MI3
After catching a glimpse of some Mission Impossible 3 commercial on TV last weekend, I've been wanting to watch it. Maybe commercials have more of an effect on me since I rarely watch TV these days and don't really get bombarded by ads all that much. It's been months since I last went to a movie theater, not that the few around the bay area are that appealing anyway. I miss my nice, clean, new, 50-screen megaplexes.
Anyhoo... the movie was great. Exactly what I was looking for in a blockbuster to kick off the summer season. It was nice and action-packed. Thrilling, if you will, though some people may find it stressful. There was also the requisite mixture of eye candy (of the human variety and the automotive variety*) and exotic settings (helicopter chase through a German wind farm, undercover operation in the Vatican, base-jumping in Shanghai). It is also rare for a movie sequel to trump its predecessor. MI3 is definitely better than MI and MI2. I give it 8 thumbs up, so go see it.
* I hope they didn't really blow up the Lamborghini Gallardo used in the movie. Even though it's not the most expensive Lambo, it's still a $200,000 piece of art.
Anyhoo... the movie was great. Exactly what I was looking for in a blockbuster to kick off the summer season. It was nice and action-packed. Thrilling, if you will, though some people may find it stressful. There was also the requisite mixture of eye candy (of the human variety and the automotive variety*) and exotic settings (helicopter chase through a German wind farm, undercover operation in the Vatican, base-jumping in Shanghai). It is also rare for a movie sequel to trump its predecessor. MI3 is definitely better than MI and MI2. I give it 8 thumbs up, so go see it.
* I hope they didn't really blow up the Lamborghini Gallardo used in the movie. Even though it's not the most expensive Lambo, it's still a $200,000 piece of art.
posted by robchang at
12:10:00 AM
4 Comments:
That is an exceedingly rave review. Clearly you were referring to me when you said "some people may find it stressful." Albeit stressful, I, too, think it's a good movie, and despite all the weirdness that is Tom Cruise, I would recommend it.
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Anonymous, at 5/07/2006 6:18 PM
You weren't the only one commenting about the stress level. I thought the opening was kinda "in your face" too. I don't like it when a gun is held point-blank at someone's head. =T I closed my eyes when he reached the end of the count.
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robchang, at 5/07/2006 10:00 PM
On another note, Philip Seymour Hoffman was pretty awesome as a villain. Right up there with Gary Oldman (Leon), Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator), and Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs).
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robchang, at 5/07/2006 10:12 PM
Yesyes, 'twas very stressful indeed! But that's what makes it enjoyable ^O^
By
me!, at 5/13/2006 2:43 PM
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