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Mission Impossible III (2006)

Premise: A newly engaged secret agent goes back for one last job to rescue a former teammate, but ends up getting his fiance kidnapped in the process.

Rating: Very Good.

I know the plot sounds cheesy, but the movie was pretty good.  It was written by JJ Abrams, who does Lost and Alias, and the movie followed the same formula as the others -- pulling off masks, using hot women as distractors, etc.  It does have a style all its own, and I think it's probably the best MI of the trilogy.

Phillip Seymour Hoffman is great as the villain, and is very creepy, and there are little nice touches that made me like this movie even more -- not so much for what they did do, but more for what they didn't.

The finale was unrealistic and over the top, but it's a Mission Impossible action movie, so I let it slide.

We won't be talking about this movie in 5 years, but it was not a bad way to spend an evening.

I haven't watched the first 2, so i guess i'll pass on this one.

Oh, another thing:

It looks like they're taking a page out of the James Bond playbook.  This movie is completely stand-alone.  You need absolutely no knowledge of the previous movies.  It doesn't play off of them, talk about them, ....nothing.

And Tom Cruise looks like he's got a loaf in his pants when he runs.

This movie was pretty OK.  Not quite as good as the first one (People complained that it was hard to follow, but I didn't think so), and not the horrible S&*t-bomb that was Mission Impossible II.  Like Dave said, a good way to spend an evening.

This was the first MI movie to incorporate just a bit of intentional comedy, which was a needed change. 

I'm not going to put one more penny in that freak's pocket.

If I did that, I would never go to the movies!  :-[  (It seems like half of Hollywood is either into scientology - no caps intentional - or a non-Jewish practitioner of Kabbalah, which is retarded.)  I value entertainment over making one-person stands against freaks like Cruise.

It isn't just his scientology. He has played the same type of character in every movie he's ever done. Same attitude, same voice, etc. He's not a good actor.


http://www.xenu.net/  All hail Xenu!!

That makes 2 of us.....I've never had a need to see them...Or the matrix films...

WHOA WHOA WHOA there...

Let's not lump MI's in with the Matrix.  You should at least check out the Matrix (the first one).  Its a new and different idea for movies.  The second one is good for special effects and surround sound.  The third one is good if you want some closure on it, decent effects, and to be mad confused when its over.

I am the first to admit that Tom Cruise is a freak, but is it because of Scientology?  If he were a Christian nut, instead of a Scientology one, everyone would love him.

See: Mel Gibson

The guy has no medical degree of any sort, but believes he understands medicine because of his scientology teachings.  So, yeah, scientology plays a part in his freakazoid factor.

Besides, Mel Gibson doesn't set up Christianity tents (as alleged about Tom Cruise) at the movie set so his co-stars may learn the teachings...

I agree...Scientology is a total sham.  ...but you can make the same arguments for Christianity and medicine.  Raised as a Christian, I've been told to pray for someone's health a thousand times.  That has no medical backing.  ...I'm not saying that Christianity is right or wrong, but I'm just saying that if Tom Cruise were doing equallly wacky things in the name of a Christian God, there'd be a lot less hubbub about it.

I just meant...the 2 movie trilogies...didn't interest me at all...Didn't look movies that I wanted to see...sorry Brian  :-[

All good - I admit I didn't have interest in them either and passed on the first two.  But I got tickets to see Revolutions for free and it got me.  They are great movies.

Regarding the Matrix Trilogy...I can take it or leave it.  The 2nd and 3rd movies are action thrill rides, but the original is one of the best films ever made.  The concept of the original Matrix and the execution of the special effects (which actually serve the story) are both top notch.

I felt that the 2nd and 3rd movies were entertaining, but they took away from the story, and made it more confusing and complex than it needed to be.  The ending of the first movie was all that you needed.

Actually, unexplainable as it is, there have been investigations and reports that sick people who pray have a higher probability of getting well again, especially those with nearly fatal illnesses. I assume it has to do with psyche and a more positive attitude than some divine intervention, but there is something to be said about the power of prayer.

I'm not talking about praying for your own health.  I'm sure that your own faith can heal you.  I'm talking about praying for someone else.

I saw a show the other night about it actually.  In their study, people who were prayed for before surgery actually had a worse go of it.

There were 3 groups.
1) No prayers
2) Prayed for, and they were told that they were prayed for.
3) Prayed for, and they were unaware that they were prayed for.

One of the best ever, but just not good enough.   ;D : ;)

Holy research!

As far as scientology is concerned, I leave all my feelings about it at the door.  I don't give a crap about what these people do in their personal lives. I care about the character and the movie.

MI3 was a real good action movie. Very enjoyable. It is everything you expect it to be, and Ving Rhames is even funny in it(and no he doesn't have a billiard ball in his mouth)  ;)

You've nailed it.  That guy has and will never be a decent actor.  He's a good looking shorter version of Arnold.  People look past the bad acting.



I don't get the Mel Gibson analogy at all.  Mel hasn't attacked anyone else's view on anything that I'm aware of.  When asked about his fath he speaks out but I haven't seen him make persoanl attacks on anyone.  And I don't think everyone blindly follows Chrstian "nutballs" either.  Most Christians hold other Christians accountable.  Becuase someone says something wacky at times ... James Dobson for instance ... it doesn't mean he isn't questioned by people including other famous pastors.  I know this had led to several public apologies by Dobson as well as some others but it is much easier for people to ignore the repentance of the Christian because that would mean they no longer can point out our faults.

It is said all the time but society tries to ignore it . Christians aren't perfect. We are just forgiven.

I'm surprised by this.  I think that Cruise is a great actor.  I got turned off by his high profile lunacy (as I did with Gibson), but I think that he's just a terrific actor.  He's made some great movies.


Really?  You don't see similarities?  I'm not blasting Gibson's views...plenty of actors push an agenda.  But Gibson obviously does too, and he's very up-front about it.  He was involved in the Terri Schiavo thing, and most articles that I can find about him are about his faith, and his views on things like evolution.  He financed his own friggin' church, for Christ's sake! 

I see a similar case with Cruise, but because he's got a non-traditional religion, he is asked to comment on it by the media at every turn....he is coaxed into saying stupid shit based on his personal beliefs.  Do I think that silent childbirth is stupid?  Of course....but so is not eating meat on Friday.

Scientology is a joke to the masses, just like Christianity was at its inception.  So, Scientologists are going to endure a lot of ridicule.

Alien involvement.
Burning bushes.
Virgin births.

They're all equally silly, from the outside looking it.

Is this because he has a huge penis?

I've agreed with many of your movie reviews Dave but other what movie dod he actually act in? I mean he used sort of an accent in Far and Away but basicly he was still Jerry Maguire... except maybe a little younger.

I don't remember him pushing any agenda during the Shiavo thing but I wasn't looking for any either.  I remember Christians being on both sides of the arguement and still are today. I don't even agree with several of Gibson's views as I think he is very "legalistic" and I can point to several things he does (as well as the Catholic Church) that seems to contradict my Bible as well as theirs. I don't think I ignore what he says either as I was very critical of some of his statements as well as his non-statements about his father in his Barbara Walters interview. I do though agree 100% with his depiction of Jesus' last three days ... according to what the Bible says. What I am saying is that I don't think I have any extra love for Mel outside of I was more of a fan of Mad Max and Lethal Weapon than I was of Top Gun and Mission Impossible.

Didn't he bring the media attention on when he attacked Brooke Shields publicly? What abvout Matt Lauer?  As far as I can remember ... I don't think he has apologized to anyone.


I agree with all of that.   I just think Tom Cruise gets called out for more than just having a strange religion.  I don't hear people beating up on John Travolta or Forest Whitaker because of Scientology as a religion.

The guy has three Oscar nominations - one for supporting actor, and two for best actor for Magnolia, Born on the 4th of July, and Jerry Maguire.

I also really enjoyed Vanilla Sky, The Last Samurai, and Interview with the Vampire
He's had other big hits: Colatteral, A Few Good Men, Top Gun, Far and Away, Risky Business, War of the Worlds

And in the movies I've named, he's very different -- likely, detested, good, bad, in the middle.  If you just don't like him, that's cool, but to say that he's always the same role just isn't the case.


Here's an article about Gibson getting personally involved with the Schiavo family and "pleading for her life."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43272


You're right.  Cruise is a freakin' weirdo.  I am not pretending that he's not.  But if he were to have criticized someone else for something Christian based, he'd have a following -- just like Gibson has a following, despite accusations of being a holocaust denier.  The fact that http://www.supportmelgibson.com exists is totally strange to me.


You're totally right...not only does he have a strange religion, but he's talkative about it.  And because of that, the media is all over his to get him to say the next crazy shit about placenta eating or whatever.  Whittaker and Travolta know how to shut up and keep their beliefs private.  Gibson is equally talkative and judgemental (he admits that his own wife may go to hell for being an Anglican), but because most of the country is right there with him, people let it slide.

Mel's father is the one who denies the holocaust.  Mel just doesn't allow people to talk bad about his father nor will he say anything to contradict him.  This has many, many Christians disappointed in him as well.  To my knowledge he hasn't ever made a anti-sematic comment and from what I have seen.


That site doesn't appear to be in support of Mel as much as the movie "The Passion."  It was defending the movie against people who wanted to censor it or stop it all together ... mostly Jews who felt they would be wrongly attacked. 

It appears to be very informative based on a brief look.  I like the part about who crucified Christ as most people don't understand they are to blame and not the Jews. He allowed his self to die for all of our sins. If we did not sin, he wouldn't have allowed him self to be killed and tortured. Ignorant people use the crucifixion to "hate" on Jewish people when it is themselves that caused Jesus' death.