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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 414045" data-attributes="member: 8">MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1996)[ATTACH=full]54943[/ATTACH]There are films that I&#039;ve never watched and there are films I had decided not to watch.Assuming it would be one of those buddy cop stories in the style of Lethal Weapon with super-funny dialogue like &quot;maaaan, I&#039;m too old for this sh*t!&quot; I figured Mission: Impossible wasn&#039;t meant for me. And Tom Cruise was so extremely popular that people would have loved him in anything therefore I wasn&#039;t impressed by the popularity of this particular film.I didn&#039;t know it was a remake of a classic TV series but I don&#039;t think it would have made any difference.I don&#039;t remember how or when I found out but it appealed to me that Vanessa Redgrave played the villainess in this first M:I chapter.It&#039;s only a supporting role and she doesn&#039;t act very villainous (as a character known&nbsp; for being bad she&#039;s kinda honest by default) but that doesn&#039;t make Mission: Impossible a less enjoyable experience.It&#039;s basically a very good Bond film without James Bond, and even though Tom Cruise is the main star of the film it doesn&#039;t look like a Tom Cruise vehicle.Very nice locations, great colours and lots of trickery and impostory. Glad I&#039;ve watched it!Followed by slick remakes of The Saint and The Thomas Crown Affair I wonder if Mission: Impossible had started a trend.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 414045, member: 8"] MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1996) [ATTACH type="full"]54943[/ATTACH] There are films that I've never watched and there are films I had decided not to watch. Assuming it would be one of those buddy cop stories in the style of Lethal Weapon with super-funny dialogue like "maaaan, I'm too old for this sh*t!" I figured Mission: Impossible wasn't meant for me. And Tom Cruise was so extremely popular that people would have loved him in anything therefore I wasn't impressed by the popularity of this particular film. I didn't know it was a remake of a classic TV series but I don't think it would have made any difference. I don't remember how or when I found out but it appealed to me that Vanessa Redgrave played the villainess in this first M:I chapter. It's only a supporting role and she doesn't act very villainous (as a character [I]known[/I] for being bad she's kinda honest by default) but that doesn't make Mission: Impossible a less enjoyable experience. It's basically a very good Bond film without James Bond, and even though Tom Cruise is the main star of the film it doesn't look like a Tom Cruise [I]vehicle[/I]. Very nice locations, great colours and lots of trickery and impostory. Glad I've watched it! Followed by slick remakes of The Saint and The Thomas Crown Affair I wonder if Mission: Impossible had started a trend. [/QUOTE]

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