Jun
07
2006
Dir: J.J. Abrams
Writ: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, J.J. Abrams & Bruce Geller
- Tom Cruise - Ethan Hunt
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - Owen Davian
- Ving Rhames - Luther Stickell
- Michelle Monaghan - Julia Meade
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers - Declan
The trouble with M:I3 is that it is in essence a meh film. We all go knowing what to expect; gadgets, stunts, and Tom Cruise coming out a winner. And that is what happens in this film, so we can’t really complain. There is no real need to complain, because if you went to see this film expecting any more of that, well, then you’ve no one to blame but yourself.
M:I3 also suffers from having an annoyingly long name and a crap looking acronym. Is it MI3, M:I3, M:I 3, M:Iiii or any other variation? Who knows.
All in all I quite enjoyed this film. I didn’t expect much, and I got exactly that. Tom Cruise ran far too often, but it is The Cruise, and he is obliged to have at least 5 running scenes in ever major motion picture he is involved in. But the baddie was cool and evil in an unexplained 2 dimensional way.
The Julie character was annoying though. Just far too good. Only, she didn’t really have a character, she was just the “damsel in distress.” But plus points must be awarded for Jonathan Rhys Meyers, although he will always be the fella who shot Michael Collins, and his accent was very much stock oirish.
All in all, enjoyable trash flick.
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May
26
2005
Episode 1.01 and 1.02 - written by JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof
* Naveen Andrews …. Sayid Jarrah
* Emilie de Ravin …. Claire Littleton
* Matthew Fox …. Jack Shepard
* Jorge Garcia …. Hugo “Hurley” Reyes
* Maggie Grace …. Shannon Rutherford
* Josh Holloway …. Sawyer
* Malcolm David Kelley …. Walt Lloyd
* Daniel Dae Kim …. Jin Kwon
* Yoon-jin Kim …. Sun Kwon (as Yunjin Kim)
* Evangeline Lilly …. Kate Austen
* Dominic Monaghan …. Charlie Pace
* Terry O’Quinn …. John Locke
* Ian Somerhalder …. Boone Carlyle
I’ve heard lots of good rumours about this programme, but haven’t actually read anything about it, didn’t want to get spoiled if I decided to watch it.
RTE showed the pilot (2 episodes) back to back last Monday, and there wasn’t much else on so I figured I may as well watch it. So far it is okay, I’m not sure why there has been so much raving about how great it is. Then again, I can’t really judge after only one episode.
The opening scene was good, I liked the image of Jack just lying there in the forest, and I do think that they were right to show the plan crash in flashback, instead of an almighty confusing opening. Plus it gives the viewer a chance to see what happened on the plane from different perspectives.
For the rest of the programme it seemed pretty run-of-the-mill, the character of Jack annoyed me, simply because he was such a hero. It annoyed me that no one else was even thinking about doing anything until he made an appearance at the crash site and started giving orders. I suppose the writers were saying that everyone else was pretty much in shock, but as a doc, Jack was used to crazy chaos-filled situations.
As for the rest of the episode goes, well I think they overdid it on the whole “something is out there”. There are only so many times you can show trees shaking, and hear strange noises before any tension evaporates, changing into boredom.
That been said, I did like the appearance of the polar bear, and the wierdness of it. Plus that french woman’s recording at the end was a little creepy.
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Lost season 1,
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Malcom David Kelley,
Matthew Fox,
Naveen Andrews,
Terry O'Quinn,
Yoon-jin Kim
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