow, World War, Jack Reacher, Jerry Maguire, Top Gun 1 and 2, Rain Man, I'll say the rest later.
Another fun fact: the restaurant seen at the start of the movie is not a real place, it was built for the movie. And the name of the restaurant "Akvárium" is the Hungarian word for aquarium (kinda random, but still cool lol)
My personal Top 3 Tom Cruise movies: - The Last Samurai (2003) - Interview with the Vampire (1994) - Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Honorable mention: Top Gun (1986) - since it's the prequel to Top Gun: Maverick
Top Gun is on the list to watch. I had no idea it was made 10 years before Mission Impossible, I always thought they were made around the same time. I heard that Top Gun: Maverick was really good, and it's neat that it was made 30+years after Top Gun
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I can't separate the Mission Impossible franchise, but I truly believe that MI 3 is a perfect action movie. However, because of nostalgia, Top Gun still has to be my favorite Tom Cruise movie.
Said Sirius to Snape, while trying to catch Peter Pettigrew. This whole MI series is pretty good, with one of them being a bit stylistically different from the rest due to a distinctive director. As for best Tom Cruise film ... he's been in quite a few interesting ones, dramatic ones, but I think I'll go with comedy: "Tropic Thunder." Ensemble cast in that one.
My father was a huge fan of the original TV series this film was based on, so I grew up watching Mission: Impossible, and even watched the re-booted series in the 1980's. This film was originally intended to be a continuation of the original show and the producers originally approached actor Peter Graves to reprise his performance as Jim Phelps. Graves was completely against the idea of the movie making the hero character he played over the course of two decades into the film's villain and turned down the role. As a result, the MI film series can be considered an alternate reality to that of the 60's and 80's TV shows. Making Jim Phelps the villain was a controversial move to fans of the original show. It really took until the third film for the movies to find their own groove.
The guy at the start is Emilio Estevez, he starred in some decently big movies in the 90s himself including the Mighty Ducks films, Stakeout and Young Guns. He is Charlie Sheens half brother and Martin Sheens son
They are Not Half Brothers. Charlie Sheen also born Carlos Estevez has the same mother and father as him. Janet Templeton and Martin Sheen born Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez.
@@Fett411 no problem. It's crazy though Martin Sheen literally got into Hollywood and knew he had to change his name because with a name like Ramon he would be typecast as an illegal immigrant or a Mexican/Latin gangbanger which he did not want. He wanted big roles.
@@aTofuJunkieyeah, I saw Martin Sheen in an episode of Mission Impossible on tv. I bought the "Box Set of Mission Impossible" and now I have it on DVD.
5:07 The solo stuff in the first two movies is a *deviation* from the premise of the original TV show. Starting with the 3rd movie, they partly return to a team-oriented structure, although still with far too much focus on one character, relative to in the show.
I feel like the team approach is more interesting than just having 1 main character. MI:2 was solely focused on Ethan, the others just seemed like an afterthought
@@VerowakReacts True. On the other hand, large teams can get unwieldy and lead to superficial portrayals. I've come to rather like the first "Ocean's 11" film (the recent one, not the ancient one), but a lot of the 11 guys we don't really get to know. Starting with MI3, they do settle down into more of a team shape, with Hunt and Luther joined by a couple of other characters that persist at least into MI6, and probably all the way into MI8. I don't really mind movies or shows with just one main character, though. My main objection is that the movies don't fully respect the premise of the original TV show. I think they'd have been more interesting if they had, with Cruise portraying a young genius caper planner in the vein of Jim Phelps from the show, but then occassionally having to step in and do action scenes when something goes wrong. Or they could have tried to create an original movie franchise with no ties to the TV show.
"It's just a little bloody, it's still good, it's still good!!" Excellent reference. Great reaction. I'm glad I found your channel. Hope you get to Terminator + T2 and Alien + Aliens soon... also Scott Pilgrim.
fun fact! there are multiple scenes where theres a person or object in the foreground and one in the background (example at 1:53 in your video and another one is at 11:42) and both are sharp! the way they did this is brilliant. they just cut the lens in half! (called split diopter) and i think this is a really cool solution.
I can't remember if it was this reaction or the one for MI2, but I liked the inclusion of the actual meme edited in when you make the references. I always catch them, but it just adds an added bit of chef's kiss when the visual is also included.
@@VerowakReacts Ah, nice- I totally get that! Totally do what you can when you can, but I wanted to make sure I mention my appreciation of that extra garnish while I was thinking about it (and near the computer to comment).
@@VerowakReacts haha not at all. one thing i can say is that the second one is way different and then the third one is different as well. although they do get better and better. the second one is more like a turn your brain off action flick
19:44 I’m pretty sure it’s some more sophisticated poison. You’d use eyedrops in an improvised situation, but these are professional agents. They’ve likely got access to much better stuff.
That's not Michael Douglas. 😂 It's Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen's brother, and Martin Sheen's sons. He was in Breakfast Club and was in The Mighty Ducks as Coach Bombay.
@@VerowakReacts The Mght Ducks may be a kids movie, but it is stupid crazy fun. And The Breakfast Club still kinda holds up today. But I have to admit, Emilio Estevez and Michael Douglas from The Wall Street Era kinda did look alike, but it's in the voice that I knew it was Emilio Estevez.
@@VerowakReacts Also he kinda is a legendary actor of the 1980s as part of The Brat Pack. With many award winning films under his belt, he is definitely worth checking out in your free time if not in reactions. He was in Repo Man (1984), The Outsiders (1983), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), Badlands (1973, as a kid), The Breakfast Club (1985), Mighty Ducks 1, 2, 3 (1992, 1994, 1996), and Tex (1982). He is also a pretty decent director.
Sadly I've seen Edge of Tomorrow already so I won't be reacting to it (though it's also my favorite!). Minority Report on the other hand is fair game! Curious to see what that one is about.
Welcome to your new favorite franchise 😂 These movies would be my favorite Tom Cruise movies. I really enjoyed watching this with you. I felt like I was watching it for the 1st time again 😁 They only get progressively better from here. What will blow you away is that Tom Cruise does almost all of his own stunts. Crazy 🤪
That;'s the one thing I know about Tom Cruise... he does his own stunts, which is very impressive. His dedication to it is amazing! I'm really looking forward to the rest of the franchise!
my favorite Tom Cruise movies (beyond the franchise Mission impossible): Minority Report (2002) The Last Samurai (2003) Oblivion (2013) Edge of Tomorrow (2014) Jack Reacher (2012) Knight and Day (2010) Collateral (2004)
This is a really interesting movie; nothing I've seen is quite like it. As you noted, it keeps things quite vague. I think it was very experimental at the time, because nobody was quite sure how to migrate that TV show (or any TV show) into movie form. About the aquarium running scene, I was just watching interviews with the actors of the new MI movie, and one of them said that if they could do any Tom Cruise stunt, they would love to do the aquarium run, because it really was a giant wave of water right behind him hahaha awesome! One of the things lost with modern streaming services seems to be the past emphasis on "extras" included in DVDs/bluray/etc. The extras (like behind the scenes video, removed scenes, interviews, etc) were a way to sell movies, and movies would even compete for which had the best extras. You could have HOURS of extra stuff to watch, including a little printed booklet about the movie. Directors and actors would even record their OWN reactions to the movie as audio tracks that you could watch along with the movie -- perhaps the progenitor of modern youtube reaction videos! I think there's a place for YT reactors to react to movie extras, at least for the most popular movies that have really good extras. One could even poll their viewers or reddit for a list of movies with the best extras and pull from that. Keep up the good work Vero; you are really shining through these reactions! I think you can go as far and get as big as you want with it!
My biggest critique of this film is that there is the sudden tonal shift of 'these are people with highly specialized skills in an intense psychological thriller spy movie' to 'it I'd now a super hero-esque action film with ridiculous feats', and it happens riiiiight when Ethan jumps the shark... I mean, onto the helicopter. This leads directly into my critique of part 2, which will show up over there on that video!
@@VerowakReacts yeah, you shoulda seen the tv version! it was my favorite program! toward the end of the series, when money was tight and their budget cut, they still continued to get fine actors.
Hi from Neolithic England! Really enjoyed your reaction and will subscribe as soon as I have typed this message to you. I didn't actually have a favourite Tom Cruise movie until I watched 'Top Gun; Maverick' recently. All of the MI movies are great, not necessarily because of Cruise, but because of the slick, face-paced polished delivery. However with Maverick, I thought he was genuinely great and the movie benefitted from his performance. As ever, he surrounds himself with a terrific cast which guarantees a great overall product, but in 'Maverick' I really believed his 'acting' and cried genuine tears at the end. Hope this helps? Cheers, Kevin
Welcome to the channel! I'm very curious about Top Gun and will definitely be watching those. I'll be going in with the only knowledge that there are planes and Tom Cruise in the movie so it'll all be a nice surprise. Even better if his acting stands out in Maverick!
“No, it’s _IN_ the tunnel”. Classic Schneider. It’ll never happen but I would love reactors to seek out things like The Day Today off the back of discovering snippets like this.
When I see Jean Reno mess up, I just think of the film where he was the best at what he does: Léon: The Professional. But then I sometimes think of the movie: For Rosanna (or) Rosanna's Grave, where he breaks from his typecasting of films like this one by casting him in a comedy. As for the moving of the arms, that was all about balance. He was inches from the floor and the sudden drop left his body in a state where it would most likely tip and touch the floor. He had to compensate to restore balance. However, it's more likely one will overcompensate, and then need to move some more, and so on. You doomed the team. You expected Tom to work alone, and were surprised to see him with a team of people. Their minutes were numbered from that moment on. But not for too much beyond that, I guess. I appreciated the trapeze/trapees. The wind on top of the train was appreciated. It made that seem much more realistic than other movies. However, the helicopter part was still not quite to my liking, despite being cool. The movement of the blades looked incorrect. It would also be exceptionally challenging to maintain a hover in a confined tunnel, since it would have to so suddenly reduce lift almost entirely to avoid smashing into the top of the tunnel. Just like the balancing act earlier, it would take a moment to balance out how much lift to provide, since air sucked from the top of the tunnel and pushed to the bottom would create a slight vacuum above and pressure below much more than in normal flight. Balancing that within a second or so would seem like an...impossible mission.
Being a huge sci-fi fan, I have to suggest Tom Cruise in "Edge of Tomorrow" (2014) and "Oblivion" (2013). Though honestly Sam Rockwell did the latter better in Moon (2009).
Tom has become a very good actor and made a lot of good movies, starting with Mission Impossible series six so far number seven release this summer. Two Top Gun movies, two as a Jack Reacher character ex Army, and if you are interested in WW II there is Valkyrie, it is about the plot to kill hitler. I only recently discovered your channel, love your reactions.
Welcome to the channel! There are some movies that you mentioned that I've never heard of, so that's awesome! I never thought much of him (then again, I never watched any of his movies), but now I see how he became successful, he's really great!
Valkyrie is an okay movie, based on a True Story of Hitler's high ranking SS, Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, who attached a bomb to the bottom of a desk, which did not kill Hitler. Tom Cruise had a horrible German Accent, none at all, and if memories served me correct, a horrible German Language as well. He put in no effort into the role at all. It's completely laughable.
IMO, even though I think he's weird, Tom Cruise has THE best ratio of hits to total films for huge movie stars I grew up on. If you look at his filmography, he honestly hasn't done a whole ton of films. But he definitely give 110% to every film, and (usually) it shows in the finished product. If you're looking for excellent Cruise films to react to, just go through his filmography and point your finger. Sure, there are a few not great films (The Mummy, Eyes Wide Shut), but for the most part his track record is rock solid with choosing films. As for my favorite Cruise films, it's a seriously tough choice. Rain Man, and Mission Impossible: Fallout are probably my favorites. Also, not sure if you knew, but at least later in his career (mid-90's and on), Cruise does most of his stunts, if not ALL of them. Some of them are bat-shit crazy stunts also.
Subscribing not just for the Mission Impossible series, but for hopefully your foray into the Tom Cruise Filmography. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Standouts are Collateral, Magnolia (if you want a deep art film) and The Last Samurai.
I've reacted to The Last Samurai! Collateral is something I want to watch, and I've not heard of Magnolia so I'll have to look into that one. It seems like Tom Cruise has been in a lot of great movies, so I'm excited!
@@VerowakReacts I’ll check out your reaction to The Last Samurai! Magnolia is definitely a great film. Not a Tom Cruise vehicle, more of an ensemble, but he’s great in it and definitely worth a watch because everyone involved is great. Paul Thomas Anderson directs it.
Hi Miss Verowak!🙂Mission Impossible was a very succcessful TV series that began in the 60's and ran for 7 seasons. That might be a little before your time.😉The theme for this film came from the series, and the tape with the mission instructions would burn after playing. I did think that guard was Tom Cruise, too. He kind of looked like him. Great reactions to your first Mission Impossible film, Miss Verowak!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
The TV series was slightly before my time yeah 😂 I like how it seems they expanded upon the TV series, which makes the franchise span like 60 years! The guard definitely kind of looked like Tom Cruise, so it being a mask makes sense lol!
One of Cruise's early "woah, he can act" movies was Born on the Fourth of July. There were a couple before that (Color of Money, Rain Man which you saw), but he really transformed for that one.
interesting i have a few movies of Tom Cruise which are great, Interview With A Vampire, Vanilla Sky, Minority Support, The Last Samurai, Edge of Tomorrow and Tropic Thunder!
There are a lot of good Tom Cruise movies, a large number of them action films. The Mission Impossible movies just get better and better (for the most part). For SciFi I would have to go with either Minority Report or Edge of Tomorrow (some people rag on War of the Worlds and Oblivion, but I like both of them as well). For drama I'd say The Last Samurai and Rain Man. Courtroom drama, either The Firm or A Few Good Men. Romantic comedy, probably Jerry Maguire. For straight up comedy, you can't miss is smaller, but memorable (and almost unrecognizable) turn in Tropic Thunder. Horror - Interview with the Vampire. There are a number of other films he's been in, some memorable, others less so.
Hey, Veronique! Truly amazing catch with the knife! Equally amazing mix-up of Michael Douglas and Emilio Estevez! Lol. Those two dudes are from different generations, acting dynasties and couldn't have more wildly different filmographies! This franchise is based on the 1960s TV SERIES starring Peter Graves and its 1980s revival. Both runs of the series were more about long cons by a small team of operatives such as the opening set piece and relied on the gimmick of wearing disguises and utilizing cool spy gadgets. The movies retain those elements but are more about white-knuckle stunts performed by Cruise himself! The LALO SCHIFRIN score is one of TV's most iconic themes and never fails to set the electrifying pace! What many people don't realize is that JON VOIGHT is playing JIM PHELPS, the team leader of the TV series played by PETER GRAVES in the '60s original and '80s reboot! That means the hero of the series turns into the villain of the movie! Graves was actually approached for a cameo but he didn't like the twist about his signature character and declined to participate. Phelps kills his young wife because his ego couldn't tolerate her being attracted to his young protege. He wanted absolute loyalty and commitment from her which she betrayed by coming to Ethan's defense. Having her work in close proximity to a guy like Ethan, their September-May relationship was doomed from the get-go! Lol. The hot youngsters' mutual attraction was evident in the first scene! The series is mostly consistently excellent and is one of the best action franchises ever made! The first three films are products of their directors bearing their undeniable signatures. This was every inch a BRIAN DEPALMA film with POV shots, flashback sequences and low-angle vantage points. DePalma was most definitely inspired by JULES DASSIN's heist films for the famous Langley caper scene. In both 1955's "RIFIFI" and 1964's "TOPKAPI", the intricate thefts are plotted out for the audience, executed in SCORELESS SILENCE, initiated from a ceiling ingress and nearly foiled with a slip. It would be highly inadvisable to skip to the new release before seeing all the previous films as there is a continuous narrative. TOM CRUISE films worth seeing besides "Rain Man" and the "M:I" films: The Outsiders Risky Business The Color of Money Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick Far and Away Born on the Fourth of July The Firm A Few Good Men Jerry Maguire Tropic Thunder Eyes Wide Shut Vanilla Sky Oblivion Edge of Tomorrow Minority Report The Last Samurai Collateral Valkyrie Knight and Day Rock of Ages Jack Reacher 2 MICHAEL DOUGLAS movies worth seeing: Coma The China Syndrome The Star Chamber Romancing the Stone Fatal Attraction Wall Street and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Black Rain Basic Instinct Falling Down Disclosure The Ghost and the Darkness The Game Traffic Haywire Beyond the Reach Behind the Candelabra Ant-Man & Ant-Man and the Wasp The Kominsky Method
Favorite Tom Cruise movie? Everyone else will go with the obvious ones like Minority Report and Edge of Tomorrow, so I'm going to pick one that no one will answer: Days of Thunder. Good ol' Cole Trickle doing a little rubbing because rubbing, son, is racing.
Its good to see this generation discover the MI Movie franchise. Even if some of the younger generations are vaguely aware of the original 1966 TV series. Which by the way superb.
M:I 2 is considered the weakest of the bunch (it's cheesy, in an early 2000s action movie sort of way), but M:I 3 and onwards is where the real fun begins.
@@VerowakReacts M:I 2 was directed by John Woo, who was a very prolific Hong Kong action movie director at the time, so there's quite a bit of over the top action sequences in the film that are very typical of his style (car explosions, lots of slo-mo, dual-wielding handguns, random doves appearing during dramatic scenes, long and intense stares during the romantic scenes, etc.). It's definetly a significant tonal shift from Brian De Palma's more methodical and slower-paced first movie. Things change for the better in M:I 3 though, thanks to the more kinetic and witty directing style of J.J. Abrams (his movie directorial debut, btw). That movie became the template the next ones followed (much more emphasis on the team dynamics and the spy/cool gadgets stuff, humanizing Ethan a lot more, the crazier stunts...). However, the real MVP of these more recent movies is Christopher McQuarrie, a really brilliant writer/director (he wrote 'The Usual Suspects', 'Valkyrie' and 'Edge of Tomorrow', among other things) who came in to rewrite certain aspects that weren't originally working in the 4th M:I movie (which was directed by Brad Bird, from 'The Incredibles' fame). That movie turned out so well that Cruise hand-picked him to write and direct M:I 5, M:I 6 and M:I 7, which will be divided into two movies (7 part 1 comes out this July). He's the one who has truly elevated this franchise.
I don't know if you're familiar with it, but these movies were not original. The first was a TV series from 1966 to 1973. And then there was a revived version of the TV series from 1988 to 1990. Then this movie was 1996.
European trains are much faster than American trains. This is why there’s more wind and Ethan and Jim couldn’t stand up and walk, but in some movies they can if it’s on an American train.
38:13 IMDb Trivia used to be better, but in recent years, a lot of people have started adding boring entries that really interest no one, and also often redundant entries restating previous trivia items. The good stuff is still there, but there’s a lot of garbage I need to scroll past (both genuine garbage, but also more and more stuff about which other movies or movie franchises certain actors have appeared in, especially now that everyone has been in at least one MCU movie), and I’m often using my smartphone, which means having to scroll past garbage is slow and annoying.
0:23 Do you have any familiarity with the 1960s TV show, or the 1980s reboot of the show, that these movies are based on? As for my favourite Tom Cruise movie, it’s hard to pick one. He’s a great actor (whatever crazy religion he’s into, and his weird marriages), but often his movie scripts don’t fully utilize all his talents. Two TC movies I highly recommend are “Mission Impossible 3” with an amazing villain (as you noticed) or the drama “A Few Good Men”. A slightly lower tier movie is “The Firm”. I can’t actually recall any TC movie where I’ve felt like I wanted to be compensated for the time I spent watching it. But they tend not to stand out a lot. The quote… No clue. I have a pretty good memory, so it’s probably from a movie I’ve never watched.
I have 0 knowledge about anything MIssion Impossible related that was done before this movie lol It seems like Tom Cruise has chosen a lot of great movies, and I have been missing out! A lot of people have mentioned "A Few Good Men", so I'm curious to see that and Minority Report
@@VerowakReacts "Minority Report" is pretty good too, but start with "A Few Good Men". I usually don't like dramas at all (unless it's a thriller-drama, or a science fiction drama, or a something-drama), but that one is a huge exception.
The film was based on the 1960's TV show of the same name Jim Phelps character is one of the main characters of the original show. The original actor from the show actor Peter Graves was offered to come and play Jim in the movie however he refused when reading the script and finding out Jim was the bad guy and said that Jim would never betray his team or country. From Mission: Impossible 2 onward Tom Cruise started doing his own stunts as he is the producer of the series and Mission: Impossible was his first film as a producer so he has no one to tell him NO. M:I2 is the worst of the series as it is more of an action movie than a spy thriller however from M:I3 onwards the series become more TEAM-based like the original TV show and not the Tom Cruise show. My Favorite To Cruise film is TOP GUN and it sequel thou Mission Impossible Fallout is definitely up there, he has a lot of GREAT films and rarely any bad ones so I recommend most of them.
It's so hard for me to pick a favorite Tom Cruise movie. I enjoy a lot of them. All of these are amazing to me: Minority Report The Last Samurai Collateral Valkyrie Oblivion Edge of Tomorrow Mission: Impossible Mission: Impossible III Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation Mission: Impossible - Fallout I found MI: 2 good, but not great, same with the Jack Reacher movies and War of the Worlds. All his other movies I haven't seen and therefore have no opinion of them. Also, thanks for the premiere 💕
For me, you forgot, A Few Good Men (1992), Rain Man (1988) and Jerry Maguire (1995). Valkyrie is decent, not great, MI3 is super overrated, but Collateral is my all time favorite Tom Cruise film. It has my favorite quote in any Tom Cruise film about a train and people noticing, and if you have seen the movie,, you know what I mean. 😂
Thanks for coming to the Premiere!! It seems like Tom Cruise has SO many good movies, I was not expecting that. There are a few I haven't heard of on your list, I'll have to look them up
The whole series is definitely worth a watch, though they become much more about action and less about intrigue (still pretty good stories, though). In my opinion, the second movie is garbage, but they really start taking off after that. I really loved the flashback as Ethan is talking with Kittridge in the restaurant, because it shows us elements that were in the original scene that we simply missed since we were focused on something else.
Not Half Brothers. They both have the same mother and father. Janet Templeton and Martin Sheen, which is his stage name. Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez is Martin Sheen's real name and Charlie Sheen's real name is Carlos Irwin Estevez. Martin Sheen knew to make it big in Hollywood he needed to change his name from Ramon to something more European.
Need more Tom Cruise movies? Others have already mentioned these, but here is my short list; Top Gun, Top Gun Maverick, Jerry Maguire, Tropic Thunder, A Few Good Men, and The Last Samurai. Really can't go wrong with a Tom Cruise movie. Happy watching!
Rain Man and Jack Reacher are my favorites. I watched your reaction of Rain Man and know you didn't like the character but i did and back then that type of person was maybe not liked but now in a different generation can see why he is really disliked and foreign. I liked his character in Jack Reacher even though a lot didn't think he physically didnt fit character of book but the movie in general is really good and enjoyable. Continuing navigation through your palmares of reactions. Cheers and Regards!
The moment Ethan leaps and the original theme kicks in - full body chills just like the day I saw it in the theatre.
Mission impossible was originally a TV series starring Peter Graves from 1966-1973, then they brought it back for a few years in the late 80s. In the series the mission was always given on a small reel to reel tape player that looked like a Walkman. Of course it blew up after the message was heard.
I had no idea it was a TV series in the 60/70s. It could be pretty neat watching it
@@VerowakReactsYou could try “reacting” to the first few episodes. Perhaps the first 4 or 5. I think 3+4 constitutes a double episode, so after that could be a good place to stop.
Favorite Tom Cruise movie: it’s a tie between “A few good men” and “the last samurai”
The Last Samurai was really great!
How about Top Gun? For me it's between Top Gun and The Last Samurai.
A Few Good Men has to be his best performance, ever. As much grief as that movie has gotten for messing up military and courtroom procedures, that final showdown between him and Jack Nicholson is literally perfect cinema, and their performances are S-tier.
Great catch on the knife! So glad you enjoyed it. Looking forward to more MI reactions. 😀
Thanks! That knife helped a lot in me doubting Kriegler lol! I'm super excited for more MI movies!
One thing really great about this film is that it does not use any off-camera trickery. For example, when Ethan recounts the second IMF team ALL of the flashback footage was in the film prior to the flashback. And when Jim shoots himself you can clearly see his left wrist is turned in and it is obvious he shot himself, you just do not pick up on it when it happens. This movie is written, edited and framed in a very sophisticated manner for a US blockbuster-type movie.
My favorite movies with Tom Cruise are Minority Report and Vanilla Sky. You should also check them out.
I've heard those names, but have no clue what they're about. I'll have to watch them eventually
Absolutely watch both of them! The latter even twice, i’d say.
Second that! would love to see you react to both of those!
Also check out Collateral (2004), Rain Man (1988), A Few Good Men (1992), Jerry Maguire (1996), and The Outsiders (1983).
The Outsiders (1983) had Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze, and was directed by legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, who is best known for The Godfather Movie Series.
Vanilla Sky was a great movie that nobody talks about.
"I guess he buys the knives on amazon...." lol. good one.
when this movie came out, the ENTIRE internet, as we know it, was MAYBE 4 years old.
'Is that the same knife...?' Excellent catch.
Thanks! The knife stood out because it wasn't just a generic knife lol
While the movie has some very iconic scenes, what irks me is the fact that the TV series was always about a team, and the first thing they do is to kill the team. Also the team leader from the series is the traitor?
Additionally, its a bit strange that Lalo Schifrin didn‘t do the music. He still composed soundtracks until a few years ago. His theme is a stroke of genius and probably one of the more well known ones with a 5/4 time signature.
I forgot how many dutch angles were in this movie, especially during and after the meeting with Kittridge. Dutch angles are typically used when the film maker wants the viewer to feel uncomfortable or to indicate that something isn‘t right.
Emilio Estevez is the son of Martin Sheen and the brother of Charlie Sheen, and Estevez is actually their real family name.
As some side trivia, there are two actors named Michael Douglas, but since actors should have unique names in Hollywood, one of them had to change their stage name to Michael Keaton. The latter once said in an interview that he uses his real name to order a driver etc., and people are typically disappointed when the „wrong“ Michael Douglas shows up.
When they were on top of the train outdoors the only set they had was a small piece of the top of the train. Everything else in every shot in that sequence besides the actors (the environment, the rest of the train, the helicopter, etc) was all 3D animation, done on Macs in Electric Image.
The Mission Impossible movies are great! Really takes off with the third one!
Eyes Wide Shut is my pick for best Tom Cruise movie. Other notables for me would be Edge of Tomorrow, The Firm, Minority Report, and The Color of Money.
One of my favorite Kubrick films.
The knife drop was an accident. It was only out as he'd killed the rat with it.
my favorites are: Collateral, Magnolia, Miniotario Report, the entire M.I saga, Edge of Tomorrow, World War, Jack Reacher, Jerry Maguire, Top Gun 1 and 2, Rain Man, I'll say the rest later.
That's a lot of favorites! It feels like I could pick a random Tom Cruise movie and the chances are high that it's a great one lol
My favorite Tom Cruise movie is Vanilla Sky. That along with the BTS featurette is the perfect combo.
Another fun fact: the restaurant seen at the start of the movie is not a real place, it was built for the movie. And the name of the restaurant "Akvárium" is the Hungarian word for aquarium (kinda random, but still cool lol)
That restaurant was pretty awesome. I wonder if some have been built since then
My personal Top 3 Tom Cruise movies:
- The Last Samurai (2003)
- Interview with the Vampire (1994)
- Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Honorable mention: Top Gun (1986) - since it's the prequel to Top Gun: Maverick
Top Gun is on the list to watch. I had no idea it was made 10 years before Mission Impossible, I always thought they were made around the same time. I heard that Top Gun: Maverick was really good, and it's neat that it was made 30+years after Top Gun
@@VerowakReactsI strongly suggest getting into Top Gun and Top Gun Maverick. You'll be in for a treat
@@michaeljacyna1973 Once I'm done Mission Impossible probably so I don't get mixed up with the two sets of films lol
What is your favorite Tom Cruise movie? Mine is Edge of Tomorrow (and this one is REALLY close behind)
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I'm rather bummed out that you have already seen Edge of Tomorrow. That's my favorite too.
@@serenitytng4225 I know! I wish I hadn't seen it before to watch it for the first time here. It's such an amazing movie
Mine is Tropic Thunder
The Firm.
Grisham's novel still holds up so well on screen and would be a great watch on yer channel :)
I can't separate the Mission Impossible franchise, but I truly believe that MI 3 is a perfect action movie. However, because of nostalgia, Top Gun still has to be my favorite Tom Cruise movie.
Said Sirius to Snape, while trying to catch Peter Pettigrew.
This whole MI series is pretty good, with one of them being a bit stylistically different from the rest due to a distinctive director. As for best Tom Cruise film ... he's been in quite a few interesting ones, dramatic ones, but I think I'll go with comedy: "Tropic Thunder." Ensemble cast in that one.
Yes exactly!! Silly Snape
4:22 No, that isn't Michael Douglas, but Martin Sheen's son Emilio Esteves.
I always get the two confused. I need to see Emilio Estevez in more movies
I vote for Basic Instinct and The Breakfast Club.
My father was a huge fan of the original TV series this film was based on, so I grew up watching Mission: Impossible, and even watched the re-booted series in the 1980's. This film was originally intended to be a continuation of the original show and the producers originally approached actor Peter Graves to reprise his performance as Jim Phelps. Graves was completely against the idea of the movie making the hero character he played over the course of two decades into the film's villain and turned down the role. As a result, the MI film series can be considered an alternate reality to that of the 60's and 80's TV shows. Making Jim Phelps the villain was a controversial move to fans of the original show. It really took until the third film for the movies to find their own groove.
The guy at the start is Emilio Estevez, he starred in some decently big movies in the 90s himself including the Mighty Ducks films, Stakeout and Young Guns. He is Charlie Sheens half brother and Martin Sheens son
They are Not Half Brothers. Charlie Sheen also born Carlos Estevez has the same mother and father as him. Janet Templeton and Martin Sheen born Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez.
@@aTofuJunkie ah ok, ty for that
@@Fett411 no problem. It's crazy though Martin Sheen literally got into Hollywood and knew he had to change his name because with a name like Ramon he would be typecast as an illegal immigrant or a Mexican/Latin gangbanger which he did not want. He wanted big roles.
@@aTofuJunkieyeah, I saw Martin Sheen in an episode of Mission Impossible on tv. I bought the "Box Set of Mission Impossible" and now I have it on DVD.
Favorite Tom Cruise movie is a hard question. In this moment, Top Gun. But favorite Tom Cruise Character is Les Grossman from the movie Tropic Thunder
5:07 The solo stuff in the first two movies is a *deviation* from the premise of the original TV show. Starting with the 3rd movie, they partly return to a team-oriented structure, although still with far too much focus on one character, relative to in the show.
I feel like the team approach is more interesting than just having 1 main character. MI:2 was solely focused on Ethan, the others just seemed like an afterthought
@@VerowakReacts True. On the other hand, large teams can get unwieldy and lead to superficial portrayals. I've come to rather like the first "Ocean's 11" film (the recent one, not the ancient one), but a lot of the 11 guys we don't really get to know.
Starting with MI3, they do settle down into more of a team shape, with Hunt and Luther joined by a couple of other characters that persist at least into MI6, and probably all the way into MI8.
I don't really mind movies or shows with just one main character, though. My main objection is that the movies don't fully respect the premise of the original TV show. I think they'd have been more interesting if they had, with Cruise portraying a young genius caper planner in the vein of Jim Phelps from the show, but then occassionally having to step in and do action scenes when something goes wrong. Or they could have tried to create an original movie franchise with no ties to the TV show.
"It's just a little bloody, it's still good, it's still good!!"
Excellent reference. Great reaction. I'm glad I found your channel. Hope you get to Terminator + T2 and Alien + Aliens soon... also Scott Pilgrim.
fun fact! there are multiple scenes where theres a person or object in the foreground and one in the background (example at 1:53 in your video and another one is at 11:42) and both are sharp! the way they did this is brilliant. they just cut the lens in half! (called split diopter) and i think this is a really cool solution.
It didn't stand out, but now that you mention it, it's weird how there are two focuses lol! Pretty neat
Oof, my favorite Tom Cruise movie? M:I 3, followed by Collateral. Last Samurai is also great and the first M:I movie is also a lot of fun.
I can't remember if it was this reaction or the one for MI2, but I liked the inclusion of the actual meme edited in when you make the references. I always catch them, but it just adds an added bit of chef's kiss when the visual is also included.
I try to put the memes in, but sometimes if I edit late at night, I forget 😭
@@VerowakReacts Ah, nice- I totally get that! Totally do what you can when you can, but I wanted to make sure I mention my appreciation of that extra garnish while I was thinking about it (and near the computer to comment).
@@AlexApproBAT It is greatly appreciated!
Its so good to see how much fun youve had with this movie! glad you enjoyed it, and cannot wait for your reaction to the rest of the series :D
The movie surprised me, I just assumed it would be a brain off action movie 😂
@@VerowakReacts haha not at all. one thing i can say is that the second one is way different and then the third one is different as well. although they do get better and better. the second one is more like a turn your brain off action flick
19:44 I’m pretty sure it’s some more sophisticated poison. You’d use eyedrops in an improvised situation, but these are professional agents. They’ve likely got access to much better stuff.
You say that, but yet they still use crappy tech in MI:3 like the radios lol
That's not Michael Douglas. 😂 It's Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen's brother, and Martin Sheen's sons. He was in Breakfast Club and was in The Mighty Ducks as Coach Bombay.
Definitely not an actor that I've seen in much lol
@@VerowakReacts The Mght Ducks may be a kids movie, but it is stupid crazy fun. And The Breakfast Club still kinda holds up today.
But I have to admit, Emilio Estevez and Michael Douglas from The Wall Street Era kinda did look alike, but it's in the voice that I knew it was Emilio Estevez.
@@VerowakReacts Also he kinda is a legendary actor of the 1980s as part of The Brat Pack. With many award winning films under his belt, he is definitely worth checking out in your free time if not in reactions. He was in Repo Man (1984), The Outsiders (1983), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), Badlands (1973, as a kid), The Breakfast Club (1985), Mighty Ducks 1, 2, 3 (1992, 1994, 1996), and Tex (1982). He is also a pretty decent director.
Remember the hotel in Germany which had it's aquaman blown up recently and all the fish was flapping around on the streets?
4:28 That’s Emilio Estevez, brother of Charlie Sheen, both sons of Martin Sheen. I think his role in this film might be uncredited or something.
My favourite tom cruise movies would probably be Edge of Tomorow or Oblivion. Great sci-fi movies
i think you're the first reactor that i've seen that clocked the knife and that it was the same one. looking forward to the rest of the series.
Sometimes I can spot things really well, though I also often miss obvious things 😂It's a fine balance
Favorite Tom Cruise movie: Risky Business (1983).
My favorite Cruise movie is Minority Report. Edge of Tomorrow is another one of my favorites.
Sadly I've seen Edge of Tomorrow already so I won't be reacting to it (though it's also my favorite!). Minority Report on the other hand is fair game! Curious to see what that one is about.
Welcome to your new favorite franchise 😂 These movies would be my favorite Tom Cruise movies. I really enjoyed watching this with you. I felt like I was watching it for the 1st time again 😁 They only get progressively better from here. What will blow you away is that Tom Cruise does almost all of his own stunts. Crazy 🤪
That;'s the one thing I know about Tom Cruise... he does his own stunts, which is very impressive. His dedication to it is amazing! I'm really looking forward to the rest of the franchise!
my favorite Tom Cruise movies (beyond the franchise Mission impossible):
Minority Report (2002)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Oblivion (2013)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Jack Reacher (2012)
Knight and Day (2010)
Collateral (2004)
I find it pretty awesome that so many of his movies are great. Everyone has a list of movies that they really like
This is a really interesting movie; nothing I've seen is quite like it. As you noted, it keeps things quite vague. I think it was very experimental at the time, because nobody was quite sure how to migrate that TV show (or any TV show) into movie form.
About the aquarium running scene, I was just watching interviews with the actors of the new MI movie, and one of them said that if they could do any Tom Cruise stunt, they would love to do the aquarium run, because it really was a giant wave of water right behind him hahaha awesome!
One of the things lost with modern streaming services seems to be the past emphasis on "extras" included in DVDs/bluray/etc. The extras (like behind the scenes video, removed scenes, interviews, etc) were a way to sell movies, and movies would even compete for which had the best extras. You could have HOURS of extra stuff to watch, including a little printed booklet about the movie. Directors and actors would even record their OWN reactions to the movie as audio tracks that you could watch along with the movie -- perhaps the progenitor of modern youtube reaction videos! I think there's a place for YT reactors to react to movie extras, at least for the most popular movies that have really good extras. One could even poll their viewers or reddit for a list of movies with the best extras and pull from that.
Keep up the good work Vero; you are really shining through these reactions! I think you can go as far and get as big as you want with it!
Jack was Emillio Estevez, Charlie Sheen's brother
My biggest critique of this film is that there is the sudden tonal shift of 'these are people with highly specialized skills in an intense psychological thriller spy movie' to 'it I'd now a super hero-esque action film with ridiculous feats', and it happens riiiiight when Ethan jumps the shark... I mean, onto the helicopter.
This leads directly into my critique of part 2, which will show up over there on that video!
Vero you're seriously one of my favorite reactors, keep it up :)
Thank you so much, that made my day!! 😍
it is soooh much fun watching a movie with you!
Thank you so much!! I have to say, the Mission Impossible franchise was such a joy to see
@@VerowakReacts yeah, you shoulda seen the tv version! it was my favorite program! toward the end of the series, when money was tight and their budget cut, they still continued to get fine actors.
Hi from Neolithic England! Really enjoyed your reaction and will subscribe as soon as I have typed this message to you. I didn't actually have a favourite Tom Cruise movie until I watched 'Top Gun; Maverick' recently. All of the MI movies are great, not necessarily because of Cruise, but because of the slick, face-paced polished delivery. However with Maverick, I thought he was genuinely great and the movie benefitted from his performance. As ever, he surrounds himself with a terrific cast which guarantees a great overall product, but in 'Maverick' I really believed his 'acting' and cried genuine tears at the end. Hope this helps? Cheers, Kevin
Welcome to the channel! I'm very curious about Top Gun and will definitely be watching those. I'll be going in with the only knowledge that there are planes and Tom Cruise in the movie so it'll all be a nice surprise. Even better if his acting stands out in Maverick!
@@VerowakReacts Thank you for the personal reply. Good luck to you and the channel all the way over in Canada.
@@kevingunning7569 Thank you, and my pleasure!
The Last Samurai is a very solid Tom Cruise movie. Tropic Thunder would be a good pick as well.
I've reacted to The Last Samurai, it was VERY enjoyable and just all around great performances by everyone!
“No, it’s _IN_ the tunnel”. Classic Schneider.
It’ll never happen but I would love reactors to seek out things like The Day Today off the back of discovering snippets like this.
'foghorn' is a reference to Foghorn Leghorn, the WB rooster with the southern drawl..
When I see Jean Reno mess up, I just think of the film where he was the best at what he does: Léon: The Professional.
But then I sometimes think of the movie: For Rosanna (or) Rosanna's Grave, where he breaks from his typecasting of films like this one by casting him in a comedy.
As for the moving of the arms, that was all about balance. He was inches from the floor and the sudden drop left his body in a state where it would most likely tip and touch the floor. He had to compensate to restore balance. However, it's more likely one will overcompensate, and then need to move some more, and so on.
You doomed the team. You expected Tom to work alone, and were surprised to see him with a team of people. Their minutes were numbered from that moment on. But not for too much beyond that, I guess. I appreciated the trapeze/trapees. The wind on top of the train was appreciated. It made that seem much more realistic than other movies. However, the helicopter part was still not quite to my liking, despite being cool. The movement of the blades looked incorrect. It would also be exceptionally challenging to maintain a hover in a confined tunnel, since it would have to so suddenly reduce lift almost entirely to avoid smashing into the top of the tunnel. Just like the balancing act earlier, it would take a moment to balance out how much lift to provide, since air sucked from the top of the tunnel and pushed to the bottom would create a slight vacuum above and pressure below much more than in normal flight. Balancing that within a second or so would seem like an...impossible mission.
Being a huge sci-fi fan, I have to suggest Tom Cruise in "Edge of Tomorrow" (2014) and "Oblivion" (2013). Though honestly Sam Rockwell did the latter better in Moon (2009).
I've seen Edge of Tomorrow and it is an amazing movie!!
I haven't heard of Oblivion though, so I'm curious about that one. Same with Moon!
Oblivion, Edge of Tomorrow, Minority Report, Tropic Thunder, MI 3-6, Last Samurai, A Few Good Men… All must watch movies!
It seems like he's been in a lot of great movies! That's fantastic. And different genres too, so even better
Check out the stealing the dagger scene in 'Topkapi' (1964) for the original dropping into a vault on a rope ....
Tom has become a very good actor and made a lot of good movies, starting with Mission Impossible series six so far number seven release this summer. Two Top Gun movies, two as a Jack Reacher character ex Army, and if you are interested in WW II there is Valkyrie, it is about the plot to kill hitler. I only recently discovered your channel, love your reactions.
Welcome to the channel! There are some movies that you mentioned that I've never heard of, so that's awesome! I never thought much of him (then again, I never watched any of his movies), but now I see how he became successful, he's really great!
Valkyrie is an okay movie, based on a True Story of Hitler's high ranking SS, Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, who attached a bomb to the bottom of a desk, which did not kill Hitler.
Tom Cruise had a horrible German Accent, none at all, and if memories served me correct, a horrible German Language as well. He put in no effort into the role at all. It's completely laughable.
@@aTofuJunkieThe filmmakers decided to not get too into accents or dialects, much like Hunt for Red October.
@@te1013 Strange because everyone, but Tom had an accent.
"...Buys the knives discount on Amazon..." LOL. 😄 Not sure if Amazon existed back in 1996... More likely Kreiger got the knives from Walmart. 😁
He definitely has a room full of boxes with those knives at home
Tom Cruise in "Tropic Thunder" 😅
I liked Tom Cruise in Risky Business, Top Gun, and Minority Report.
All of these movies are really good.
A lot of plot holes. But one clever and fun movie! Loved your reaction.
I try to not be bothered with plot holes, a lot of movies have them lol THis movie was for sure clever and fun, which is what matters😁
IMO, even though I think he's weird, Tom Cruise has THE best ratio of hits to total films for huge movie stars I grew up on. If you look at his filmography, he honestly hasn't done a whole ton of films. But he definitely give 110% to every film, and (usually) it shows in the finished product. If you're looking for excellent Cruise films to react to, just go through his filmography and point your finger. Sure, there are a few not great films (The Mummy, Eyes Wide Shut), but for the most part his track record is rock solid with choosing films.
As for my favorite Cruise films, it's a seriously tough choice. Rain Man, and Mission Impossible: Fallout are probably my favorites.
Also, not sure if you knew, but at least later in his career (mid-90's and on), Cruise does most of his stunts, if not ALL of them. Some of them are bat-shit crazy stunts also.
Subscribing not just for the Mission Impossible series, but for hopefully your foray into the Tom Cruise Filmography. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Standouts are Collateral, Magnolia (if you want a deep art film) and The Last Samurai.
I've reacted to The Last Samurai! Collateral is something I want to watch, and I've not heard of Magnolia so I'll have to look into that one. It seems like Tom Cruise has been in a lot of great movies, so I'm excited!
@@VerowakReacts I’ll check out your reaction to The Last Samurai! Magnolia is definitely a great film. Not a Tom Cruise vehicle, more of an ensemble, but he’s great in it and definitely worth a watch because everyone involved is great. Paul Thomas Anderson directs it.
Hi Miss Verowak!🙂Mission Impossible was a very succcessful TV series that began in the 60's and ran for 7 seasons. That might be a little before your time.😉The theme for this film came from the series, and the tape with the mission instructions would burn after playing. I did think that guard was Tom Cruise, too. He kind of looked like him. Great reactions to your first Mission Impossible film, Miss Verowak!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
The TV series was slightly before my time yeah 😂 I like how it seems they expanded upon the TV series, which makes the franchise span like 60 years!
The guard definitely kind of looked like Tom Cruise, so it being a mask makes sense lol!
One of Cruise's early "woah, he can act" movies was Born on the Fourth of July. There were a couple before that (Color of Money, Rain Man which you saw), but he really transformed for that one.
interesting i have a few movies of Tom Cruise which are great, Interview With A Vampire, Vanilla Sky, Minority Support, The Last Samurai, Edge of Tomorrow and Tropic Thunder!
I've watched The Last Samurai on this channel, and seen Edge of Tomorrow already. The rest I can watch!
@@VerowakReacts If you want a giggle go for Tropic Thunder!!
@@movieopinions7201 A Few Good Men was awesome as well. Jack Nicholson was a very underrated actor.
There are a lot of good Tom Cruise movies, a large number of them action films. The Mission Impossible movies just get better and better (for the most part). For SciFi I would have to go with either Minority Report or Edge of Tomorrow (some people rag on War of the Worlds and Oblivion, but I like both of them as well). For drama I'd say The Last Samurai and Rain Man. Courtroom drama, either The Firm or A Few Good Men. Romantic comedy, probably Jerry Maguire. For straight up comedy, you can't miss is smaller, but memorable (and almost unrecognizable) turn in Tropic Thunder. Horror - Interview with the Vampire. There are a number of other films he's been in, some memorable, others less so.
Hey, Veronique! Truly amazing catch with the knife! Equally amazing mix-up of Michael Douglas and Emilio Estevez! Lol. Those two dudes are from different generations, acting dynasties and couldn't have more wildly different filmographies!
This franchise is based on the 1960s TV SERIES starring Peter Graves and its 1980s revival.
Both runs of the series were more about long cons by a small team of operatives such as the opening set piece and relied on the gimmick of wearing disguises and utilizing cool spy gadgets. The movies retain those elements but are more about white-knuckle stunts performed by Cruise himself!
The LALO SCHIFRIN score is one of TV's most iconic themes and never fails to set the electrifying pace!
What many people don't realize is that JON VOIGHT is playing JIM PHELPS, the team leader of the TV series played by PETER GRAVES in the '60s original and '80s reboot! That means the hero of the series turns into the villain of the movie! Graves was actually approached for a cameo but he didn't like the twist about his signature character and declined to participate.
Phelps kills his young wife because his ego couldn't tolerate her being attracted to his young protege. He wanted absolute loyalty and commitment from her which she betrayed by coming to Ethan's defense. Having her work in close proximity to a guy like Ethan, their September-May relationship was doomed from the get-go! Lol. The hot youngsters' mutual attraction was evident in the first scene!
The series is mostly consistently excellent and is one of the best action franchises ever made!
The first three films are products of their directors bearing their undeniable signatures. This was every inch a BRIAN DEPALMA film with POV shots, flashback sequences and low-angle vantage points.
DePalma was most definitely inspired by JULES DASSIN's heist films for the famous Langley caper scene. In both 1955's "RIFIFI" and 1964's "TOPKAPI", the intricate thefts are plotted out for the audience, executed in SCORELESS SILENCE, initiated from a ceiling ingress and nearly foiled with a slip.
It would be highly inadvisable to skip to the new release before seeing all the previous films as there is a continuous narrative.
TOM CRUISE films worth seeing besides "Rain Man" and the "M:I" films:
The Outsiders
Risky Business
The Color of Money
Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick
Far and Away
Born on the Fourth of July
The Firm
A Few Good Men
Jerry Maguire
Tropic Thunder
Eyes Wide Shut
Vanilla Sky
Oblivion
Edge of Tomorrow
Minority Report
The Last Samurai
Collateral
Valkyrie
Knight and Day
Rock of Ages
Jack Reacher 2
MICHAEL DOUGLAS movies worth seeing:
Coma
The China Syndrome
The Star Chamber
Romancing the Stone
Fatal Attraction
Wall Street and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Black Rain
Basic Instinct
Falling Down
Disclosure
The Ghost and the Darkness
The Game
Traffic
Haywire
Beyond the Reach
Behind the Candelabra
Ant-Man & Ant-Man and the Wasp
The Kominsky Method
Your mission should you choose to accept it is to catch up on these movies so you can watch the new one when it comes out...😮
It will take a while before the new one gets to a streaming service I assume, so I have a bit of time still 😂
Favorite Tom Cruise movie is Minority Report!
Favorite Tom Cruise movie? Everyone else will go with the obvious ones like Minority Report and Edge of Tomorrow, so I'm going to pick one that no one will answer: Days of Thunder. Good ol' Cole Trickle doing a little rubbing because rubbing, son, is racing.
That's one that I haven't heard of before. It seems he's been in a LOT of movies!
12:02 “Book of Job”. Almost certainly in The Old Testament.
I'm not a Tom Cruise fan, but I do like him in Minority Report.
That's fair, it's nice that though you're not a fan of his, there is still a movie that you liked him in
Its good to see this generation discover the MI Movie franchise. Even if some of the younger generations are vaguely aware of the original 1966 TV series. Which by the way superb.
Magnolia and Collateral are great. You should do reactions to these!
M:I 2 is considered the weakest of the bunch (it's cheesy, in an early 2000s action movie sort of way), but M:I 3 and onwards is where the real fun begins.
I'm very curious to see why MI:2 is the weakest. It's also very impressive that the movies in the franchise get better over time
@@VerowakReacts M:I 2 was directed by John Woo, who was a very prolific Hong Kong action movie director at the time, so there's quite a bit of over the top action sequences in the film that are very typical of his style (car explosions, lots of slo-mo, dual-wielding handguns, random doves appearing during dramatic scenes, long and intense stares during the romantic scenes, etc.). It's definetly a significant tonal shift from Brian De Palma's more methodical and slower-paced first movie.
Things change for the better in M:I 3 though, thanks to the more kinetic and witty directing style of J.J. Abrams (his movie directorial debut, btw). That movie became the template the next ones followed (much more emphasis on the team dynamics and the spy/cool gadgets stuff, humanizing Ethan a lot more, the crazier stunts...).
However, the real MVP of these more recent movies is Christopher McQuarrie, a really brilliant writer/director (he wrote 'The Usual Suspects', 'Valkyrie' and 'Edge of Tomorrow', among other things) who came in to rewrite certain aspects that weren't originally working in the 4th M:I movie (which was directed by Brad Bird, from 'The Incredibles' fame). That movie turned out so well that Cruise hand-picked him to write and direct M:I 5, M:I 6 and M:I 7, which will be divided into two movies (7 part 1 comes out this July). He's the one who has truly elevated this franchise.
I don't know if you're familiar with it, but these movies were not original. The first was a TV series from 1966 to 1973. And then there was a revived version of the TV series from 1988 to 1990. Then this movie was 1996.
Thnx for the video. My favourite Tom Cruise movie is Edge of Tomorrow.
That one is my favorite too!! It was actually the first Tom Cruise movie I saw lol
@@VerowakReacts Oh, I'd have loved to see you react to it.
@@d_mosimann I wish I hadn't seen it yet, it would have been great for a reaction lol
this is a tough one but I love cars so ill just Pick Days of Thunder although he has so many great films (TopGun/a few good men/last samurai/the firm)
Mission impossible was a tv show for years
I learned that after watching this movie. Never would have known otherwise
European trains are much faster than American trains. This is why there’s more wind and Ethan and Jim couldn’t stand up and walk, but in some movies they can if it’s on an American train.
Ahh, that makes sense why they couldn't stand up and walk! I didn't think of that at all
Vanessa Redgrave is great in Letters to Juliet. She's Max.
Fave T. Cruise movie was his first, Risky Business
I didn't know that was his first movie, now I have to see it!
38:13 IMDb Trivia used to be better, but in recent years, a lot of people have started adding boring entries that really interest no one, and also often redundant entries restating previous trivia items. The good stuff is still there, but there’s a lot of garbage I need to scroll past (both genuine garbage, but also more and more stuff about which other movies or movie franchises certain actors have appeared in, especially now that everyone has been in at least one MCU movie), and I’m often using my smartphone, which means having to scroll past garbage is slow and annoying.
Ooft, actually has to be The Last Samurai for me, probably in my top ten of all time
That movie was really great!
All The Right Moves is my favortie Cruise movie. Too bad about losing the Repo Man so early in this one. "Job" hahaha.
I prefer the jelly signal... 😊
0:23 Do you have any familiarity with the 1960s TV show, or the 1980s reboot of the show, that these movies are based on?
As for my favourite Tom Cruise movie, it’s hard to pick one. He’s a great actor (whatever crazy religion he’s into, and his weird marriages), but often his movie scripts don’t fully utilize all his talents. Two TC movies I highly recommend are “Mission Impossible 3” with an amazing villain (as you noticed) or the drama “A Few Good Men”. A slightly lower tier movie is “The Firm”. I can’t actually recall any TC movie where I’ve felt like I wanted to be compensated for the time I spent watching it. But they tend not to stand out a lot.
The quote… No clue. I have a pretty good memory, so it’s probably from a movie I’ve never watched.
I have 0 knowledge about anything MIssion Impossible related that was done before this movie lol It seems like Tom Cruise has chosen a lot of great movies, and I have been missing out! A lot of people have mentioned "A Few Good Men", so I'm curious to see that and Minority Report
@@VerowakReacts "Minority Report" is pretty good too, but start with "A Few Good Men". I usually don't like dramas at all (unless it's a thriller-drama, or a science fiction drama, or a something-drama), but that one is a huge exception.
The film was based on the 1960's TV show of the same name Jim Phelps character is one of the main characters of the original show. The original actor from the show actor Peter Graves was offered to come and play Jim in the movie however he refused when reading the script and finding out Jim was the bad guy and said that Jim would never betray his team or country.
From Mission: Impossible 2 onward Tom Cruise started doing his own stunts as he is the producer of the series and Mission: Impossible was his first film as a producer so he has no one to tell him NO.
M:I2 is the worst of the series as it is more of an action movie than a spy thriller however from M:I3 onwards the series become more TEAM-based like the original TV show and not the Tom Cruise show.
My Favorite To Cruise film is TOP GUN and it sequel thou Mission Impossible Fallout is definitely up there, he has a lot of GREAT films and rarely any bad ones so I recommend most of them.
It's so hard for me to pick a favorite Tom Cruise movie. I enjoy a lot of them. All of these are amazing to me:
Minority Report
The Last Samurai
Collateral
Valkyrie
Oblivion
Edge of Tomorrow
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
I found MI: 2 good, but not great, same with the Jack Reacher movies and War of the Worlds. All his other movies I haven't seen and therefore have no opinion of them.
Also, thanks for the premiere 💕
For me, you forgot, A Few Good Men (1992), Rain Man (1988) and Jerry Maguire (1995). Valkyrie is decent, not great, MI3 is super overrated, but Collateral is my all time favorite Tom Cruise film. It has my favorite quote in any Tom Cruise film about a train and people noticing, and if you have seen the movie,, you know what I mean. 😂
@@aTofuJunkie Yeah, I've never seen those three so I can't reliably have an opinion on them.
Thanks for coming to the Premiere!! It seems like Tom Cruise has SO many good movies, I was not expecting that. There are a few I haven't heard of on your list, I'll have to look them up
My favorite Tom Cruise movie is probably "American Made" or "Edge of Tomorrow."
Edge of Tomorrow was amazing! I'll have to check out American Made though, never heard of it
@@VerowakReacts If you have never heard of it, then do a review! 😀👍 It's really good, you'll like it.
The whole series is definitely worth a watch, though they become much more about action and less about intrigue (still pretty good stories, though). In my opinion, the second movie is garbage, but they really start taking off after that. I really loved the flashback as Ethan is talking with Kittridge in the restaurant, because it shows us elements that were in the original scene that we simply missed since we were focused on something else.
Oh just you wait, this series gets wild!
I'm super excited to see it get wild!
Fave Cruise movie - Top Gun!
It's on the list to watch hopefully soon! But first, the Mission Impossible franchise lol
15:32 Of course you can trust her. She’s pretty. You can always trust pretty people.
I know that one! It's the Hulk!!!
Best Tom Cruise movie : Collateral or Top Gun Maverick (sequel to Top Gun).
No. Not Michael Douglas, Emilo Estivez half brother to Charlie Sheen, son of Martin. Also, Mr. Phelps is played by Jon Voit, father to Angelina Jolie.
Not Half Brothers. They both have the same mother and father. Janet Templeton and Martin Sheen, which is his stage name. Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez is Martin Sheen's real name and Charlie Sheen's real name is Carlos Irwin Estevez. Martin Sheen knew to make it big in Hollywood he needed to change his name from Ramon to something more European.
You should go to work for the CIA…you figured it all out! Great react…keep’em coming!
Working for the CIA would be so neat and interesting ( I hope) lol!
Watch Men at work for a good team up comedy with Charlie and Emilio
Need more Tom Cruise movies? Others have already mentioned these, but here is my short list; Top Gun, Top Gun Maverick, Jerry Maguire, Tropic Thunder, A Few Good Men, and The Last Samurai. Really can't go wrong with a Tom Cruise movie. Happy watching!
4:22 No its Emilio Estevez
Rain Man and Jack Reacher are my favorites. I watched your reaction of Rain Man and know you didn't like the character but i did and back then that type of person was maybe not liked but now in a different generation can see why he is really disliked and foreign. I liked his character in Jack Reacher even though a lot didn't think he physically didnt fit character of book but the movie in general is really good and enjoyable. Continuing navigation through your palmares of reactions.
Cheers and Regards!