Go J.J.!

Rating: 9/10 (2 November 2006)

J.J. Abrhams has made, in my opinion a fantastic film. It's far better than MI 2, and about par with MI 1. The spy stuff rocks, and the gun shootouts were great. The acting is great all around, and the overall writing was good.
The only real complaints I have were with the pacing and sense of place. The pacing, at one point, was so break-neck for so long, that the viewer gets exhausted. And the sense of place was pretty out of wack. You just don't feel like you're as far away from someone as they are. Like at any second, it would seem like every character could just burst through the door from nowhere.
I am quite satisfied all around. And I'm grateful J.J. didn't do that thing they always do on Lost, like say some word, then the other person repeats that word back to them in the form of a question, and a conversation ensues.