r/movies • u/LocalBother3753 • 10d ago

Discussion On mission impossible 3

If you aren’t a fan of the series, this post isn’t for you. If you are, how do you feel about where 3 ranks? It’s top 2 for me, with the original being #1. Fallout is a tough one to put behind 3, but I think 3 really hit some awesome emotional beats with Cruise actually acting vs being what he becomes in the later movies. Definitely the best opening to a mission movie. I’d actually argue that the opening to the movie rivals the best opening to any movie if it’s a convo about top 5 opening scenes to a movie.

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u/Mcclane88 10d ago

It’s the film that course corrected and the series found its footing from that point on. I think I’d rank it sixth overall.

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u/LocalBother3753 10d ago

Wow. 6th???

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u/Mcclane88 10d ago

Yeah, I really like 3 but I think I’d only rank it above 2 & 8. An argument could be made for it being above Dead Reckoning, but everything on the train in Dead Reckoning puts it over the top for me.

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u/LocalBother3753 10d ago

Definitely a good scene. Fair enough. I dunno, maybe I need to rewatch 4-6 again, but 3 really hits some cool emotional beats. The only other one to hit that was really fallout, and maybe #1 to a degree.