M:I-3, hit or miss?

Mission: Impossible III hits theaters this weekend. I’m not the biggest fan of the series, but I’ve come up with a for-or-against list for those people who are on the fence about seeing it.

Reasons to see M:I-3
4 The supporting cast includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Laurence Fishburne, Billy Crudup and Maggie Q (who rocks by the way).
4 JJ Abrams, the man behind “Alias”, directed it.
4 It cost $150 million to make.
4 The previous M:I and M:I-2 grossed almost $1 billion in worldwide box office receipts, before DVD sales.
4Things will blow up.
4 Did I mention Maggie Q is in it? (pictured in a still from Paramount Pictures to the right).


Reasons not to see M:I-3
4 Tom Cruise is a nut. Geez did you see him on Oprah? The guy is loony.
4 And what did he and Katie Holmes name their kid? Ion? Or Sofa? Suri, that’s it.
What kind of a name is that? Could you imagine screaming that? Suri, come here and clean up this mess you made. Suri! Are you listening to me? Not to mention, Suri Cruise kind of sounds like So Ridiculous.
4 And Katie Holmes? What’s up with that? She’s what, 15? Did anyone think about Dawson in this whole scenario? I just don’t get how you go Mimi Rogers, to Nicole Kidman, to Katie Holmes. It doesn’t make sense!
4 Plus, Mission Impossible was already a TV show...TWICE! And then two movies, neither of which were very good.
4 And, AND, Phillip Seymour Hoffman just won an Oscar. What’s the rule about Oscar winners? The next movie is a payday. Look at Hallie Berry. She wins an Oscar, does “Catwoman.”
4 Plus, even though Maggie Q is in it, it looks like she’s in the movie for about 10 seconds. Oh, but Tom Cruise is probably in 95 percent of the movie, because he’s the star.
4 Tom Cruise hasn’t done anything for anybody since “Top Gun.” There, I said it. Who liked “Minority Report”? No one. Who sraved over “Vanilla Sky”? No one. Who gushed over “The Last Samurai”? No one. Should you see M:I-3? NO.