#mostly ethan/ilsa

[saltyfilmmajor]

not really a fan of the way people in the mi fandom trash talk the earlier movies.. i don't even really understand why they're doing it

Not sure I understand the full context of this ask, but I’ll say it’s because the later movies are far more fondly remembered.

Kinda like a Top Gun Maverick Situation where there are a lot of newer people who care mostly for the recent content rather than the older stuff.

Not me though I clown on Mission 3 because the sound mixing is bad

I tend to prefer the last three movies more than the first four, personally. I do think the hate on mi2 is overdone both critically and on a fandom level.

Anyway I don’t have much to say other than fandom is gonna fandom and there’s always going to be stuff that we don’t like but will have to make our peace with.

#anonymous #Nancy’s Inbox #mission: impossible #whatever the Rebecca Furgeson Stans did to our fandom is something IM ALSO not a fan of #mostly because I really love Ilsa as a character #but I feel like I can’t really talk about her anymore without a lot of negative feelings coming up #this ask wasn’t about that but talking #about fandom greivences thoughts I’d mention mine #as another aside: I’m legally not allowed to Clown on Mission 3 anymore because my spouse proposed to me with the rings Ethan #married Julia with before he went away

[imfmi6]

A quick search on the app and he finds them a place. It's a lot of money for just a few hours, he has to admit, but there isn't a price he won't pay to have that time with her. A moment of true bliss destined to live forever in his heart.

or,

Ilsa and Ethan have their first time in Venice. Literally.

#smut #mostly pwp #fan fiction #fan fic rec #ethan x ilsa #ethan hunt #ilsa faust #mission impossible dead reckoning part one #so hot and sexy

[looney-just-like-her-tunes]

Ethan: and i oop- *crashes helicopter into a mountain*

#and would do so again unprovoked #he let his intrusive thoughts win #that one singular braincell was working overtime at maximum capacity to keep this reckless bimbo alive #sometimes that braincell is known as benji #but mostly it's ilsa or luther #mission impossible #mission impossible: fallout #ethan hunt

[forumsdackel]

Did anyone order Ilsa and Ethan? Just had to give you those stills. More gifsets and stills on my blog/mostly focusing on TG and M:I. Any gif or still suggestions? Ask Box is open Oh and a bonus for y'all!

#ethan hunt #dead reckoning part one #tom cruise #mission impossible #m:i #mi7 #mi7 spoilers #ilsa faust #ilsaethan #ethan x ilsa #rebecca ferguson #caprisc_stuff #caprisc_gif

[agentfaust]

wanna write a fic where ilsaethan retire and ethan starts a cooking youtube channel in his free time, just for fun. it ends up growing really fast but mostly because of ilsa, who just sits on the counter in all his videos and makes really stupid comments, and most people watching are just there for her. his video series goes from ‘cooking for the girl i’m dating — ep. 1’ to ‘cooking for my *official* girlfriend — ep. 28’ to ‘cooking for my fiancee — ep. 59’ to ‘cooking for my wife — ep. 112’

#mission impossible #fic idea #mine #ilsa x ethan #ethan hunt #ilsa faust

[callmearcturus]

can i just defend myself and explain why i am obsessed with mission impossible????? please? i know Cruise is a cultist and that is genuinely bad and makes this my ultimate Problematic Fave but also please god i need to ramble about this

ghost protocol, right?

this is a Leverage movie okay? there's a lot of pretty people with interesting motivations and they do ridiculous heists for the greater good.

the physical comedy element is off the chain from the start with the prison break sequence where Ethan Hunt has a nonverbal argument over surveillance camera with Benji Dunn to affectionately bully him into going off-script for the mission, and then blows him a little kiss of thanks.

the Burj Khalifa stunt, which is entirely practical and is not CGI and happened on the actual location, is so fucking bugfuck crazy that it makes my heart race every time, and on top of that it's a GORGEOUS sequence and its funny and it's character-driven and the greatest moment in the movie is Ethan's running leap to propel himself into the window at the end, only to bonk his fucking head and nearly die at the last moment. it's a miraculous sequence.

i love Carter so fucking much, and I am OBSESSED with Mission Impossible and gender. the number of times the expectation I would expect gets inverted is so crunchy.

Jane Carter has the most motivation of everyone, with her boyfriend getting fridged in the intro and propelling her to be more ruthless and reckless than the others. she gets the very dude-coded backstory and role, and it plays beautifully off Ethan because there is never a single moment of the movie setting her up as his love interest, not ONCE and so they have this wonderful equitable relationship where they've both gone through similar trauma and he tries to advise her on how to handle it, and it's SO NEAT

also speaking of gender stuff, the way Carter has to seduce the rich guy at the end but at every turn is being coached by Ethan on how best to seduce the guy, and everyone just accepts that Yep, Ethan Is The Guy To Help You Seduce A Man, mwah, love it, amazing.

also as someone who is Hugely Ambivalent to Jeremy Renner

(MOSTLY BECAUSE I literally know he can act, the first thing I saw him in was the fucking Hurt Locker okay but it feels like his agent is an idiot and keeps netting him Incredibly Generic Roles, but at least in Mission Impossible he's working with the material as much as he can)

ANYWAY I actually like Jeremy Renner in these movies instead of forgetting he exists which I think says something. and it was a small thing in 2011 but the blaise "Next time, I get to seduce the rich guy," moment really does work.

Rogue Nation

Fallout is the best MI movie but Rogue Nation is my favorite MI movie, because it is just a fucking comedy and it's the real start of Ethan's deepening emotional arc and I'm OBSESSED with it

also Ilsa fucking Faust, my god

Ilsa is one of my favorite ladies in these action movies? she feels like a boot to the face of Bond movies, she's beautiful but she's not a young woman, she has genuinely complex shit going on, she's the true fulcrum the movie pivots around, she has a very specific fighting style that stands out, and she's another Not Love Interest?

like, Ethan likes her and there's that moment when she asks him to run away with her, but the way the camera treats her makes me so happy? like if i were in a movie, i would want the camera to look at me like it does Ilsa, does that make sense?

also benji runs this entire movie. i love his growth and his comfort in his work. in Ghost Protocol, Benji was green, but in Rogue Nation he knows what he's doing, he resents being protected, he is reliable and thinks on his feet, and he yells at Ethan when Ethan is being a dick.

in another moment of Huh Gender Stuff, Benji is the one who is positioned as Ethan's Love Interest structurally. he is with Ethan the most, he grounds him but also sparks off him well, he is Ethan's connection to the world and the avenue thru which he shows the most emotion, and when Benji's kidnapped in the third act Ethan completely loses his shit and kidnaps the Prime Minister and basically does whatever it fucking takes to get him back, the degree to with Benji is Ethan's motivation in RN is kind of staggering.

also i love ethan hunt and RN is really where that starts.

Ethan can swing around the Burj Khalifa and do a 100mph motorcycle chase and well i guess the free swim didn't work out Great for him, but when he's not doing superhuman ridiculous bullshit

i'm obsessed with the growing emotional core of Ethan. his fatal flaw begins to emerge in RN, that his job is to save the entire world from certain doom, but his judgement is Fucked.

that goddamn glass box he's locked in. he sees a young IMF agent killed, and it sticks in him like a lodged dagger. he risks himself over and over to try and get Ilsa out of her own fate. he does Batshit Things to save Benji.

I know that James Bond has kind of become a reflection of itself, on how terrible James Bond, about how reprehensible a person he is. the Craig movies I've seen have been pretty upfront about that baggage.

but... he's still a misogynistic bastard who will kill people to finish his mission. and the movie acknowledges all that but it's still the driving force of the movies.

Mission Impossible doesn't just nod at "hey Ethan's kinda fucked up huh" and then keeps doing that. Ethan's flaws are getting worse and causing more and more problems for him and everyone around him.

Fallout

there are a lot of moments i love in Fallout but there is one I cannot dislodge from my brain

wait first: August Walker is amazing and i love him

i love that the movie makes no attempt to hide he's the bad guy. i love how he keeps trying to introduce himself to the IMF team and everyone no sells him, because everyone hates the fucking CIA. i love his arm reload and how brutal his combat style is compared to Ethan's.

he's so fucking FUN.

but anyway, the thing that Fallout does that I cannot for the life of me stop thinking about is Ethan and the traffic cop in Paris.

this mission has been on the knife's edge of disaster from the word go, Ethan has been mocked and pushed around and disregarded, Ilsa is after him, he's just pulled off an extremely treacherous betrayal and an even more dangerous escape, everyone is getting into the car with Lane, and they open the doors and there's someone RIght There. the wrong place, the worst possible time.

everyone freezes. Walker is ready to shoot her, just another piece of collateral damage. but Ethan spends an extended period just stopping and pleading in French for this lady to leave. Please, just go, please walk away, please do not get involved in this.

He could shoot her, or get in the car and drive, hoping she'll get out of the way, or let Walker take her out, or attack her and nonfatally injure her to get her out of the way. They really really don't have time for this shit.

But something in him is fucked because there is a nuclear apocalypse on the line, but Ethan stops to try and keep one bystander out of it.

POINTS

I'M OBSESSED WITH THIS CHARACTER. WITH THE GUY WHO IS LITERALLY GETTING MORE AND MORE COMPROMISED BY HIS EMOTIONS AS THE FRANCHISE GOES ON. THE GUY WHO KEEPS FUCKING UP BECAUSE HE'S NOT WILLING TO MAKE A HARD CHOICE AND LET SOMEONE DIE TO SAVE MILLIONS. THIS IS A PROBLEM, AND IT'S GETTING WORSE.

i love John Wick. I love the beautiful choreography of death. I love the showmanship.

But there's something about how Mission Impossible takes death seriously and the way Ethan tries to minimize harm even when he really shouldn't that captivates me.

also the cinematography is amazing.

THAT'S ALL. I love the Chris McQuarrie Mission Impossibles. It's SUCH a problem.

#long post #mission impossible #ultimate problematic fave

[helyiios]

do you have any cute and sweet mi team or ethan x benji headcannons

oh my god anon, yes i do!

-brandt is a caramel macchiato kinda guy, luther is black coffee, ethan is healthy shakes or cappuccino, benji is english breakfast, jane is matcha and ilsa is oloong.

-benji gets a gift card to a rage room for his 44th bd

-benthan are more into pda than jane/ilsa, but jane/ilsa are more likely to show tongue in public

-when brandt told them he was with hunley they literally Did Not believe him

-brandt calls hunley 'al' in private and let it slip ONCE in public

-jane and benji are quicker on small distances, ilsa and ethan are great endurance runners

-benji is actually a remarkable marksman, but doesn't have the opportunity to show it too much

-luther once walked into benthan going at it in benji's office

-benji and brandt are the most vocal in their gc, and sometimes brandt sends them pics of him at the stalls bcs he's fucking weird

-ethan's go to pose in pics is 👍 while benji's ✌️

-dunn is not benji's actual last name

-benji wears a gold chain with his initials on it

-when they got married, benthan got like SO obnoxious about their wedding rings, they'd shove it into EVERYONE'S faces

-when brandtley got married the team did Not believe it until getting the invites. and even then they thought the other two were pushing the joke a bit far

-luther has two daughters that call ethan "uncle e"

-ilsa studied at King's College and had her first gf then

-jane is always the one sent to tell bad news to brandt. sometimes it's benji but mostly it's jane

-benji can do a meannn scottish accent while ilsa is REALLY good at a birmingham accent

-benji supports Arsenal, Ilsa is an LFC girlie. they fight a lot on that

-ilsa once got so genuinely offended at someone who thought she and ethan were a thing it showed on her face, and ethan was like 'oh wow. holy shit. wow ok.'

-brandt owns a ps5 and he and benji have game nights (sometimes the others are over and they're doing their own thing)

-they both play aggressive mode on COD. benji likes soap while brandt prefers könig

#mission impossible #ask #anon

[rebeccalouisaferguson]

https://metro.style/people/celebrities/rebecca-ferguson-mission-impossible-dead-reckoning/35891

The Mission: Impossible movies have a unique creative process. They don’t start with a complete script but evolve as they go. How would you describe that on-set experience?

“Tom and McQ have a way of working which from the outside could look very odd, but it’s genius. The story is mostly in McQ and Tom’s heads, not on paper. For people who are new to the game, I guess that could be stressful because they don't really understand the process. But that’s why everyone’s there, to support everyone. The creation happens in the conversations between Tom and McQ. Everything that is created is enhanced by the dynamic between them. It is incredible to watch. It all comes together in front of you. It is extraordinary how much knowledge they have about film and camera angles and storytelling and building tension and character. Tom is extremely focused on character. ‘Why?’ is Tom’s question all the time. ‘Why is that happening? Why is he doing that?’ It’s so detailed.”

How would you describe the threat that the team face in this movie?

“What has been really interesting and extremely intelligently created by McQ and Tom in these movies is that they play with the question of what is actually good and bad. There’s a scene we cut from the last movie, between Ilsa and Ethan, where she is saying to him: ‘Why are we doing this, you and me? Why don’t we give up? There will always be people like us who can take over, so why don’t we let them and go and live the life that other people get to live?’ But it’s also the reverse. Who is really bad? In Fallout, Sean Harris’ Solomon Lane talks about bringing them over to a world that’s better, but in our world he was seen as evil because of the destruction [that would entail]. But is it? Or is it human growth? These films have always played with big thoughts of ownership and world control – how we have been controlled by the police, state and government, the politicians. Obviously [in these stories], the baddies are the baddies – and we know they are because they kill and want to destroy everyone and everything. But there’s always a philosophical mind at play in these stories too. What is actually ‘bad’ if you break it down? For a lot of these characters, that will depend on the balance of their beliefs – on what they believe is truthful and real. In this movie, Gabriel, the antagonist, is in full belief of what he wants, and that is justice, for the betterment of all mankind, or for whatever is left of it when he’s done.”

What is it about this story that’s so big it needs splitting into two movies?

“These movies just become bigger and bigger, with larger and larger themes. They are so big and grand, location-wise. It really is a mission, shooting these movies. So, linking two together? That is not an easy task, in any way, shape or form. But I think that the scale of what Tom and McQ have attempted here demands two movies. To let the story and characters breathe against this never-bigger, action-packed backdrop.”

Let’s talk Ilsa. What is she going through in this movie?

“This is where it gets hard! [Laughs] Because it’s very hard to promote a story that you don’t fully know. The way we work is that we shoot a lot of footage, and then they cut it together. Then we get to see that version at the premiere! And we go, ‘Oh, that makes sense!’ But that works perfectly for these films because the fact is that in these movies, these characters never have the full picture in front of them. The fun of watching these films is watching these characters discover things as they go. That’s where that wonderful dynamic comes from. Are they working together? Are they not working together? We ended the last movie thinking that there is sort of a collaboration here between Ilsa and Ethan. We begin this one very confused again. It’s that dance between these two characters that I have fallen in love with.”

In the trailer, we see Ilsa and Ethan embracing. What can we read into that?

“You can read whatever you want into that [laughs], but I don’t want to give anything away. What I will say is that we have always, for years, talked about the relationship between them because it’s so complex. The bond between these two people has been born of trauma and chaos – these are emotions that go beyond any form of love affair or kinship. They have this pure urge to protect and support each other, but also to have their own rights. They’re two very similar characters. What do you see? Is it love? Is it friendship? Is it family? Is it support? Is it just knowing that something’s about to blow up? That’s the whole point of this dynamic.”

The trailer also gives a glimpse of a showdown between Ilsa and Esai Morales’ Gabriel in Venice. What can you share about that sequence?

“It's always a wonderful moment when bad and good meet. What was fun about this meeting is that I got to train to sword fight for the scene, which was ridiculously hard and wonderfully exciting to do. I’ll never forget shooting that scene – sword fighting over turquoise waters in Venice. And Esai is phenomenal. He’s unpredictable, a classic baddie. It’s a dance.” 

What made the sword fighting so difficult to master?

“It’s so tricky. You always have the possibility of doing the fighting with lighter replicas. So, in some angles you have the sword and for certain other angles, if it’s dangerous, you switch that sword out for the replica, so you don’t chop someone’s head off. But the part you don’t realize until you first do it is how important the weight is. Because the weight is so important, you have to train with the real weapon. And then you have to remember what that weight feels like, so you can fight with something that’s not equally weighted but make it look the same. It’s not just the choreography – which is difficult enough in and of itself – but retaining the muscle memory of training with the real weapon. There’s so much more to it than I ever understood before.” 

A lot of the characters in this movie are exploring their darker sides. How does that play out on screen?

“I remember McQ and Tom talking a lot on the last movie, Fallout, about what they wanted to do with this one. They talked about not being scared, about wanting for the next film to basically eat up the franchise emotionally, to give the audience another level of action and emotion. People know the ingredients that make these films so great and one of them is their ability to give you a metaphorical emotional stomach punch. And Tom and I have often talked about not being afraid of giving these characters physical tasks and emotions to deal with. Whether it’s loss or love or fear, we have never been afraid to go deeper, to go further. And this movie is maybe the pinnacle of that.”

Is there a sense that these two new Mission movies are almost a love-letter to the whole series?

“Honestly, everything Tom and McQ do is intentional. Everything. Every angle, every shot, every line, every prop, the costumes, the music, the edit. This is a movie that has so much boom and abandon and adventure. But, also, there is so much in there that is an homage to something they loved in the previous movies, or something they loved in all the classic movies the two of them are always referencing on set. They are far too smart for me to ever try and even pretend to know what they’re talking about [laughs]. At the beginning, they’ll go, ‘Have you seen this classic movie or that classic movie?’ And at the start [on her first Mission movie, Rogue Nation], I would sometimes pretend that I had, to look smart. And then go and watch it that night. But now I’m just honest and say I haven’t seen it. I’ll be like, ‘Send me a list of all the films you want me to see. But remember I’m a novice.’” 

Dead Reckoning Part One promises to be a truly epic adventure for audiences. How much of an adventure have you had making it?

“It’s been incredible, it really has. The places we’ve seen, the things we’ve done. I absolutely loved Abu Dhabi. It was phenomenal. The desert location and the footage you get from it is just exquisite. Putting us into nature that is so uncontrollable, whether it’s a sandstorm or whatever, and us just having to adapt to it, was so beautiful and so apt. It’s the same with all the different inputs of nature – from rain to wind – that came into play on Tom’s bike jump. No matter how much planning you do, you can’t control Mother Nature. That’s what makes it so dangerous. And that’s what makes it so exciting to watch. People will never understand what it took for everyone involved to make that bike stunt work.”

#rebecca ferguson #interview #mi7 interview #ilsa faust #mission impossible #mission impossible dead reckoning part one

[polikszena]

Today I finally watched Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning (Part 1) and I have some thoughts (which will be under the cut because spoliers)

Overall, I enjoyed the film a lot: it was amazing with all those crazy stunts and action sequences and the fight scenes. It was entertaining, I had a lot of fun. Especially during the Fiat chase scene - that was my favourite part of the whole movie. It was exciting, it was funny, it was very nicely shot.

I also liked the idea of Grace being an outsider, so not a secret agent but a thief who gets caught into this whole business. The car chase mentioned above could not have happened with another agent. Yet, I still think that she had way too much screentime. Until a certain point, I get it, because Ethan has to find out who is she working for, but after it turns out that she was hired by The White Widow, I feel that she got accepted into the group too quickly (which can be explained with the gang not having the time to come up with another solution, but as I was watching it, it felt like a fanfic to me that lacks some buildup) when they still hardly knew her. When we still hardly knew her. Also, Gabriel was implying that she was important for Ethan but for something other than this mission and due to that I kind of kept my fingers crossed for Grace not becoming a love interest to him. (Sorry for those who ship them, but I don’t really see it) I think she is related to that woman who was shown in the flashbacks because they have somewhat similar looks. To sum up, I don’t really have anything against Grace, but I think the audience didn’t really have the time to get like her, to root for her before she got pushed into being The Most Important Female Character in the Movie. At least she hd really cool outifts.

I was sad for Pom Klementieff’s character because we didn’t really get to know who she was or what she wanted - she was just there, driving like a maniac and looking great in that military uniform-like outfit, but there wasn’t much more info about her. It probably ended up in the cutting room floor, but it felt odd that we had her without any information.

As for Benji and Luther, I would have loved to see more of them, or actually, more of the team working together. And kind of that’s the problem with movie franchises like Mission Impossible that they have to introduce new characters but there’s not enough time to fully build the new people up and it feels unfinished and unsatisfactory because we can’t get to like them and they take screentime of the characters we already love.

Oh, and as someone who came to Mission Impossible from Top Gun, it was great to see Greg Tarzan Davis in this movie. (And Charles Parnell as well) I have a feeling that he’ll be an IMF agent in the near future.

I left Ilsa for the end: I might be severely desilusional, but I refuse to believe that she is really dead. To be honest, I was expecting it to happen because lately Rebecca has been busy with other projects and she was nowehere to be seen on the M:I 8′s behind the scenes footage, so I wasn’t surprised when I saw the news that she would die in this film. But is she really dead? I believe she isn’t. Mostly because there’s still one movie left and they had been building Ilsa’s character for two and a half films, making her Ethan’s equal, finally making her a part of the team. She cannot be gone just like this; she was kept around way too long to have this kind of exit. Her fake death at the beginning can be a clue for that. Also, both she and Ethan seemed to be pretty calm when Gabriel announced that Ethan would have to decide which woman should stay alive. I don��t think he had chosen Grace if they didn’t have a plan B. Also, I had to add that Ilsa was really cool with her eyepatch and that she and Ethan deserve to spend some time in Venice together. As a vacation, just enjoying the city.

#mission impossible #m:i 7 spoilers #mission impossible dead reckoning #ethan hunt #ilsa faust #benji dunn

[adiduck]

I think you said that emma and ethan would get along, but what do you think about like, simon and ilsa?

LOL I think Emma and Ethan would feel very awkward around each other but overall like each other and appreciate their respective roles in Simon's life, more like. But yes I think they'd get along mostly!

I think that Simon and Ilsa would get on each other's nerves XDDDD they have some... similar instincts, and that puts each other's back up. Also I am pretty sure Ilsa has no idea Ethan and Simon are together in SaintSpy M:I5 and asks Ethan to run away with her right in front of his boyfriend. And, like, Simon doesn't think Ethan's gonna DO it, but also: hey lady what the fuck--

#saintspy #simon and ilsa are gonna be fun when I get to the MI5 rewrite #they'll end up with mutual respect but I do NOT think they are gonna like each other very much LOL

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[saltyfilmmajor]

I think my own thoughts on Ilsa in dead reckoning is that narratively it is the most fitting end for her specifically.

This is mostly based on the fact that her entire arc has been centered around her ever growing desire to be free and acceptance that she cannot go back to her life from before.

She says to Ethan quite bluntly in Fallout “We are never free.” She says this to Ethan who knows better, who knows more than anyone that despite how hard he tries he will always be a field agent.

They’ve a fundamental understanding in this regard. Ilsa has spent her time in canon running from all sides, and taking care of her own self interest (which can align with Ethan’s interests but not always)

In dead reckoning when Ethan asks her when she was going to explain her connection to the key and Gabriel she says “I’m telling you now.” In Rogue Nation she doesn’t lie (the only time she does is to protect Ethan and Benji) she omits information and that is a consistent core of her character. As well as in Fallout, she doesn’t directly tell Ethan why he shouldn’t meet The White Widow.

All of this is to say that she’s been always caught between the world view of different men/government agencies and has never fully committed to any of those ideas. She understood both Lane and Ethan’s ideals while working under Atlee and rejects all of them in favor of being free of the system.

The ultimate tragedy is that she was right, she was never free. But she dies as a result of a decision she makes to stay rather than run. It wasn’t because her hand was forced or under someone else’s orders. She made the decision to go to that bridge knowing the risks (much like the rest of Team Hunt helping Ethan in spite of the risks)(hello boat scene from rogue nation)

#mission Impossible #mission: impossible #ilsa faust #dead reckoning part 1 #mi dead reckoning

[calkale]

I'd love to hear more of your thoughts in re mi7, cause most of the responses to the movie that I've come across have been positive (which clashes with the way I see it....) and I really agree about the negatives you mentioned (stunts being underwhelming even though they're the trademark of the series, the literal main character being neglected in favor of someone who's appearing in the series for the first time and whose biggest credit is that fuckass cgi disaster excuse for a multiverse movie- fr I had to look Hayley Atwell up to see what she'd even been in- and the long-standing supporting cast including luther, who'd been there since the beginning, just being discarded by the script like litter out of a car window). also it'd be cool to hear about smaller details cause often something is really off about a script and it kinda ruins the whole thing but you don't really know what it was till afterwards, and with new releases you can't rewatch or discuss it with much of anyone else (again, all there is are column reviews and stuff and they're mostly the same and very general on account of staying spoiler-free ).

Okay gonna be honest i havent looked at a single review or post about this movie other than the ilsa one i reblogged this morning cause im still so upset over it. Thank you for sending this ask cause i felt so alone lmao im glad someone agrees with my thoughts.

I hate them for making hayley the main character, if these are the last two movies, which it feel like they are, ethan and luther should really be the main characters along with benji and ilsa, not some new character. All for adding new characters and hayley couldve been in the start of the movie she had a place there she was the thief but after that she literally just took ilsas spot as the “woman of the team” as well as ethans spot in the spotlight.

This movie also seems to go against a lot of things ive heard mcq say in interviews, i cant source them cause i dont remember which ones theyre from but he’s talked about not over explaining things in movies and hes talked about not not wanting a strong female lead thats exactly like what hayelys character is in this movie. The over explaining thing happens SO FUCKING MUCH in this movie i was so bored and it just made me more lost because there was all this information i was taking in CONSTANTLY and i was trying to remember what character was doing what and who they were and it was just too much. I get this movie is probably more of a set up for part two but now we have all this shit we need to remember for part two and i dont even really wanna see it if im being honest, i will but if its anything like part one i know im gonna be disappointed again especially if its going in the direction i think its going.

Ive been trying to remember a lot of the smaller details that i noticed when watching it but a lot of them were part of bigger issues anyway so i just kinda grouped them together. Ill talk about the plot tho cause i knew i was gonna hate it but i didnt know id hate it for this reason. In other mi movies theyre doing the things they do because they have no other choice, in this movie it felt like there were so many choices that couldve been made and they didnt even talk about them it was just we’re doing this and thats it. Like on the train there were definitely better ways of doing that and i get there were short on time but that was almost exactly like the burj khalifa scene. Short on time, cant make a mask, need to meet with someone to make a deal. I just feel like there was so much more that they couldve done with that and the cliff jumping stunt and they just didnt do anything it was so underwhelming.

Going off of that a lot of things in this movie just didnt make sense to me and/or didnt need to be there, the ai villain?? Honestly couldve been cut completely, yes it was creepy but it didnt like actually do anything? everything it did couldve easily just been garbiel messing with the team and that wouldve also given paris more screen time (which i really would’ve liked i loved her character). As much as i loved briggs and degas they also didnt really need to be there? Dont get me wrong they were one of the things i really loved about this movie especially degas but there was really no point in them being there.

The main focus of the movie should have just been getting the keys and destroying them so no one can use the weapon that was on the sub, the ai did not need to be a part of it, someone couldve found the untraceable sub because this is fucking mission impossible!! Thats what happens in these movies!! The impossible!! Im grabbing tom cruise by the shoulders and shaking him nothing impossible happened in this movie

The submarine scene at the start also bothered me. I was fully expecting that to be the big stunt at the start of the movie i was really excited i was constantly like omg wheres ethan, i thought the torpedo or missile they saw on the radar was ethan and that was him entering the sub and something was gonna happen but no, not even close. Not a bad opening just not what i expected and that kinda made it bad.

This is an absolute mess of a post my apologies i have much more to say but i need to get back to drawing benji

#mi7 spoilers #listen i am really happy people like this movie #im glad it has the rating it does #i just dont get it at all #calkaleasks

[violent138]

(Spoilers for MI7) Scroll away

So, I can't decide if I absolutely adored or hated "this" important moment in MI7.

On one hand, Ilsa Faust's death was immensely appealing to me due to story reasons. I'm a massive sucker for the tragic, doomed (but requited) romance. Her death also seemed like it was a long way coming, and she has this look in her eyes as she faces off with Gabriel that makes you think she knows it too. Ilsa appears to accept, that like Ethan, she's not leaving this job, only her being trapped is against her wishes.

Part of me wants to believe that her death was faked, mostly so that Ethan can get some of what he appears to want in earlier films (he dreams about a wedding with Julia that his job ruins). I want Ethan to be happy, and satisfied, which I don't think he can be anymore without dying during the mission.

In addition, if Ilsa's death was a fakeout, it's a massive insult to Gabriel's role as a villain and how much of a threat he poses. He's already killed one person important to Ethan, it would be bizarre for him to stab Ilsa in the chest (she's Ethan's heart) but not kill her. It also cheapens the impact Ilsa's death had on Ethan and Grace, and how it coloured the moments before see: "This is my first time in Venice" as well as the moment.

I loved the theme during Ilsa's death, loved the tension and the shots of Ethan desperately trying to protect the people he loves from the choice he makes every time. He's grown attached, which he can't help, regrets, and can't get rid of anymore. He's facing a threat that he can't possibly deal with alone, but he can't afford to lose more.

So I remain torn, unable to decide if the romantic aesthetic of Isla's death coupled with strong plot reasons is worth her dying. Can't decide if I hate her death more, as it robs both her and Ethan of the ending they seem to want.

#mi7 spoilers #mi7 #ethan hunt #aesthetic #victorian lady dying of TB levels #ilsa faust #ilsa my beloved #mission impossible fallout

[agentfaust]

For the headcannons what about how they deal with being seperated.

separated — ilsaethan headcanons pt. 4

(because we can all use some more fluff)

ilsa has a habit of having long conversations with ethan in bed before they go to sleep. he pretends to find it annoying, but he’s gotten so used to it that he physically can’t fall asleep without her talking. whenever he’s on a mission and has to sleep, he tries to call her up so he can listen to her talk until he falls asleep.

ilsa knows he feels bad when he calls her at very weird hours to talk when they’re apart, so she makes it a point to send him voice messages about whatever happens in the office (brandt breaking the espresso machine, luther playing truth or dare with benji and admitting he’s scared of cats) so he can catch up with everything. he always tells her she doesn’t have to do that, but he secretly likes it because it keeps him in the loop and he comes back with plenty of teasing material. 

ilsa always gets stressed out before solo missions. it’s mostly because she’s going to be away from her team and it reminds her of her time undercover with lane/mi6. ethan always leaves her notes and sometimes little squares of chocolate along with her gear so she can relax slightly before saving the world. 

they get separated from each other at the weirdest times. for all his amazing navigational skills and mental maps of major cities, ethan can get lost at the grocery store. very easily. once he locked himself in one of those ‘employees only’ back rooms and the store closed. he tried to call ilsa but his phone was dead, so he just decided to take a nap behind a pallet of strawberries. he woke up to a very pissed-off ilsa and a whole team of armed imf agents glaring at him. she’s never let him go alone to the grocery store since. 

#mission impossible #ilsa x ethan #ethan x ilsa #ethan hunt #ilsa faust #ask box #domestic headcanons #ilsaethan headcanons #sorry this took a while anon #my sincerest apologies

[callmearcturus]

Okay here are the Mission Impossible grades now that I've seen them all

Mission Impossible 1: A-Tier

STILL LODGED IN MY FUCKING BRAIN. I did not go into this one expecting it to be that good. I only shouted at DePalma once I think and mostly I was staring in fascinated horror at the sexually-charged manipulative thriller unfolding. I am obsessed with the dynamic between Ethan, Phelps, and Claire, there is some SHIT going on there, the queer reading of this movie is off the charts. Would rewatch any day.

Mission Impossible 2 Silent Movie Recut: C-Tier

This is a bad fucking movie but Punct and I were screaming for 90% of the film, it was so fucking fun and stupid. Granted, I don't think we would have survived if we weren't watching the recut, BUT nothing will ever be funnier than Ethan doing a backflip and then mid-air changing to a down-kick. I was so shocked at the AUDACITY and the STUPIDITY I immediately rewound the scene to watch it again. Amazing. Totally batshit. Ethan why are you kicking everything you are a punchman.

Mission Impossible 3: Trash Tier

This movie was a nightmare. I feel actively bad for Cruise and Monaghan bringing their A game to a shit-tier script. This movie has MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. There were multiple sequences that were so poorly shot that I couldn't follow what the fuck was happening. The constant unnecessary cuts and the rapid tempo gave me a headache. JJA is incapable of letting a shot breathe at all, like if he doesn't cut every three to five seconds his head will explode. Also this script was ATROCIOUS. Fucking WHAT. There is no introducton to the team, making them feel completely tertiary. That line about sleeping with your sister catapulted me out of the movie like an ejection from a jet plane. The entire anti-god speech was peak 'take the keyboard away from JJA.' And WHAT was with the random bondage mask scene??? Was JJA like "sorry i have no idea how to keep the plot moving unless Ethan literally can't speak in this scene so here's the IMF-issued Unsexy Bondage Mask."

Also this Jack Bauerification of Ethan Hunt pisses me off. Ethan Hunt should not use assault rifles, that's not who he is, JJA meet me in the pit.

Ghost Protocol: A-Tier

Stupid and delightful and finally some good fucking food. The first of the McQuarrie Trilogy. After enduring MI3 I want to kiss McQuarrie on the fucking mouth for writing this. You actually get to know the team! There is time spent establishing each of their dynamics with Ethan! Finally Ethan is doing sneaky shit instead of just shooty shit! The Burj! The comedy! This is a 2 hour episode of Leverage and I fucking love it. Thank you, zero notes.

Rogue Nation: S-Tier

Oh babygirl here we fucking go. Not only McQuarrie on script (with help from good writers) but he's in the director chair, welcome to the party, hardy. I L O V E this movie. It has supplanted GP as my comfort watch of the series. Ilsa Faust is an excellent addition to the team with a lot of edge to her and the way she drives the plot thrills me chills me and fulfills me. And while she's kind of the love interest that is not even remotely the plot of the story, the story is crunchy with Solomon Lane serving such fuckin good vibes. He has actual motivation beyond "hello i am the baddie" he has thoughts and motivations and he also is STAGGERINGLY PETTY. Also I cannot tell what's my favorite bit of this one, the part where Ethan is fucking OUT OF IT after he gets resuscitated or when Ethan goes off the deep end.

This movie really said "Benji Dunn is 90% of Ethan's impulse control" and it was RIGHT! Thank you McQuarrie, I love you.

Fallout: S-Tier

I'm fucking unhinged about this movie. The batshit motorcycle chase in Paris, the HALO jump, the helicopter hijacking. Ethan's continued moral decay as his ethical compass begins to realign, and the way it fucks him over. Solomon fucking Lane back to haunt the shit out of everyone. That FUCKING bathroom brawl jesus fuck. Everyone is on their goddamn A game, they are giving everything. Watching the final act is like a prolonged heart attack. Also the cinematography and lighting is jawdroppingly gorgeous. Also Julia is AMAZING. HER SCENE WITH LUTHER MAKES ME EMOTIONAL.

Not only do I have no notes, I want McQuarrie to give me notes. Goddamn. Ethan Hunt is babygirl and his tired eyes give me feelings.

There it is, my lukewarm takes.

#mission impossible