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'Mission Impossible 4' - thrilling action, disappointing cinema (IANS Movie Review - Rating: ** 1/2)
16 December 2011, 5:55 am

Film: 'Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol': Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton; Director: Brad Bird; Rating: ** 1/2

Visually, two things that instantly transcend the immediate boundaries of a viewer's intellect to land straight inside are sex and violence. Thus brands that can no longer appeal to your intellect, or are too lazy to try, resort to either or both. That brand can either be a product or a movie star.

This is indeed a trend observed among male movie stars. Ageing stars, who no longer have the confidence of their youth, resort to movies that have an overdose of sex and violence. If you have followed Tom Cruise's selection of films lately, you would have observed an over-reliance on action at the cost of other factors. 'Mission Impossible 4' is no different.

He unabashedly stays within the confines of done-to-death cliches to give you not a film, but a roughly stitched collage of some very well done action sequences. Thus, what is sacrificed at this altar of dreary cliches are story, characterization, plot, subplots... basically everything that makes a film a fun watch.

The story of 'Ghost Protocol' is simpler than the elaborate charades you made up as kids. Smoked out of a Russian prison, Ethan Hunt and his renegade team, have to hunt down a Russian scientist with launch codes for nuclear warheads and save the world....

...After seeing 'Ghost Protocol' as a discerning viewer, you'll realize that Tom Cruise has lost the plot, figuratively and literally. All his recent films have been shoddy excuses in the name of cinema, but had very good action. The Church of Scientology does not seem to be helping our star. He needs to enroll himself in the church of cinema. 

more at http://in.omg.yahoo.com/news/mission-impossible-4-thrilling-action-disappointing-cinema-ians-105521373.html

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Jessica Zafra: Mission Impossible 4 - Ghost Protocols of the Elders of Scientology
20 December 2011, 2:27 am
By Jessica Zafra

Tom Cruise is stretched so tightly you could play guitar solos on him. He's so taut he's about to snap, and a few years ago it seemed he had snapped - jumping up and down on Oprah's couch to announce he had found true love, lecturing people on depression, and berating Steven Spielberg for not knowing where his wife was every minute.

Oh Tom, Tom. I was never a fan of yours, but I feel like I grew up with you. Back when your primary motivation was winning an Oscar I thought I even understood you. They should've given you the statuette for Magnolia: with your killer grin that is oddly disconnected from your dead doll's eyes you are brilliant at playing assholes. Then you might have relaxed and become a fine actor. But the opportunity has passed and now your grin borders on the maniacal....

much more at http://www.interaksyon.com/article/20066/jessica-zafra-mission-impossible-4---ghost-protocols-of-the-elders-of-scientology

Mary_McConnell:
Too funny, lol!

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Mish Imp Cruises on a Very Merry Day After Christmas
27 December 2011, 12:03 pm

’Twas the day after Christmas, and through all movie houses, / The big features were purring, attracting big crowdses. … Santa waited until Dec. 26 to give Hollywood moguls the present they’d been dreaming of: box-office gold. Because Christmas Eve fell on Saturday this year, what is typically the strongest day of the week was [...]

more at http://entertainment.time.com/2011/12/27/mish-imp-cruises-on-a-very-merry-day-after-christmas/

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