MI3: Mission Impossible 3 Review - Halfisode #12 - As Letters Go, PSH + JJA Are Great Ones To Have - a podcast by MMO

PSH makes Tom cry in this one.

***This MI3 Review has a Spoiler Section***

We elude to some action sequences in non-spoilers & give away some premise info, but otherwise wait for full plot details until the spoiler section.

Cast & Crew - 1:46
Production Notes - 7:07
Tom Cruise vs. South Park?! - 9:21
Movie Specs - 10:26
Review of Production Values - 17:19
Performances - 22:34
Oscars Lens - 28:42

Spoiler Warning - 31:32

SPOILERS
The Plot - 32:01
Do We Choose to Accept It? - 47:47
Worst Scenes - 48:18
Best Scenes - 49:19
Final Thoughts / Where MI3 Fits in the MIU - 52:29

In perhaps our favorite re-watch of the series, this is our review of Mission: Impossible III. J.J. Abrams makes his feature film debut after the hit success of Lost on television, and Tom Cruise seals yet another deal behind the scenes during our production profile. There's also a controversy ALERT for us to discuss that takes us back into the mid 2000s. So we have some theories for you on why the film's box office may have suffered, and John Woo may also have a little something to do with it. I mean, WE can't blame Fred Durst after all, can we?

Another impossible mission is yet another opportunity for death defying stunts, but this time was a little different. We tell you why, and we also spill the beans about some other crazy-but-true stories from the making of the film involving the visual effects. Was this the best acting of the series thus far? We certainly think it was the best villain, and those two facets of a story can can make for a terrific white-knuckler of an action movie. This was that.

The plot like the rewatch is a joy to recap. We choose to accept the vast majority of it, and we relish some of the crazier moments. Our best scenes come as no surprise. Though some of the worst scenes may sneak up on you like an awkward dude at a party. As for where it fits in the overall MIU, we theorize, we banter, and you’re welcome.

Stay tuned for our fourth installment in our Mission Impossible series review with MI4: Ghost Protocol. Then we’ll become a Rogue Nation before we discuss the Fallout and finally re-rank all our favorites. It’ll be a rousing finish to our month of July on MMO with the MIU.

Do go back and enjoy our massive back catalog of episodes. We’ve covered all the major movie events as well as all the early Oscars contenders with full episode reviews of Black Panther, A Quiet Place, Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2, Incredibles 2, Hereditary, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Sorry To Bother You. Quarterly episodes on Netflix and mid year reports on the Oscars race and HBO On Demand also keep you current. Dive into our full Marvel Cinematic Universe overview from the spring and take a trip down Oscars’ memory lane with our retrospectives. There’s something for everyone in our catalog.

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