re: Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. I recommend this if you like action flicks.

Yet again, I agree with you. Best action film made in years. I'm not really talking about from a plot perspective, but its a film that knows exactly what type of action works, when to use it, and how to build up suspense.

An action scene in and of itself should be a stand alone movie that makes perfect sense even without seeing anything that happens before or after it. It should be its own little story with a beginning, climax, and end. So many action movies have forgotten this, and think people simply punching each other in the face and then killing each other is good action.

Can you really remember a real action sequence in the Transformers movies or any Roland Emmerich movie very vividly (aside from it provoking rage)? Aside from "The Rock", I know I sure as hell can't. Even though I haven't seen this movie in a year and a half, I can still remember every action scene very vividly and remember the suspense I felt. More movies should do that these days, but I think the good action movie is almost a lost art, although a rare jewel comes in every once in a while, like last week's Star Trek that was also a damn good action movie.