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I just saw Notorious for the 2nd time last night. As soon as I took the tape out, Mission Impossible 2 was on the student movie channel and I was struck by the similarities between these movies. I mean, MI:2 even has the same horse racing scene, for crying out loud. But then for the ends of the movies, the differences between the directors becomes clear. John Woo has Tom Cruise work out the plot by killing the bad guys and blowing stuff up, whereas Hitchcock's Cary Grant outsmarts, outclasses, and plain old humiliates his nemisis. And I had thought MI:2 was a decent action flick before yesterday. Now I think it's a waste of 2 hours and a decent Porshe. Your thoughts?
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I find the MI:2 a very typical Hong Kong style movie after your comment about the similar story plot to "Notorious". Many of the Hong Kong movies copy western movie plots to the dot, and just add more "firepower" actions. I was quite disappointed at the MI:2 after seeing it on the DVD last night that I had borrowed from a friend. The John Woo stuff gets old, for the actions looks too fake, and too much emphasis is placed on them rather than the plot.
...it was playing next door to a Real Movie and the nearly-continuous bass spillthrough made my decision for me.clark
I saw MI:2 at the theater and remember thinking at the time that the plot was close to being ripped off from Notorious. For me, most recent films are worth seeing once. I don't have any plans to rent MI:2, but I'm certain that I'll be seeing Notorious again(and I've already seen Notorious several times).
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