This is the best action franchise ever created. No cap.
Listen we’re just gonna get right to the show notes because I worked really hard on them:
In the banter: Nerding out about Harry Potter lego book sets + one day we will be Black Beard and Red Beard
Would you like to know where this movie ranks in the M:I franchise? It's high. Very high.
Drama sometimes slides into melodrama
How this movie (and the other strongest entries) set up personal stakes
Mourning the loss of a favorite character, and a sincere disagreement about how the loss was handled
How to make a Car Chase feel fresh
Cart sometimes pulling the horse, i.e. theme sometimes strong-arms plot
The calculus of character death
Hayley Atwell is luminous
Ethan Hunt is the American James Bond
Can this franchise continue without Tom Cruise? HINT NO
That train sequence tho (or, how to make a Runaway Train feel fresh); homages to Jurassic World and...Toy Story 2
Best comedy of the franchise?
What Part 2 will have to do to be narratively successful
Why this is best critically reviewed movie in the franchise
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