Newer PostOlder PostS AT U R D AY, M AY 0 6 , 2 0 0 6Surfing Thru "M:I:III"It's certainly not a good movie, but I was marginally more entertainedby the third "Mission: Impossible" movie than the first two.</p><p> It actuallyhad a coherent story and a good villain (though Philip SeymourHoffman was sorely underused).</p><p> Keri Russell got to see what it wouldhave been like if she had been cast in "Alias" instead of "Felicity." Andthe IMF team got absurdly more good-looking with the addition ofMaggie Q and Jonathan Rhys Myers.</p><p> When it wasn't sort of fun (therooftop jumping scene was good) it was enjoyably bad (such as the shotof the IMF team on a speedboat all wearing sunglasses and looking likea Calvin Klein ad).</p><p> Weak points included an unnecessary flashback toCruise training Russell and a later image of her appearing onscreen.She seemed more important to Cruise emotionally than his wife, forPete's sake.</p><p> Plus, the talented stage actor Billy Crudup remains inertonscreen. (I should apologize to Ron Howard -- he's right about that.)Since Hollywood barely knows how to make summer blockbustersanymore, your lowered expectations will probably be met.</p><p> Barely.POSTED BY MICHAEL IN NEW YORK AT 7:42 PM 0 C O M M E N T S :Post a CommentL I N K S T O T H I S P O S TCreate a LinkHomeSubscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)Next Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: Surfing Thru "M:I:III"http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/05/surfing-thru-miiii.html 1 of 37/29/09 1:14 AMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SMichael in New YorkAaronBiboy POPSURFING.COM: Surfing Thru "M:I:III"http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/05/surfing-thru-miiii.html 2 of 37/29/09 1:14 AMPOPSURFING.COM: Surfing Thru "M:I:III"http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/05/surfing-thru-miiii.html 3 of 37/29/09 1:14 AM
