Gunfights, spies, hand-to-hand combat... Various elements of the genre that should have been played by the "Mission: Impossible" series, at the same time, it itself is still absorbing the popular elements of other successful genres in recent years, such as "Speed The drag racing of the "Passion and Passion" series involves slightly psychological warfare elements, humorous technical nerds, and is very popular, giving the villains some anti-social resistance thoughts. But compared to "Fast and Passion", which is a "selling feeling" series that is diverging from the original recklessness, "Mission: Impossible" retains strong characteristics: high-tech, elite style, and Atango while learning from others. . This film suspected of imitating the 007 series has become a family of its own, and even in my eyes, it has become a textbook for contemporary genre films.
Moreover, as long as Brother Tom does not die for one day, the entire "Mission Impossible" mode of operation can be sustained, and the box office success is guaranteed; as for whether it can surpass the best of the series, can it create a little "Oscar feelings" "This is no longer a question that a genre film wants to consider.
It is called "Mission Impossible" as a textbook of contemporary genre films for three reasons:
First, in the process of character depersonalization, it forms a bond between actors and movies.
There are tens of thousands of agents in the genre film. According to common sense, I always feel that this agent has to have some personality characteristics to be remembered by the audience. But "Mission: Impossible" is a work that does the opposite: Agent Hunt is neither passionate, nor humorous, nor cool, and even as the head of the IMF, he rarely has an inspiring speech. This character, the only protagonist needs to do is to jump, run, beat, beat, kill, and even Papa, Kiki, and Doudou do not need him to do it, but you say Agent Is the character of Hunt flat? not at all. The reason is that Agent Hunt has been integrated with Brother Tom, and those protagonist auras that audiences can’t stand, in "Mission Impossible", have become Hunt's charming and unique feature-gambler temperament-and He is always the final winner.
This is due to the screenwriting team, this is due to the production team, this is due to Tom Cruise.
Ethan Hunt, the name of the agent who was only used to complete the mission is no longer important, and it’s even hard to remember, but the three words "Tang Ge" and "Mission Impossible" have completed the most perfect binding, even go to watch Another highly acclaimed "Edge of Tomorrow", it is also difficult for us to escape the shadow of "Mission Impossible."
Obviously, this kind of bundling is of great help to the success defined by the genre, and of course it also lays a hidden danger: "Mission: Impossible" will not be able to proceed without Brother Tom. How far "Mission Impossible" can go depends on how long Brother Tom can fight for.
Second, the genre film elements mix and match, but do not flood or follow suit.
Since Nolan’s "Dark Knight", the second part of the "Batman Prequel" series, a blast of monster wind has gone through countless genres: They deliberately portrayed a very strong villain, and he claimed that "What doesn't kill" you makes stronger/smarter/stranger...", but for the sake of something big, anti-social, anti-human, full of humanism, brotherhood, great love, and a sense of humor, it’s really a "cute and charming villain", and finally their The end of the game is inexplicably lost to the weak but with the "protagonist halo" of the pig's feet; sometimes from time to time there will be some lingering emotional scenes between the protagonist and the villain...
But what you need to know is, where is Nolan? I'm making a genre movie! What he is doing is a classicist tragedy~ You are a genre film purely at the box office to follow the trend of these villains, who are so proliferated that they are in the lead, throwing baggage and base feelings, what is it for!
It's not that it can't be used, but that a genre film is only supported by elements such as villains/baggage/base feelings. What is the difference between "Little Times" and only relying on tearing?
Here you can see the meaning of the "Mission Impossible" textbook. The burden is clear but not deliberate. The basic feelings are slightly but not CP. The beautiful women are not out of the ordinary. The villains are sentimental but not mentally disabled. Looks and poses...what elements the audience likes to watch, okay! I add, but moderately; and my characteristics persist, my aristocratic atmosphere, my high-tech, my Tommy...
"Mission Impossible" as a film that does not sell feelings and earns a real box office is simply Conscience of the industry! I just like this honesty!
Of course, "Mission: Impossible 5: Mysterious Nation" is one thing worth criticizing is that it does have "Ghost Agreement", which is the best imitation of the current series, especially the support and teasing of the two supporting roles of Peggy and Brandon. It's a bit deliberate, but it's much better than the pure "talking talk" distribution of the two in "Avengers" and "Star Trek".
In addition, at the beginning, "Mission Impossible 5" didn't mean to invite Beckham to play the villain? But think about the establishment of the entire brand or not such a sensational star, otherwise the following 6, 7, 8, 9 will be really hard to get under.
3. Mature and sustainable commercial film model
As long as Tom continues to shoot, "Mission Impossible" will undoubtedly be able to stand firm at the box office. The director can be changed, the screenwriter can be changed, and the supporting cast can be changed, but this series can still go on smoothly, because "Mission Impossible" represents a very mature commercial film development chain. The script team should not be too bad, creative and in line with the brand’s ideas; as long as the director does not have a distinctive personality, he can grasp the rhythm; except for the replacement of the actors, the audience does not care at all. Everyone still remembers the female characters in 4. Agent?
In addition, Zhang Jingchu also made soy sauce in the film, and the investor of the film also cooperated with China and the United States. You can see that Hollywood's business operation model has gone global, and at the same time knows how to cater to the taste of the Chinese market.
I said earlier that if I had my own movie, I hope it is "Mission Impossible". On the one hand, this sentence has my infinite love and praise for the coolness of "Mission Impossible", and it is also my expectation of the Chinese film industry: after all, the best films handed down need talent and God's fulfillment, I I don’t think there is still such a good book, such a talented director, such a good market environment, and such a lucky god in the contemporary era; but the success of genre films is more destined: whether the production is sophisticated, Whether the publicity is in place and whether the rhythm is controlled...
I think that rather than the mainland film industry always wanting to make big news, always want to go straight to the golden bear, golden lion, and golden man, it is better to weigh and weigh yourself whether there is that. The ability to properly regulate the entire industry system and the chain of operations, and to take good shots of our country’s cool genres, is not a thing to be sorry for the audience, and it is also a guiding significance for the entire market.
I look forward to "Mission Impossible 6" very much, because 4 bombed the Kremlin and 5 tied the British Prime Minister. The next 6 should hit my party directly. Thinking about it, I’m still a little excited~~~
2015-9 -11
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