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<blockquote data-quote="Rabulias" data-source="post: 9676809" data-attributes="member: 16651">I enjoyed the movie, though I think the last one was better. My personal faves are MI: Ghost Protocol and MI: Rogue Nation. I was glad to see Donloe's return, After the last film, I was expecting him to show up in some way when they were dealing with the arctic.Minor complaints:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Where did Luther's medical issue come from? That came out of the blue. Is an underground hideout the best place for medical care? And yeah, how about getting a hideout with more security than just a &quot;Condemned&quot; sign out front. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:"&nbsp; data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">I was expecting more details on Ethan and Gabriel's past, and the woman who died. Sure it is effective shorthand to establish their history, how Ethan feels about Gabriel, and what led to Ethan being given &quot;The Choice,&quot; but it seemed more than that. The woman got billing in the main credits in the last one, IIRC, so it seemed like she was being set up for a larger role. As an aside, in MI: Dead Reckoning, when Degas called out Briggs' really wanting to catch Ethan, I speculated that the dead woman was Briggs' sister or wife.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Speaking of Briggs, the reveal surprised me, and while it was a big &quot;whoa!&quot; moment, it did not hold up to scrutiny. Kittridge would have been instrumental in testifying to the elder Phelps' guilt, along with the arrested Max. The evidence would have been pretty damning, yet Briggs still believes his father was framed? And he still happily works for Kittridge? People have believed stranger things in the face of facts, but this seemed off.</li>
</ul>Overall, I am glad to see they have built up a new IMF generation. As I have speculated elsewhere, they could go with Ethan taking the Phelps role in future installments, but I don't know if Cruise would be willing to give up all the stunt work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rabulias, post: 9676809, member: 16651"] I enjoyed the movie, though I think the last one was better. My personal faves are [I]MI: Ghost Protocol [/I]and [I]MI: Rogue Nation[/I]. I was glad to see Donloe's return, After the last film, I was expecting him to show up in some way when they were dealing with the arctic. Minor complaints: [LIST] [*]Where did Luther's medical issue come from? That came out of the blue. Is an underground hideout the best place for medical care? And yeah, how about getting a hideout with more security than just a "Condemned" sign out front. :rolleyes: [*]I was expecting more details on Ethan and Gabriel's past, and the woman who died. Sure it is effective shorthand to establish their history, how Ethan feels about Gabriel, and what led to Ethan being given "The Choice," but it seemed more than that. The woman got billing in the main credits in the last one, IIRC, so it seemed like she was being set up for a larger role. As an aside, in [I]MI: Dead Reckoning, [/I]when Degas called out Briggs' really wanting to catch Ethan, I speculated that the dead woman was Briggs' sister or wife. [*]Speaking of Briggs, the reveal surprised me, and while it was a big "whoa!" moment, it did not hold up to scrutiny. Kittridge would have been instrumental in testifying to the elder Phelps' guilt, along with the arrested Max. The evidence would have been pretty damning, yet Briggs still believes his father was framed? And he still happily works for Kittridge? People have believed stranger things in the face of facts, but this seemed off. [/LIST] Overall, I am glad to see they have built up a new IMF generation. As I have speculated elsewhere, they could go with Ethan taking the Phelps role in future installments, but I don't know if Cruise would be willing to give up all the stunt work. [/QUOTE]

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