The plot of the mission impossible movies never matters

We’ve been rewatching all of them in anticipation of Dead Reckoning. I’ve noticed that most of the movies have a McGuffin like Cobalt or The Rabbits Foot that’s critical to global stability. I don’t even know if Cruise actually secures the asset or item before the enemy uses it. The enemy is always some shadow group and there’s rarely carry over from movie to movie plot wise. Maybe a little bit in the last two movies compared to the first 4.

I say this and I still love these movies. Somehow they make the plot interesting enough and often they are somewhat complex with double crosses and twists and of course great stunts that feel naturally set up by them. The plots don’t matter that much and I think it’s amazing they can make the movies as well as they do without that. Kind of refreshing actually that I can have a series of movies I can enjoy as one offs and it doesn’t matter if I remember what happened in the other 5. I enjoy movies with more depth but this series is just pure entertainment and I’m here for it.

Does anybody else feel this way about MI?