Mission: Impossible III

[Yuma]

Poster.

Teaser trailer was released today as well.

Link?

 

[Shane]

Loved it...a few moments I wish would have been better, but I loved it.

J.J. Abrams sure did this movie though...the character that Ethan uses to guide him to his wife at the end is a total ripoff of Marshall from Alias.

Heck, the movie started with that opening scene, then went BACK a few days..that is vintage Alias/Abrams.

And also the music montage at the end with them all hugging, etc...totally Abrams

Good stuff though...the Vatican kidnapping was brilliant.

I loved it too. What a fantastic movie. The action was some of the best in a long long time for any movie.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Link?

MI:3 trailer

 

[abomb]

Prediction: This is the beginning of the end for Tom Cruise's run as Hollywood heavyweight.

MI 1and 2 were okay, but typically part three of any movie series starts to wear a little thin...add that to his literally crazy antics off the stage, and I think you get a recipe for declining box office numbers.




...and, yes, this very well may be wishful thinking on my part.

Judging from this weekend's opening take being $10M+ less than expected, I declare Pariah the winner!

From IMDB.com;

'Mission' Accomplished -- Not


Tom Cruise was being blamed Monday for the failure of Paramount's Mission: Impossible III to live up to analysts' expectations at the box office over the weekend. The film took in an estimated $48 million in its domestic debut, about $10 million less than Mission: Impossible II garnered in its 2000 premiere. Analysts maintained that Cruise's sometimes outrageous behavior in recent months, including his sofa-jumping on Oprah Winfrey's show, his defense of Scientology, his confrontation with Today show host Matt Lauer over psychotropic medication, and his seemingly non-stop promotion of M:I:III may have irked fans. Today's (Monday) New York Times commented that Cruise "has evolved into a kind of cultural punch line." The New York Daily News observed that perhaps the "real mission impossible was selling a movie whose star spent the last year jumping on couches." Variety remarked that "aud[ience]s seemingly grew weary of Tom Cruise's pervasive media presence." "The summer movie season started with a fizzle," is the way the Los Angeles Times led off its report on the film's debut. Nevertheless, whatever it was that slowed ticket sales of the movie in the U.S. and Canada had little effect overseas, where the movie launched with $70.3 million. Meanwhile, the box office for United 93 tumbled 55 percent in its second week.

A-Bomb

 

[Shane]

Judging from this weekend's opening take being $10M+ less than expected, I declare Pariah the winner!

From IMDB.com;

'Mission' Accomplished -- Not


Tom Cruise was being blamed Monday for the failure of Paramount's Mission: Impossible III to live up to analysts' expectations at the box office over the weekend. The film took in an estimated $48 million in its domestic debut, about $10 million less than Mission: Impossible II garnered in its 2000 premiere. Analysts maintained that Cruise's sometimes outrageous behavior in recent months, including his sofa-jumping on Oprah Winfrey's show, his defense of Scientology, his confrontation with Today show host Matt Lauer over psychotropic medication, and his seemingly non-stop promotion of M:I:III may have irked fans. Today's (Monday) New York Times commented that Cruise "has evolved into a kind of cultural punch line." The New York Daily News observed that perhaps the "real mission impossible was selling a movie whose star spent the last year jumping on couches." Variety remarked that "aud[ience]s seemingly grew weary of Tom Cruise's pervasive media presence." "The summer movie season started with a fizzle," is the way the Los Angeles Times led off its report on the film's debut. Nevertheless, whatever it was that slowed ticket sales of the movie in the U.S. and Canada had little effect overseas, where the movie launched with $70.3 million. Meanwhile, the box office for United 93 tumbled 55 percent in its second week.

A-Bomb

10 million less is no big deal. a 48 million opening weekend is impressive regardless of what #2 did. It still solidifies him as a heavyweight. I bet the film grossses well over 100 million.

 

[Louis]

10 million less is no big deal. a 48 million opening weekend is impressive regardless of what #2 did. It still solidifies him as a heavyweight. I bet the film grossses well over 100 million.

Exactly.

First the azcentral.com on his a list status but b list persona or something. And now everybody is running a story about Tom's "disappointing" box office.

And if people were showing that Asian lady in the red dress during press junkets and previews more people would go watch. She looked very foxy.

 

[CQ]

Saw this last week. I thought it was a very good end to the MI series for Tom Cruise. Left the theater with the "awwwww" feeling, yet got to see some good action scenes.

I must say though, the story DID get a little too close to the whole "True Lies" plot for my taste. As hubby and I were driving home, I asked him if it reminded him of any other movie, and he said yes, True Lies. I was like thank GOD! I thought it was just me!!!!!!!!!!

I still felt it was a good movie, I just hope that they aren't stupid enough to try to make a MI4 with Tom Cruise. I guess I can see them making a 4, as long as Tom's not in it, and he's just that mythical guy that the new MI kids look up to. Maybe he could do a cameo or something, like a motivational speaker to new recruits or something. But nothing more.

 

[abomb]

Man, I was in the mood for an awesome action flick and MI3 was great. I have always liked this series.

 

[Bada0Bing]

I just watched it. Fun movie. The action was great, but I think what took this over the top was the supporting cast. Hoffman, Crudup, Meyers, and Fishburne were all great additions. And Rhames had a much larger role than in #2.