Mission Impossible 3 Rant

Tom Cruise will personally overturn your car and set it on fire when you mess with The Church of Scientology!!

_ The feeling of watching Mission Impossible 3 was like watching the last football match of the season between two midtable teams that had left nothing to fight for: They were going through motions, no one wanted to get injured, the star players were substituted early to prevent injury, there were only one or two spectacular shots/saves and you asked yourself why were you even watching it all.

_ The action sequences seemed rushed, aimless and didn't make to feel - well, you know - impossible. The villain got killed waaay too easily. It tried to be smart movie when it should have concentrated on being a mindless blockbuster bonanza. The supporting casts were entertaining but not given enough time and space. They have got Philip Seymour Hoffman. Hello! This year's Oscar winner for Best Actor, you know.

_ Instead the whole movie revolved around "developing" the love story of main character, Ethan Hunt, and his girlfriend/wife, Julia, along with the usual betrayal storyline and ended extremely anti-climatically. The whole thing felt like it was lifted from Spider-man the movie or the director's teevee show, Alias. It worked for Spider-man doesn't mean it will work for every movie.

_ I wondered how did they managed to make the 2nd sequel when the first two films weren't fantastic to begin with.

_ Lastly, what was with the scene where the Julia tried to resuscitate Ethan Hunt? It was unnecessarily long and dramatic. Please if you go into a movie such as this and expects Tom Cruise to die, you are one messed up individual. And, if you ask me, there weren't enough of the patented pulling off of disguise scene!

_ Whatever positive reviews you may have read, they are probably paid for by the studios. I am hoping that Pirates 2 and X-Men 3 can adequately make up for this piece of shit.

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Updated 11/05/06: Many spelling corrections were made.. can do nuthin' 'bout the grammar though..