Mission: Impossible III
Written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, and JJ Abrams. Directed by JJ Abrams(Alias, Lost). Starring Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Monaghan. Runtime: 126 minutes.
SM City CDO Cinema 1 (Sunday, May 7, 2006, 2:00 PM)
Attendance: Virtually empty (Deluxe), 90% full (Premiere)
Previews.
American Soldiers (not interesting, no reaction from audience)
Poseidon (vague story, a few stirring from audience)
Over the Hedge (laughs all around)
The Ant Bully (few laughs)
Tristan + Isolde (silence all around, perhaps interested)
The Benchwarmers (few laughs, corny)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (why make this?)
Story.
What story? This is "Mission Impossible", remember? Okay, let me see if I can summarize this for you. A rescue mission to save an agent being hostaged lead to the discovery of weapon smuggling and conspiracy within the IMF (Impossible Missions Force). The IMF must be the most dysfunctional intelligence agency in the world. This time around Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is about to be married to a nurse (Monaghan) which makes his life as an agent complicated. Follow Ethan Hunt as he rescues a captured agent, gets married, captures a weapons smugler (Hoffman), and uncovers the conspiracy within the IMF. Will Hunt make it alive at the end of the movie?
Impression.
The only real reason why I went to see this movie is JJ Abrams the creator of my favorite TV drama, LOST, directed this movie. I was entertained and so did the rest of the audience. The cities they have to go through to follow the trail of deception and smuggling did not make any sense, but they're still interesting cities. The dialogues are a bit corny. Throughout the movie I said to myself, "That can't be right. Real spies probably don't talk like that." It's still very enjoyable. You just have to suspend disbelief for a couple of hours.
Would I see it again? With the right company, yes. Would I recommend it to my friends? To those friends who love action movies, maybe. To those who want a good story with the action sequences, I won't recommend it. Was it worth the admission price? I was entertained, so I'd say yes.
Hey, you went and watched the movie by yourself? =D
ReplyDeleteYup, went to see it by myself because nobody else wants to join me. :)
ReplyDeletethe movie was ok..but not that memorable..but maklaro gyud ang style ni JJ Abrams because same concept ra sa ALIAS which is also his show. watched this last Sat = last full show - puno kaayo ang cinema..fully booked. we had to make a reservation as early as 2pm.
ReplyDeleteHehe... Most spy movies don't have a very strong or memorable story. They tried to infuse some humanity into it by making Ethan Hunt marry that nurse. :) But ultimately we don't know that much about her. I can't even remember her name.
ReplyDeleteI had a marathon viewing of Lost season 1 during the week I had sore eyes. It made me eager to watch MI3.