Are you openly admitting you watch sequel movies?
(I ask this because you placed the numeral, '4' in the subject-line
of your post's header)
Is the film you're referring to, the 'fourth' installment in some kind of franchise?
So this means you've sat down and watched I, II, and III of whatever series this is?
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Yeah, Ghost Prot is one of the weaker ones. It has great stunts (the Burj Khalifa climb is a series highlight), good comedy and the failing equipment motif is genius… but it has a terribly weak villain and a dull made-up-as-they-went-along plot.
It doesn’t hold together well and never picks up momentum, it just dazzles you every now and then with an impressive action scene.
By contrast, 3 had a chilling villain in Philip Seymour Fucking Hoffman and a story which deployed Hitchcockian suspense techniques to constantly taunt the viewer’s expectations.
Of the first 6 films, all of which were good, this is the worst.
7 and 8 are in their own category as misguided, bloated, 3-hour mess-fests that, despite the odd superb action sequence, are flat out
bad
films.

The only thing I know for certain is that MI2 was the worst one. The stunts in there weren't anything we couldn't have gotten from another director. I mean, the fight between Bond and Alec Trevelyan in Goldeneye was more intense. MI2 was all surface and no substance at all. Typical John Woo filming. (As they said in Honest Trailers, you never go the full Woo.) But after that, a good argument can be made for any of the other four movies to work as the best one.
For myself, I'll go with the first one as best and put III, IV, and V in the middle. The first one felt more like a great melding of the original series set in the modern day. I'd call it the best movie adapted from a TV show not named The Fugitive. III felt a bit underwhelming (and I agree Hoffman was underutilized), IV was fun to watch but not really that tense, and V I think made itself far too complex for what was a simple plotline of getting terrorist accounts (I've seen that plot in fanfic stories).
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While I can't say this one is the worst, I 100% agree with you about the third being the best in the series. It is a damn near perfect film.

All of these movies are horrible as M:I movies.

3 makes the mistake of having ethan get married
it just looks stupid and out of character for ethan
4 is second best after the second one, the fifth one is a close third

After finally watching 4 I find it a great improvement over 3.
3 didn't seem to do to we'll with the critics. It's been a while since I've seen it but I found it too action packed. As the op mentioned I do find it like a Michael bay film. The problem with Michael bay is he throws too much action at the screen. The way the camera moves, the editing etc. Just didn't do it for me.
Min is a lot less serious and quite a fun film.

No disrespect, but mi3 was pretty boring, none of it stood out, mi4 was better as it was miles entertaining And maybe cos it was more fun Which was missing from mi3

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Totally with you mate!
EXCELLENT analysis!
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The opening of the original first was the best of all.
No argument there.
I also like that each movie is purposefully different from the others. One thing that gets overlooked quite a bit about 4 is that it's partially a parody of the other movies. Hunt has to do the ridiculous stunt even though it's crazy, which is the opposite of how it happens in the other movies. Early on Hunt declares that everything has to go perfect for the plan to work, yet pretty much nothing goes as planned. They didn't get to use the masks this time. Hunt, rather than being in control the entire time, actually has to rely on his team for everything to work. Heck, he didn't even get to be the one to break the suspense on when they'd stop the missile. He had to wait for the rest of the team to get the relay working.
Combining that theme of nothing working right except for relying on the team with the subtle jabs at the previous installments ads a layer of depth that can be easily missed. That's one reason I think 4 deserves to be considered a great installment.
Personally, I do think 3 is superior. I have a hard time ranking 1 and 4 against one another because of how different they were. When the goal of the franchise is to force us to compare apples to oranges each time a movie comes out it's hard to put them in order when the quality of two of them is at all similar.

Yep. I agree 3 was by far the best, then 1 then 4 then 2. The opening of the original first was the best of all. Everything about that whole sequence was exceptional and darkly suspenseful. 3 had everything in it and yes Hoffman was so very good which upped the stakes for us caring about the main actor and the subplot (the wife).

I don't know why it's rated the highest, because it's just standard Hollywood action-movie schlock with a preposterous, pointless story. After watching Tomorrowland in theatres recently, I've realised Brad Bird is an overrated lackey for the studios. His visual style is bland, his set-pieces are forgettable and his editors are morons, as his films are at least 20 minutes too long. Stick to animation, bro.
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I agree with everything you said except the ballet Kung foo gun fightsvery out of place for Ethan and the franchise. Also, I was definitely rocking out to those tunes as well! I hate Limp Bisquit but DAmn I loved that song.

Def, ratings mean very little to anyone but smug beep This one sucked the worst of all them.

Well the rating sure proves otherwise. The worst one was the 2nd one, and the third was an improvement but ultimately boring and quite pretentious. You're kidding yourself if you think this is the worst one; to me this one embodies the best thing about this franchise: A great time at the theater

ABSOLUTELY agree
Right on the nose mate!
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Agreed. Something about MI4 felt verylax. It just didn't have much energy. Its a very leisurely kind of moviethe tone is just too light for anything to feel high risk or suspenseful. I appreciate that Bird shot the action with a steady hand, but the staging of it didn't take advantage of the situations presented. The only mildly exciting moment is the Burj climband even that wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
MI1, while lighter on action, is a much more tense film with a genuine classic spy thriller plot and tone.
MI2, while probably the most loosey goosey of the franchise still has the amazing John Woo behind the camera. The man can create damn good action.
MI3 is energetic and has great emotional pull. It's action is a great mix of modern and old school techniques.
I wish I could like MI4 more than I do. Objectively, it's a damn well written movie. It's streamlined narrative is welcome but too much light humor and a lack of energy in the action let it down.

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"The complaints you have about MI4 are basically the same that I have about MI3. MI3 felt like a drawn-out episode of "Alias". I still consider the first movie the best one."
+1

the new one looks amazing and I'm excited about Christopher Mcquarrie Shepherding the picture.
He did great work with Tom Cruise on Jack Reacher and the Way of the Gun is a fantastic film with a incredibly great shoot out at the end.

Funny. The complaints you have about MI4 are basically the same that I have about MI3. MI3 felt like a drawn-out episode of "Alias". I still consider the first movie the best one.
I like that the Mission: Impossible movies explore a different style and tone in every new installment. So Ghost Protocol was a welcome surprise to me. The Kremlin hallway scene was quite inventive, suspenseful and memorable. Moreover, I think the collaboration between Ethan, Benji, Jane and Will presented the best teamwork in the movie series so far. (I also liked the teamwork scenes between Benji, Jane and Hanaway.) I haven't watched the original Mission: Impossible TV-series (I've only watched one episode on youtube), but I think MI4 matches it the best in terms of tone/atmosphere.
I think that Philip Seymour Hoffman was underused in MI3. His best scene was when he let his other self read aloud the pan-phonemic poem on the card (that was a very cool scene).
MI2 was a movie that I absolutely loved, despite the poor, dumbed-down plotline and the least team-effort (Luther had literally nothing to do, which was a shame). The movie had the best stunts and most riveting action scenes. I don't care much for Metallica, but Hans Zimmer's score and Heitor Pereira's guitar playing are unforgettable and definitely on par with Danny Elfman's score on the first movie.
I'll be curious to what new elements the next M:I movie will bring.

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Agree about ghost protocol. I really wanted to like it but I didnt. Great choice for director for mi5.