Susan Hated Literature

Dir: Ben Affleck
Writ: Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard. Based on book by Dennis Lehane

• Casey Affleck … Patrick Kenzie
• Michelle Monaghan … Angie Gennaro
• Morgan Freeman … Capt. Jack Doyle
• Ed Harris … Det. Remy Bressant
• John Ashton … Det. Nick Poole
• Amy Ryan … Helene McCready
• Amy Madigan … Beatrice ‘Bea’ McCready
• Titus Welliver … Lionel McCready

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This film’s release here and in Britain was delayed for a considerable time due to the supposed similarities between the plot and the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. I can see what it happened, but in reality there aren’t that many similarities. The film is about Patrick Kenzie and his “associate” Angie Gennaro who have been hired to track down a missing child, Amanda McCready. Almost at once they find out that the media story isn’t quite the truth.

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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.

• Robert Downey Jr. …. Harry Lockhart
• Val Kilmer …. Gay Perry
• Michelle Monaghan …. Harmony Faith Lane

I’ve been vaguely wanting to see this film for a while now, but until last night I kept putting if off. Glad I’m finally went, because this is one of 2005’s best films.

It all starts off with Harry, our narrator, who at first you might think is a tad too po-mo and self-knowing, but he is so well written, and his lines delivered so well by Robert Downey Jr that you are never in danger of distancing yourself from the action, and the humour.

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