Why I Quit Directing Tom Cruise and Mission Impossible | Joe Carnahan

"Stretch" is still to this day one of the most underrated gem of a movie.
I have showed it to so many people who enjoyed it.
Joe's carreer is uneven, but still interesting.

Man, people sure are nasty in comments. This guy was being totally frank in the interview. He managed to make some really cool movies within the Hollywood system and that's is not easy.. Narc is really good, and CopShop was entertaining. I still haven't seen The Grey, but I have heard amazing things.

I really appreciate Carnahan’s work but him saying “plug and play” is weird considering he made A-Team.

I’ve been realizing for a while, thanks Feige, that directors to him are nothing more than managers. That’s what middle management is managing all the crap and making sure things get completed in an orderly fashion due to costs. Hundreds of millions go into these films and that’s what directors have to be. Middle management.

Dude, stop picking your nails/teeth on camera.

I would much prefer being Joe Carnahan than JJ Abrams! lol The later is a corporate bland sellout. Funny thing is, those Mission Impossibly flicks are less CGI than most movies nowaday and I could see Joe doing something like that. And speaking of Marvel, if you watch the first Iron Man movie, it was more grounded and I think Joe could have done something like that as well.

"Being disavowed, going underground" is literally Mission: Impossible 1 lol

He called MI2 a "parody of a spy movie" and said his script would've been like a 70s paranoia drama but we all know the types of films Carnahan makes. His perception of his MI3 script and the reality of his MI3 script definitely wouldn't match.

Joe if nothing else you showed the world there are still real storytellers out there. Thank you for making The Grey!

MI 3 wasn't my favorite movie, but it was so much better then 2. I thought 2 should have ended the series it was so bad to me.

Reminds me of Gareth Edwards who went from filming the cleverly disguised love story of “MONSTERS “ guerrilla filmmaking all around South America, which ended up being a very good film, giving him the opportunity to do a huge film regarding a legendary franchise character in “GODZILLA “. The film was so successful opening weekend it greenlighted the rest of the films to come. His vision on the film, IMO was the best, establishing more of a realistic tone regarding the existence and survival of these creatures as opposed to what was done in the 70’s. He bailed because of not wanting to keep rehashing the same crap over and over again. His 2014 movie featured his original designs for Godzilla’s adversaries. This success gave him another opportunity to work on probably the biggest franchise ever, Starwars, which he did more great work on “ROGUE ONE” definitely the best film out of all that recent crap. He’s right about the “plug and play” mentality, studios will not deviate from their tried and true formula, for the most part 😢

Joe is an excellent action director.

Tom is working on a new movie about the life of a man with chronic constipation. It’s called Motion Impassable.

I think it was too big for him looking at his movie list. He's not bad but he's not a gold star winner director.

NGL, MI:3 was the last of the mediocre MI films. From MI:4 onward the series has been much better.

MI3 is what saved the franchise

Good to hear ya Joe!

Joe we need A-TEAM 2! GET ON IT!

Mission Impossible didn't really start until the 4th film. The 1st was an okay retelling of the tv show. The 2nd was a disaster. All I can remember is the ridiculous motorcycle duel and doves . The 3rd is the worst. Phillip Seymore Hoffman as the big baddie. That didn't work. From Ghost Protocol it became a fun spy adventure series of films. Exactly what the dour grumpy Daniel Craig's Bond should have been.

It's cos he couldn't use CG effects as much as he wanted but was forced to use more real stunts

Oooh thew grey is amazing! I watch it at leat once a year. What really irks me I did not see it in theatres, the local newspaper because named it worst movie they ever saw... I later picked up through the grapewine it was actually a great movie!

It's funny how every other director of every other MI film has been picked for their specific style and every movie reflects that...They are all clearly the work of De Pama ,John Woo,JJ and the McQ guy....

And we all know Tom….. he’s making billions on great product, how ya doin?

Well - that and the fact that you were fired, obvs.

What is it with the biting of the finger nails. If I had a director like that I wouldn/t want to work for him.

Still waiting on A-Team 2.

Narc is still his best movie, underrated classic

A friend of mine has recently made his way into directing episodic television after grinding for a number of years independently. He's done short films, and his feature length film is Something Is Killing Tate (2008). His individual vision as a filmmaker is very unique, but his episodic work up to this point doesn't have his "stamp" so to speak. The episodes he's directed seem no different than the others from the series he's worked on.

Mi3 was a brilliant movie

..And He did A-Team. lol

STRETCH is one of the best movies I have seen in recent years. Unfortunately totally underrated.

Carnahans filmography is a joke

Narc was a life changing film! From Detroit area born and raised. So good!

Fincher left, as well as much of the earlier cast. I really don't think I like where J.J. Abrams and the film industry went. It's just too much.

I saw Narc at a pre-release Q&A screening in NY. Amazing stories behind getting that film done but there were moments where Joe was banging on about people that didn’t believe in him or the movie (basically, in wrestling parlance publicly “giving them a receipt”) and the actors on stage looked like they’d rather be anywhere but on that stage.

Wow

I really enjoyed the A-Team movie that Joe made.

Great ep, thank you. Gaahd, yes, totally a plug and play effort across the funding now. If you want to be on the leading edge in filmmaking and creativity, you gotta go somewhere else like the Nordic countries, make films in Denmark, where there's still a Dogme 95 Manifesto-feel going on in a smaller, contained environment.

Why I quit my last job. Because I was fired.

I was going to blast this man, but if he made the grey, then what can I say... I watch that film every 2 years. What a great film that was.

Watched the whole thing and he never gets into details.

It's probably for the best.

Say I pick you

And give you the winning Lotto numbers.
You could pay off your mortgage and your parents mortgage

And pick a friend and pay off all ther bills and Debt free 🆓

You wouldn't play them ??????

And he's a no name!!! Person

Not like JJ Abrams Jerry Buckhimer Steven Spielberg. Quentin Tarantino

Sometimes you can get the greatest talent for a movie and it just isn't a great fit. No shame in that.

So that's really the best Internet connection that was possible? Is he stranded on an island?

...Right...Right now the big studios want ' Employees' and thank goodness that there are some people like Carnahan that doesn't want to be just a cog...

I loved Mission Impossible 3. What's he on about?