MI:3

miir · Post by **miir** » May 8, 2006, 2:56 pm

I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » May 8, 2006, 3:11 pm

It has Tom Cruise in it, just another soulless crapfest to feed his ego.

miir · Post by **miir** » May 8, 2006, 3:19 pm

Aabidano wrote:It has Tom Cruise in it, just another soulless crapfest to feed his ego.

I had similar thought before we went out to see it...

But I thought back to some movies he's done in the past few years. Collateral, Vanilla Sky, Minority Report, Magnolia, etc... and I liked most of them. He's had his share of stinkers (Eyes Wide Shut, War of The Worlds) but those were gonna be shit no matter who was starring in them.

He may be a psychopathic lunatic, but he's a also a damn fine actor.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » May 8, 2006, 3:23 pm

The question is this though, is it more reminicent of M:I or M:I2?

Lynks · Post by **Lynks** » May 8, 2006, 3:26 pm

It wasnt a typical MI movie. I liked MI when they spent time coming up with a plan then doing it in the movie. We saw maybe 10 minutes of it in the entire film. I was disapointed in that but overall, its a decent action movie.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » May 8, 2006, 3:47 pm

Yeah, it was less MI than 1 or 2 were, but it was fairly enjoyable. I caught myself waiting for his character to do something stupid and fall off a building or something, but it never happened...kind of.

For those who don't like the whole shaking camera effect, don't bother with this movie. It was so bad at one point that you could not tell if one of the main characters was shot or just turned around when almost shot.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » May 8, 2006, 4:05 pm

I liked War of the Worlds and thought Cruise did a great job in it. Aside from all the problems with the script and all that is. That is another topic entirely.

miir · Post by **miir** » May 8, 2006, 4:21 pm

Bubba Grizz wrote:I liked War of the Worlds and thought Cruise did a great job in it. Aside from all the problems with the script and all that is. That is another topic entirely.

War of The Worlds was my favorite book when I was a kid. I must have read it a dozen times. That being said, I guess I set myself up to dislike the movie.

For those who don't like the whole shaking camera effect, don't bother with this movie

Funny you should mention that. It was one of the few movies I have seen where the shaky-cam wasn't overly distracting.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » May 8, 2006, 4:28 pm

Yeah, but the villain in MI3 could be the future Dr. McCoy (Bones) in the next Star Trek movie!

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » May 8, 2006, 4:56 pm

miir wrote:
For those who don't like the whole shaking camera effect, don't bother with this movie
Funny you should mention that. It was one of the few movies I have seen where the shaky-cam wasn't overly distracting.

[Show]: The chase scene after Ethan got the Rabbit's foot when they are being shot at is the one I am referring to. The rest of the movie didn't bother me, but when I could not tell if the chick (forgot her name) was shot in the backseat of the SUV...it was too much.

miir · Post by **miir** » May 8, 2006, 6:17 pm

Boogahz wrote:
miir wrote:
For those who don't like the whole shaking camera effect, don't bother with this movie
Funny you should mention that. It was one of the few movies I have seen where the shaky-cam wasn't overly distracting.

[Show]
The chase scene after Ethan got the Rabbit's foot when they are being shot at is the one I am referring to. The rest of the movie didn't bother me, but when I could not tell if the chick (forgot her name) was shot in the backseat of the SUV...it was too much.

It was a pretty frantic scene and shaky-cam was probably unnecessary.

Post by **Xouqoa** » May 8, 2006, 11:40 pm

I saw MI3 on Saturday... it was okay I guess. I enjoyed it. 3.5/5

Syenye · Post by **Syenye** » May 9, 2006, 11:56 am

i didn't want to punch myself in the face repeatedly, so that's a plus.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » May 9, 2006, 12:45 pm

Syenye wrote:i didn't want to punch myself in the face repeatedly, so that's a plus.

I was told to stop giggling every time I visualized bad things being done to Tom Cruise's character! I still don't think I giggled...ok, I giggled once.

[Show]: When the missile hit the SUV on the bridge as Ethan was running away from it...he got blasted to the right side of the screen and slammed against a car. Good camera work there btw.

The magic of the Alamo Drafthouse paid off again though (http://www.drafthouse.com). I always get to the theater early when I am going to see one there. The movie started at 9:55, and we got there around 9. When we got into the theater and took our seats we began placing food and drink orders while watching the Scientology episode of South Park and other Tom Cruise related footage. The Oprah show/theatrics were there, the "psychiatry" interview on that morning show (I think it was The Today Show), and other things he has done to make himself look like a fool.

Bojangels · Post by **Bojangels** » May 13, 2006, 7:14 pm

It was just another pretty generic action movie. It was OK, but wouldn't be anything without Tom Cruise. I kept giggling because it reminded me of the Just Cruise commercial http://www.curiousfury.com/

Ransure · Post by **Ransure** » May 20, 2006, 2:37 am

Just saw it tonight... and I was totally amazed that my friends didnt get the entire plot as early as I did... normally we all see through crap like that pretty early.

Then again, I was drunk, so maybe I was having trouble suspending my disbelief..

Oh, and they coulda called this MIII: See Tom Cruise run... WTF?! he ran through the entire movie, I though I was watching an exciting marathon.

redeemed · Post by **redeemed** » May 20, 2006, 5:17 am

Bojangels wrote: I kept giggling because it reminded me of the Just Cruise commercial http://www.curiousfury.com/

I saw this movie last week, my brother liked it more than I did but I didn't hate it -- anyway, I commented afterwards how it seems like tom cruise *runs* in just about every one of his movies (I first noticed this after "far and away" .. I was like, "why is he running?") so yeah, glad someone else took the time to notice that this actor either LOVES to run in film or for some random reason directors love to have him run.. I bet you could compile a list of, shit, I don't know how many cruise movies where he just runs point blank for whatever reason (of course now I have to look them up)
I haven't seen all these, but the vast majority that I have do feature him in a running sequence.. just silly

Mission: Impossible III (2006) ....

War of the Worlds (2005) ....

The Last Samurai (2003) ....

Minority Report (2002) ....

Vanilla Sky (2001) ....

Mission Impossible II (2000) ....

Magnolia (1999) ....

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) ....

Jerry Maguire (1996) ....

Mission Impossible (1996) ....

Interview with the Vampire (1994) ....

Firm, The (1993) ....

Few Good Men, A (1992) ....

Far and Away (1992) ....

Days of Thunder (1990) ....

Born on the Fourth of July (1989) ....

Rain Man (1988) ....

Young Guns (1988) ....

Cocktail (1988) ....

Color of Money, The (1986) ....

Top Gun (1986) ....

Legend (1985) ....

All the Right Moves (1983) ....

Risky Business (1983) ....

Outsiders, The (1983) ....

Losin' It (1983) ....

Taps (1981) ....

Endless Love (1981) ....

maybe not so much in his earlier movies, but this man loves him some runnin

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » May 20, 2006, 11:11 am

Everybody Runs...

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » May 20, 2006, 1:34 pm

I don't think you can name many action movies where there is no running...

cadalano · Post by **cadalano** » May 20, 2006, 11:25 pm

you forgot Collateral

fucking amatuer, jesus

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » May 21, 2006, 7:09 am

i dont remember him running in top gun, eyes wide shut, or interview with a vampire.

redeemed · Post by **redeemed** » May 21, 2006, 7:13 am

Zamtuk wrote:i dont remember him running in top gun, eyes wide shut, or interview with a vampire.

thanks zam for proving my point

3 outta 28 no runnings not bad

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » May 21, 2006, 12:46 pm

redeemed wrote:
Zamtuk wrote:i dont remember him running in top gun, eyes wide shut, or interview with a vampire.
thanks zam for proving my point
3 outta 28 no runnings not bad

Hmmmm, are we sure it was not Tom Cruise in drag in Run Lola Run?

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » May 21, 2006, 3:24 pm

redeemed wrote: so yeah, glad someone else took the time to notice that this actor either LOVES to run in film or for some random reason directors love to have him run..

maybe not so much in his earlier movies, but this man loves him some runnin

That's actually a good thing, if only Steven Seagal would follow the Cruise-mentality, he would burn a lot of unneeded fat.

Tom's cardio is apparently much better than Seagal's.

Can't be an Actionstar if you look like a slob!

Many actionstars bulks up nowadays for their roles (Brad in Troy, Norton in American History X, Scott in rundown,Wesley for Blade-series etc et al), but some clearly need some fatburning to do!

Siji · Post by **Siji** » May 22, 2006, 11:39 am

Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:Many actionstars bulks up nowadays for their roles (Brad in Troy

Brad didn't bulk up all that well, his legs were digitally redone.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » May 22, 2006, 3:18 pm

Siji wrote:
Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:Many actionstars bulks up nowadays for their roles (Brad in Troy
Brad didn't bulk up all that well, his legs were digitally redone.

He managed to bulk up his upperbody, but couldn't do anything about his chickenlegs so that was the best solution i guess!

Midnyte_Ragebringer · Post by **Midnyte_Ragebringer** » May 26, 2006, 10:22 am

I forgot to mention I sw this a couple weeks ago. I enjoyed it. It was non-stop action and excitement the entire time. My brother had told me they could have called it MI-24, in reference to how non stop "24" is and he was right. I can't stand Tom Cruise anymore, but he sure makes some good movies.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » May 26, 2006, 12:44 pm

Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:
Siji wrote:
Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:Many actionstars bulks up nowadays for their roles (Brad in Troy
Brad didn't bulk up all that well, his legs were digitally redone.
He managed to bulk up his upperbody, but couldn't do anything about his chickenlegs so that was the best solution i guess!

I thought the consensus here was that Brad Pitt does indeed have chickenlegs.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · Post by **Midnyte_Ragebringer** » May 26, 2006, 1:16 pm

Winnow wrote:
Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:
Siji wrote:
Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:Many actionstars bulks up nowadays for their roles (Brad in Troy
Brad didn't bulk up all that well, his legs were digitally redone.
He managed to bulk up his upperbody, but couldn't do anything about his chickenlegs so that was the best solution i guess!
I thought the consensus here was that Brad Pitt does indeed have chickenlegs.

Who cares. He's fucked two of the hottest chicks in the world. I'd shake his hand.