Mission Impossible 3 (MI: 3)

Today, I went to see the movie Mission Impossible 3 (MI:3), starring Tom Cruise, amongst other things...

Basically, I spent all of the afternoon and early evening with Roman, because I applied some pesticide on my mattress for lice/bed bugs, and I couldn't stay in my apartment, since it needed to be aired out.

Roman had suggested to me earlier in the week that it would be his pleasure to spend the day with me, after having applied the pesticide. So, I guess I took him up on the offer. He met me downtown, and then we took the bus to this Chinese buffet called Foo Lum. For $8.95 + tax, we had all you can Chinese food, and I don't think there was a lot of MSG, since I'm not thirsty too much after. Next, we went to the mall close by, and he bought his mother a card for Mother's Day. I bought some Irish Spring soap that was on special (3 bars for $1.97), so I bought two sets of 3, which gives six, for about $4.00, which is less expensive than buying a set of 6. We walked around the mall, and we spent some time at HMV. Roman bought a lot of CDs, and I had my eye on the special of 2 items for $30. (And so did Roman). I was interested in buying the DVD for the movie Les Choristes, but due to the timing (we got there at about 4:30 p.m), and the staff who were anxious to close the store, I was not able to find another item that I wanted in the 2/$30 bin. Therefore, Roman bought an extra CD, the Best of CCR.

We then went to see MI:3. This was at a Cinéma Guzzo, and I swear, I will never go back to any Cinema Guzzo. The picture quality was crap, the film wasn't focused. This is important for an action flick? And then, I got horrible service. I was playing some video games before the movie, and at one point, I went to the concessions counter to try and get some change. The first time I was there, I was ignored by the girl who worked at the counter. This happened twice, since I asked (or tried to ask) her again when she came back to the counter. And then the second time, I asked another worker before she closed the cash, if she could give me some change, and she said, "No." What type of cinema does not give change to its clients, especially since the drawer is open? That is why I'm asking you while you have the drawer open?

And now, the movie. It was a good action flick. It's typical Tom Cruise action flick, lots of explosions, unrealistic actions, etc. etc.. However, there was one point for me in the movie that caused it to go downhill. There's a moment where Tom Cruise is interrogating Philip Seymour Haffman's character, and he opens up the chopper, and basically shoves him into the opening, demanding, "What is the rabbit's foot? What is the rabbit's foot?" And at the end of the bloody film, we still don't find out what the rabbit's foot is, we just see it on screen, and we hear some speculation as to what it is. There was also a scene where Tom Cruise was wearing Priest robes, which is quite funny, since he's kind of the poster child for Scientology, sort of like a Priest.

In a situation that is similar to a wind tunnel, with yelling close to your ear about the rabbit's foot, how is it possible that by the end of that, Philip Seymour Haffman's character was able to pick out the name of Tom Cruise's character? Because the rest of the movie is based upon that tidbit, the movie went downhill, since it did not make sense to me how that could have happened, and therefore, it was not necessary to waste more film.

I did have to say that it was interesting to see Philip Seymour Haffman in the role of a bad guy, I have never seen him in any movie, and I haven't seen Capote. Also, Jonathan Reys-Meyer was in this film too... The last time I saw him in a film was Match Point.