Feeling much better today I went out with friends and catch the latest and coolest movie, Mission Impossible III.
Overall I think the movie is a bit of a disappointment. The storyline appears familiar and thin, barely justifying the amount of shooting and bombing in the movie.
Furthermore, there is nothing new regarding the usual killing and bomb scenes.
The female lead is surprisingly unattractive. I also had the feeling that the director was trying to cast someone of the same style as Katie Holmes, and ended up choosing someone plain, perhaps to keep Katie happy.
Maggie Q looks stunning but I felt that there were romantic sub-plots that were poorly developed, such as that between her and co-agent when they talked about her cat and how she had used to pray for it to come back...That scene was awkwardly edited just when co-agent asked Maggie to teach her the prayer she was murmuring to herself.
Also, for the amount of resources put into a movie of this scale, they should at least get an accurate translation of the Cantonese done by the "translator" at the Vatican. That scene is otherwise hilarious for any Cantonese speaking audience.
Despite all failings of this movie however, I think the movie is still sufficiently entertaining for someone who've got an afternoon or an evening to kill, and of course, it has got much more to offer if you are Tom Cruise's fans.
