Movie Review: M:i: III

Normally we are Netflicks watchers, sitting at home, on the couch with the dogs, eating air popped popcorn with lo sodium salt and a side of herbal tea. Last Friday night however, David and I decided to head downtown and catch an 8p.m. showing of Mission Impossible III. I enjoy a good action film, could give a rip about the Tom Cruise media portrayals, and though I enjoyed the first two MI movies, I wanted to see this one because it was directed by J.J. Abrams, the creator of Alias (of which Season I is one of the best spy dramas ever written).

Fast food and slurpees are not the only things in this country that have been supersized. The movie experience in itself has grown out of control. A lunch bag size of popcorn, 8oz grape soda, and a few twizzlers have been replace by stadium seating, cup holders for your 42oz medium soda, surround sound, and screens so large you feel like you may develop a tick from watching the action scenes. DG decided he wanted some popcorn and diet soda. I suggested that we get a medium of each to share, then came the upsell. It was cheaper to go with Option 3, a large popcorn and 2 medium sodas. One medium soda was enough to throw a dozen diabetics into a coma and we got two. They were huge, like over 40 oz. huge. I'm not even going to talk about the popcorn, except to say when I got home, I looked up it's fat and caloric content in my special book, only to find that the entire thing (no butter) was 1200 calories and 74 grams of fat. Yes, an entire days worth. *shaking fist at the sky and shouting why why?!?*

Ok, so back to the movie. It was fun to see cameos from Abrams alums Greg Grunberg, (Felicity, Alias) and Keri Russell. It was like watching a 2 hour episode of Alias with a side of Felicity. J.J. Abrams is the master of getting you involved in the social/romantic life of the character, watching them in love, at a party with their friends, and then turning around having them turn into a superhero, diving bullets and jumping out of airplanes. This movie was no different. It was entertaining, action packed, maybe not as good as the first two, but it will definitely be a decent rental, in the future, from Netflicks, on your couch, in the comfort of your own home, minus the 74 grams of fat popcorn. I'd give it a B.