Over the past 2 months I've had the pleasure of reading the excellent Jim Henson biography by Brian Jay Jones, which does an absolutely tremendous job of painting a portrait of who this guy is both creatively and personally. I wasn't expecting this documentary to include nearly the same level of detail, but I was nonetheless rather disappointed at how little I got a sense of Jim as a person from this. After a while it mostly becomes an engaging…

Holy shit dude!!!!!!!! As awesome as the action and stunts in this series are, I think I'm a far bigger sucker for the espionage stuff that centers on the characters and what makes them tick. Grace's notable fear in the third act as a newbie to this game compelled me a lot more than the latest (still awesome, but expected) Tom Cruise stunt. Same goes for Benji and the bomb (he loves his friends <3)

THIS is the dramatic uptick…

HOLY SHIT THAT'S A HELICOPTER CHASE SCENE

This one's probably got the best third act in the series, which I think goes a long way in of making up for how rehashy the story is. Villain uses Julia to get to Ethan like in 3, threat of nuclear fallout like in 4, the same villainous group and the return of the main villain from 5. Hell, even the helicopters are an (albeit far expanded) echo of 1's climax. Yes,…