And They're Off!
Mission: Impossible 3
"M:I:III" should be pronounced like it is most commonly written/abbreviated: something like "miiiih." It's the noise you make when you shrug your shoulders and wrinkle your face. Like when somebody asks you what you thought of "M:I:III."
Who even is Ethan Hunt? He's teaching spies now, the villain's going after his wife, he remembers a time before all this . . . and we don't. All we think about is crazy ol' Tom Cruise. That's who you see. That's why the movie was made. And there's one scene where he's been captured and they've put a leather muzzle thing on him, and you can't help but think "saaaaayy, that's a pretty good idea!" Keri Russell is made up to look suspiciously like Katie Holmes. Tom hasn't got the long hair anymore. There's a shot of him running a mile, and it stays with him pretty much the entire run. It's all a vehicle for his stardom, almost a cliche level of "action movie star." You'd be better off renting the Bourne movies.
Ving Rhames was around to "keep it real," and that's about all the writers had him do. And the real wasn't all that well kept. There were two other people on the team, but if you can name them I'll be very impressed. "Scottish body dragger" and "skinny Asian Lamborghini driver" was all they did, except for one moment in a van where they talked about a prayer for a cat. Yup.
The first half was meek, and the end result was meek. But any scene in which Philip Seymour Hoffman was on screen or even in the area worked. They were exciting. He was a trudgy, creepy-ass badass. He's the one that raised any and all stakes and made things interesting. Otherwise it was Ethan Hunt doing something, or tiny characters delivering lines to blatantly explaining what it was Ethan was doing. And stuff blowing up.
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So what about the rest of the summer? Here's what I can gather after hours of hours spent on Quicktime.com.
AWEXOME
X-Men: The Last Stand The story is cool and it would take a lot to de-rail that. The director of the first two bailed to do Superman, but it's still going to have that whole civil rights vibe. Only moreso. We can all use more mutants, too, so Kelsey Grammer plays the Beast. This is going to be amazing. The trailer speaks for itself. preview
An Inconvenient Truth In case you haven't heard of it, this could be called one of two things: "Al Gore: The Movie" or "You're all going to die." Yes, it's a documentary, but it's a scary one. Gore is a nerd, and he knows his stuff. Especially about global warming, which is the topic he's been crusading for ever since 2000. Is this the smoky cry of the phoenix before he rises from the ashes? ROCK! preview And for tons of cool music, Gore, and facts about carbon footprints: Climate Crisis!
The DaVinci Code Oooh, controversy! The cast is sound as a pound, and Ron Howard has never let you down. Don't frown. I think it'll be good. preview
BE WORRIED
Superman Returns The first trailer was exciting. Yes yes. Since then, everything I've seen has been silly and/or repetative. preview
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Looks like the same plot as last one, but the last one was fun. Keith Richards dropped out, and it won't be a plesant surprise this time. It won't be bad, but it won't be as good. preview
Cars Pixar has never been wrong. But other trailers have made me laugh. On top of that, is this one about Nascar? I hope I'm just being mislead . . . but a lame Pixar movie?! Say it ain't so! preview
"M:I:III" should be pronounced like it is most commonly written/abbreviated: something like "miiiih." It's the noise you make when you shrug your shoulders and wrinkle your face. Like when somebody asks you what you thought of "M:I:III."
Who even is Ethan Hunt? He's teaching spies now, the villain's going after his wife, he remembers a time before all this . . . and we don't. All we think about is crazy ol' Tom Cruise. That's who you see. That's why the movie was made. And there's one scene where he's been captured and they've put a leather muzzle thing on him, and you can't help but think "saaaaayy, that's a pretty good idea!" Keri Russell is made up to look suspiciously like Katie Holmes. Tom hasn't got the long hair anymore. There's a shot of him running a mile, and it stays with him pretty much the entire run. It's all a vehicle for his stardom, almost a cliche level of "action movie star." You'd be better off renting the Bourne movies.
Ving Rhames was around to "keep it real," and that's about all the writers had him do. And the real wasn't all that well kept. There were two other people on the team, but if you can name them I'll be very impressed. "Scottish body dragger" and "skinny Asian Lamborghini driver" was all they did, except for one moment in a van where they talked about a prayer for a cat. Yup.
The first half was meek, and the end result was meek. But any scene in which Philip Seymour Hoffman was on screen or even in the area worked. They were exciting. He was a trudgy, creepy-ass badass. He's the one that raised any and all stakes and made things interesting. Otherwise it was Ethan Hunt doing something, or tiny characters delivering lines to blatantly explaining what it was Ethan was doing. And stuff blowing up.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
So what about the rest of the summer? Here's what I can gather after hours of hours spent on Quicktime.com.
AWEXOME
X-Men: The Last Stand The story is cool and it would take a lot to de-rail that. The director of the first two bailed to do Superman, but it's still going to have that whole civil rights vibe. Only moreso. We can all use more mutants, too, so Kelsey Grammer plays the Beast. This is going to be amazing. The trailer speaks for itself. preview
An Inconvenient Truth In case you haven't heard of it, this could be called one of two things: "Al Gore: The Movie" or "You're all going to die." Yes, it's a documentary, but it's a scary one. Gore is a nerd, and he knows his stuff. Especially about global warming, which is the topic he's been crusading for ever since 2000. Is this the smoky cry of the phoenix before he rises from the ashes? ROCK! preview And for tons of cool music, Gore, and facts about carbon footprints: Climate Crisis!
The DaVinci Code Oooh, controversy! The cast is sound as a pound, and Ron Howard has never let you down. Don't frown. I think it'll be good. preview
BE WORRIED
Superman Returns The first trailer was exciting. Yes yes. Since then, everything I've seen has been silly and/or repetative. preview
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Looks like the same plot as last one, but the last one was fun. Keith Richards dropped out, and it won't be a plesant surprise this time. It won't be bad, but it won't be as good. preview
Cars Pixar has never been wrong. But other trailers have made me laugh. On top of that, is this one about Nascar? I hope I'm just being mislead . . . but a lame Pixar movie?! Say it ain't so! preview
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