95/100
This was my first exposure to the Mission: Impossible franchise back in 2011, and to date still one of the best in the franchise. Brad Bird made the successful transition from animation to live-action and directed a fantastic entry filled with bombastic action and exuberant stuntwork. This is the film where Cruise really started to go all-out with the stunts, and the Dubai sequence is just as suspenseful and exhilarating as it was when I first saw it on…
82/100
The most underrated film in the franchise. Great direction from J.J. Abrams, and arguably features the best villain in the series, played by the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.
An animated animal movie, made by the crudest animation studio ever, with no dialogue coming from our main horse characters except some cheesy narration from Matt Damon, a 100% serious plot with very little slapstick gags, alongside some top-quality and jaw-dropping mixtures of 2D animated characters and CG-animated landscapes, some high emotional trauma with sequences that rival How to Train Your Dragon, and the bizarre collaboration of music provided by Hans Zimmer and Bryan Adams of all people.
One of DreamWorks' most spectacular and highly underrated films to date.
"I couldn't believe it. One minute I was free and the next: More ropes."
9/10 (near-flawless)
I will never understand the mentality of modern filmgoers. They'll say they want something original and different, but when an original and different film comes out, they'll complain that it is weird, silly, and bonkers, even though the sequel or remake they just watched has the same elements and the love the living crap out of it (like Guardians 2, for instance).
That's why I'm bummed that films like King Arthur: Legend of the Sword flopped, because in my eyes,…
