May 06, 2006
Mission Impossible 3
It's pretty much the usual fare, a bit of action, a bit of suspense, pretty girls and transparent plot. There was one thing that ruined this movie for me from the start, the realization that Tom Cruise has a HUGE nose. The close-ups generated glare off it's huge surface and in profile it filled the whole screen. I don't know if his nose was always this big and I just now noticed or if he is just suffering from natural nose growth but I fully recommend he do something about it before it gets any worse.
Now the movie itself suffered from three things. First, how many moles can a top intelligence agency suffer before it is no longer a top intelligence agency and instead a keystone cop agency. Second, relying on fake full face disguise technology to carry a plotline makes everything unbelievable. Once this started, I just sat back waited to see who started ripping of a fake mask so we could get to a legitimately believable plotline. Third, why are the only safe bad guys nowadays all white racist? I look out across the geopolitical landscape and I don't see a single credible example of white supremacy in power. Are we destined to have all future spy movies built around internal corruption to avoid offending some segment of society? Basically the American government is at battle with its internal racists. During the cold war James Bonds battles with the Soviets made great plotlines. Is there any enemy today that would make a believable foil for our hero? Maybe he could save American citizens from a WMD threat. But who could possible be a credible villain?
It’s an OK movie for mediocre entertainment, assuming you don’t mind a PC and predictable approach to villain selection and Tom Cruise’s big nose.
Posted by Sid at May 6, 2006 04:04 PM | Movies
