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load of old shite
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I like tom cruise, I think he's done some good acting (vanilla sky, last ham-urai). But isn't it about time he moved on and became a scientology priest or some such thing with his life? Seriously, he was like jesus born again in this movie, and what gives with the weak (don't hurt me in real life) fight scenes and the dumb-shit goofy smiles at the end??
Action scenes were cool. Although they largely consisted of kit that magically appears accross boarders, without explanation. In fact most of the things that happen in the movie are without explanation! Sometimes this is a good thing, but not for action movies. I kept wondering "WTF is going on here?", as cut scene after cut scene melt my brain, until I really just couldn't care any more. "whoopee! They're in Shangahi". "wazoo! tom just knocked off the Rabits Foot from some faceless nameless building action scene we don't get to see".
Then, there's the bad guy. Who's he exactly? He's on screen for about 10 seconds, except for the fight at the end where he's, erm, fighting. Who is this guy?!? "I just kidnapped you, I know! I'll torture you in a random airplane!" There's no back story at all, no plot, no double twists, no brains.
There's no sense of journey in this film. It's just scene after scene of either A: action or B: mindless action. I was desperately hoping for some respite, even showing him on the plane to shanghai have been enough.
In short, I thought this was gonna be better than MI2, but actually, as "impossible" as this sounds, it sucked a whole lot harder.
spoilers
I like tom cruise, I think he's done some good acting (vanilla sky, last ham-urai). But isn't it about time he moved on and became a scientology priest or some such thing with his life? Seriously, he was like jesus born again in this movie, and what gives with the weak (don't hurt me in real life) fight scenes and the dumb-shit goofy smiles at the end??
Action scenes were cool. Although they largely consisted of kit that magically appears accross boarders, without explanation. In fact most of the things that happen in the movie are without explanation! Sometimes this is a good thing, but not for action movies. I kept wondering "WTF is going on here?", as cut scene after cut scene melt my brain, until I really just couldn't care any more. "whoopee! They're in Shangahi". "wazoo! tom just knocked off the Rabits Foot from some faceless nameless building action scene we don't get to see".
Then, there's the bad guy. Who's he exactly? He's on screen for about 10 seconds, except for the fight at the end where he's, erm, fighting. Who is this guy?!? "I just kidnapped you, I know! I'll torture you in a random airplane!" There's no back story at all, no plot, no double twists, no brains.
There's no sense of journey in this film. It's just scene after scene of either A: action or B: mindless action. I was desperately hoping for some respite, even showing him on the plane to shanghai have been enough.
In short, I thought this was gonna be better than MI2, but actually, as "impossible" as this sounds, it sucked a whole lot harder.
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the only good film tom cruise has been in is topgun end of.
oh and days of thunder
this is the bash mi3 thread, you guys get a room
rainman- tom cruise didnt make it good.
fair play on legend though
still the best film TC has been in is Topgun and MI3 looks pantsx3
Your comments on the pacing crack me up. JJ Abrams directed it, and he cut his teeth on Alias, which is a spy television show. Given that he's used to working with basically 45 minutes per episode, it felt like he was given the helm for an extra long episode, but still felt like he had to race to stuff more scenes in before cutting to commercial
i agree that Hoffman could have spent more time on screen, but overall the story was sensible (as much as it needed to be) and i enjoyed the pacing and storytelling.
it's nice to watch action movies start to move away from purely blatant CG antics and a little more back to solid stunt and pyrotechnic work.
as far as mr. cruise himself? pretty blank in MI3. i might just have to revisit De Palma's turn for the first in the series, possibly even Woo's MI2 (though Woo hasn't really made a good film since he came to America).
what exactly does he do in the Last Samurai? i take it that the title doesn't actually refer to his character, right?
joolz: oh cmon Collateral was TOTALEEEEE the script.
joolz: oh cmon Collateral was TOTALEEEEE the script.
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No way, the script sucked. The only reason I like Collateral at all is because Tom Cruise is such a badass in it (e.g. the scene where he guns down the muggers). When I think "badass," Tom Cruise is usually at the bottom of the list, but he really pulled it off in that movie.