Mi-3

Refefer
Refefer Posts: 1,280
edited May 2006 in Music & Movies
Go See It! Excellent movie, if of course aimed directly at the thriller crowd. The audio was exquisite, if way to loud for my tastes(I've come to bring my sound meter when I goto a movie... this theater had it peaking at around 115 db during explosions, which being Mission Impossible happened to be quite frequent, while constantly at a volume of around 101 db... pretty excessive if you ask me). Still though, go watch it. Despite Cruise and his Scientology fetish, I've got to give him some serious credit: He's an excellent actor and he did all his own stunts, some of which looked fairly painful. Philip Hoffman makes a great villain and I liked his lines.

Go see it.

A definate buy when it comes out on DVD.
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  • criverajr
    criverajr Posts: 1,675
    edited May 2006
    Went to see it over the weekend with my son, theater was packed but everyone acted civil(no cell phones or obnious kids, went to the late show)Very Good movie, SQ/PQ was very good, Cruise did a good job and Philip Hoffman makes a great bad guy. Should be a good workout DVD for your HT. Defenitly a buy when it comes out in a few months.

    CRj
  • Nelson57
    Nelson57 Posts: 190
    edited May 2006
    I agree with both of the above.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited May 2006
    Movie kicked ****, kept up pretty good intensity! I didn't care for the first two MI movies.
  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2006
    Wow... Just got back from seeing it last night, and I kinda just sat there for a while... I haven't been that impressed with a movie in a long time. (Return of the King, was probably the last time) The sound, as stated above, was simply the best I have ever heard in a theater. Hands down. No contest. The highs (Glass breaking, gun shots) were so real, I was just stunned and I could feel the lows even in the theater in quite a few scenes. Very impressive.

    Excellent plot, not SO incredible that you couldn't believe it... and it was more of an pure action movie as opposed to the first one (I don't count MI2 as part of the series :D ) which was more of a mind game movie...

    Loved the acting, again, as stated above, Tom Cruise is the man. I have to put him in the top few actors with ability to adapt to his roll. Very emotional part at times, yet I was completely convinced. I was impressed. A MUST buy, and possibly an even repeat trip to the theater for another viewing.

    Picture quality wasn't anything ground breaking, but definitely no slouch either.

    Overall, A solid, kick butt movie, that was worth the price of admission all over again. As with the other films, a good plot with plenty of good twists.

    Go get your butts out there and see it! You won't be disappointed.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited May 2006
    I will probably begrudgingly buy this one as a DVD, but I won't give them the money they want for a theater seat.....especially for someone as nutso as Cruise.......
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited May 2006
    Did you get the special limited edition placenta candies they had on sale for the movie?

    I'm in Brett's camp, I will end up buy it -- just because PSH is a good actor. He was amazingly good in Capote.
  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited May 2006
    I can't stand Cruise and MI2 was soooo ridiculous. I will be renting this one only. Glad to hear the sound was very good though.
  • millerman 3732
    millerman 3732 Posts: 1,488
    edited May 2006
    saw it this past saturday, cool movie, and that Capote guy was one mean dude
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2006
    Shizelbs wrote:
    I can't stand Cruise and MI2 was soooo ridiculous. I will be renting this one only. Glad to hear the sound was very good though.

    What does it have to do with their acting though? If you can't stand him as a person, in the movie he's not play, "Tom." I never understood this. Sure, there are many actors I don't agree with, but I still appreciate a good film with quality acting in it, regardless of their beliefs or views on matters.

    I just never understand how some one will not watch a movie, because of a person who is in it that they don't like?
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  • Holydoc
    Holydoc Posts: 1,048
    edited May 2006
    MrNightly wrote:
    I just never understand how some one will not watch a movie, because of a person who is in it that they don't like?

    That is very simple to explain.

    If someone who depends on your revenue to live expresses an opinion that differs greatly from your own, then one way to express this difference in a non-violent way is to personally boycott giving that person any revenue. If that person or their sponsor does not acquire the premium they expected from you, then modifications will result.

    Many people are very opposed to the views of actors like Jane Fonda. They protest this opposition by refusing to support her career. This has caused many studios to skip over her for leading roles and even forced her to change her beliefs enough to apologize for them on national TV.

    Money and Prestige are powerful tools. Lack of either is just as powerful.

    See? Told you it was simple to explain.
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited May 2006
    I went to see MI:3 this afternoon. I enjoyed everything about it except the picture quality, which seemed a little soft, but that may have been a function of the specific print and/or the projection equipment. Hopefully, the DVD will be sharper

    I think this one is the best so far. I'm looking forward to adding it to my DVD library.

    I Cruise nuts? Maybe, but I think a lot of actors, entertainers, and pro athletes are nuts. With the exception of criminal activity, I won't deny myself the pleasure of their music, movies, or sporting events because I disagree with their personality, lifestyle, politics, or personal behavior. I'm not looking to have a personal relationship with them, I just want to be entertained for a couple of hours.

    Do want with your time and money, but I think it is hypocritical to deny someone an income because of some behavior not related to their job performance. What if that same standard were applied to all of us?
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited May 2006
    Hollywood's all about an image.........on and off the screen. He signed up for it, and he can live with it.

    I have a problem with him acting the way he's acted over the past several years, and my way of showing that is to limit my fundage to his pocket book as much as I can.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited May 2006
    Would you pay money to go see a movie casted entirely by rapists and murderers? Didn't think so.
  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2006
    Shizelbs wrote:
    Would you pay money to go see a movie casted entirely by rapists and murderers? Didn't think so.

    As DarkKnight said, it's not like he's a criminal. He just has different views than you do. If we all did what you are suggesting, then half the people on this board would never talk to anyone else, because they don't "Agree" with their point of view. Cruise hasn't committed a crime, he's just out there with his own "Scientology" things.

    But, again, I'm not going to boycott him because I don't agree with his views. If that was the case, I don't agree with **** being sold in grocery stores, but do I boycott eating because they sell it? No, life doesn't work that way.

    Of course, it is my point of view, and not expected to be shared with everyone :D That's what makes life so great!

    Enjoy
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited May 2006
    I rarely follow the stars and their lives, I don't read gosip mags nor do I watch very much on E.

    However,

    There are certain people in the public eye that hold views I do not agree with. If they get on their soapbox at some function and spew forth their idealogy and I vehemently dissagree with them I will not support them.
    Very few people fall into this category but the way I see it is, if they want to ram their opnion down my throat then I have a right to boycot them if I do not agree.

    As for Tom Cruise I do not have a clue what kind of stuff he is into and I really want to see this flick.


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  • Holydoc
    Holydoc Posts: 1,048
    edited May 2006
    MrNightly wrote:
    If that was the case, I don't agree with **** being sold in grocery stores, but do I boycott eating because they sell it? No, life doesn't work that way.

    You would not boycott eating, just like we are not boycotting movie watching. You would boycott the store that sells the offending material.

    As far as saying that life does not work that way, you are wrong. That is exactly how life and the workplace operates. By making your opinion known and backing that opinion up with your resources, things do and continue to get changed. Whatever sells gets distributed and what does not sale gets discontinued.

    The very example you just gave concerning **** happened in my home town except the culprit was a Gas Station. The Gas Station started selling **** magazines and the town decided to not purchase gas at that particular station. They drove several miles down the road instead of patronizing that gas station. Three months later, the station ceased selling ****.

    Now with all that being said, I personally love Tom Cruise movies. I will see MI3 and probably purchase it. That point does not change the fact that if enough people ceased going to Tom Cruise movies because of his views, then the "all mighty" dollar would cause changes to occur.

    Whenever you are talking about merchandise and/or dependency on public resources, life most certainly "works that way".
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,830
    edited May 2006
    MrNightly wrote:
    I just never understand how some one will not watch a movie, because of a person who is in it that they don't like?

    I won't watch a movie anymore that has Nicholas Gage in it. Why ?
    Because any movie he's in turns into the "Nicholas Gage Story".
    An example of this would be "Windtalker". It could have been an extremely good movie based upon the facts behind the movie (ie, Navaho code talkers).
    Instead, it turned into a Nicholas Gage love story. Nicholas Gage falling in love with Nicholas Gage.
    "National Treasure" ? Ditto.

    He did well in "Raising Arizona". After that, the knowledge that he is George Lucas' nephew, or cousin, or whatever-the-heck-he-is got to him.

    If he's in a movie now, you can rest assured that the movie will suck.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2006
    Holydoc wrote:
    You would not boycott eating, just like we are not boycotting movie watching. You would boycott the store that sells the offending material.

    As far as saying that life does not work that way, you are wrong. That is exactly how life and the workplace operates. By making your opinion known and backing that opinion up with your resources, things do and continue to get changed. Whatever sells gets distributed and what does not sale gets discontinued.

    The very example you just gave concerning **** happened in my home town except the culprit was a Gas Station. The Gas Station started selling **** magazines and the town decided to not purchase gas at that particular station. They drove several miles down the road instead of patronizing that gas station. Three months later, the station ceased selling ****.

    Now with all that being said, I personally love Tom Cruise movies. I will see MI3 and probably purchase it. That point does not change the fact that if enough people ceased going to Tom Cruise movies because of his views, then the "all mighty" dollar would cause changes to occur.

    Whenever you are talking about merchandise and/or dependency on public resources, life most certainly "works that way".

    I do see your point. I don't exactly live in a smaller city though, and with the thousands that shop at the store, a simple few who refuse to patronize them because of a mag they don't agree with, wouldn't make a bit of difference. But you do have a good point, especially in smaller markets.

    I guess I have just never really thought about how people would boycott a movie because of the actor. Thanks for the input. I guess I take a less meaningful approach to my entertainment and if I don't agree with everything, I don't let it stand in the way of good flick! Because my drop of water into the sea (Ticket) isn't going to make or break a star, why should I bother making a, "Statement by not going" when it really won't matter? Again, my simple view.

    I look at life and figure, you will only live once. Not everyone is going to have my views, and I certainly don't have views that most others have. Regardless, if a movie is awesome, in my mind it's strictly entertainment. I could care less about the hype, and as Skynut said, I don't follow up on their lives in the least. They are just people to me. (I let my wife tell me the latest gossip, and I have to listen when she does... :D) Therefore, since I don't know who's married to who, and who is pregnant with his baby, I could care less!

    I just wish for great movies, that entertain! After all, isn't that the industry?
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2006
    "National Treasure" ? Ditto.

    I loved that flick! I personally think that Russel Crow is a very self absorbed **** in most of his films, but both are top notch actors.

    But we digress.. :D
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited May 2006
    .........Nicholas Gage ........turns into the "Nicholas Gage Story"....turned into a Nicholas Gage love story. Nicholas Gage falling in love with Nicholas Gage.
    I only post this because you did it 5 times.....but it's Nicolas Cage........have a good day. ;)
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,830
    edited May 2006
    MrNightly wrote:
    but both are top notch actors.
    But we digress.. :D

    I'm afraid I'm going to have to kill you.

    I'm sorry, but .... it's for the best.

    ;)
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,830
    edited May 2006
    brettw22 wrote:
    I only post this because you did it 5 times.....but it's Nicolas Cage........have a good day. ;)

    but was too nauseous just thinking about Nicholas Kage that I couldn't find the strength to google it !
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited May 2006
    The people that REALLY get on my damn nerves are the hollywood press. Yeah, the Scientology stuff is a bit screwy, but the press is up Cruise's **** (as well as everyone else in Hollywood ) 24/7. Dude can't even go outside without some f***tard photographer stalking him or Katie Holmes. I pop open my homepage (Comcast) and it's full of Hollywood ****. 2 weeks ago the main headline was that Leonardo DeCaprio hurt his leg (probably a scratch) while filming a movie. That was the MAIN HEADLINE. Not some world news or anything relevant.

    I've never sat and talked with Cruise nor have I ever met him. Realistically, I know nothing about him except with what the press puts out which is totally biased. They fluff stories to make **** interesting and to cause controversy. It's the Hollywood way!

    I will see MI-3, just not sure of the theater or wait for DVD.

    If I were a celebrity in Hollywood, I'd probably shove one of those telephoto lens up some paparazzis **** on a daily basis!

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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited May 2006
    It would be fun to have enough money to just follow paparazzi around and point them out to anybody they are trying to get secret photos of.
    I bet it would just piss them off.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited May 2006
    I don't know how much you can blame the press. I mean, I hate the press in most situations, because they have no respect for people or their privacy, but in the case of celebrities, that's a HUGE business. That's what people want to read. So while I don't agree with them camping out in front of their houses per se, I can't blame them for flooding their pages with stories about Tom Cruise, because that's what people (maybe not you, but a LOT of people) want to hear.
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited May 2006
    If I were a celebrity in Hollywood, I'd probably shove one of those telephoto lens up some paparazzis **** on a daily basis!

    Interestingly enough, lots, and perhaps most, hollywood actors and other celebrities manage to lead relatively sane lives without harassment from the paparazzi. Have you noticed that the same names keep popping up over and over again in the tabloids and entertainment press, while other "big names" seldom, if ever, receive any attention of this type.

    It is extremely easy for a person of means to totally isolate themselves from the general public, which includes the paparazzi. If they really don't want to be seen, I guarantee you that they won't be seen. Most celebrities (I mean, most of the ones who are not wired on cocaine 24/7) have sense enough to know that their high profile status means that they have to stick to a strict regiment of obscure restaurants, secret entrances, hidden and secured parking garages, low-key, discrete public appearances (usually in some type of disguise), thoughtful, professional security arrangements, and a partnership with an excellent public relations firm. Recall that Cruise did not start having an "image" problem until he fired his former well-respected PR firm and hired (and subsequently fired) his sister. Cruise's sister and those that have followed her do not seem to be too adept at keeping Cruise muzzled for his own good.

    The truth is, a lot of these so-called celebrities love this kind of attention. The put themselves out there. They make exclusive deals to sell photos of their weddings and newborn baby pictures. They have their PR people "tip off" the paparazzi that they "might" be at a certain place at a certain time. They arrive at a restaurant with a group of 30 people and then **** about "lack of privacy". They are sick.
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited May 2006
    In reality it is free publicity.
    The more publicity they get the more their next picture is worth.
    The problem is they want to control when they get the free publicity and when it goes on beyond what they wanted then they get pissed.
    The more pissed they get, the better the pictures are. The better the pictures are the more they are worth.

    I saw this thing on paparazzi and one good picture of JLo's ****$ and they get $50,000.00 or more.
    It is a no brainer, these people earn a good living taking a few pictures a year.
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