#Mission Impossible 2

[spuffybot]

Ok was just having this debate with a friend who thinks Mission Impossible 2 is an abomination. And while I will give her that it is an anomaly within the MI canon and arguably is not a MI movie (Ethan doesn’t go rogue, he’s behaving OOC, the tone and vibe are off) I stand by the fact that it is a quintessential, iconic, and absolutely incredible Y2K movie.

1. The Soundtrack: much like the year 2000 classics Charlie’s Angels and Dracula 2000 this movie features Limp Bizkit, Metallica, Rob Zombie, Butthole Surfers, and Foo Fighters to name a few. It’s such an abrupt departure from the first film (the majority of songs on the first MI soundtrack aren’t even featured in the movie.)

There’s just something so utterly Y2K about Ethan throwing his glasses over the side of a mountain and them exploding to the sound of Limp Bizkit.

2. Ethan: just Ethan Hunt in this movie. Listen there are 6 MI movies that show Ethan as a perpetually serious genius with a passionate dedication to his friends and his mission. But there is only one movie where Ethan hunt is a sexy playful badass and that’s MI2. I would go as far as to say that Tom Cruise has never looked better in his life and I know that’s blasphemy against our lord and savior Lestat. But Ethan in MI2 is just GIVING. The arms. The smile. The ridiculous blowout that both falls into his eyes and tousles in the wind. This is peak sex appeal Cruise (it’s also before we knew he was all culty and creepy so it feels less bad to be deep in my feels about how hot he is.)

3. The John Woo of it all: John Woo said the year is 2000 and we will have DRAMA we will have FASHUN and we will have BIRDS. There is so. Much. Unnecessary. Slo. Mo. In. This. Film. SO MUCH. And the action sequences? I know this is a franchise known for its over the top action sequences but the ones in this film don’t even make sense.

4. The Title Sequence: honestly if anything in this movie is a fever dream (even more than the doves that fly out of an explosion) it’s the title sequence which feels like a mashup of every Y2K music video and action movie combined.

5. The Birds: listen I wasn’t going to ignore this scene. THIS SCENE. What can be said? It’s iconic. It’s absurd. It’s the epitome of the decadence, drama, and corniness of the year 2000.

Anyway, thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. MI2 may not deserve a place of honor in the official canon of Mission Impossible but it is hands down one of the best movies of 2000 and it deserves to be remembered as such.

[junkfoodcinemas]

Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) dir. John Woo

[pilvimarja]

[huntmavs]

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE invented comedy

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GOWNS in Mission: Impossible (1996– ) Kristin Scott Thomas in Mission: Impossible (1996) dir. Brian De Palma Thandiwe Newton in Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) dir. John Woo Maggie Q in Mission: Impossible III (2006) dir. J. J. Abrams Paula Patton in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) dir. Brad Bird Rebecca Ferguson in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) dir. Christopher McQuarrie

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Mission Impossible Gifsets: x x x x x (more coming soon)

Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) Ethan vs a cliff he's climbing on. Funfact: The cliff lost. Funfact 2: Tom Cruise actually tore his shoulder for the shot jumping from part of the cliff to another.

[sdrose93]

One of my favorite pictures ever 🤍

[aristobun]

[safehousebooze]

(if you're still doing requests) can you draw more mi2 era ethan i love him in your style

This turned into a whole study session, added some Nyahs ✨

I asked people to send me sketch requsts at the end of 2021 and this is the last one! :D

My original goal was to draw quick sketches without getting lost in details, spending WAY too much time, redrawing it over and over again and getting frustrated in the end. Just accepting the limitations of my skills at that moment and move on, to do better next time. Well, I did not achieve that, but that's alright xD I did draw a lot more last year then I would have otherwise, so thank you for all your ideas <3

[ethanhuntfemmefatale]

if you don't like mi2 that's fine it's your business but. ethan grieving. latching onto the first person he finds who is also a scared kid who acts really tough and blusters her way through life. then right after meeting her, discovering that not only did he accidentally recruit her under false pretenses (for her romantic history instead of her skills, which is significant given ethan's complex relationship with his own honeypot status) but he has to give her up to a situation that's eerily similar to what he faced in MI1--forced to play nice and act dumb with a dangerous older corrupt agent who she used to be in love with. He swears he won't lose her and she believes him. She has a savior complex and death wish to match his. and he saves her!!!!! she wants to be saved so badly and he wants to save someone so badly and he is able to save her!!!! Grabbing you shaking you do you see it!!! Ok ok ok let me explain this another way. If you swapped their roles the plot would play out largely the same. ethan would play nice and then ethan would believe she was coming to save him and he would believe her when she told him that he had to do. whatever jim said. ethan would inject himself. isn't that insane!! doesn't that make you crazy

[kazanskys-mitchell]

the way tom cruise says “i just do as i’m told” in mission impossible 2 should be ILLEGAL

[huntmavs]

being a director and working in an action movie with tom cruise in a nutshell

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“Everything that happened, it taught me who I am. It showed me what I'm capable of. I'm a survivor.” The WOMEN of Mission: Impossible (1996– )

[aortaargent]

somebody asked for this one and you know just who you are <3 (shine on)

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