Monday, May 08, 2006

M:I-3

I'm a little sorry to see headlines mourning Tom Cruise's diminished box office for Mission: Impossible 3.

Despite his extracurricular activities, Cruise is still a likeable screen presence , and M:I-3 , as directed by J.J. Abrams , is like a long, exciting Alias episode.

It's definitely better-plotted than the previous two. Things generally seem to happen for a reason and not just to string stunts together, although there are some nice set-pieces.

It's really worth tearing yourself away from the living room TV to see it on the big screen.

1 comment:

Charles Gramlich said...

Tom Cruise is suddenly on the outs in Hollywood. It happens to every big actor eventually. I remember when Kevin Costner was huge, and then suddenly he could do nothing right. The same is happening to Cruise now, although it's clearly a kind of emotional backlash and not based on any actual rational analysis of his acting.

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