Mission: Impossible | Orchestrating a Setpiece

[@FilmsStuff]

What are your favorite action scenes/setpieces? comment below

[@Iganboas]

Definitely this scene is one of them. The Burj Khalifa and the subsequent chase in Ghost Protocol, the Parkour chase in Casino Royale, the Martha Rescue scene in BvS, the final shootout in the first Jack Reacher, the Boulder set piece in Raiders of the Lost Ark... There's just too many!

[@FilmsStuff]

I don't think the Russo bros' Cap films are perfect, but damn do they have a giant catalog of amazing action scenes. Picking my favorite action scene from winter soldier is so difficult. Do I choose the intensity of the nick fury car chase, the bad assery of the opening, or the escalation to that elevator fight scene? So much to choose from. As for Kingsmen, oddly enough my favorite set-piece is the skydiving training, though that's mainly because I love action scenes that deal with gravity.

[@shill1444]

Films&Stuff - please check out The final shootout for Extreme Predjudice. It is a masterpiece. This is a action/ modern western with Nick Nolte and Powers Booth as the hero and the heavy, respectively and it is set up, edited and executed brilliantly! While the film itself is less remembered, Walter Hill and his second unit team did themselves proud with the 3rd act finale.

[@rocketpunchgo1]

Spider-Man (Sam Ramai) 1 and 2, John Wick 2, Winter SoldierNightcrawler's White House introduction X-Men 2

[@thecritic4598]

Bourne vs Desh in ultimatum

[@UltimateKyuubiFox]

This was wonderful. Great work. I look forward to seeing more essays in the future.

[@TMWriting]

I'm a little offended that KZbin didn't recommend this channel to me 21,000 subs ago, because wow. The quality of these videos rivals the Nerdwriter, Every Frame, all the big hitters in the genre. Keep up the good work man, you're definitely going to go far with content like this.

[@WastedPo]

This is indeed the most elegant and clever of the Mission Impossible setpieces. I would like to point out, however, that Nessun Dorma is actually introduced in a *very* subtle way the first time we see Ilsa. It's sort of a minor key/flute version of Nessun Dorma on the soundtrack the moment she turns around and Ethan Hunt (who is tied up) sees her for the first time. Similarly, we get that same minor-key version much later on right before she takes off on her motorcycle (and intentionally knocks over all the other cycles). It's basically the "Ilsa theme" throughout the entirety of the movie.

[@masonyoung5687]

I loved this film. One of the best suspense/ action scenes I've seen in a while

[@Thoroughmas]

I've just binged like 15 of your videos. Seems that I love all the same movies and moments that you do. Keep it up!

[@theavatar9191]

Same

[@victoriaalmtroberg4681]

Same

[@usernameunknown9940]

I think what I loved the most abt this moment is that McQ originally planned for Ethan to leave the building by the backdoor but Tom was like "this is mission impossible, we can't exit through the backdoor". Great video, that setpiece is truly a delight!

[@ieattoys]

Really great, fun analysis, I hope you continue to make videos.

[@peter17708]

Dude seriously wow just wow

[@hothotheat3000]

Love this sequence and LOVED that Nessun Dorma was Ilsa's theme music for the rest of the movie.

[@thechief8035]

I discovered your channel yesterday and I'm already watching them again for the second time and sharing them with all my friends. Dude all your videos are joys to watch and always unique and different from each other. I'm always floored by them. I hope you keep gaining passionate fans like me and your channel becomes a success.

[@TheChrysalis83]

Years later, Rogue Nation is still my favorite MI. Fallout and I are up there, but this one still has them by a few inches. The Opera scene is my favorite sequence in a movie stuffed with an embarrassment of cinematic riches. It's just so taut and well-constructed with a brilliant resolution to the central conflict. I'm glad to see that somewhere out there on the internet, there is indeed, a video dedicated to singing the scene's praises.

[@bobpolo2964]

somebody's been taking brain steroids, this was awesome!

[@ginsan8198]

Bro, you are super fantastic at explaining the already awesome scene so that it becomes more awesome. Everything that needs to be informed is informed well. We know that the sequence is cool, but you are the first one to successfully explain how, bit by bit, even almost frame by frame. Great work, keep it up!!!

[@lucaskambeitz3380]

1. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 2. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation 3. Mission Impossible III 4. Mission Impossible 5. Mission Impossible II

[@Tushar00732]

Lucas Kambeitz exactly.. my thought

[@HafidzMurshidie]

Now Fallout has come out.. Updated list..?

[@nicksketch7122]

@@HafidzMurshidie 1. Mission Impossible: Fallout 2. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation 3. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocal 4. Mission Impossible III 5. Mission Impossible 6. Mission Impossible II

[@albertjackinson]

Here's my list: 1. Mission Impossible: Fallout 2. Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation 3. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 4. Mission: Impossible 5. Mission: Impossible III 6. Mission: Impossible II All of them range from good to great. But II was never one I liked. Then again I haven't seen it in a while...

[@diobrando6729]

1 is better than 3

[@NeedsContent]

I have to agree, this scene was absolute genius in execution.

[@mansondelacy]

Damn it’s good to see someone talk about this absolutely amazing scene.

[@zachariusd]

Dude, your videos are supremely well thought-out.

[@TheDarkBrethren]

Amazing analysis. You took a film that I really enjoyed without thinking about it too much and now made me see even more :D

[@TylerReviewsX]

This was a great video. It articulated what makes the Mission Impossible series great, and your ending editing was really clever. You deserve more subscribers.

[@fredzillasaurus]

Incredible analysis dude! I'm flabbergasted that you don't have more views!

[@Kinrath418]

Fantastic analysis, thank you for your hard work. It was very enjoyable and well-done.

[@dbrokensoul]

I really love Hunt's solution to two enemy one shot dilemma. Shooting the target so both miss is brilliant! The tension was so high at that part as I wondering myself how to solve that problem. In M:I, one of my favourite scene, although not action setpiece, is the holographic corridor scene.

[@THETHREELEMONS]

Films&Stuff , I know you won't see this but I would like to thank you for making such an inspirational video. Love them , keep it up.

[@FilmsStuff]

But what if I do see it...

[@burgulize]

What a Gem of a channel! Great review, Amazing finisher!!!

[@editating_2614]

This video demands a sequel!!

[@escapefromtibet2530]

One of the only new Action movies I really enjoyed. Amazing video.

[@seand9844]

More like one of the best movie set prices in movie history and your video prove's this.

[@brandonramones823]

An AMAZING breakdown of a scene.

[@tommygeno92]

This was so awesome. I love rogue nation so much and u nailed the analysis.

[@germain83]

You need more subscribers. So I subscribed. Excellent analysis! Keep up the great work!

[@StephenSiu]

This movie blew me away with its action. And now your video blew me away with the analysis. Great work.

[@yasielromero8236]

Just wanted to say that I'm loving all your videos, jeep up the good work and I hope they gain the visibility they deserve. Also I'm a huge fan of the M: I saga, Tom Cruise is one of the hardest workers in Hollywood and he should be appreciated more, his movies are always a guarantee of entertainment and he always gives it 100%. For those interested I think they have Rogue Nation streaming on Amazon Prime right now, don't waste time and go watch it

[@Kishan_Baijnath]

Another fantastic video. Thank you. :)

[@Jesus_M_Felix]

Love your content bro. Keep up the good work.

[@farhanakhtar8505]

This was just fantastic

[@highwind1991]

I can watch a whole series of video essays of you deconstructing each great Mission Impossible set piece. Especially with Fallout coming out and being so amazing, it would be an embarrassment of riches LOL

[@luckyviet]

amazing analysis

[@MeerkatChris]

Great stuff! ...Now I wanna rewatch Rogue Nation.

[@matthewlee4834]

What an amazing action franchise

[@jacobduncan958]

Love love loved this film.

[@jed52]

This was pretty awesome!

[@raiuricauaramos2893]

A lot to be learned here! Keep it up

[@jta3436]

This may be my favorite action sequence

[@incand3nza]

Yes so glad you're tackling this scene. One of my favorites of 2015. Gonna heat up some leftover Chinese food and dig into what should be another great video!

[@brianward6291]

Great work!

[@santiagogarza8121]

You forgot to mention that Nessun Dorma's lyrics talk about winning against a beautifull princess by outsmarting her, sort of what is happening in the scene

[@Rinesmyth]

Well executed!

[@ClarenceDass]

I love the Mission: impossible films. Great analysis

[@cafeterialoca]

Yeah, this was the scene I took away from with this film.

[@hootsifer-darling]

havent seen this since it came out, i should revisit it

[@geoffjanes2088]

The recent surge of film channels on KZbin are all low-key helping prepare me for film school honestly

[@templarreviews991]

The Opera Scene in QoS is probably the highlight of it too

[@MelvoraFilms]

Nice series!

[@samwallaceart288]

Well you've actually done it: you have successfully convinced me to watch a Mission: Impossible film.

[@JeffManes123]

Amazing man

[@johnjoyce5598]

Incredible to watch, do you think you'll be doing any more Star Wars videos soon?

[@leogarcia-cuesta5211]

great video!

[@futureitshere]

you really broken that down and while I love this movie already I appreciate it so much more now

[@caseykoons]

Very nice essay!

[@laughingkuma]

This was fantastic! Thanks for putting it together - sub'd

[@SolarTwinLunarKing]

Thank you sir.

[@Cameron-ki1qx]

0:54 was literally the only mission he wasn't given a choice to accept.

[@lukehunnable]

Its a brilliant film!

[@palindrome2599]

Great video, loved that touch for the Subscribe button 👌

[@BosThijs]

@Films&Stuff, you said that you haven't seen a scene that used music a setpiece before. I suggest you watch the Albert Hall scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much. Because that is where this scene originates from.

[@RUMARUMSKI]

Great vids man! How'd you learn all this aside from just watching movies?

[@FilmsStuff]

Most of my knowledge is due to a couple of classes I took in Uni, behind the scenes content/Interviews (Lord of the Rings is my personal fav) and honestly alot of the other fantastic channels here on KZbin. As for this vid, the spark that lead to this is a NYT interview of the director talking about this scene that's in the video description. From there I read maybe 20 interviews/articles from the director, and watched the scene while taking notes multiple times. It's hard to say how I learned this cause that's a very long process that isn't even done yet. However I can say how I researched it and that usually comes down to me distilling my points into a couple of keywords that I come across ( for this one they were geography, music and visual motifs). I then find every aspect of those keywords as possible and expand from there. Alot of this I don't even know/ can't put into words until I get started on the video, for example my entire Spider-Man 2 vid came from my observation on the opening shot. From watching the movie once while taking notes (using the lense of that opening shot) the entire vid kinda fell into place.

[@RUMARUMSKI]

Thats awesome! loved the Spiderman vid as well. Keep it up man you make movies that much more interesting!

[@Falkdr]

one of the few action serieses that holds up to 80s action standards :D

[@Random_Guy518]

This channel is like The Game Maker's Toolkit of movies

[@abidounesaad3780]

slow clapping beautiful

[@RVNCALL]

I love this movie

[@onelifedental5607]

The orchestra scene in Rogue Nation is as cool as the Tosca scene in Quantum of Solace

[@KimNguyenpaul]

Sweet essay.

[@walshproductions1]

I'm sure you get asked this all the time but what siting software do you use? Anyone can answer this

[@racewiththefalcons1]

This sequence is super-Hitchcockian. Very reminiscent of The Man Who Knew Too Much.

[@ruthielalastor2209]

WOW.

[@TobyAsE120]

I remember seeing this movie in the cinema and I literally face palmed when I saw how the lighting bridges where supposedly controlled from the lighting desk. You would never ever use a GrandMA to control anything moving, that is not how opera works. That and the fact that when Benji hit the switchbox the faders on the lighting desk actually moved (DMX is a one-way protocol, goddammit!) really got me out of this scene, whis is (apart from this) very well made as you pointed out.

[@suhailmustafa2724]

The bike chase from Fallout and the underwater scene from RN, oof…..

[@tkwong8579]

The game of shadows has a smilier set-up too

[@maxhill9254]

thx

[@SunnyIntervalsORG]

This has to be inspired by the climax scene from Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much.

[@onelifedental5607]

The opera scene is inspired by a scene from Quantum of Solace.

[@charliehancock5797]

One note: that's a bass flute. Alto flutes tend not to have bent head joints and are smaller. Other than that nit-pick, excellent video.

[@jigsaw9749]

The last line ... IF u want drama I said alongside the video " GO TO THE OPERA"

[@AJ_Jingco]

6. Mission: Impossible II (2000) 5. Mission: Impossible III (2006) 4. Mission: Impossible (1996) 3. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) 2. Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018) 1. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011)

[@aadityabhattacharya]

And then they up there game with Himalayan Helicopter chase in fallout

[@GrayFlare]

4:35 Rebecca Ferguson 😍

[@thecritic4598]

the best action movie of 2015

[@hunterkiller1440]

Way better than blue screens also known as a green screen by racists

[@hootsifer-darling]

someone should overlay the mission impossible theme over game of thrones' opening sequence

[@Dfreeear]

Never watched mission impossible might give em ago

[@daltonriser1125]

and one of the best scenes in the entire franchise is that b9t in the burg kalifa

[@ColinDakotaKelly]

Oh my god is the hitman shaggy from scooby doo??????

[@AJ_Jingco]

Mission Impossible (1996) Mission Impossible II (2000) Mission Impossible III (2006) Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011) Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015)

[@speedracer1945]

After watching Spectre , the resent Mission Impossible are much better than the resent 007 films and Im a serious Bond fan .

[@skaterfugater]

i had a big grief whith the scene. It took ethan way to long to see his only choice to save the chancellor. when I sat in the movie theatre I thought "shoot the good guy in a non lethal way" the moment he grabbed the flute gun. why do i need to feel smarter at agent-ing than ethan hunt?

[@stevenharsono9911]

I just hope Ilsa not be killed off in MI7 or 8

[@nathaningle7475]

Rebecca Ferguson is sooooooooooooooooooooooo hot

[@TiagrajI]

Yes those are the best action movies. Even better than James bond. Respect to Tom Cruise

[@seand9844]

Only 44,327 and counting? Shame on you Film lovers, shame on you!!!!